Your Next Uber Ride Could Be Helping A Hearing Impaired Person

Uber prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer, and it’s putting its money where its mouth is.

Other than hiring employees regardless of sex, race, religion, or disability in its offices, Uber is also recruiting deaf or dumb drivers. The commutech giant has even included significant app level features to make the experience hassle free, and as normal as possible for the deaf drivers.

Keep Calm And Let Nikesh Carry On

The news reached epidemic proportions a few hours earlier today with journalists calling to ask if I (and many others) now thought that Indian entrepreneurship was dealt a terrible blow with Nikesh Arora’s resignation from Softbank. But no. One man’s resignation letter to his boss does not an Indian start-up disaster make.