technology

Uber and Lyft Get a Lot of Hype -- But Ridesharing Is a Parasitic Business Model
There's a lot of attention on the 'disruptive' ride share business, but its effects aren't pretty overall.
http://www.alternet.org/labor/uber-and-lyft-get-lot-hype-ridesharing-par...

Photo Credit: By Pkg203 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Uber and Lyft Get a Lot of Hype -- But Ridesharing Is a Parasitic Business Model
There's a lot of attention on the 'disruptive' ride share business, but its effects aren't pretty overall.
http://www.alternet.org/labor/uber-and-lyft-get-lot-hype-ridesharing-par...

Photo Credit: By Pkg203 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Thousands of European Cab Drivers Protest Uber, Taxi Apps
Protesters in London, Madrid, Milan Say the Apps Skirt Regulations
http://online.wsj.com/articles/londons-black-cab-drivers-protest-against...

UberX Driver Pissed Off Over Capitalist Exploitation "Part of their strategy is to use drivers to market for them. New drivers always spread the word."

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Ride-services-try-to-balance...
Ride services try to balance needs of business and drivers
As company grows, it looks to balance varied needs

Leah Millis, San Francisco Chronicle

London Mayor Boris Johnson clashes with UK RMT leader Bob Crow over Tube strike in radio phone-in "Ticket Offices Are Old Fashioned Technology" Says London Mayor
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-tube-strike-boris-johnson-31...
• Feb 04, 2014 12:56
• By Richard Hartley-Parkinson

Boris Johnson received a phone call from Bob Crow during his weekly phone-in after the union leader went to City Hall to try and confront the Mayor of London