Uber at risk as Transport for London bows to pressure from taxi drivers and minicab firms September 30, 2015 Taxi drivers and rival minicab firms have been handed a boost after Transport for London (TfL) bowed to pressure and proposed a range of measures that would hammer much of Uber’s business model. A minimum waiting time of five minutes could become law – even if a car is immediately available – while sharing a [...]
Uber wants to bring the party to its customers with UberEvents September 26, 2015 Need some help getting the party started? Ride-sharing app Uber is trialling its new service UberEvents for business customers. The pre-paid service allows event organisers to buy rides for their guests, and the company envisions it being used for things like company parties and weddings, as Kimiko Ninomiya, Uber’s senior marketing manager wrote on the [...]
London taxi cab drivers protest in the City over Uber regulation September 25, 2015 Black cab drivers brought traffic to a standstill outside Bank Tube station yesterday evening, in a protest against the way ride-hailing app Uber is regulated by Transport for London. Cabbies want to draw attention to what they perceive as a lack of regulation of the private hire vehicle (PHV) licences used by Uber drivers. Writing [...]
This is why Black Cabs are protesting at Bank junction today: TfL is failing to act on Uber’s “e-hailing” policy – and threatening London taxis’ existence September 24, 2015 The public are familiar with London's Taxis and yet almost nobody outside our industry knows much about us. Everybody knows we undertake the Knowledge, but who really knows what this means? It is a test of topographical competence and character assessment which takes between three to five years to learn. Within the process, a [...]
United Cabbies Group urges “ideological” groups to stay away from taxi driver protests as man arrested after City Hall assault during Uber rally September 24, 2015 A cabbies group has distanced itself from a man who was arrested yesterday following an attack on a security guard at City Hall last week and urged "ideological" protesters to stay away from future rallies. The man, said by police to be 65 years old, was arrested on suspicion of assault in Essex yesterday. He [...]
London can come out on top in the era of job-killing robots September 23, 2015 Scary, scary robots. If you believe the hype, robots are coming for your job, your society and everything you hold dear. A widely publicised report argued that 35 per cent of jobs in the UK could be destroyed by automation and computerisation (which is what “robots” have come to mean in the shorthand of [...]
Uber’s new carpooling service Uber Commute could change your commute September 23, 2015 Uber is trialling a carpool tool which allows people on longer drives to pick up extra passengers they can split the cost with. The new service, called Uber Commute, will be piloted in Chengdu, China first, but the plan is to expand to the rest of the world, Uber said in a statement: Over time [...]
iPhone 6S and 6S Plus UK release date, price, features and specs: The anatomy of the Apple’s new iPhone September 22, 2015 Oliver Smith explores the history of Apple’s smartphone, the game-changing innovations it introduced and what the new iPhone 6s means for the mobile industry today. On Friday 25th September the most valuable company in the world, Apple, will unleash its latest salvo in the smartphone wars. The iPhone 6s boasts innovative new features [...]
Apple malware XcodeGhost hits iOS App Store in major China attack September 21, 2015 Apple is cleaning up its App Store after it was hit by a major malicious software attack from China. The malware, called XcodeGhost, was first identified by a number of internet security firms and is the first large-scale attack of its type to hit Apple. The malware is hidden in the code used by app developers, [...]
Police hunt for man after taxi drivers’ Uber protest outside City Hall turns violent with security guard assault September 18, 2015 Police have issued footage captured of a man they are hoping to identify after Wednesday's taxi drivers' protest at City Hall descended into violence. The man is wanted in connection with an assault on a security guard, who was knocked out in the middle of the morning after 20 protesters forced their way into City [...]