Uber and Spotify have joined forces to let customers create the soundtrack to their journey. To launch the perfectly-pitched partnership, the taxi company picked up lucky customers and delivered them to the door of a secret gig. Is this the beginning of evenings out facilitated by our fave brands?

Push for a pizza, swipe for a cleaner and tap for a taxi. The rise of apps like Uber is facilitating the culture of ‘I want it, and I want it now’. For digital-savvy city-dwellers from London to Beijing, everything you need – from your dinner to a ride home – is just an app away.

Car sharing giant Uber is starting to look unstoppable - banning it only makes its stronger. The company reported a 590% increase in downloads in the month after a German court banned the app. Is it simply about publicity, or do people just love an underdog?

With wood-panelled walls and cold-press juices, Leap’s buses have been criticised for contributing to San Francisco’s rising inequality. Elitism aside, bus travel may be key to bringing efficiency and equality to our expanding cities, and Leap is just one of many pioneering transport services.