It helps to keep a stash of small bills in your wallet for cab drivers, hotel porters and bar staff.
The rides are more luxe than your standard yellow cab.
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Why should I pay you for the privilege of driving a cab in your city, the taxi driver asks, when my competitor is free from such obligations?
What would happen if you happened to leave your iPhone in a cab and a less than ethical person decided to buy up a storm by pushing that digital identification button?
Walk to your next meeting instead of taking a cab or shuttle.
Cab a more relaxed schedule ensure that your attendance record is better?
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But at this point, I recommend tossing your car keys to the barkeep and catching a cab. 2013 might bring a mean hangover.
Think about how far you actually walked on your last business trip - maybe a few steps to your car, or to the sidewalk for a cab to the airport.
And literally, when you go through customs at the airport and start walking to catch a cab, you start to feel it in your throat.
The cab industry is, in fact, far more technologically advanced that your average local transit system, limousine industry, or any other industry sector carrying people on the streets of San Fran.
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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.
Instead of hailing or calling a cab, waiting for it to arrive and making sure you have enough cash in your wallet to pay the fare, Uber carved out a unique niche by greatly simplifying the entire experience.
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