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• How to not become 'the last video store on the street'

  A Victoria University of Wellington forum distils key lessons for enterprises, IT managers, and their teams on how to respond to the accelerated pace of IT change.

• ​What you can learn from startups

  Digital guru, Steve Sammartino, on why big companies must learn from startups and the new players disrupting them.

• Uber to expand to 100 additional cities in China

  Uber is speeding up its expansion plans for China. Over the next year, the company will enter 100 additional cities in the country.

• Uber links to sensitive ride data now expire after 48 hours

  Uber has tweaked one of the features in its app after it was shown to let sensitive trip data become publicly accessible through Google.

• Uber ride data publicly accessible through Google

  On Thursday, a site-specific search on Google for trip.uber.com produced dozens of links to Uber rides that have been completed and cancelled, in countries around the world including the U.S., England, Russia, France and Mexico.

• Indian woman allegedly raped by Uber driver withdraws suit

  The incident, and others like it, have heightened concerns around the safety of Uber and its screening procedures for drivers.

• In setback for Uber, judge says drivers can pursue lawsuit as a group

  A California judge has decided to allow Uber drivers in California to sue the company as a group on key legal matters relating to their employment.

• Beware the flying car

  For Uber, the object of disruption was the taxi industry. Enter your business niche here and be worried, writes Paul Armstrong.

• 'How to take the mind-set of a startup’

  Dr Barry Devlin of 9sight Consulting and a pioneer in Big Data research, shares insights on how CIOs are tackling disruption brought by advances in technology.

• New York City eases limits on Uber's growth

  The mayor of New York City has reached an agreement with Uber, dropping plans for a strict cap on its growth that would have limited the number of cars available in the city.

• Massachusetts examining how Uber, Lyft cater to the disabled

  The Massachusetts attorney general's office has launched an examination into how Uber and Lyft cater to people with disabilities, potentially creating more regulatory problems for the ride-hailing companies.

• California fines Uber $7 million for not handing over service data

  California regulators have fined Uber more than US$7.3 million after the company failed to hand over data related to Uber's operations under an agreement between the state and the company.

• Uber settles suit over girl killed by driver

  Uber has reached a confidential settlement with the family of a girl who was hit and killed by an Uber driver.

• To Hillary Clinton, Uber is a double-edged sword

  When voters go to the polls in next year's presidential election, could a candidate's stance on the sharing economy factor into their decision?

• Uber grabs mapping tech, employees from Microsoft

  Uber is adding to its mapping smarts by acquiring technology used by Microsoft's Bing Maps, and has hired roughly 100 Microsoft employees who work on image collection and data analysis.