Lyft Sheds Some Of Its Quirks As It Seeks New Users | TechCrunch: "Those “secrets” were essentially around how users should greet their drivers and where to sit, and the email basically told users that fistbumping their driver and sitting up front were no longer necessary. While the email said users could continue on with Lyft traditions, it also seemed to make the service more open for users who just want to get from Point A to Point B:
“How you ride with Lyft is up to you. At the end of the day, Lyft is about helping each other get to where we want to go.”
While Lyft’s focus on community and friendliness was a key differentiator early on, there’s evidence that as it seeks new users, those same values might not be helping it.
Anecdotally speaking, I know multiple people who refused to use the service because they didn’t want to sit up front or have a conversation with their driver — they merely wanted a quiet ride and to respond to email in silence while going to or from work, for instance.
As Lyft seeks to grow and compete with Uber, the company realizes it’s going to need those passengers, too. The “Insider’s Guide To Lyft” seems a tacit acknowledgement of that fact.
There’s no doubt Lyft will continue to try to appeal to a certain type of user as a competitive differentiator. After all, some people will want a “friend with a car” rather than a “private driver.”
But for many users, the differences between the two are becoming increasingly blurred. And as Lyft seeks to go mainstream, it seems the company is increasingly aware of that fact."
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Uber says it has discliplined its manager accused of tracking a journalist By Josh Lowensohn
Uber says it has discliplined its manager accused of tracking a journalist
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Uber says it's completed an investigation into one of its managers, who earlier this month was accused of improperly using the transportation company's tools to track the travels of a journalist. Slate reports that the company has taken "disciplinary actions" against Josh Mohrer, general manager of Uber New York, though it's currently unclear just what that means. Mohrer reportedly still has his same job at the company, and Uber officials are not making public any of their own findings into the matter.
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Mohrer was accused of improperly using an internal "God View" tool that lets employees track the location of both Uber vehicles and customers that are using the system. According to a recent report in Buzzfeed News, Mohrer used the tool to track the whereabouts of Buzzfeed reporter Johana Bhuiyan while she was on her way to a meeting at Uber's Long Island City headquarters. Under the Uber's own privacy guidelines, that tool was explicitly limited in use to "legitimate business purposes," prompting questions into how many people at the company had access to it.
When asked for more detail on any sanctions against Mohrer, an Uber spokesperson said only that "the review by [law firm] Hogan Lovells that is already underway will evaluate our privacy policies and practices, including employee training and compliance."
The Mohrer incident came alongside controversial comments made by Uber's senior vice president of business, Emil Michael, who while at a private dinner in New York, suggested spending $1 million to dig up dirt on journalists using a team of "opposition researchers." Michael believed the entire conversation to be strictly off-the-record, something Buzzfeeddisputed after publishing the remarks. Uber denied that such an effort was underway or in the works, and a recent Bloomberg report suggested Michael's job is safe. The incident is separate from Mohrer, though raised further questions about the company's privacy practices.
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Uber we will fake chemo for you!!! video TMZ
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Uber’s Android app is not ‘literally malware’, despite what you may have read THE OTHER SIDE
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