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Ride Uber? Better carry cash for tips, or else (CNET Update)

2016-04-25
uber passengers may need to start carrying cash and Beyonce's lemonade exclusive business of exclusive I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update the cashless car service uber may start requiring you to carry some cash for tips oh I'm sorry did you think that tips are already included in the transaction well you're not alone uber did make it seem like tips were included in fact on its website it says quote there is no need to tip but tips are not part of the fare and now if a class action settlement gets approval from a judge drivers may be allowed to ask for tips what makes over so appealing is that you hailed the car from your phone you jump in you jump out without ever needing to fumble with payment but drivers in California and Massachusetts sued uber over civil rights and in the proposed 100 million dollar settlement drivers can ask for tips so if you don't tip well you're just going to look like a jerk and your passenger rating could suffer if you did already know drivers do rate you as a passenger you can see your rating in the settings and if your passenger rating goes too low well you may not get drivers to pick you up rival service lift does let you tip inside of the app but on uber there's no way to tip inside the app which means you need to carry cash to show your appreciation for good service oh how antiquated and music fans are also turning to old ways of getting music these days it makes more sense sometimes to just pay for an album then pay for a streaming service over the past few days some of the most in-demand music cannot be found on Spotify Apple music or YouTube only untitled beyonce's new lemonade album which debuted over the weekend is only available to stream on title it's a subscription service co-founded by her husband jay-z title is not popular but the app did quickly rise to the top of the app download charts after lemonade a beaut over the weekend that's according to data from the tracking service app Annie also Prince's music is only streaming on title title does pay artists a little more per stream but it doesn't mean they have to make the switch to title princess albums and Beyonce's lemonade are available to buy on itunes at amazon with the download you can also give beyonce special visual album the hour-long film that's a mix of spoken word and music videos that debuted on HBO it was a big weekend for HBO with all the buzz around Beyonce's lemonade and the premiere of Game of Thrones but new subscribers to the HBO now app were left without their dragons because they couldn't get the app to work wow my dragons new subscribers took to Twitter and reddit to complain of issues that's all for this technique is roundup you can hit a cnet com for the latest from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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