Uber in India

Uber Eats reveals its plan to conquer the rest of India

Uber Eats reveals its plan to conquer the rest of India

The goal: over 240 cities.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
UberEats arrives in India. First stop: Mumbai

UberEats arrives in India. First stop: Mumbai

Uber forayed into India’s big, fat, and still unsolved on-demand food delivery space today.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read
Dear Ola (and Uber): users want efficiency, not nationalist hyperbole

Dear Ola (and Uber): users want efficiency, not nationalist hyperbole

It’s a dangerous and pointless game to play.
Nivedita Bhattacharjee · · 4 min read
Uber bends over backwards to win India, installs taxi meters in Bangalore

Uber bends over backwards to win India, installs taxi meters in Bangalore

Monday is D-Day for Uber in Bangalore. And it is doing everything it can to comply with new regulations and prevent a halt to its operations.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 6 min read
Uber makes an art form out of negotiating with regulators. Here’s its newest playbook

Uber makes an art form out of negotiating with regulators. Here’s its newest playbook

Uber has become a past master at co-opting public opinion to deal with regulators around the world. Its latest tussle is over the newly launched UberMoto in Bangalore.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 4 min read

Uber for motorbikes enters Bangalore, will be cheapest (legal) travel option in city

There are over 3.8 million two-wheelers in the state of Karnataka, so Uber shouldn’t have any trouble signing people up.
Meghna Rao · · 2 min read

Uber makes an unprecedented move to win India and the rest of Asia

The Indian government hasn’t really been rolling out the red carpet for Uber ever. But now, Uber is wooing not just India but the whole of Asia with a big leap in customer support.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 3 min read

Are rickshaw ride apps a flop in India? Uber’s withdrawal raises big doubts

Startups like Ola and Uber offered extra incentives per trip for auto-rickshaw drivers to log on to their platforms but they could not scale it due to various reasons, primarily related to customer adoption.
Harsimran Julka · · 2 min read

Driver in Uber India rape case sentenced to life in prison

Delhi high court finds Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav guilty of raping a woman in his cab nearly a year ago.
Meghna Rao · · 2 min read

5 reasons to tap into the startup ecosystem In Indonesia

What is in common between Skype, Alibaba, Xiomi, and Spotify? Besides the fact that they are billion dollar unicorns and their products are elite, useful and convenient as those made
Dipendra Jain · · 4 min read