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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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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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 [...]

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 [...]

For close to two years, CabCorner’s pitched itself primarily as a “cab-sharing” platform.  Yet the ever-elusive “critical mass”–which refers to the level of usage by people in the same area headed the same direction around the same time–proved as difficult for us to capture as it had to our competitors.  (Rest in peace, RidePenguin….)
So we [...]

Who would have believed that about a year before McKinney decided to breathe life into his dream, Scott Adams had already exhaled the concept in a blog post?
Yes, the creator of Dilbert envisioned a world where empty backseat real estate was a thing of the past.  Read his musings by clicking the links below.

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Friends and Fans:
It’s been an exhausting couple weeks.  Varun finished the Phase 2 Beta development tasks and we’re reviewing the site for a few final flaws, but the platform is essentially stable.  We’ve been receiving some GREAT user feedback on the site AND on the iPhone application.
Also, am I the only one who felt shivers [...]

CabCorner is more than a science to connect individuals located in the same area who are headed the same direction around the same time.  It’s also a Fare Calculator–enabling commuters to get a rough estimate of their cab costs should they choose to travel by taxi–as well as an index of livery (private) cab companies, [...]

Recently, I stumbled across a few more cab sharing services out there… yet was surprised to discover that they were operated by public agencies… as opposed to for-profit competitors.  Often, these entities have a regional focus and a tailored objective.  With a little more research, we’ll be able to better understand how to make the [...]

In a throwback to our announcement this past spring that we had acquired competitor CabEasy.com, I am absolutely thrilled to announce that CabCorner has acquired “cab-sharing industry pioneer” Hitchsters.com.
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Founded in 2006, Hitchsters birthed an idea that captivated the internet.  The site received extensive media coverage, even finding its way onto Time Magazine’s 50 Best Websites [...]