taxis
Taxis, black cars, hybrids, SUVs…Uber announces ‘freedom to choose’ for US and Canadian riders
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Uber officially launched its private driver-for-hire service in London last week, and as we reported yesterday from this Wednesday, Uber-ers in San Francisco and New York will have the option of selecting one of its current range of black town cars OR a hybrid car. Whilst ice-cream trucks are also...
GetTaxi Grabs $20 Million Funding To Bring NYC’s Taxis Into The Digital Age
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GetTaxi, an app aimed at letting people order taxis from their smartphones or via the web, has already gained significant traction in the UK, Russia and Israel. But now it has its sights set on conquering the United States — and New York City is the first on its list....
Watch a blind man drive to Taco Bell with a little help from Google’s robot cars
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Self-driving cars are one of the things that remind you of the good old days of Google, when they were more focused on quirky “twenty-percent-time” projects than playing catch up in the social networking space. While the projects are still far from a legal reality in most states, Google has...
Nearing The 1M User Mark, Expensify Adds ‘Trips’ Feature To Mobile Apps
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I’ve heard quite a few people describe the first time they use Expensify as almost unnervingly impressive. Compared to what most of us are used to, Expensify’s super slick web and mobile apps make it seem almost too easy to file expense reports. Where before maybe you were very...
Mobile Payments Platform Square Finds A Foothold At Art Fairs And Farmers’ Markets
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Mobile payments processing platform Square has been used by a variety of individuals and businesses, from charities to taxis to food trucks to political campaigns. Next up—art fairs and farmers markets. The company says that at Etsy’s New York’s Spring Handmade Calvacade last weekend in Brooklyn, over 90% of the...
Nissan NV200 Taxi of Tomorrow hands-on (video)
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It is, admittedly, difficult to get too excited about a ride in a taxi. Taxis tend to smell, their drivers tend to be rather abrupt in their piloting style and there's a good chance you won't be able to find one when you really need it. Nissan's "Taxi of...
Meet the new NYC taxi cab
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What you're looking at is the Nissan NV200, the winner of New York City's competition to find a new taxi cab. The new design will be officially unveiled today before rolling out in October 2013. As you can see, it's bright yellow, and it's vile, even by minivan standards,...
Samsung Galaxy S III confirmed as official Olympic phone, delivering NFC payWave payments for athletes
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We may have known this was the case for a number of months already but today Visa has announced that Samsung’s new Galaxy S III will indeed be the official London 2012 Olympic Games smartphone, combining to offer NFC payments to athletes while they are competing in the city. Launched...
Samsung Galaxy S III confirmed as official Olympic phone, delivering NFC payWave payments for athletes
Hail A Fellow Human, Not A Taxi With “SideCar” – The New P2P Uber
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You need a ride, someone else has a car and could use the cash, SideCar is the app that will bring you together. New instant peer-to-peer rideshare-finding app SideCar turns anyone into an Uber driver, and it’s supposedly legal because you technically volunteer to pay at the end. Just punch...
GetTaxi CEO actually a cab driver, sets sites on NYC
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Yellow cabs are everywhere in New York. You stand on a corner, hold up your hand, and suddenly one appears to take you wherever you need to go. Israel-based GetTaxi still sees room for improvement, however, and has $20 million to expand into the Big Apple. GetTaxi places GPS...
Exclusive: a sneak peek at the new tablet taxi Verifone is bringing to New York City
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One thing Sam hates about being a Manhattan cabbie is picking up tourists hoping to see a Broadway show. “They are always yelling at me, drive faster, we’ve still got to buy our tickets.” So Sam, who asked we not use his last name, was first on line to try...
How to survive Amsterdam when you visit for The Next Web Conference 2012
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Amsterdam – a city inherently connected to the thought of beautiful canals, the red light district and its leniency towards lighting up. Those of you that have been here before will undoubtedly agree though, that there is more to this city than the Hollywood portrayal of the Dutch way of...
GetTaxi’s iOS app now lets you view taxis in your area and give your location by nearest landmark
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There’s no shortage of taxi apps across the mobile sphere, with the likes of Hailo recently securing $17m in series A funding, and Uber rolling out a new mobile-friendly site aimed at BlackBerry and Windows Phone users. With that in mind, GetTaxi has today announced the release of the second...
Sedan Magic’s new app lets you reserve cars now or later in NYC
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Last week in New York City, a new app hit the streets: Sedan Magic, a sedan and taxi booking app makes it easy to order a car on-demand or book it in advance. Sedan Magic Ride’s parent company, RideCharge, Inc. works with established fleets that cover both taxis and sedans,...
