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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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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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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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….

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 [...]

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 [...]

Scope this article in The New York Times to get a sense of the cab-sharing etiquette you’ll be able to expect once our platform is fully operational.
And HERE’s a more humorous–and aggressive–look at cab sharing etiquette, aimed at NYC’s new pilot program.

I have a penchant for calling a spade a spade, and a visionary a visionary.  And outgoing TLC commissioner Matt Daus is indisputably both, able to “move the earth” and “see into the future.”
Taxi commission announces start of ‘group rides’
Sir, we commend you, and look forward to building on your legacy.  You introduced the concept [...]