Uber protests and legal actions
Uber Is Committing ‘illegality’ With Private Cars – Accra Taxi Drivers Claim
Some commercial taxi drivers in Accra have raised issues of illegality in the operations of Uber, a transportation...
Lyft Team Steers Toward Open Self-Driving Tech
US ride-share startup Lyft on Friday dedicated a new team focused on speeding up its effort to create a self-driving...
Uber Driver Dies After Car Torched In S.Africa
A South African Uber driver whose car was torched five weeks ago died of his injuries on Monday, the company said,...
Uber Drivers In SA Now Legally Considered Employees
South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has made a ruling that Uber drivers are...
Uber Releases Sharing Guidelines For African Countries
The ride-sharing service, Uber, has released updated community guidelines for seven countries in Africa, including...
Uber Chief Executive Kalanick Resigns
Uber boss, Travis Kalanick, has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders. His resignation comes...
Embattled Uber CEO Kalanick Steps Down
Uber said Wednesday that its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick had agreed to step down from his job, as the...
After Driving Uber To Heights, Kalanick Downshifts
Travis Kalanick has been the driving force behind Uber, taking a spur-of-moment idea and turning it into the world's...
Uber Exec Fired Over India Rape Probe
Uber has fired a top executive who obtained medical records of a woman raped during a ride in India in 2014, media...
Bozoma Saint John Heads To Uber From Apple
Uber just made a big hire amid months-long turmoil at the company. “Boz has a long track record of successfully...
Apple Marketing Executive Bozoma Saint John Is Joining Uber As Its Chief Brand Officer
Uber is in the midst of dealing with a myriad of internal issues that have seeped into the public arena. Prime among...
Uber Probe of Cut-Throat Workplace Triggers Firings
Uber said Tuesday that an internal investigation into workplace misdeeds has resulted in 20 people being fired. The...
Uber Sacks Star Engineer Accused of Spying On Google
Uber has sacked the man at the centre of an ongoing legal scandal in which Google has accused the taxi-hailing company...
Uber Says It Accidentally Shortchanged Drivers In NYC
Uber on Tuesday said that it accidentally shortchanged drivers in New York City and plans to pay them what they are...
Hong Kong Police Arrest 21 Uber Drivers In Sting
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for carrying passengers without a proper permit following an...
Uber Extends On-Demand Service To Trucking
Uber is expanding into a new field with a version of its on-demand ride application that lets truckers book cargo hauls...
Uber Launches Freight App For Trucking Businesses
Uber today revealed its new app: Freight, a spin-off of the popular ride-sharing service aimed at long-haul truckers....
Angry Taxi Drivers To Government
Members of the Committed Drivers Association have called on government to ban Uber, a location based app that makes...
We Are Not A Taxi Company – Uber Clarifies
Uber is not a transport company but a technology corporation that connects riders to drivers on an online platform,...