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Uber Opens Up Platform To Non-Limo Vehicles With “Uber X,” Service Will Be 35% Less Expensive
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Declaring its independence from the traditional Lincoln Towncar (sorry, couldn’t resist), Uber is going beyond black cars on Wednesday, bringing its up until now secret “Uber X” project public. “Uber X” will allow Uber partners to use its dispatching software in order to dole out vehicles beyond Lincoln Towncars, giving...
Uber officially launches its private ‘driver for hire’ service in London
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It was perhaps one of the worst kept secrets in tech (besides, perhaps, Microsoft’s Yammer acquisition), but Uber has FINALLY landed in London. Properly. The private car hire company, headquartered in San Francisco, first made its intentions for the UK capital known back in March, announcing simply it would hit...
Taxis, black cars, hybrids, SUVs…Uber announces ‘freedom to choose’ for US and Canadian riders
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Uber officially launched its private driver-for-hire service in London last week, and as we reported yesterday from this Wednesday, Uber-ers in San Francisco and New York will have the option of selecting one of its current range of black town cars OR a hybrid car. Whilst ice-cream trucks are also...
Stop Hailing A Taxi And Come Ride With Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
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Who needs taxis? Uber is a mobile car service app that aims to disrupt urban transportation. A new pack of startups are giving everyday people a lifestyle upgrade. Want a personal assistant? Sign up for Fancy Hands and you can have an army of them starting at $25 per month....
Tech Moves: Uber exec on the move; Qliance names COO; F5 execs get new gigs; etc.
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Michelle Broderick Michelle Broderick has been promoted to lead the global marketing efforts for Uber, the fast-growing private driver service backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs and others. Broderick had served as general manager of the Seattle region, and the company is currently looking to hire...
Travis Kalanick Says Uber Will Drive Into London Before The Olympics
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Uber has built a business out of being, in the words of its founder and head Travis Kalanick, everyone’s private driver. But while the company is continuing to expand the number of cities where it operates, it is also building out a network to extend beyond vehicles and taxing people...
Uber’s wild tax day discount: Almost free rides to the post office (and the liquor store)
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Flickr photo via JMR_Photography We’ve seen some interesting tax day promotions in our time, including Intuit’s installation of a golf driving range on Second Avenue in downtown Seattle today. Not to be outdone, Uber — the popular private driving service — is offering a discount that will help you either...
Uber targets masses with cheaper hybrid car service
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Car service, not for the rich, but for the rest of us. It’s a novel idea, and its time has come thanks to on-demand car service startup Uber, which will soon start offering patrons a hybrid vehicle option for more affordable come-and-fetch-me rides. Uber is the San Francisco-based startup...
Five Ways That Mobile Apps Can Save Your Valentine’s Day
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Editor’s Note: This post is written by guest author Andreas Bernstrom, a former Goldman Sachs alum who has worked at TradeDoubler, was COO of Taptu, and in 2009 joined Rebtel as CEO. You can follow him on Twitter @AndreasCB here. It’s that time of the year again and if you...
Uber lands in London and announces first passengers ahead of full public launch
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We already knew that Uber was coming to London in time for the Olympics, but the private “driver for hire” company is starting to ramp things up ahead of its full public launch. The San Francisco-based startup has now started the initial testing phase in the UK capital, with former...
The spoils of failure: Former RIM co-CEOs net $12M after stepping down
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While RIM can’t seem to do anything right as of late, the company has apparently mastered the art of the exit payout. Just ask former RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who are set to receive a combined payout of $12 million for agreeing to step down, The Globe...
Startups: For Limo Service Uber, Downtime and Idle Resources Are Fuel for Profits
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Illustration: Robert Samuel Hanson Michael Jankosky is not the sort of person you’d expect to find behind the wheel of an executive car. An intense 27-year-old with dark cropped hair, he’s an operatic tenor who recently completed a master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and he...
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