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Old 02-04-2015, 02:05 PM   #1
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Google is making an Uber

They can add it to their pile of failed attempts to copy other people's stuff.

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Old 02-04-2015, 02:06 PM   #2
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They can add it to their pile of failed attempts to copy other people's stuff.

wait, whud? google owns equity in Uber....


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Old 02-04-2015, 02:14 PM   #3
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wait, whud? google owns equity in Uber....


???
Yup, they want to show the whole World just how slimy they are, like we didn't know...
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Old 02-04-2015, 02:19 PM   #4
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Yup, they want to show the whole World just how slimy they are, like we didn't know...
i wonder why not buy uber for their established network, together with a driverless google taxi = profit i bet. seems like a perfect match.
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Old 02-04-2015, 02:33 PM   #5
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Google invested $258 million in Uber back in 2013, and since then Google's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond has been on Ubers board of directors.

Some could argue that Google Ventures investment and Drummond's presence on the board of directors is what gave Uber the credibility to get billions in venture capital from other investors, and become what they are today.

Imagine having Google's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer on the board of your company that you want to take global, imagine what that does for that kind of company.
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Old 02-04-2015, 02:39 PM   #6
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They can add it to their pile of failed attempts to copy other people's stuff.

Thats a play right out of Microsofts book.
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Old 02-04-2015, 02:39 PM   #8
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Uber and Google are having a falling out. Google is making an Uber like service and Uber is making self driving driving cars. Both want a piece of the other's action. I really hope google gets fucked by Apple and dropped as the default search on the Iphone.
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Old 02-04-2015, 04:09 PM   #10
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i wonder why not buy uber for their established network, together with a driverless google taxi = profit i bet. seems like a perfect match.
$40bn+ is a pretty hefty price tag otherwise I bet they would
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$40bn+ is a pretty hefty price tag otherwise I bet they would
that's a big matza ball. !

might be fun for google to show up that facebook $22b acquisition of whatsapp with a monster buy like this.
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Old 02-04-2015, 04:35 PM   #13
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Uber and Google are having a falling out. Google is making an Uber like service and Uber is making self driving driving cars. Both want a piece of the other's action. I really hope google gets fucked by Apple and dropped as the default search on the Iphone.
I should have looked deeper. I still doubt they can do much.
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Old 02-04-2015, 05:45 PM   #14
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Jesus is there anything Google doesn't try to take over? I dunno much about uber but fuck it's getting annoying that Google has to be into everything..

It's getting to the point I don't like to use their services because of shit like this. I've always avoided Facebook because of the same reasons but avoiding google would be hard as fuck.
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Jesus is there anything Google doesn't try to take over? I dunno much about uber but fuck it's getting annoying that Google has to be into everything..

It's getting to the point I don't like to use their services because of shit like this. I've always avoided Facebook because of the same reasons but avoiding google would be hard as fuck.
Well Google has been working on self driving cars for a while. Uber itself heavily relies on Google Maps to run its business

Just imagine a company owning a taxi company with a fleet of cars, except there would be no drivers which account for majority of a fare's price. Then imagine it country wide/world wide/etc. It would be far cheaper to be transported by a self driving google car then to actually own a car

also you'd own/destroy the oil, transporation, and car industry all in one go... amongst other things
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Old 02-04-2015, 09:55 PM   #16
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Well Google has been working on self driving cars for a while. Uber itself heavily relies on Google Maps to run its business

Just imagine a company owning a taxi company with a fleet of cars, except there would be no drivers which account for majority of a fare's price. Then imagine it country wide/world wide/etc. It would be far cheaper to be transported by a self driving google car then to actually own a car

also you'd own/destroy the oil, transporation, and car industry all in one go... amongst other things
Yes, they are becoming too powerful. There is a reason the govt, before lobbyist ran everything, "used" to break companies up before they got "too big".
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Taxi cabs are a dying breed
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