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Uber adds hotel bookings and travel features as it tries to become your everything app

April 29, 2026 by Brian Fagioli
Traveler Unsplash vacation trip

Uber is expanding beyond rides and food by adding hotel booking, travel planning tools, and new AI features. The company wants to become your all in one app, but is that actually useful?

Categories Travel Tags AI voice booking, Expedia Group, mobile apps, OpenTable, travel apps, Uber, Uber hotel booking, Uber One, Uber travel features, Vrbo Leave a comment

Snapchat is about to flood your chats with AI, and Perplexity is paying a fortune for the privilege

November 5, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Snap perplexity

Snap and Perplexity are joining forces to bring conversational AI search directly into Snapchat’s chat interface, in a $400M deal set to roll out globally in 2026.

Categories Artificial Intelligence Tags AI, chatbots, conversational AI, Evan Spiegel, messaging, mobile apps, Perplexity, Snap, Snapchat, social media Leave a comment

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