Uber Technologies

Uber Technologies  is a transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco California United States operating in 570 cities worldwide. It develops, markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps. Uber drivers use their own cars, although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber. Uber was founded in 2009 as Uber Cab by Garrett Camp the co founder of StumbleUpon and Travis Kalanick who had sold his Red Swoosh startup for $19 million in 2007. The name "Uber" is a reference to the common (and somewhat slangy) word uber meaning "topmost" or "super", and having its origins in the German word uber meaning "above".
Uber has been a pioneer in the sharing economy and the changes in industries as a result of the sharing economy have been referred to as "Uberification" or "Uberisation Uber has also been the subject of protests and legal actions.
The Uber app software requires the drivers to have a smartphone and users must have access to either a smartphone or the mobile website. In most cities, Uber offers "upfront pricing"; the rider is quoted the fare that he or she will pay before requesting the ride. In some cities, Uber does not offer upfront pricing and instead calculates the price of a ride similar to a taximeter the rider is charged based on the time and distance of the ride. Uber also offers promotional rates on rides to/from certain areas at certain times. At the end of the ride, payment is made based on the rider's pre selected preferences, which could be a credit card on file, cash, or, in certain cities. Uber offers various service levels. Not all service levels are available in every city. Uber POOL is the least expensive level of service, in which the customer may share the ride with another passenger going in the same general direction. Uber X (marketed as Uber POP in some European cities) is a level of service in which the rider will get a private ride. Other levels of service provide for a black luxury car, larger car, car with a car seat, SUV, wheelchair accessible transport, and pet transport. Uber also offers additional services in certain cities during special events. During National Ice Cream Month Uber users in certain cities can summon an ice cream van for on-demand delivery, with ice cream purchases billed to users' accounts. On National Cat Day certain Uber drivers deliver kittens for 15 minutes of cuddling in exchange for a donation to an animal shelter. In some cities during December Uber offers delivery of Christmas