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Consumers in need of a ride begin by telling TaxiBack ahead of time their planned starting point and destination along with when they need to be on the road. Within 24 hours the company will then...
The goal is to raise $35,000 and as with most Kickstarters, donating has its rewards which include stickers, t-shirts, in-game credit, signed copies of past games created by Robomodo and even...
SideCar has been pushing the idea of “ride matching,” mainly due to the “destination” aspect of its app. Unlike Lyft and Uber, it requires passengers to enter not only where they’re originating...
Disney World Wait Times and Universal Studios Wait Times are free apps that help users decide what rides to line up for based on the expected wait time. The apps work using a few different...
For this week's cover story, veteran Monitor science writer Pete Spotts immersed himself in the highly collaborative culture of responsible funnel hunters, riding with Kiel Ortega from...
Many of the apps pitched include additional special features, such as the ability to hail a cab from your phone and to rate a driver at the end of a ride like: GetTaxi's app, already in use in...
Crowdfunding sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter have become extraordinary participatory financing mechanisms to bankroll brand new products and output that might otherwise not have seen light of...
Like all successful project on kickstarter, Carmel Valley filmmaker Pierce Kavanagh wanted to create something entirely of his own mind,and Kickstarter has helped him do just that.Kavanagh’s first...
A new website called Shairporter aims to fix that. It’s a basic platform that connects with others to share taxi rides to and from New York City airports — the end goal being to save you both time...
The crowdsourcing app called Moovit pulls info from fellow public transit users for real-time data. The app tracks the location of other people currently on the bus and calculates its arrival....
The winning idea Rock Me, offers the public the opportunity to fill venues with their choice of performers. So instead of going to the artists directly, an online campaign is launched by getting...
Crowdsourcing is becoming a true cross-sector phenomenon, and the car industry is no exception. Where else can you ask, “crowd-pimp my ride”? More and more companies understand that what the customer designs the customer buys! Car manufacturers from specialty firms to international giants are engaging consumers in the creation of new auto design concepts.
The founders of Deals89 believe that entrepreneurship is doing things they love, and at the same time, creating value to society. But the entrepreneurial journey is never an easy one; it’s more...
"Anyone who has ever run, walked or biked for charity knows that the fundraising process can often be more painful than the physical training for the event itself, but Fundly has changed the...
Zimride is the leading rideshare service that helps organizations establish easy to use, private, social networks for ridesharing. Their approach leverages social trust and hands-on marketing...
Transit riders in Pittsburgh will soon be able to get the answer for the most common question for who waits at a bus stop: Where's the bus? Thanks to Tiramisu, a new pretty straightforward iPhone application developed at Carnegie Mellon University, riders will be able to share arrival times with each other.
By using crowdsourcing to share information, anyone waiting at a bus or T stop with an iPhone can see which buses or light rail vehicles are due to arrive next and, thanks to the signals from riders already aboard, get an idea of how long they have to wait.
Tiramisu — "pick me up" in Italian — makes it easy for riders to use their iPhones to signal the location and occupancy level of the Port Authority of Allegheny County bus they are riding, in real-time.
As these simulacra develop they will redefine our relationships with computers, and might even make us wonder what “being real” actually means. Transhumanists, who advocate human evolution...
Josh Soskin produced the piece for the Chevy Volt in response to a brief created by Chevrolet and promoted by MOFILM for its recent MOFILM Barcelona Video contest, which also featured briefs from...
As Clay Shirky noted in his book “Here Comes Everybody,” even behavior that has existed before — such as sharing information with our friends and family, or connecting with people who have similar...
Shairporter is a community for travelers to find each other and share rides (taxis and black car service) to and from the airports. Their mission is to enable their community to benefit from the...
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