A Taxi Commission for the Internet?

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Recently, CNN shared data from Lyft that showed Uber had ordered and canceled over 5,500 Lyft rides over the space of ten months. After swiftly denying the rumors, Uber claimed that Lyft has been using the exact same tactics on its service, cancelling 12,900 rides. When Uber denied the claims, it said that they were “patently false” because its riders and drivers recruit users_rather than the company itself and that it doesn’t cancel rides. It appears that Uber doesn’t_intentionally cancel rides, but it does do something worse._Brand Ambassadors that_are hired into the company under the idea that they will be...
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Earlier this month, Lyft alleged that Uber employees had booked and cancelled more than 5,000 rides in an attempt to sabotage the competing ride-sharing company. At the time Uber refuted the allegations, going on to claim that Lyft had used similar tactics themselves to cancel 12,900 Uber rides.











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When it’s not using the awkwardly named SLOG initiative to aggressively recruit drivers from Lyft, Uber is expanding into new cities. Today it announced it has drivers in 205 cities around the globe. The taxi-driver-with-an-app service_is now available in 24 new cities including Akron, Ohio; Tallahassee, Florida;_Wichita, Kansas_and_Wellington, New Zealand. Uber claims that in the US it now covers 55 percent of the population.

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Thanks to the proliferation of local transportation services like Uber, we’re entering a world in which people have less reason to drive everywhere they need to go. But at what point will it become less expensive to rely on someone else to drive you around rather than driving yourself? Read More

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Car-hailing service Uber has been banned from operating its services anywhere in Germany, according to German newspaper Der Spiegel_today. The report says that a Frankfurt court has blocked Uber from operating as it does not hold the necessary paperwork for carrying out_a taxi service in the country – an official permit under the Passenger Transport Act is required. The decision follows a temporary injunction in Berlin that lifted four days after being issued. As was the case in Berlin, Uber is free to appeal the court’s decision, but the ramifications are more serious this time around as the ban applies...
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In a new setback for Uber, a German court last week imposed a preliminary injunction on the ride-sharing service barring it from operating in the country. The Frankfurt Regional Court said that the taxi service was operating illegally because its drivers do not carry the appropriate permits and insurance.











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Uber has spent the last four years transitioning from a service mainly aimed at helping so-called “ballers” get less expensive black car service to one that nearly anyone can afford and use on a regular basis. Now, with the launch of a fare-splitting offering called UberPool, the company is cutting costs of getting around town even more. Read More

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