Uber
May 19th, 2020 | by
Alfred Siew At its Singapore office opening last year, Uber was keen to be a good corporate citizen, after backlash from consumers for its merger with rival...
January 13th, 2020 | by
Grace Chng In the roaring 2020s era where everything is connected, we can expect flying taxis, quantum computers and 3D-printed...
April 2nd, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew About a year after exiting Southeast Asia, Uber showed off a new office at Frasers Tower in Singapore that will serve as its Asia-Pacific...
September 27th, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew After much talk for more than a year, an M1 buyout now looks more likely than ever with Singapore Press Holdings and Keppel Corp seeking a majority...
September 24th, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew A S$13 million fine is no trivial sum, but put into perspective, the amount just reinforces the idea that Grab and Uber have grown too big to...
July 8th, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew In the Grab-Uber merger, the authorities here have been shown up in the fast-moving digital economy. They have been exposed and...
May 7th, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew With Grab and Uber, regulators could hardly say no to the merger, unless they stopped drivers from picking up passengers...
April 1st, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew People had high expectations - perhaps unrealistic ones - of technology solving many of today's problems. Grab merging with Uber shattered many...
March 26th, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew For Grab, there will also be no urgency to cut prices and run endless promotions to capture a market. It is now the undisputed king of the...
September 15th, 2016 | by
Alfred Siew While drivers alike have benefited from such platforms, they will face competition from self-driving computers that never tire or need a toilet...
January 28th, 2016 | by
Aaron Tan It features an authentication technology that replaces the arbitrary signatures traditional couriers usually use to confirm delivery...
July 28th, 2014 | by
Alfred Siew The idea of owning less, living more is appealing. But what happens when your pay-as-you-use oven or toothbrush stops...
February 21st, 2013 | by
Raymond Lau Getting hold of limousines in Singapore is about to get a whole lot simpler thanks to a new booking service called Uber. Acting as a bridge between the passenger and local limo rental companies, the San Francisco-based company...
