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Staff writer at Bloomberg BusinessWeek; former policy and technology correspondent for the Economist
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Brendan Greeley
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FROM Brendan Greeley
Which Way, L.A.?
Uber, "Big Taxi" and the Sharing Economy As commercial ridesharing becomes more popular, it's eating into the business of traditional cab companies. Licensed cabbies are being replaced by part-time, unlicensed drivers using their own cars to make extra money. Hundreds of taxi drivers protested last week at Los Angeles City Hall against Uber , Lyft and Sidecar , what they all “bandit cabs” that use apps to find passengers and don't have special licenses or insurance coverage. Yesterday, London cab drivers brought gridlock to the center of that city. Is mobile technology spawning a mobile black market or is ridesharing the wave of the future?
To the Point
Cyber Protestors Step Up Attacks in Support of WikiLeaks WikiLeaks's primary web address was deactivated and it lost its Internet server. PayPal and credit card companies won't do business. Despite all that, WikiLeaks ' online presence is stronger than ever and its allies are launching counter-attacks. Brendan Greeley is policy and technology correspondent for the Economist .
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