A Near Death Experience Tin Hang LiuBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Mar 21 I was riding passenger on my way to Turin from Milan on Blablacar, Europe’s carpooling app. In front of myself and the driver, Davide, was a semi truck. We saw its tire explode before it, and its rim, began spinning into the air at an altitude… Continue reading A Near Death Experience
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comma.ai moves to San Diego
comma.ai moves to San Diego comma aiBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Mar 13 San Diego skyline. The story “Hey guys, as you know, we have been looking for a new office for quite some time now and it has been very frustrating. Rent rates keep soaring! I thought about it and why don’t we move out of Silicon Valley?”. “Hell yeah.… Continue reading comma.ai moves to San Diego
Careem and INSEAD sign MOU for academic research
Careem and INSEAD, have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see INSEAD students earning course credit for action learning projects with Careem. The company will propose problem-solving exercises to INSEAD students based on real-world issues that the tech company is currently addressing.
Faculty and PhD students at INSEAD will work on research to develop new insights into specific regional problems leveraging INSEAD academic expertise and scientific experience, and will present their findings via academic research publications.
At the signing, Careem’s Chief Experience Officer and co-founder Magnus Olsson explained that the partnership will not only give INSEAD faculty some rich, real-word data, with which to enhance their academic research, it will also help Careem improve the ways in which we operate.
Additionally, INSEAD professors will develop and teach case studies to students on how Careem operates. The business school has around 1000 MBA students per year and Careem..
Careem discounts for expat Pakistanis when returning home
There are around nine million Pakistanis who have left their homeland in search of employment and each month they send money home – as much as $1.9 billion in total every 30 days.
Around 82 percent of money that is sent back to Pakistan comes from just five countries – Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom. Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
One of Careem’s biggest markets is Pakistan, but many of the Careem Captains working in other countries – notable here in the UAE – are also Pakistani. So, we invited 50 Pakistani Captains working in Dubai to meet with Mudassir Sheikha, CEO and Co-Founder of Careem, and Zulfiqar Bukhari, the Special Assistant of the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistan.
To mark this meeting, Junaid Iqbal, the Managing Director of Careem Pakistan is now working with the Ministry of Overseas to develop special promo codes for expat Pakistanis to use when they are back in Pakistan. In addition to this, a team is now being set up to work with vario..
Introducing Scootiquette: Getting Around Austin on Two Wheels
Improving people’s lives with the world’s best transportation options calls for more than just cars — that’s why we added scooters to the Lyft lineup in 13 cities, including Austin. One thing cities definitely haven’t been built around? Scooters. If you haven’t heard, the two-wheeled toys from your childhood have been electrified and reinvented as… Continue reading Introducing Scootiquette: Getting Around Austin on Two Wheels
We’re rebranding! Taxify is now Bolt ⚡
Yup, you read it right. Today is a big day for us – Taxify is now Bolt! We are changing our name and logo, but the app with great ride prices and fast arrival times will stay just as good as ever. Taxify started five years ago with a mission to make urban transportation easier… Continue reading We’re rebranding! Taxify is now Bolt ⚡
Taxify in Portugal: giving back to the community
Our aim is to make urban travel easier, quicker and more reliable. That’s big, but it doesn’t stop there. We want to have a truly positive impact on our environment and the people in it. This is why we decided to paint suit up and give back to the community. At the beginning of February… Continue reading Taxify in Portugal: giving back to the community
HUBJECT AND MODULO WORK TOGETHER TO SPUR EMOBILITY IN FRANCE AND BEYOND
Tours, February 26 – Last week Hubject and Modulo signed a eRoaming contract in France. Modulo is a Société Publique Locale created to gather Syndicats d’Énergie in France and enable them to offer simple, seamless and open charging solutions for EV drivers. The eRoaming agreement with Modulo enables all Syndicats d’Énergie charging stations, to be… Continue reading HUBJECT AND MODULO WORK TOGETHER TO SPUR EMOBILITY IN FRANCE AND BEYOND
Building Our Collective Future
Building Our Collective Future Waymo TeamBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingFeb 28 By: Reginald McKnight, Head of State Public Policy In celebration of Black History Month, I was honored to be asked to speak at Greenville High School in my hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. Black History Month offers us a time to reflect on our history, and this invitation… Continue reading Building Our Collective Future
Introducing an Open Standard for Autonomous Vehicle Visualizations
Introducing an Open Standard for Autonomous Vehicle Visualizations UberATGBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Feb 22 By: Xiaoji Chen, Joseph Lisee, Tim Wojtaszek, and Abhishek Gupta Understanding what autonomous vehicles perceive as they navigate urban environments is essential to developing safe and reliable autonomous systems. Just as we have standards for street signs and traffic infrastructure to help human drivers,… Continue reading Introducing an Open Standard for Autonomous Vehicle Visualizations