Urban Mobility
Ride-sharing, Car-sharing, Taxi and Specialty Transport all discoverable in one free app Migo, the search engine for on-demand rides, has launched its free new service in Seattle and Portland today after a three month beta test period with over 200 Seattle and Portland-based users. Migo is the first app available in the U.S. that allows users to search, compare and hail multiple types of personal
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With car companies jumping on the On-demand car-sharing services platform and the sprouting of mobility-sharing services startups, we are spoilt for choice. The frustration comes when we are trying to book a ride or car on our favourite car-sharing app and there’s no car available. Naturally, when we could not find a car on our favourite app , we will open our second
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It’s not difficult to start your own on-demand ride-sharing or car-sharing services. All you need is a website and a mobile app that will support iOS, Android, Windows — easy as it may sound but building a website to handle the end-to-end process of on-demand sharing services and a mobile app that will support the iPhones and Samsungs requires long
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After announcing its partnership in February, Gecina (Paris:GFC) is opening up 500 parking spaces across an initial selection of 15 buildings with the OPnGO app, an innovative technological solution supporting urban mobility and city parking. December 07, 2016 02:02 AM Eastern Standard Time PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: With their smartphones, drivers can now book parking spaces in real time in 15 Gecina
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Soon, commuters in Bangalore, India will no longer have to worry about last-mile connectivity. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), which operates the mass transit system servicing the city, wants to provide app-based taxi services to its customers. In a tender called on Dec 3rd, BMRCL said it is inviting bidders for a two-year exclusive licence to operate taxi services
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Introduces weight & balance, aircraft performance tables, checklists, Freehand™ flight plan and more OLATHE, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced integrated weight and balance calculations, as well as aircraft performance tables and calculations within the Garmin Pilot app on Apple mobile devices. Also new to Garmin Pilot, Freehand flight planning allows for quick
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Since ride-sharing took the world by storm years ago, the issue of safety has been a critical point of debate. In essence, both driver and passenger are vulnerable to malicious intent from each other, but the risk is arguably skewed to being higher for the passenger side. Read Livemint Opinion – Gender Sustainable Transport Urban Planning This is especially true for
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (Bernama) — Malaysian healthcare technology platform, Doctor2u, together with BP Healthcare Group and Lovy Pharmacy have launched a medication delivery service, first of its kind in Malaysia. Under the partnership, customers are now able to place orders for prescribed medications and have it delivered to their doorstep via the Doctor2U application (app). “We want to provide
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ARRO ride-hailing app provides a Convenient, Affordable and Safe Way to Hire and Pay For a Ride HOUSTON, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The City of Houston has finalized its contract with Arro, the highly rated e-hail app that successfully launched in New York City last year, making it the universal transportation app for Houston’s for-hire vehicles. Arro, a New
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The Iran Internet Group has secured a €20 million Series A round of financing for its ride sharing application Snapp. The South African mobile phone company MTN led the round. €20 million is among the second largest investments in Iran’s nascent startup ecosystem this year. In March Swedish based investment firm Pomegranate invested €60 million in Sarava, an Iranian investment firm
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