India's tech start-ups are following Silicon Valley's lead and embracing the "fail fast" culture.
Meru Cabs is in talks with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Radio taxi service provider Meru Cabs is planning to put in place the next level of driver verification, one liked to biometric identification tool Aadhaar.
While the cab aggregators offer incentives as they battle each other for more customers, drivers complain that their earnings have halved in the last six months. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
'Shape up or ship out' message has been loud and clear across the new-age companies in the stressed market conditions
The company asked its users to sign a petition - #BringUberBack
Uber said it is conducting a full audit of its verification, rider feedback and support processes apart from assessing its driver screening processes, Ola is getting GPS installed in all its partner taxis.
The Information Technology Act needs another tweak to allow a different kind of information intermediary to flourish, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Home-grown taxi booking companies which have a business model similar to Uber's might have stricter security norms imposed on them.
Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated.
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