The whistleblower behind Uber Files, Mark McGann, has revealed that the ride-hailing company’s business model is absolutely unsustainable. Mark identifies himself as the source who leaked the more than 124,000 company files, and he is now talking about Uber’s business model, which, according to him, is questionable. During the Web Summit in Europe, he said […]
InDrive, also known as InDriver, is all set to expand its operations in five cities in Pakistan. The service currently operates in eleven cities in Pakistan, including; Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore. The development came as another ride-hailing service discontinued its operations in five major cities of Pakistan. InDrive’s Director of Public Relations Natalia Kolmakova said; […]
The ride-hailing app Uber has announced that it is ceasing its services in five major cities of Pakistan, namely; Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, and Islamabad. The company said in a statement; “We’ve decided to cease operating the Uber app in Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, and Islamabad.” Uber to Continue Serving the Five Major Cities Via […]
Uber is investigating a cybersecurity incident after hackers shared evidence that they had breached the company’s computer systems which forced the ride-hailing giant to shut several internal communications and engineering systems. Uber’s communications team said, “We are responding to a cybersecurity incident. We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here […]
On Friday, Uber accepted the responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with US prosecutors to avoid criminal charges. In joining a non-prosecution agreement, Uber admitted that its personnel failed to report the November 2016 data breach to the US Federal Trade […]
Multiple times we found ourselves stuck in a situation where we have to reach somewhere early but the uber drivers keep canceling upon us. In order to eliminate this issue, the ride-hailing service, Uber, is working on a new ride cancelation update that will stop drivers from canceling rides as there have been several complaints […]
Uber announced good news for all its drivers operating in Islamabad. The company has announced to completely waive off the service fees only for the drivers operating in Islamabad, which means that the drivers won’t be paying any portion of their earnings to the company. Uber’s latest offering will increase the number of drivers operating […]
Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, has vowed to cut costs and slow hiring in response to a “seismic shift” in investor sentiment. “It’s clear that the market is experiencing a seismic shift and we need to react accordingly,” said the CEO in an e-mail shared with the employees. Uber to focus on free cash flow The […]
Uber has introduced a new safety ‘seat belt alert’ to remind the driver and passenger to tuck in their seatbelts before the start of their ride. The feature will get activated as soon as the driver swipes to start the journey, a push notification is sent to the driver’s phone, and a subsequent audio alert […]
Uber has quietly ceased supporting its Apple watch app. The ride-hailing company displays a brief message to users who try to launch the app on the Apple Watch, with this Uber joins Twitter, Instagram, Target, Trello, Slack, Hulu, Evernote, and many other companies that have bid farewell to their Apple Watch apps. Read more: Uber’s CEO […]