Spain’s taxi drivers stage strike against Uber, Cabify and other app-based taxi-hailing services
Taxi drivers across Spain are on a strike against the cab-hailing services such as Uber once again, as per reports. It was back in July that they went on a strike demanding the government to bring in ...
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VVN (Safe Traffic Netherlands) wants to ban Uber after 4 lethal accidents in 6 weeks
As reported by the folks at Telegraaf.nl, Safe Traffic Netherlands advocates for Uber ban in Amsterdam after a series of fatal accidents. In a span of six weeks time, four people were killed by accide...
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Uber in talks to buy food delivery rival Deliveroo to conquer European market
Uber is looking to expand their food delivery service Uber Eats.This can be said, as the San Francisco based tech giant is in talks to acquire a London based rival food app Deliveroo for £1.5bn report...
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7 unique transportation startups in the Netherlands giving stiff competition to Uber
Uber is always the first thing you think of when you need a ride from one place to another. But in the Netherlands, Uber is one of the costliest modes of transport, when compared to other countries in...
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Otly to receive symbolic “pocket money” from Travis Kalanick (Uber)
Dutch Startup Otly! is about to receive some ubercool funding money in its pocket. The company with its innovative pocket money app for kids will receive a "symbolic" investment from powerful taxi beh...
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick brings UberPITCH to Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Entrepreneurs are always looking for ways to speed up the process of making their dream come true. Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, comes to the rescue with UberPITCH. For a limited period, Uber will be ...
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Hoe taxi-startup UGo de strijd aangaat met Uber
De Nederlandse startup UGo, een joint venture tussen Transvision en UGo International, heeft het grootste taxiplatform van Nederland gelanceerd. Daarmee gaat het boekingsplatform de strijd aan met...
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Zo kreeg Amsterdamse startup Drive UGO de grootste taxi-app van het land
"Aardige chauffeurs, snelste route, eerlijke prijs. Zo moeilijk is dat niet", staat op de site van de startup Drive UGO. toch is dit nu juist waar de traditionele taxibedrijven teveel mee de mist ingi...
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On demand is ook onder startups in Nederland helemaal de trend
Nooit meer een pakketje mislopen omdat je niet thuis bent en toch een maaltijd bezorgd krijgen van een kleine traiteur aan de andere kant van de stad. Nieuwe spelers in binnen- en buitenland (en ook g...
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Nederlandse startup Yeller laat je taxiritjes van TCA delen met anderen
Door de komst van disruptive initiatieven als Uber en Lyft zitten traditionele taxibedrijven met de handen in het haar. De Amsterdamse taxicentrale TCA komt in beweging om klanten weer voor zich te wi...
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Europe's perspective on the tech industry
