Archive for the ‘CabCorner’ Category

CabCorner is just days away from launching its cab-booking functionality, just in time to meet Uber head on, as the latter makes its initial moves into New York.
Armed with $10 million in financing, the upcoming challenge is likely to pack a mean punch….
For a look at Uber’s functionality, check out the tour.

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Over the past several months, much of CabCorner’s success and visibility can be attributed to its favorable ranking on the search engines.  Thanks to CabCorner’s CTO and the efforts of his team, CabCorner.com’s search engine optimization has dominated the most visible locations on the Results pages, taking along with it our subsidiary platforms.  Check it [...]

There was recently an article reporting on the demise of Car Pools throughout America.  Ridesharing programs have declined in popularity due to a wide range of cultural factors, such as the increased prevalence of “working from home” and the wider availability of affordable vehicles.
Well, prepare for the trends to reverse, as gasoline once again begins [...]

Apparently, our neighbors to the north are getting into the swing of things by instituting a city wide pilot aimed at facilitating the art of cab sharing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. What’s more, the article pays homage to what is happening further south, right here in NYC — but oddly the article seems to make [...]

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CabCorner has been in discussions with one of the finalists of New York City’s “Taxis of Tomorrow” competition.  Check out some of the commentary about this initiative…

Scope some of the other proposed designs.

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It’s incumbent on us to ensure that tomorrow’s taxis provide an experience that don’t begin on the street corner.  Customized booking platforms–accessible [...]

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An absolutely incredible revelation in The New York Times emphasizes the undeniable wisdom–perhaps even the necessity–of cab-sharing in New York City.
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New data confirms “what generations of New Yorkers have long known in their bones: Just as the afternoon rush is about to begin, the taxicabs disappear by the hundreds.”
There’s a rational explanation for this, of [...]

If CabCorner’s model of user-interactivity–designed to communicate with both other users and the cabbies needed to service them–required additional proof of concept, I’m sure it would lie herein.  Thank you, snow.

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Merry Christmas folks!  Just a quick post to keep you apprised of the industry…
Just over a month ago, we reported that The Artist Formerly Known As UberCab had obtained significant financing.  Well, fresh on the heels of this success comes Avego, the ridesharing operator who just announced an infusion over $5 million.
We came across Avego [...]

Move on over, ZipCar, because the industry you birthed has a few new players in town.  Although these sites don’t offer the taxi-sharing and taxi-booking options that define the CabCorner business model, they nonetheless operate in the same space (Social Transportation Logistics).
Check out Google-backed RelayRides, and the similar site GetAround, both of which enable car [...]

I’m proud to report that we just completed our third and final competitor acquisition of the year.  Singapore-based Tagxe was one of the early entrants to the cab-sharing game, and we are excited to bring its users into the CabCorner experience.  This deal expands CabCorner’s global footprint, and positions it for success in one of [...]