What does it take to get a cab in this city?

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He believes the Internet is in the process of being geographically indexed (known as "geotagging"), which should allow for much richer applications, such as using your cell phone to find the nearest four-star hotel, get a cab and so on.

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You know how hard it is for your parents if they have to get on a bus to go get a head of lettuce and they just came home from work and they have to get in a cab to go to a grocery store -- that's hard and expensive for them, right?

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Lorry driver Jeremy Aiken told me he was lucky as he could pull down the back of his cab and get a few hours of sleep, unlike others.

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Taxi drivers who take part in the program will get alerts when an Uber user wants a cab.

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"There's far more scrutiny now, " says Max Belenitsky, an entrepreneur who spent the past two years trying to get investors to notice his Text-A-Cab smart-phone reservation system for taxis and limousines.

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Waiting for a cab doesn't help me get more out of life, although it could help me become more patient.

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Ms. Chan takes a 10-minute cab ride each morning to get to the nearest train station.

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According to the prosecution, the charges were based on both videotape evidence as well as the testimony of a cab driver who told authorities he saw Pearl get into a car with Saeed on the day he disappeared.

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So that means that when you pay by credit card, the driver is not getting the money at the end of the shift, has to pay a premium to get paid, and may have to wait until the cab company gets around to settling with him.

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