{"id":26094,"date":"2016-02-29T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=26094"},"modified":"2017-11-23T19:35:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T11:35:53","slug":"uber-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/uber-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"39 Things You Never Knew About Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 2009, UberCab, now Uber, was the brainchild of <strong>Travis Kalanick<\/strong> and <strong>Garrett Camp<\/strong>. Uber is a mobile app that allows people who are not taxi drivers to ferry around passengers who are looking for a ride. This allows many people to obtain a side income without obtaining a taxi license.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, the idea has taken the world by storm, giving rise to a number of similar competing services, known as Ubercorns. In a time where bank layoffs are becoming annual news, perhaps Uber\u2019s rise was a phenomenon waiting to happen.<\/p>\n<p>This detailed infographic by misterbeep.com looks into the facts and figures that surround this game-changing company that has disrupted the economies in multiple countries (to the point of being banned!) with the help of that smartphone in your hand.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/uber-facts\/uber-infographic.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"17574\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 2009, UberCab, now Uber, was the brainchild of Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp. Uber is a mobile app that allows people who are not taxi drivers to ferry around passengers who are looking for a ride. This allows many people to obtain a side income without obtaining a taxi license. 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