Lyft extends service throughout 32 states
By TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — Lyft is driving into the countryside in an effort to raise ridership and steal market share from rival Uber. The much smaller Lyft announced Thursday that it is offering...
View ArticleLyft to unleash self-driving cars on Bay Area roads
SAN FRANCISCO — Self-driving Lyfts are coming to the Bay Area, promising to give local residents a first-hand look at the technology that’s poised to dramatically change the nature of transportation....
View ArticleSeagate joins up with Apple, Dell in Bain-led bid for Toshiba’s memory-chip...
Top of the Order: Line ‘Em Up: Many powerful alliances have emerged throughout history, in a variety of areas. There were the Allies in World War II, and then NATO. In music, you can count Lennon and...
View ArticleUber, Lyft fingerprinting gets thumbs down from California regulators
In a win for Uber and Lyft, state regulators late Wednesday said they don’t intend to force the ride-hailing companies to fingerprint their drivers — rejecting the idea that the added screening would...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter to head to D.C.; Netflix raises its prices
Top of the Order: The Mark and Jack Show?: That’s what could be on tap next month when officials from Facebook and Twitter go before Congress to testify about the role Russia had in advertising on...
View ArticleGoogle parent leads $1B Lyft investment, deepening Uber rift
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s parent company is throwing its financial support behind ride-hailing service Lyft, deepening its rift with market leader Uber. Alphabet...
View ArticleAdobe soars; Lyft gets more dough; ageism fears abound
Top of the Order: The Day of Adobe: Adobe Systems is on the move. Literally. Back in the summer, the publishing and media software company signaled it has big growth plans ahead as it said it would...
View ArticleTesla goes flat on Model 3 delays; Twitter, GoPro also slump
Top of the Order: Off the Road?: Well, Tesla’s shares sure went for a spin Thursday. And not in a good way. By the time the stock market closed, Telsa shares had fallen by almost 7 percent, to close...
View ArticleLyft to serve Toronto next month in first foray outside U.S.
DETROIT — Lyft is planning to make its first trip outside the U.S. by carrying passengers in Toronto. The ride-hailing service says it’s recruiting drivers starting Monday in Canada’s largest city and...
View ArticleEast Bay bus agency to launch Uber-like ‘on-demand’ service
DANVILLE — Commuters in a small East Bay suburb will soon have more of an incentive to take public transit: In a first-of-its kind partnership in the Bay Area, a bus agency is offering on-demand rides...
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Can crowd-sourcing bus routes solve Bay Area commuters’ woes?
SAN FRANCISCO — Long maligned as the least desirable form of public transit, buses are making a comeback. These aren’t the lumbering behemoths most often associated with frequent stops, long rides and...
View ArticleLyft reveals top 2017 Bay Area, U.S. passenger destinations
Where are Silicon Valley’s hot spots? One barometer comes from the ride service Lyft, which on Wednesday announced its 2017 Lyftie Awards. These bragging rights go to the destinations that logged the...
View ArticleVenture capital investing hits $84 billion, highest since dot-com boom
Venture capitalists’ money is flowing into U.S. technology companies at the highest rate since the dot-com boom, aimed at finding the next big thing — yet there doesn’t seem to be a bubble in sight,...
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Uber ‘thumbing its nose at the law’: San Francisco city attorney
Lyft good, Uber bad. So says San Francisco’s city attorney, who’s accusing Uber of getting up to its old tricks amid a probe into the San Francisco operations of the two ride-hailing firms...
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Uber rejects MIT study that shows ride-hailing drivers make under $4 an hour
(Click here, if you are unable to view this photo gallery or video on your mobile device.) If this is the kinder, gentler Uber, it’s still pretty scrappy. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi lashed out publicly...
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Uber drivers’ per-hour profit revised in disputed MIT study
After Uber disputed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study that concluded ride-hailing drivers earn a median of $3.37 an hour, the study’s lead researcher has recalculated the figure, but he has...
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Lyft links up with Canada’s Magna on self-driving cars
Ride-sharing company Lyft is hoping a new partnership with auto parts maker Magna will take its self-driving car efforts to a new level. Specifically, Lyft wants to get to Level 4, which refers to...
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Lyft testing out subscriptions for its ride-sharing service
The Netflix subscription service model may soon be coming to a ride-sharing service near you. Lyft has begun testing several versions of what it calls All-Access monthly ride-subscription plans in...
View ArticleLyft offers free rides for March for Our Lives demonstrators
People planning to take part in the March for Our Lives demonstrations across the country Saturday might be able to get a free lift to the rally sites if they act fast. Actually, they might be able to...
View ArticleAutonomous vehicle test programs move big step closer
Passengers would be allowed to ride in autonomous vehicles in California — sometimes without drivers — under a pilot program proposed Friday by state regulators. Two pilot programs would be established...
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