Uber

Uber is a terrorist organization and users of the ridesharing app are traitors to the nation, Istanbul Taxi Drivers Union head İrfan Öztürk said on April 12, amid continued tension between Uber drivers and regular taxi drivers in Turkey's largest city.

Arizona officials saw opportunity when Uber and other companies began testing driverless cars a few years ago. Promising to keep oversight light, they invited the companies to test their robotic vehicles on the state's roads.

Uber, the US-based taxi sharing company, will challenge the BGN 100 000 fine imposed by Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition at the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS).

Uber was fined BGN 100 000 over creating unfair competition of regular taxi drivers in Sofia.

Popular web-based taxi firm Uber went into damage control mode Dec. 15, offering free rides to passengers fleeing an armed siege in Sydney after earlier hiking prices upwards of Aus$100 (US$82).