Uber just hired a new second-in-command.
Barney Harford, former CEO of online travel site Orbitz, is joining Uber as chief operating officer, Uber announced on Wednesday.
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Uber CEO just hired his number two. Yes, it’s a man.
Uber just hired a new second-in-command.
Barney Harford, former CEO of online travel site Orbitz, is joining Uber as chief operating officer, Uber announced on Wednesday.
SEE ALSO: Uber’s new CEO says he banned employees from using secure messa…
Uber just made its biggest move yet to adopt self-driving cars
Uber just made a deal that will boost its self-driving efforts in a big way as well as signal a shift in the way the company operates.
The company announced a partnership with Volvo where it would buy “tens of thousands” of self-driving vehicle…
Lyft enlists team of live-streaming experts to work on apps
Lyft has something new that isn’t exactly shiny or directly car-related. Uber’s largest competitor in the U.S. has hired 12 live-streaming video experts to focus on both the driver and passenger apps.
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Uber is raising the saddest $10 billion in funding ever
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Uber is still a shiny unicorn per Silicon Valley standards, but the ride-hailing giant is nowhere near as magical as it used to be.
The latest development in a series of unfortunate events: Uber signed off on a new funding round that could total up to $10 billion. That cash infusion, led by Japan’s SoftBank Group and U.S. investment group Dragoneer, would be classified as a war chest to nearly every other company in the world. But to Uber, it’s a sad development in a long wave of painful setbacks.
“We believe this agreement is a strong vote of confidence in Uber’s long-term potential. Upon closing, it will help fuel our investments in technology and our continued expansion at home and abroad, while strengthening our corporate governance” an Uber spokesperson wrote in an email to Mashable. Read more…
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The UK again says Uber drivers are employees—next stop is the Supreme Court
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Uber is already fighting U.K. officials over its ban from London. Now the ride-hailing giant might head to the Supreme Court—for another case entirely.
Uber lost an appeal Friday over a ruling that required the company to categorize its drivers as employees with worker benefits like minimum wage, overtime, and vacation pay and not as independent, self-employed contractors.
This is a battle Uber has fought all over the world, including a major lawsuit in California. Classifying its drivers as employees would upend Uber’s business model, which depends on the kind of obligations-free labor independent contractors provide. This is the same problem that faces other fast-growing gig economy companies that rely on independent workers, like Postmates and Instacart. Read more…
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