Uber weighs purchase of BMW-Daimler ride-hailing ventureUber has been looking to shed minority holdings in several ride-hailing operations recently, including portions of its stakes in China’s Di...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
How brands are trying to woo millennial consumersCharles Darwin, the father of evolution, had talked about the theory of Survival of the Fittest. Well it appears that in this rapidly evolv...
29 Feb, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
Uber reports 3,000 sexual assault claims last year in its safety reviewCounting assaults is a complicated exercise. Only about a third of claims the company received about penetration without consent were repor...
06 Dec, 2019, 11.03 AM IST
Uber Technologies will not dial down on its food delivery service-Uber Eats in IndiaEarlier this month, ET reported that Uber’s food delivery service has seen a significant churn in leadership, with two top executives — Ind...
23 Oct, 2019, 09.18 AM IST
Uber's core business now falls on a trio of inexperienced 30-year-oldsThanks to a corporate structure set up by Kalanick in 2013, they will be in charge of Uber’s main operations. Their work accounts for nearl...
18 Jun, 2017, 01.06 PM IST
It could soon take just a ring or a text to hail your Uber rideThe company's head of engineering said the firm is working on ways to book even without the app
01 Jun, 2017, 08.34 AM IST
Uber plans to open new centre in Bengaluru to scale up operations in IndiaThe centre, likely to come up in Bengaluru, will also support Uber’s operations in South Asia since the company is developing India as a re...
19 Jan, 2017, 01.28 AM IST
Another exit at Twitter India: Ravi Bhaskaran quits to join UberAbout 20 employees, who were part of ZipDial which Twitter had acquired in January 2015, were impacted through these layoffs, sources had t...
16 Dec, 2016, 12.49 AM IST
Uber fights the odds; carries on with risk-taking and meritocracy withinAdversity remains as a nagging reminder in the backseat for Uber as it tries to scale up with ride sharing and increasing footprint.
03 Dec, 2016, 11.24 PM IST
Uber makes India its base for South Asia forayAfter launching in Sri Lanka late last year, Uber started operations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in mid-November.
28 Nov, 2016, 01.16 AM IST
Happy with low funding availability for startups: Sulekha's Satya Prabhakar"We have raised $35 million since we started in 2010 and our accumulative loss in the last five years is about $17 million. We have spent o...
12 Oct, 2016, 12.02 PM IST
Fret not! Your Ola ride is just a text message awayRide-hailing company will allow passengers to book cabs without an active internet connection
05 Oct, 2016, 09.26 AM IST
On ground, surge pricing falls flat for Uber & Ola as there are more cabs than passengersUber and Ola say surge pricing seeks to create a balance between demand for cabs and supply. Drivers say when prices surge, customers don’t...
28 Apr, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
Ola raises $400 million from DST Global, GIC and Falcon EdgeThe funding is likely to give Ola a war chest as it looks to further its lead on San Francisco-headquartered cab booking application Uber.
16 Apr, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
Uber adds panic button, tracking feature to mobile app in IndiaIn December, Uber’s newly hired head of global safety Phil Cardenas had said that he was exploring new ways to screen drivers globally.
12 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Country's taxi aggregation startups like Ola and TaxiForSure struggling to manage excess demandProblems arise as service providers do not have any control over drivers and, therefore, cannot assure a vehicle at your doorstep even afte...
12 Jun, 2014, 02.02 PM IST
- Louis Vuitton, Rolex redefining luxury with 'made-to-measure' products
Tailor-made, cut-to-fit suits and watches with one’s name engraved on the dial are the new benchmarks of luxury for a growing club of rich ...
09 Jan, 2012, 03.57 PM IST