Travel weekly reports that after lengthy legal battles, Uber and Lyft are now operating at Las Vegas. Just not at the airport or directly on the Strip… 3 Sarcastic Comments We Have For This Story “Thank you Vegas for protecting… Read More ›
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What Does A Robot Have To Do To Hitch A Ride Around Here?
A Canadian hitch-hiking robot that successfully toured parts of the world was reportedly destroyed in Philadelphia by vandals. CBC reports that fake surveillance footage of the destruction of “HitchBOT” has surfaced online. 3 People We Suspect Decimated HitchBOT 1. The… Read More ›
Um… About That Really Embarrasing Thing You Ordered On Amazon…
Yahoo Finance reports that Amazon is contemplating creating an app that pays regular people to deliver packages while en route to their own destinations. Think of it as Uber for packages. If such a service every comes to fruition, here… Read More ›
Driverless Uber Cars?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Uber is working with Carnegie Mellon University to develop driverless cars, in direct competition with Google, which also is doing similar work. 3 Interesting Observations About This Story 1. So Uber is driving cab… Read More ›
We Want Uber To Use More Criteria To Rate Passengers!
Slate recently posted an opinion piece about the fact that Uber, the cab-dispatching smartphone app, has a secret rating of its passengers, based on cab driver ratings. Passengers are rated on a scale of one to five. Three More Detailed Scales… Read More ›