California, US-based payments firm PayPal said it will open its new mobile software development kit (SDK) to all mobile developers across 30 countries starting February 24 to make way for a more convenient PayPal checkout in mobile apps.
San Francisco, US-based delivery firm Postmates nabbed $16 million in Series B funding to help improve its mobile app and one-hour package delivery service within the area.
A post on the official company blog of Uber said that they will be doing more thorough background checks of the drivers of its car riding service, TechCrunch reported.
Kickstarter, a crowdfunding site, won the "Best Overall Startup" at the 2013 Crunchies, besting other tough contenders in the category which included Uber, CloudFlare, Snapchat and Twitter, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, California-based online car booking service Uber planned to venture into the Asia Pacific market and start hiring staff members across 14 cities, according to an Uber representative.
China's mobile-based taxi booking service Kuaidadi confirmed it recently received a USD100 million investment from Alibaba, and has acquired a Shanghai-based taxi booking app called Dahuangfeng.
Uber, a ride solutions provider, is aggressively pushing for more drivers on the road that it had struck a deal with car manufacturers and auto finance firms to provide Uber drivers which better rates to own a vehicle.
The three-person management team of private limousine service Uber had severed ties with the company six months after the car service company launched its services in the capital of Germany.
Uber, a startup company, confirmed that it had raise a total of USD258 million from Google Ventures and TPG and had taken several new members into its Board of Directors.
It was reported that Google planned to invest in Uber funding round.
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