Uber to offer lower cost rides via hybrids
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Uber, the startup that has disrupted taxis everywhere with its on demand car service, plans to launch a new lower cost, and greener, option for customers this week: according to the New York Times, Uber will start offering hybrid car rides this Wednesday in San Francisco and New York for...
Square is now rolling out to NY taxis with brand new, sexy hardware
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Paying for your taxi in NY isn’t one of the easiest things to do. Drivers often push for cash, and sometimes the shoddy built-in card scanners stop working mysteriously. What’s worse, you can only pay when you’re let out, which means you’re left frantically swiping your card while you obnoxiously...
A New Ride-Sharing Service Turns Private Cars Into Taxis
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SideCar allows people to use their private cars as taxis, while giving riders a cheaper alternative to other car-for-hire services. The question of its legality and whether it will need to be regulated looms over the business. Nevertheless, the company has attracted financing. It introduced its service in San Francisco...
Mobile car booking service Uber says it will launch in Asia by the end of 2012
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US-based Uber, a service that allows smartphone users to book cars, is looking to grow its business and push into Asia, according to a report from AllThingsD. The company, which announced plans to expand across Europe at LeWeb 2011 last year, has said it will establish a presence in Asia by...
Mark Pincus, SV Angel Invest In A Mobile App For Hitchhikers
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There are mobile apps for hailing black cars and taxis. Now there's an app for hitchhiking. Sidecar is an Android app that launched today in San Francisco. It lets users flag down nearby strangers for rides; they can offer to donate money to the driver at the end of the...
Tablets coming to taxis, if Square gets its way
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We're not sure anyone likes the TV screens that have popped up in the back of cabs over the past few years, but how would you feel about tablets? Square, the mobile payment company, has drafted a proposal to outfit taxis across New York City with "iPads or other...
Uber customers will soon be able to summon cheaper cabs and wait for it…Ice Cream trucks.
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Uber will soon be allowing its customers to summon Ice Cream trucks as well as cheaper taxis according to the NY Times. Although a little odd, and presumably not high on its customers feature request list, ice cream trucks it is. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick explains: “It’s kind of fun. That’s...
Mobile payment service Square coming to NYC taxis
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The service that lets you charge credit cards on your smartphones will soon begin rolling into cabs in New York City, reports The New York Times. [Read more]...
Urban tech: From Masdar to Main Street?
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Self-driving electric taxis, smart appliances and municipal solar power are all amenities enjoyed by the residents of the futuristic Masdar City in the Middle East. Here's how they'll make their way to the U.S....
Zimride Turns Regular Cars Into Taxis With New Ride-sharing App, Lyft
allthingsd.com
Here’s one to watch: the ride-sharing service Zimride, which has focused on matching riders and drivers for long trips, is launching a new on-demand ride-sharing app called Lyft. With an interface like Uber, Lyft users will be able to find nearby drivers and hop in for a ride, paying a...
GetTaxi v2.0 hits Android to let you give location by closest landmark & view taxis in your area
thenextweb.com
We’ve seen a surge in taxi apps in recent times, with the likes of Hailo securing $17m in series A funding, and Uber rolling out a new mobile-friendly site aimed at BlackBerry and Windows Phone users. With that in mind, GetTaxi has today announced the release of the second version...
What’s next for Uber? More cities, more choice and a delivery service?
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Uber keeps rolling along, introducing its metro car services into new cities around the world. Following a big $32 million funding round late last year, the company has big plans not just for international expansion, but for new potential features. Sunday I sat down with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to...
Now That Taxis Will Have Cellphone Charging Stations, So Should Everyone Else
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Today, Nissan revealed a prototype for its new-fangled NV200 van, which was selected by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission last year to transform existing fleets with the "Taxi of Tomorrow." The cabs will feature a "low-annoyance horn," more leg room, a skylight, odor-reducing fabric, and sliding doors...
A Status Symbol Moves Down Market: What's Behind the UberX Launch
allthingsd.com
Uber this week will add lower-cost hybrid cars to its San Francisco and New York fleets through a new feature called UberX. The move signals Uber’s greater sprawling ambition to be a platform for all sorts of transportation, logistics and deliveries — not just a black-car, status-symbol provider. Because the...
Hailo Nabs $17 million for Cabbie-Passenger Matchmaking
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Uber’s investor list is a who’s who of Valley investors. Seriously. Look at this thing. One firm absent? Accel Parters. Turns out they’ve been working on their own car service play, and they’re going big. In a joint deal between its European and American funds, Accel has provided a $17...
Uber launches lower-priced Taxi service in Chicago
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Uber, the company whose app allows users to book, pay for and track a private car service for a premium price, is launching a new, cheaper variant in Chicago dubbed Uber Taxi. Chicago already has Uber's regular car service, which usually costs about 50 percent more than a cab,...
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