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“In Australia now you can rent a car from Uber App”

by BusinessDigitalTechnology

Not everyone can afford a private vehicle. However, people who have private vehicles could not travel due to restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic situation. Nevertheless, surprisingly, Covid-19 situation in Australia is under control now and restrictions on traveling have been lifted. But the question remains, can everyone go on a trip in a private vehicle? Unfortunately, No. 

Therefore, the Uber Company has introduced its new feature called “Uber Rent”. Need to know more about Uber app to understand it? We @Cloudploys have the information to feed you:

 What is Uber? Uber is a service industry that enables individuals to book their own Uber taxi from anywhere through its mobile app. It is an American based company.

But wait…What is Uber Rent? Uber Rent is a new feature launched by Uber. It enables individuals to rent vehicles for private trips for particular days through a mobile app. Although, only 50% of the Uber users will be able to access the feature of Uber Rent for now.

So what is the difference between Uber and Uber Rent? Uber Rent is a part of Uber. Uber Rent helps you acquire vehicles on rent for private purposes such as trips, vacations, etc. Uber is a type of taxi service provider within a city.

How can you book a vehicle on Uber Rent?

  1. Update your Uber app and check if you have the option of Uber Rent. As discussed before, only 50% of users will be able to access the feature of Uber Rent.
  2. Select ‘Rentals’ in your app and you will see ‘Car Trawler’s’ search engine. Enter your pickup location and rental date. Car Trawler will offer an ideal choice of car rental in the trial city.
  3. Select the car and pick it up from the location on given time & date and enjoy your trip!

What are the benefits of renting a vehicle from Uber Rent instead of local rentals?

  1. Familiar brands at a good price: You can browse and compare with every rental company to know the benefits of Uber Rent.
  2. Flexible Schedule: You can rent anytime, try it on the day of your trip and you will find a good deal or even better book in advance.
  3. Helpful additional benefits: Get insurance, good car seats or bike racks, and more at Uber Rent.

Why was the concept of Uber Rent brought to Australia? Aussies love to travel and even though they love it, they could not because of the lack of private vehicles. However, because of Covid-19, there were restrictions on traveling and the travel industry was broken. Therefore, after the lifting of restrictions, to bring up the travel and tourist industry, Uber introduced the concept of Uber Rent so that people can go out with their private vehicle without any hassle.

 We @Cloudploys provide latest and accurate information for you to understand the new & upcoming services. Uber is worth $103 billion and now due to the Uber Rent feature, from past experience we know that it will increase more everyday. Stay tuned to know more!

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Google’s risk warning! What does it mean?

by social media

What is the intention behind Google’s warning about the planned Government regulation of the web? Is it information or persuasion? 

We all have been appalled by the unexpected pop-up warning messages on Google & Youtube recently. There has been a long debated proposition by the Australian Federal Government to regulate the commercial association between Google and large media companies. 

Recently the Managing Director of Google Australia Mel Silva wrote an open letter to the Australians warning about the attack on the autonomy of web news & media presence in Australia. It is indeed a very complex issue and to make a strong statement about it just yet, would be providing an uninformed opinion. 

Overall this can be seen as an outright attack on independent web service in Australia as most of us have a strong preference towards Google over any media company. So, is it probable that the arguments might portray Google in a positive light?

Few messages have been sent across Australians on the possible consequences regulation might have on the News Media Bargaining Code by Google. 

 

How will this code affect Google?

Google will be required to share with “News Media businesses” (ie. large media corporations) details of how the Google search algorithm works — this will allow these organisations to alter the validity and value of the organic search and product content, originality  that will naturally float to the top of the search rankings.

Furthermore, Google claims they will be required to tell news media businesses “How they can gain access” to Australia’s product usage data. 

If that is the case then this would put the users privacy & freedom in jeopardy and expose them to risk when using the web, search engine, or simply engaging in any web-activities. This might kill the performance of the search algorithm for fetching appropriate and reliable news in Australia. This will result in empowering the old rooted media organisations as the dominant voice for Australian news.

Juxtaposed to this, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has deemed the proclaimed effect of this code on Google as their own choice- “Google will not be required to charge Australians for the use of its free services such as Google Search and YouTube, unless it chooses to do so”. 

However, Google reckons that Australian news business does not account a huge monetary value to its operations, rather they have significantly paid the news companies in various modes and in fact driven a great amount of organic search towards Australian media companies for free. 

Therefore, how  do we interpret the open letter stating that the new regulation “would put the free services you use at risk in Australia”? The ACCC’s interpretation to this is that Google is indicating that they would charge users to use Google’s previously free services.

Or it’s an indication from Google to pull out of the Australian News market, should this regulation come into effect? What are the consequences if this was to happen? 

It appears that this code might harm many small & independent organisations in Australia and subdue the voices of many. This dilemma has put Australia in a survival mode for free and open media to avoid the establishment of a monopolistic media industry. However, more information from Google Australia and the ACCC is required to form a well articulated debate. 

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