Italian court bans use of Uber

An Italian court banned the use of Uber in the country in a ruling on Friday which upheld a complaint filed by taxi drivers unions that the app constituted unfair competition, the Guardian reports. The court gave Uber ten days to end the use of its various phone applications on Italian territory, along with the promotion and advertising of them. Uber faces fines of EUR 10,000 for each day it remains in defiance of the court. The order is subject to appeal, and the company promptly announced its intention to do just that.