GM technology spinoff Maven has forged a partnership with ridesharing giant Lyft — backed by more than $500 million from GM — to get more Bolts on the road by supplying the car to drivers in Los Angeles. Also in play is Maven’s own app-based carsharing system, which executives say they hope could allay lingering […]
Month: February 2017
Softballs lobbed to Uber autonomous lead Anthony Levandowski in Mobile World Congress interview. Also absent from the interview were any hard questions about whether Uber has overriden regulators’ safety concerns in seeking to accelerate its autonomous tech onto public roads as quickly as possible, and before it’s been tested robustly enough — following the typical […]
These days there is a noticeable shift in the center of gravity when it comes to retail banking engagements. The shift is towards mobile platforms, to the anywhere, anything service delivery according to Michael Leung, Chief Information and Operations Officer at China CITIC Bank International.“It’s almost like an on-demand service delivery concept. Customers don’t want […]
Founded in 2014, Gigster has grown to a network of over 1,000 freelance engineers, software developers, designers and product managers, culled from the top 1 percent of applicants. To support its expansion efforts, Gigster also has a core team of over 40 full time employees. In the last year, Gigster has seen unprecedented momentum in […]
The reconfiguration of workspaces is underway. Softbank’s big move into shared workspaces marks a potential inflection point. The Japanese telecom company is making a big vote of confidence in the shared work space company. Source: SoftBank set to invest more than $3 billion in WeWork
Enter transition managers, who are “rented” out to companies during a time of need, for example to help them tide over a crisis or to roll out a restructuring programme. These highly skilled managers lend their specific expertise to work as part of the company for a particular period and then move on, just like […]
[Secretary Chao] said the Trump administration wanted to ensure it “is a catalyst for safe, efficient technologies, not an impediment. In particular, I want to challenge Silicon Valley, Detroit, and all other auto industry hubs to step up and help educate a skeptical public about the benefits of automated technology.” Source: Trump administration re-evaluating self-driving […]
While there are plenty of laundry services vying for your attention, NextCleaners differentiates itself by way of a few key partnerships. Not only does the New York-based laundry service dry clean for the Brooklyn Nets, but it also maintains partnerships with a few major fashion houses, including Versace, Sandro, Theory, Oscar De La Renta, Chanel, […]
Ride-hailing firm Uber has moved a little closer to its destination of being legalised in Hong Kong after securing insurance coverage in line with the city’s laws. Source: Uber secures third-party insurance coverage in bid to be legalised in Hong Kong
Nobody wants to be Uber right now.In the past month, the San Francisco ride-hailing firm faced a customer boycott and sexual harassment allegations, which have devastated employee morale and steered users away from the service. Then it was slapped with a lawsuit Thursday, in which Waymo — Google’s self-driving car project — alleged theft of […]