Loading...

TC Roundup: French anti-Uber protest turns to Guerrilla warfare as cabbies burn cars, attack Uber drivers

Loading...

French anti-Uber protest turns to Guerrilla warfare as cabbies burn cars, attack Uber drivers: Today's taxi driver protest is getting out of hand. According to the police, 2,800 taxi drivers are protesting today against UberPOP, the European equivalent of UberX. With UberPOP, everybody can become an Uber driver — taxi drivers see the service as unfair competition as they have to get a special license. Yet, this doesn't really explain why cabbies are now attacking Uber drivers, burning and breaking their cars.

The police has already arrested a taxi driver and an Uber driver. The cabbie was throwing projectiles toward the police, while the latter was attacking a cabbie. It is currently very difficult to go to Charles-De-Gaulle and Orly airports as taxi drivers are blocking the roads. Taxis are also controlling many parts of Paris, looking for Uber drivers. (Tech Crunch)

Facebook allows users to sign up for Messenger without account: Facebook Inc has enabled users without an account to sign up for its Messenger app with a phone number, the social media company said on Wednesday, in another move to broaden the app's reach and make it a standalone platform.

Loading...

Earlier this year, Facebook opened up Messenger to developers, and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he wanted to connect users directly with retailers, restaurants and other businesses. (Reuters)

Alibaba beefs up Tmall global platform: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said Wednesday it added 11 countries to Tmall Global, its platform for selling foreign brands that are new to the Chinese mainland, as it looks to shore up interest in the service and expand its international e-commerce initiatives. (The Wall Street Journal)

Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor, Cloud Source Repositories: Google hasn't announced it yet, but the company earlier this year started offering free beta access to Cloud Source Repositories, a new service for storing and editing code on the ever-expanding Google Cloud Platform.

Loading...

It won't be easy for Google to quickly steal business from source code repository hosting companies like GitHub and Atlassian (with Bitbucket). And sure enough, Google is taking a gradual approach with the new service: It can serve as a "remote" for Git repositories sitting elsewhere on the Internet or locally. (Venture Beat)


Sign up for Newsletter

Select your Newsletter frequency