tolerate on a street recession and trying to flag down hundred of already occupied yellow cabs is a religious rite of passage in New York . ZabKabwants to increase the odds you ’ll actually cop oneby release your phone into a homing beacon for free taxis nearby . reckon of it as Uber for metered cabs .
When you require a taxicab , fire up the app , hit the cartoony “ hail ” release and your headphone will beam your location to drivers within five blocks . ( taxicab number one wood have their own version of the app which look for pings . ) The app just launched in New York with1000 cabbiesreportedly already looking for passengers . ZabKab ’s developer says it has plans to roll the service out to other US cities and internationally . Whoa there hombre ! It ’s an interesting conception , and one that ’s certain to come in handy once in a very enceinte while . But do n’t look it to do you any good during the 5 o’clock shift change . [ iTunesandGoogle PlayviaNBC New York ]
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