By Alexei Oreskovic RANCHO PALOS VERDES Calif. (Reuters) – Internet startups are starting to see what could come between them and their ambitions: regulators. Now, Web companies developing services in everything from healthcare to transportation are crafting strategies for working with government agencies. That’s a marked change from a few years ago, when the mantra […]
A week after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick promised push notifications were on the way to help riders cope with surge pricing, the outfit has added the feature to its iOS app. With the latest update, those handset-based pop-ups alert you when the dreaded surge pricing window has passed and replace SMS messages for updates. For […]
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is trying to make the companys surge pricing less painful, GeekWire reports. Kalanick framed the feature as a way to meet Ubers new goal of bringing humanity to our communications, boosting the image of a company that competitors have portrayed as ruthless and impersonal. Regardless of whether the move was economically sound, it wasnt […]
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