Uber Pushes Hard To Influence Policy In Emerging Markets Because It Can...
Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO and co-founder of Ola, poses in front of an Ola cab in Mumbai on March 3, 2015. Shailesh Andrade / Reuters For the last few weeks, anytime people launched the Uber app on their...
View ArticleOla, Uber’s Largest Competitor In India, Adds Apple Music And In-Car...
Ola Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has always said that he wants Uber to be “everyone’s private driver”. But in India, arguably the world’s biggest ride-hail battleground, Uber's largest rival, Ola, just...
View ArticleRide-Hailing Services Like Uber And Ola Are Finally Legal In India
Indian Minister of Law and Justice and Ministry of Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad (L) shares a light moment with co-founder and CEO of Uber Travis Kalanick ahead of a meeting in New Delhi...
View ArticleIt's Official: India's Worst Traffic Isn't In Mumbai Or Bengaluru, It's In...
If you’re not a fan of early workdays and constant jams, Hyderabad is the city for you. (H/t Ola) The question about which Indian city has the worst traffic has long plagued its residents, with...
View ArticleUber Is Pushing Back Against An Archaic Indian Law That Wants To Ban Carpooling
Eirik Refsdal / Via Flickr: eirikref Uber has kicked off a brand-new campaign in the Indian state of Karnataka, home to Bengaluru, often known as India’s Silicon Valley, to stop authorities from...
View ArticleThousands Of Drivers Protesting Uber And Ola Have Knocked New Delhi's...
Twitter: @sweta_goswami Thousands of drivers working for Uber and Ola in the Indian capital New Delhi have been on strike for more than 72 hours, throwing the city's transport system into chaos.This...
View ArticleIndian Uber Drivers Aren’t Buying The Company’s Explanation About Why They’re...
Indian taxi drivers take part in a protest against private carriers Uber and Ola in Mumbai in June 2016. Punit Paranjpe / AFP / Getty Images Uber has for the first time publicly addressed concerns...
View Article16 Times Women Just Really Wouldn't Take Shit From Men
Not even a single fuck was given for the patriarchy. When Mayanti Langer really had no time for sexist internet trolls. Twitter: @MayantiLanger_B When Priya Malik went braless to protest how...
View ArticleOla, Uber's Largest Rival In India, Just Called The Company "Despicable" And...
Indian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav following his court appearance in New Delhi on Dec. 8, 2014. Delhi's government on Dec. 8 banned Uber from operating in the...
View ArticleAirbnb, Uber, And Ola Are Considering Using India’s Creepy National ID Database
An Indian visitor gives a thumb impression to withdraw money from his bank account with his Aadhaar card in January 2017. Noah Seelam / AFP / Getty Images Airbnb, the ride-hailing giant Uber, and its...
View ArticleUber's Indian Rival Ola Is Launching In Australia
Uber currently dominates Australia but competition is nipping at its heels. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleUber Will “Invest Aggressively” In India And Southeast Asia, CEO Says
“We expect to lose money in Southeast Asia and expect to invest aggressively,” said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleUber's Biggest Indian Competitor, OlaCabs, Secures $400 Million In Series E...
A quarter of that will go toward growing the recently acquired TaxiForSure — once the country's second biggest taxi-hailing app. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleUber Is Rolling Out Cash Payments In Hyderabad
The ride-hailing service embarks on an experiment in a market with low credit card penetration. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleOla Extends Its Mobile Wallet Beyond Rides
Riders in more than 100 cities in India can now use OlaMoney — the proprietary digital wallet created by Uber's biggest competitor, OlaCabs — to pay for online services and orders. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleUber's Biggest Rival In China Just Invested In Lyft
The move is the latest in a series of indications that a global taxi and ride-hail alliance is forming against Uber, as BuzzFeed News first reported. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleUber Brings UberPool To Bangalore With Ola Trailing Closely Behind It
Uber India is launching UberPool in Bangalore, piggybacking on a city-wide carpooling initiative meant to cut down on traffic. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleUber's Indian Competitor, Ola, Is Already Doing Uber's Next Big Thing
Uber's "perpetual ride" is finally here — thanks to the company's rival, Ola. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleIndia's Biggest Ride-Hail Player Just Launched Its Own Payments App
Ola is going deep on payment services with the launch of its newest stand-alone app: Ola Money. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleIndia's Largest Ride-Hail Company, Ola, Just Raised $500 Million
Ola plans to use the money to increase driver supply, explore new services, and battle Uber. View Entire Post ›
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