Taxi App

Taxi-hailing app firm Ola slashes around 700 jobs, shuts down TaxiForSure business

For positions that cease to exist as a result of this transition, Ola is offering enhanced severance benefits and outplacement services to help affected employees pursue new career opportunities

Google maps to hail you a cab now: The tech giant partners with Uber and Ola

Tech giant Google on Wednesday said it has partnered cab hailing apps Uber and Ola to allow users in India to check if a taxi is available in the vicinity from the Google Maps app.

India drafts rules to regulate Uber, Ola and other ride-hailing firms

India has drafted guidelines to regulate ride-hailing companies, including US based Uber and its domestic rival Ola

Uber adds more safety, deploys phone technology to keep customers' call anonymous

New technology to help both sides communicate with each other to coordinate a pick-up without revealing their personal phone numbers

Uber pledges to sign up 1 million female drivers globally by 2020

The pledge comes as the rapidly expanding company deals with fallout over incidents of assaults by drivers from Boston and Chicago to Delhi.

China to issue taxi app regulations in first half of 2015

China's transport minister said on Thursday he hopes to have regulations issued on using mobile apps to book private cars within the first half of 2015, state media reported, amid doubts on the legal status in China of Uber and similar services.

Delhi govt grants license to Chennai-based cab service; Uber, Ola await

Delhi government on Saturday granted the licence to a Chennai-based cab service provider to run radio taxis for five years in the national capital.

Uber panic button just a marketing ploy: Delhi rape victim's US lawyer

"Today's additions of a panic button and ride share notification to the Uber app in India are far cries from the safety measures riders need," New York-based lawyer Douglas H. Wigdor said in a statement on Twitter.

Call police with SOS button: Uber finally introduces India-specific safety features in app

Uber Technologies added on Wednesday a panic button and tracking features to its taxi hailing app in India after the U.S.-based company was banned in New Delhi last year over rape allegations against one of its drivers.

Google working on an Uber-competitor: Report

Google Inc is preparing to offer its own ride-hailing service, putting it in direct competition with Uber,