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Hail a Cab on Facebook with Cabulous!

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:22 +0000

Now you can hail a cab right from Facebook with the new Cabulous Facebook app:

http://apps.facebook.com/cabulous

Cabulous on Facebook - Hail a Taxi Cab in San Francisco

Cabulous reunites Girl and her Gift

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:11:32 +0000

As many Cabulous drivers and passengers know, we keep phone numbers private and mask them, so drivers and passengers can call each other without worrying about giving out personal information. But tonight, an honest driver for San Francisco’s Metro Cab rang us to report that a Cabulous user had left a gift bag that looked expensive. He could no longer call her, because the private session between them had ended.

We contacted the passenger for the driver, and after getting permission from the driver, passed on contact information so she could arrange to get her belongings back.

And yeah, turned out to be an expensive gift.

Cabulous to the rescue!

Invisible Cabs!

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:18:29 +0000

We debated long and hard about whether to show occupied taxis in the Cabulous Map. It would sure fill the map with cars, and that would make us happy on days (and nights) when most of the cabs are filled up with passengers, but what would it accomplish for the passenger? It would add inevitable confusion, that’s certain. ”Why is that cab red? Why can’t I select it?” All things we could answer with a more complicated user interface, but that would go against what we are all about – keeping things simple…just cabs on a map. Or rather, just cabs that you can actually hail on a map.

Tonight I thought I’d show you what we see behind the scenes. Here are two pictures, separated in time by just a minute or two. The one on the left shows you the cabs one of our dispatch centers can see – just their cars, but all of them (whether they are available or not). The available cars are in green, the occupied ones in red. Note that there are far more occupied cars than available ones.

And on the right…what you see on the iPhone or web map at cabulous.com. Just the ones you can hail. It doesn’t look like a lot, but wait for it….by the time I finished writing this post a few minutes after taking the first shots:

Cabulous wins! First iPad app to show you where the taxis really are.

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:42:59 +0000

We honestly figured someone else might get there before we did, but no – the fabulous Cabulous team got a full iPad/iPhone iOS4 app up first.
Now Cabulous runs in the background, letting drivers stay on the map even when they are on the phone or checking email. Yay!! Hurray!

And Wow! Cabulous looks GORGEOUS on the iPad. Check it out. Click here to download for iPhone or iPad.

Cabulous on iPad

Women 2.0

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:10:23 +0000

Here is a video with UpStart Mobile Team Member, Tal Flanchraych, talking about the future of the Taxi industry.

30 Unusual Taxis from Around the World

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:22:48 +0000

Check it out here. I’d give a kidney to drive people around in a Lamborghini taxi all day – anyone hiring?

MacWorld Coverage of Cabulous by Teencastic

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:52:00 +0000

Here’s a great video clip covering Cabulous at MacWorld 2010.

Cabulous @ MacWorld 2010

Welcome to Cabulous – The Video

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:21:09 +0000

Cabulous on the Radio

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:16:57 +0000

Here’s a late-night talk radio interview with John Wolpert and Kieran Farr about Cabulous on San Francisco station KPOO: Cabulous Interview on 89.5 FM KPOO San Francisco

It’s pretty funny, and a pretty good overview of what Cabulous is all about – why it is important for taxi drivers.

This Taxi is Groooovy, Baby!

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:55:09 +0000

San Francisco’s Haydar, known for his famous Disco Cab (part of the Town Taxi fleet), can now be found wherever he is in the city with Cabulous!

Welcome Disco Cab!