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Uber data suggests that drivers overall in three major U.S. markets — Denver, Detroit, and Houston — earned less than $13.25 an hou 
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Like me, you might be a liberal who loves Uber and Airbnb. But the darker side of the new economy isn’t something we can simply ignore
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Ms Warren outlines four areas for action. First, she wants to make it easier for all workers to pay social security contributions and buy insurance against disability or illness, as well as to accrue credits for at least some paid leave. Second, she argues that health and pension benefits should belong to workers and should follow them no matter what their employment status. Third, she underlines the need to streamline and enforce existing labour laws to stop employers exploiting loopholes. Finally, she stresses the need for collective bargaining for all workers — unions, historically intent on protecting insiders, need to bear some responsibility.
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If you make money from Uber or Airbnb, what about paying tax? Italy thinks it has the answer | ZDNet
The sharing economy, where individuals share access to goods and services through apps, is beset with regulatory and fiscal problems, which a new bill in Italy aims to address.
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“The more powerful model, more sustainable — and certainly more in line with where tech, and I think society in general, is moving — is more of a distributed model where power and wealth are pushed out more to the edges of the network.
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The shared economy is a remarkable thing. We have entered an age where anyone can use their gifts, talents and abilities to bring value to others without having to work for a large corporation or go to a nine-to-five job.
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Here's how you can turn data into a difference-maker -- and crush your competition.
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A new player has entered the ride-sharing arena and plans to take the industry by storm. The company Arcade City: Ethereum’s Big Test Drive to Kill Uber.
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Driver-owned ridesharing startup Arcade City, the developer of an open marketplace where riders connect directly with drivers by leveraging blockchain tech.
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‘Blockchain Revolution’ author suggests that the Bitcoin technology is so revolutionary that it could replace services like Uber, Airbnb, and iTunes.
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The former 'illegal Uber driver' Christopher David -- who provides rides to Portsmouth, New Hampshire residents when cab companies will not -- has garnered 1...
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Uber has extended its cooperation with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) online payment platform to allow its Chinese customers to pay their fare outside China using Alipay.
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The EC projects the sharing economy to expand robustly after doubling in one year, setting guidelines for member countries to reap the benefits of growth.
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By Cat Johnson for Shareable - As “death star platforms” such as Airbnb and Uber continue their pursuit of global domination, an alternative is rising in its
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The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) today called on the next Australian government to convene a task force into the impact of the so-called “sharing economy” and automation on jobs and workplace rights.
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The primary business context for cloud native case studies like Netflix is the 'Platform Business Model', the conceptual design model for the particular commercial models they implement, one that is directly enabled by the technology.
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“We're drowning in drivers -- we have too many people wanting to sign up.”
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Communities like Vancouver are struggling to deal with the social fallout from businesses like Uber and Airbnb. Is "sharing" really the best way to describe a new economy that's making a handful of people very rich?
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It was a sunny afternoon in Manhattan and I needed a ride from Rockefeller Center to The Verge's office on West 40th Street. So, like thousands of people do everyday, I pulled out
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Uber has famously fought off regulators on its way to becoming one of the world's fastest-growing companies. But has it finally met its match in Washington State?
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A group of Uber and Lyft drivers in New York says it has been working for more than a year on a ride-hailing app of its own.
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How to develop with Uber Engineering's Ringpop, an open source library developed to make our applications cooperative and scalable.
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San Francisco’s largest taxi firm, Yellow Cab Co-operative, has filed for bankruptcy. The independently owned co-op began operations in 1977, formed after
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