Uber and Lyft have become the “go to” solution for those looking to get from place to place without the need and expense of maintaining a vehicle. There’s a lot to recommend Uber, from its rogue startup attitude to the way it provides jobs in the communities it serves, as well as the reliability of…
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Uber was one of the latest companies to be hit with a major data breach controversy. The breach, which happened more than two years ago, has harmed at least 57 million customers and resulted in attorneys general across the nation filing a suit against the company for security and privacy violations. Now, the company has…
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If there’s one thing that Uber is constantly trying to do, it’s innovate. First they began experimenting with self-driving cars, an experiment that’s still ongoing and has come under a great deal of fire, but in which the company has a lot of faith. More recently, however, they’ve begun offering powerful bicycles with electric assist….
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DUI is an epidemic around our country. More often than not, people are turning to Uber, Lyft and other ridesharing services to stay safe on the roads. When you’re going out with friends, a few extra bucks can ensure you have a designated driver who hasn’t been drinking. This means you and yours can have…
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It’s not a stretch to say that ridesharing services are a work in progress. They’re wildly popular and many people swear by companies such as Uber and Lyft to get them where they need to go. Certainly there’s a lot of advantages to ridesharing over traditional taxi services—they’re less costly, more informal, and can even…
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Uber and Lyft have taken the country by storm, with ridesharing services even putting traditional taxi companies in jeopardy, while opening the door for independent contractors to make a decent living as on-demand transportation. In many ways it’s a brilliant concept, which essentially legalizes the concept of “jitney” drivers, but in others it’s opened the…
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Ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber have taken the nation by storm. Thousands upon thousands of people rely on these services in lieu of taxi cabs every day to get to work, go on dates, and even to do their grocery shopping. But as people begin to view these services as a great thing for…
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As ride sharing services have become a part of our cultural landscape, new issues of legality and liability have arisen across the nation and indeed, all over the world. Every day there are hundreds of thousands of car accidents, from minor fender benders to major incidents. When this happens between two private vehicles, one or…
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Every time you get behind the wheel of a car, you’re at risk for an accident, but Uber drivers are even more at risk, because they drive more often than others, and because they spend a lot of time driving to unfamiliar places. You also might work very long hours, late night and early morning,…
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Uber is a wildly popular ride sharing service all over the nation. It hasn’t, however, been without its share of controversies. It’s not just available in the United States, either, but has spread to 50 countries all over the world, and that’s just in the first few years of its existence. If you’re thinking of…
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