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No billion dollar startup or fame. Hyderabad man shares his one ‘passion’ which caused him to leave high-paying Amazon job in viral video : 'I wanted to explore...'An Instagram influencer shared a viral video of a former Amazon employee who left his tech job in 2014 to become a full-time Uber driver. T...
Ban-battered bike-taxi riders say struggling to make both ends meetKarnataka's bike-taxi ban has severely impacted Bengaluru's gig workers, slashing incomes by half. Approximately 150,000 riders are affecte...
This Brooklyn wigmaker faces manslaughter charges after fatal car crash. Here’s what we know about driverA Brooklyn wigmaker, Miriam Yarimi, faces manslaughter charges after allegedly hitting a mother and her two daughters in a fatal car crash....
German woman stuns cab driver with fluent Malayalam. Her interaction goes viral and leaves internet jealousA viral social media video shows a German teacher named Klara conversing fluently in Malayalam with an Indian cab driver, leaving him stunn...
Exclusive | Upstarts are everywhere, we have to be constantly on our toes in India: Uber CEO Dara KhosrowshahiDara Khosrowshahi took over as the CEO of Uber Technologies in 2017, when the mobility firm was in its most controversial period. The Iran-...
The future of work in India: Contracts, not jobs, but with benefitsU-Work, launched as a pilot in the UK in January 2020 by Unilever, has been brought here, and so has Open2U, a programme for gig workers sp...
Uber to hire 140 more engineers in India for expanding tech, product teamsRecently, Uber’s tech teams have been heavily invested in building mask recognition capabilities to ensure that driver partners wear masks ...
Zomato starts ‘Talent Directory’ to help its laid off employees find new jobZomato has created a Zomato Talent Directory for employers to access employee profiles listed on its forum.
How much is an idea worth? In Uber’s case, $3.7 billionDara Khosrowshahi is determined to convince investors that Uber is a different company today—a diversified business that’s ethically run an...
I want Uber to be a part of where India is going: Dara Khosrowshahi"India is going to be one of the most important success factors as to how significant a part we play in people’s lives over the next five t...
Uber finally confirms Dara Khosrowshahi as Chief Executive OfficerUber took the early part of the week to wrap up negotiations and paperwork, following a contentious yet ultimately unanimous board vote.
Will Uber pull brakes on India with 'brilliant jerk' Travis Kalanick's exit?Earlier, Uber's India unit was always kept informed about the future roadmap in advance and right now there is a lot of "vagueness" about u...
Fault lines: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is a Founder and you don't get it?The recent argument that Kalanick is seen having with a cab driver is in bad taste, not the conversation, but the way it has been leaked an...
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.
Auto companies turn to startups for better ideasAutomakers saw that collaborating with these startups was the way ahead: it will get them access to new-age tech without them having to rei...
Ultimately, all rules have to bend towards people and progress: Travis Kalanick, Uber'The attitude of problem solving, building businesses, we like to say always be jugaadi, that's part of our DNA and how we roll.'
Uber appoints Amit Jain as its India head for operations and strategyUber, launched 19 months ago starting with three employees in Bengaluru, has expanded to 11 cities and now has a staff of more than 100 peo...
Professionals are signing up as part-time drivers with taxi app companies to supplement incomesThese part-time drivers are employed in other professions & have valid commercial vehicles. They use the extra money to finance their passi...
Uber pledges to be more humble as woes mountIn the US and across the world, Uber has become the subject of heated debates, mostly on account of how it has up-ended the traditional tax...
How taxi services are giving women a drive to financial independenceThe biggest challenge that these ventures face is sky-high attrition rates, disabling them from scaling up and providing city-wide coverage.