Uber is an application that lets you book a private black car straight from your Apple or Android phone. The app recognizes your location and can send you a car in 5-10 minutes! It's as simple as that. No dealing with money, no need to tip and the best part, the full service costs less than the average black car. The fare is $8.00 (base) + $4.90 (per mile) + $1.25 (idle minute). Even the 5-10 minute can't hurt because Uber lets you track the incoming car via G.P.S. So what's the catch then? The company only operates in San Francisco at the moment. However,
TechCrunch reported today that they have just received $11 million in financing valuing them at $60 million. Translation: expect Uber to be coming to your local metropolis very soon.
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This one is definitely a cool idea, really unique way of monetizing geotagging - any indications of a Blackberry app to come also?
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Blackberry has been left out of this one at least for now.
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