Business News
5 Lessons About Partnership Learned Watching the Uber-Waymo Meltdown
Shared vision brings partners together. No longer seeing things the same way drives them apart.
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Business News
8 Times Uber Has Tracked People
The ride-hailing company is watching you.
By Rose Leadem
Business News
Uber Changes Rating System to Be ‘Fairer’ For Drivers
When the person indicates their UberPool trip sucked because they didn't like the route or their co-rider, Uber won't count the rating towards a driver's average.
Business News
Uber Unveils Personal Airplane Design and Plans Tests in 2020
The electric plane will be able to take off and land vertically, and Uber hopes to have a fleet of 50 ready for testing in Dallas and Dubai by 2020.
By Tom Brant
Business News
Killing Bill: The Demise of Bill O’Reilly at Fox News
When one of the most powerful men in media gets fired, it proves that everyone is expendable.
By Steve Tobak
Business News
Of Course ‘Free’ Services Sell Your Data
Unroll.Me is facing a backlash for selling user data to Uber, but people should know better by now about this industry-wide practice.
Business News
Why Apple’s Tim Cook Once Threatened to Remove Uber From the App Store
The ride hailing company also collected data from Unroll.me.
Business News
Uber Central May Destroy Corporate Car Service Accounts
Uber Central is a new feature that lets business users book multiple rides at once for guests, VIPs and visitors.
Business News
Uber Must Leave Italy in 10 Days After Nationwide Ban
It can no longer advertise its services or operate in the country.
Business News
Uber’s Legal Defense: Waymo Does LiDAR Better, for Now
The ride-hailing company admits it's still using off-the-shelf components.
Business News
Canadian Town Offers Cheap Uber Rides Instead of Buses
Instead of running a bus service at $270,000 a year, the town will subsidize Uber rides.
Business News
7 Things We’ve Learned About Uber’s Lost and Found
Forgot something in your ride? You're not alone.
By Rose Leadem
Business News
Surprise! Uber Workforce Skews Heavily White and Male.
Uber's diversity problem is perhaps most apparent when looking at the makeup of its tech leadership team, which is 88.7 percent male, and entirely white or Asian.
Business News
Uber Brings Self-Driving Program Back After Car Crashes in Arizona
The crash in Tempe, Ariz., didn't cause any injuries, but it added more woes to Uber's already controversial self-driving experiment.
By Tom Brant
Human Resources
Why You Need to Focus on Diversity Before It’s Too Late
Take a lesson from what happened at Uber.
Business News
What Does Uber Need to Do to Fix Its Battered Reputation?
The ride-hailing company appears to be saying the right things, but only time will tell if it can walk the walk, too.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
Uber President Quits in Response to Controversies
This wasn't the company he thought he joined.
By Jon Fingas
Business Legal
Two Arguably Avoidable Things Led to the Huge Lawsuit Between Alphabet and Uber
Every company could be at risk.
By Nina Zipkin
Marketing
Don’t Be Like the Rest. Set Your Business Apart Like These 3 Companies.
Here are simple techniques brands can employ to essentially hack their way to distinction.
By Andrew Medal
Business News
Waymo Asks Court to Halt Uber’s Self-Driving Cars
Uber allegedly stole technology from Google's self-driving car project, now called Waymo.
By Tom Brant
Business News
The Solution to Uber’s Culture Crisis Could be Hiring Veterans
Military service imbues values that every employer hopes new hires have.
Business News
Uber Says It Will No Longer Use Tech to Target Law Enforcement
It had a 'playbook' to thwart sting operations, according to The New York Times.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
In Defense of Uber, Amazon and Meritocracy
Uber's highly competitive culture has come under fire, just as Amazon's did two years ago. Their critics have it wrong.
By Steve Tobak
Business News
CEO Travis Kalanick Is Officially Looking for Someone to Help Him Run Uber
He's looking to hire a COO to be a peer and partner in Uber's future.
By Biz Carson
Business News
In About-Face, Uber Will Apply for California Self-Driving Car Permit
The ride-hailing app previously argued that it didn't need the $150 permit since humans were present in its autonomous Volvo XC90 SUVs at all times.
Business News
Travis Kalanick’s ‘Profound Apology’ Is a Cautionary Lesson for Young Founders
The Uber CEO's public angst about berating a driver and confronting sexual harassment allegations reveals the need to grow in personal skills as well as business skills.
Thought Leaders
The One Thing about Travis Kalanick No One Wants to Admit
We sometimes admire jerks.
By Gene Marks