You can now see Cabulous on DataSF‘s App Showcase. DataSF is a resource provided by the city that helps residents access quality public data, and they’ve created the App Showcase to highlight mobile applications taking advantage of this data.
Some other neat apps being featured on DataSF are Crimespotting, an interactive map of crimes across the Bay Area, and Routesy, a Muni/BART trip planner that uses algorithms to make predictions about real-time arrivals.
Our VP of Development was just interviewed on metajack.im about our use of XMPP in Cabulous.
If you have no idea what XMPP is, you should probably start here before you mosey on over to the case study above.
Cabulous is all about giving drivers the tools to build deep relationships with their customers, leading to regular repeat business.
Will – who drives for Luxor in San Francisco and is one of four Cabulous Top Driver award winners – is shown in this video talking about his repeat customers.
Verifone has bought Clear Channel’s stake in advertising screens in New York City cabs, nearly doubling its reach to over 11,000 taxis.
Ridecharge’s Taxi Magic is nominated for a Best App Ever award.
Might seem strange for us to promote this, but for what Taxi Magic does – booking a cab through traditional dispatch – it really is a whole lot better what we had before…dial-up. We even recommend Taxi Magic when you want to book a car in advance of your trip…say to the airport tomorrow.
Cabulous, on the other hand, focuses squarely on the pick-up market: You are on the street and need to find that nearest cab, which is probably just a couple blocks away and out of sight. What you don’t want is to let one company’s dispatcher decide who that closest cab is. You want to see for yourself. That’s where to use Cabulous. Every nearby driver on your map – no matter what company they work for, no matter how small or large the cab company.
We hope you will agree that as Cabulous matures, it will be to Taxi Magic what Taxi Magic was for dispatch…a huge step up (at least for the “find a cab” part). If their focus on becoming a new way to pay for a cab works, we might be in line to add their payment system to allow Cabulous users to pay through Ridecharge. Who knows? (For now though, Cabulous will continue to focus on simply making an insanely great experience for drivers and passengers trying to find each other.)
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