Uber
uber is a venture-funded startup based in San Francisco, California that makes a mobile application that connects passengers with limousine drivers for hire.Service
The service launched in 2010 in San Francisco, California. As of June, 2011 the company operated in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, with plans to launch in Boston, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington.The company received a cease-and-desist letter from the the Taxicab Commission of the city of San Francisco, claiming that it was operating an unlicensed taxi service. In response the company, among other things, changed its name from UberCab to Uber, to avoid the association with a taxi dispatch service.