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Jesse S. Sommer - COO

Jesse Sommer is the co-founder of CabCorner.com, and brings to the company a strong background in social entrepreneurship and commercial web startups. He boasts law and business degrees, and was raised vegetarian in a small village outside Albany, NY.

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The TLC expands on its Group Rides in NYC

Check out the press release.  It demonstrates that interest for the city’s cab-sharing solutions are growing.  A positive sign for CabCorner and other shared transportation logistics platforms.

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a better way to share a cab…

Tonight, in discussing a blog post he had come across a few months ago, Jon said the following:
“People want to share cabs, they just don’t have an idea as to where the act of meeting would take place, or they can’t get to one that is convenient for them.”
He was speaking, of course, about NYC’s [...]

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CabCorner.com Launches on Memorial Day, May 31st!

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After a year of prototype operation and six months of development, CabCorner’s powerful new platform has launched!!!
We commend the entire team for their hard work and dedication, and look forward to serving our users.  Check out the site, and let us know what you think.

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a new competitor enters the race…

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This evening, Varun alerted us to a story he uncovered in amNewYork…
Rather unfortunately, the title falsely asserted that newcomer Fare/Share was the “first mobile app to help riders split taxi trips.”   Yet CabCorner’s iPhone companion application was in fact the first out of the gates.  However, when I issued that complaint to Jonathan, he calmly [...]

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CabCorner acquires CabEasy!

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RELEASE: CabCorner acquires CabEasy; Partners with SenseNetworks

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Friends!
I am so pleased to report that the acquisition of CabCorner’s former competitor CabEasy.com has been completed.  This is a truly exciting time for our company as we prepare for our Memorial Day launch on May 31st.  Our operation now stands as the leader in cab-sharing technology, and we [...]

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Fun with Data (CabSense Enters the Space)

Our boy Fazal was the first to tell us about CabSense, a venture sponsored by NYC’s Taxi & Limousine Commission, which pledges to analyze “tens of millions of GPS data points from NYC taxis to help you find the best corner to catch a cab.”

Indeed, we were intrigued.  Not only was the service somewhat [...]

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“fraud might rank as biggest in taxi industry’s history”

Hey folks, are you ready for yet ANOTHER reason that CabCorner.com is on the verge of revolutionizing your taxi cab experience?
I’m sure you saw this recent report in The New York Times:
“New York City taxi drivers routinely overcharged riders over two years by surreptitiously fixing their meters to charge rates that would normally [...]

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CabCorner’s founder… and prophet

You gotta give it this jerk… he was right:  Yassky Nominated to Head Taxi Agency
To check out Jon’s predictive post, click HERE.  Don’t let it get to your head, McKinney….

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the dawn of cab sharing in NYC

Though CabCorner is an international enterprise, New York City will always be our home base.  So it’s interesting to see how “cab sharing” as a concept is being received by the public in its earliest stages, as executed by the TLC.
The New York Times’s city critic just published a rather humorous look at the whole [...]

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a new problem… solved.

The media, much like your average shark, just absolutely loves blood.  And I fault neither predator for their preference.  Yet it is important to contextualize the reports concerning the first day of the TLC’s new “cab share” program.
The New York Times noted that few people took advantage of the service on its inaugural day.  DNA [...]

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