Uber adds in-app chat functionality for improved rider and driver convenience

Uber's latest global Android and iOS app update enables a feature that should have probably been available for a long time: in-app chat.

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Uber makes it a lot easier and more intuitive to request rides for friends and family

If you want to help someone who doesn't own a smartphone or that simply refuses to use the Uber app get around, a new feature makes it hassle-free.

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Google Maps ride-hailing options expands with Lyft and Gett

Uber pads its share of the global ride-hailing pie. Its positioning is very apparent as its service has been the go-to for Google Maps users looking for a way over “there”. Sure, Maps added on six regional services back in March, but that UberX has always been tops on the ride service list.Not necessarily anymore. Lyft and Gett are now on the roster in the US.

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Lyft isn’t selling itself, blames Uber for connoting such rumors

Ride-hail company Lyft is not looking for a buyer, the company’s President said.John Zimmer broke his silence on potential mergers & acquisitions to dispel reports from Bloomberg and The New York Times to claim that Lyft was approached with offers, not the other way around — at least, it has never actively sought a new owner. That said, Zimmer wouldn’t confirm that Lyft had hired Qatalyst Partners in order to handle incoming offers (Qatalyst plotted the Microsoft and ...

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Lyft sought a buyer with $9 billion and Uber claims it’s only worth $2 billion

Number two ride-hailing app Lyft has been looking to better compete with top dog Uber while fending off newer transit startups like Bridj. And so, after nine funding rounds and a company valuation of $5.5 billion, it went to look for an owner.Would General Motors increase its investment of Lyft to a controlling stake? Nope. According to Recode‘s sources, it didn’t make a ...

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