Uber expands flexible pricing service to more tier 2, 3 cities in IndiaRide-hailing major Uber is now testing its flexible pricing service in several tier 2 and 3 cities in India to expand its user base, allowi...
Christmas gifts: $40K a night villas, $750K diamond-studded Birkin bags and many more. Know what is in trend among billionairesA shopper said that a regular old Hermes Birkin bag was not good enough for his loved one at the time of Christmas. Some people want to ren...
Tiny electric vehicles pack a bigger climate punch than carsThe big shift to tiny electric vehicles is underappreciated in the United States and Europe, where, despite the popularity of electric bicy...
In Africa first, Uber launches electric motorcycles in KenyaUber announced the introduction of the Electric Boda in Kenya on Thursday, with about 3,000 bikes planned initially, saying it would cut ru...
Attacks on delivery drivers in the US add fears among gig workersRide-hailing and food delivery companies say such violent episodes are exceedingly rare among the millions of trips completed each week, an...
Climate goals at risk if only the rich countries adopt electric carsWhile virtually all of the world’s population growth by 2050 is forecast to take place in developing countries, thousands of cities in Afri...
Wanted: 5 new apps to rid us Indians of our phone addictionToday the dependence on the mobile is so complete that without it many people feel lost and disoriented.
Move over, Mastercard. Upstarts are gaining in hot India payments spaceHomegrown UPI is fast increasing market share against entrenched competition, while Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc are fast losing their hold ...
SaaS squad bags $2.1 millionThis is the Noida-based startup's second round of funding, after it raised a seed round of about $300,000 from Zomato cofounder Deepinder G...
Here is why 'the flavour of the season', mobile wallets will dieToday, digital wallets are popular. Tomorrow, direct payment systems will score over intermediaries such as mobile wallet and plastic money...
Uber's Indian innovations such as acceptance of cash go worldwideThe innovations, often the result of challenges the Indian market posed, include acceptance of cash, use of mobile wallets etc.
Uber expands SafetiPin partnership, to cover 4 Indian citiesTaxi hailing platform Uber is expanding its partnership with SafetiPin, a map-based mobile safety app, to reach up to 50 cities globally, i...
Tata Fund invests $100 million in UberThe fund invested $75 million-$100 million in the global cab aggregator, according to sources, which marks its first deal outside India.
Tata Opportunities Fund picks up stake in Uber, makes first investment outside IndiaThe funding will be used by Uber to globally invest across all markets and to experiment with new innovations. TOF will not be taking a boa...
Uber to invest $1 billion in India over nine monthsUber has grown swiftly in India since its launch in Bengaluru in 2013 and is now present in 18 cities. Only in the US does it operate in mo...
Taxi aggregators like Uber, Ola using location-based data to increase safetySome 20,000 taxis provide traffic information to Traffline, a free mobile application that provides traffic congestion information.
Technology set to transform the banking sector: Are banks ready?Cash at a click on your mobile. Train tickets at a swipe of your bank’s card. Technology is set to transform the way banking is done, but a...