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Title: Uber will add panic button to its app in India Post by: HCK on February 08, 2015, 09:00:19 pm Uber will add panic button to its app in India
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Uber riders in India will soon have an added safeguard in case of emergency. According to the company’s blog (http://blog.uber.com/Mumbai-Transport-Dept), starting February 11th, the app will provide users in India with an in-app panic button to notify police that something’s wrong.</p><p> In addition, Uber will provide what it calls a “safety net” feature. With it, riders will be able to “easily share their trip details and real-time location with up to 5 friends and family members,” according to the company.</p><p> The additional safeguards come after a woman alleged that her Uber driver raped her back in December. Delhi officials subsequently banned Uber from operating in the city (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2856492/uber-banned-in-delhi-after-rape-by-driver.html) as the police carried out its investigation into the case.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2881117/uber-will-add-panic-button-to-its-app-in-india.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Uber will add panic button to its app in India (http://www.macworld.com/article/2881117/uber-will-add-panic-button-to-its-app-in-india.html#tk.rss_all) |