For months, Uber has been fending off fraud allegations related to an investigation into one of its legal opponents, which the company commissioned from a secretive CIA-linked research firm called Ergo. Documents related to the case also refer to other investigations Uber contracted with Ergo for, and so far, the details of those investigations have […]
Month: July 2016
A new survey of MTurk’s workforce data by Pew Research Center reveals an “on-demand” labor market that looks a lot like sweatshop-via-telecommute. MTurk users, or “Turkers,” connect to “requesters” through an online platform assigning short-term “intelligence task” projects, ranging from web research to answering questionnaires, in exchange for small electronic payments. It’s piecework for the […]
Home cooking startup PlateJoy announced on Thursday that it is launching its service in Chicago. The company is partnering with Instacart to offer delivery of the groceries needed to cook its personalized recipes. Source: PlateJoy partners with Instacart to launch Chicago home cooking service | Built In Chicago
With a crowdfunding-to-marketplace path available, small business has a new opportunity to focus on quality, creativity and value instead of fighting just to deliver the lowest cost to consumers. A year after wading into the world of startups by partnering with more than 25 crowd-funding platforms and venture capital firms to offer up-and-coming sellers a […]
Second Quarter Financial Highlights Revenues: $120.2 million, a 37% year-over-year increase from $88.0 million in the second quarter of 2015. Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA: $37.6 million, a 32% year-over-year increase from $28.4 million in the second quarter of 2015. Net Income: $12.8 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, a 37% year-over-year increase from $9.4 million, or […]
San Francisco has filed a scathing legal critique with California regulators about the concept of renting vehicles for drivers with ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft, which was made public this week.In the critique, The City argues safety measures and more abundant insurance should be required of drivers who drive commercial vehicles — and not […]
Now comes a Federal Travel Regulation bulletin from the General Services Administration, basically koshering reimbursement for using what it calls “transportation network services.” The bulletin doesn’t really add much in the way of policy. It says you can get reimbursement for ride-sharing services if you’re on a business trip away from your duty station. That’s […]
Dubbed UberCentral, the tablet- and PC-based platform has been testing over the past few months at two dozen department stores, hotels and medical facilities, all enterprises that may want to provide rides to customers as a perk or service. There is also an option to charge the ride to a customer’s account with the business. […]
China unveiled its first nationwide regulation on on-demand mobility (ODM) services Thursday, granting legal status to the industry. The latest document specifies that ODM firms do not need to have their own fleet, effectively allowing private cars. About 96.6 million Chinese, or about one in every 14, hailed a taxi via online ODM services in […]
Smart home products seem to be valued both by consumers and brands, based on adoption. Almost half (44%) of consumers who have a connected security camera in their home access it remotely on a daily basis and the majority (70%) of security system dealers plan to install a smart home device this year, according to […]