Uber

Boris Johnson's plans for London minicabs would make Uber drivers wait 5 minutes before picking up passengers.

New rules to cover insurance, driver skills and waiting period.

Environment and transport inspection service has confiscated documents from the company.

Uber says it is 'shocked' by decision, threatens legal action.

New service could cut cost of daily commute and ease traffic and pollution problems.

Self-employment companies have become increasingly popular with the rise of the sharing economy

German carmaker's plans will rival the likes of Google and Uber.

Activist MP Tom Watson has been elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

Uber sponsoring drivers to collect donations from users and bring them to charity shops in 20 countries.

The online taxi-hailing start-up plans to expand its operations to 100 cities in China.

Investors have agreed to funding that would value UberChina at about $7.5bn.

Early investor in Google, Uber and Snapchat has backed a UK-based quantum computing startup.

Bookings reached $2.91bn in 2014 and $687.8m in 2013, according to a presentation.

US prosecutors say Uber is not telling customers how background checks on drivers are carried out

Around 47% of unemployed turned down these contracts, expressing the need for guaranteed level of income.

Uber security staff to increase to 100 by end of 2015 to guard against cyber attacks and real-world tensions.

Apple officials contacted GoMentum Station, former naval base near San Francisco that is being converted into testing ground for autonomous vehicles.

The social studies teacher was denied bail and is being held at the Al Cannon Detention Center.

Uber is facing probe in Hong Kong over its drivers, who allegedly operate without proper licence and insurance.

SAP's connect cars labs creates parking and refuelling systems which take payments automatically like Uber

Amateur footage shows three men involved in road rage brawl in Angel, Islington.

Licensed Taxi Drivers Association criticizes Uber for 'exploiting' commuters during tube strikes.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is second-biggest at valuation of $46bn, followed by Airbnb at $25.5bn.

Ripple Labs CEO Chris Larsen explains how distributed ledgers have halve the costs of global payment networks.

Uber looks to India and China for growth amid competition from Ola and Didi Kuaidi.

Cabbies in Mexico came out to protest against popular app.

Lawyers argue that Uber must treat its drivers as employees and not contractors or partners.

Uber rival Gett uses Knowledge learners to deliver Veuve Clicquot to Londoners in less than 10 minutes.

Xiaomi teams up with car-sharing firm for debut of its large-screen Mi Note smartphone in Singapore.

World's largest company hires automotive veterans for autonomous electric-car project