Abiodun on Uber today announced the acquisition of meal delivery service Postmates in an all-stock deal worth $2.65 billion. Uber is expected to run its new acquisition alongside Uber Eats by merging some of the tech and delivery operation, TechCrunch reports. Postmates Chief Executive Officer Bastian Lehmann …
Abiodun on In an effort to make its taxi service robotic, Uber ATG debuted a new generation self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs today which are designed to function without any driver. The two companies, Uber and Volvo had been working together since September 2016 to develop prototypes of …
Abiodun on The option to book Uber rides directly from Google Maps has now been removed. AndroidPolice reports the feature was removed by Google without any reason, a feature which has also not been available on IOS version of Google Maps for a while. Back in January …
Abiodun on It has been possible for some time now to schedule Uber ride in advance but only few people actually use this feature. Scheduled Rides by Uber makes it possible to book rides 15 minutes to 30 days in advance. Let’s say you have a planned …
Abiodun on Google Maps latest update now makes it easy for users to book Uber ride directly from the Maps app without using the Uber app. Google also added an integration with Lyft to ride services in its app in the latest update which is rolling out …
In the words of Uber’s product manager, Yuhki Yamashita, “People aren’t just going from point A to point B, they are trying to get to each other. Uber recognises this fact and launches the feature, Uber to person“. With this new feature, instead of Uber app users to …
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