Tag: CAB

A mobile app that promises to replace high taxi fares has just reared its head at this year's Demo Spring conference, and we can tell you that we don't like it one bit. Flinc is a service that allows average Joes and Janes to fancy themselves as for-hire chauffeurs, and charge strangers hard cash for wheeling them about town. When in need of a ride, the user simply fires up Flinc on their cell ...

In New York City, a cab driver can be your best friend, regaling you with tales about the Big Apple of yore, and blasting Boston for an epic sing-along. He or she can also be your worst enemy by innocently proclaiming the credit card machine is "broken" after the ride has ended, forcing you to trek to an ATM, and thus allowing him to get off tax-free. Apparently, however, the truly seedy side of ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/01/22/welcome-to-ny-give-me-your-ipod-and-get-out/'; In the grand scheme of things, having your iPod stolen is not cool. Having your iPod stolen by your cab driver, however, is somehow much, much worse. The New York and New Jersey Port Authority is investigating a California woman's claim that she was forced to hand her iPod over as payment to her ...

We're not sure how much some one wants to play a video game while urinating, but a German company seems to think it may be the trick to reducing the number of drunk drivers on the road. The name for this well-intentioned, if slightly odd, concept? The Piss-Screen. Here's the premise: A video game -- a driving game, specifically -- is displayed above the urinal. You control the car with your um ...

Sure, it won't be nearly as devastating as the New York City transit strike of 2005, but an impending taxi strike could make the lives of many New Yorkers much more difficult if it goes into effect. The New York Taxi Workers' Alliance is prepping to walk off the job in response to the city's new requirement that all cabs install a touch screen device that includes a GPS receiver. Cabbies are up ...