The Uber app is getting an extreme makeover. For the first time, the hallmark Uber ride-hailing map with cars crawling around the screen will no longer be in the spotlight. Instead, the app will soon ...
Fifteen million people take Uber rides every day, and they generate a lot of data. In fact, two years ago Uber began building its own mapping tool to process all of it. Called Kepler.gl, the software ...
Uber Advertising announced an interactive advertising format combining branded map displays with destination-specific creative that runs the consumer's entire ride.
This month, news broke that Uber acquired a significant chunk of Microsoft Bing’s mapping assets. This included about 100 employees and guesstimates of licensed intellectual property from the Redmond, ...
If you use Uber, you’ve seen the map that comes up when you want a ride. The map shows little car graphics hovering adorably around your location and the wait time for a pickup. Once you request a ...
Uber Eats is adding a new pickup map feature to its app that will allow users to search for restaurants or merchants close to them. The map localizes to the user, allowing them to type in what kind ...
Uber has a car with a bunch of cameras on it driving around collecting images to improve its maps, driving routes, and ETAs, TechCrunch has confirmed. And here are the first photos of it. When asked ...
Since it first hit the scene, Uber has relied on Google Maps to get its drivers to folks who need a ride, but that may not be the case forever. A new report from unnamed sources speaking to The ...
Those cars you see in your area on the map when you open Uber might not be there at all. At best case, the map that seems to show how many drivers are in your neighborhood appears to be really ...
When you get back on the Uber app (it's been a minute during the pandemic), you'll notice some improvements to the map from the ride-hailing service. The biggest update will be at pickup points.