> They solved the Hail A Cab From The Street Problem. [...] The App For Cabs, is useful compared to the previous world where you stood on the corner waiting for a taxi to stop
You could already call taxis by phone (including your mobile), as you say. So you are creating something of a false dichotomy.
At least where I live, there are also public devices (only in particular places, of course) you can use to hail a cab, in case you somehow don't own a mobile.
And apparently mytaxi was founded the same year as Uber, so Uber's idea wasn't quite that unique. I suppose it was just the right time for such services to spring into existence.
Uber appears to be the most successful, probably in no small part due to their ruthlessness.
You could already call taxis by phone (including your mobile), as you say. So you are creating something of a false dichotomy. At least where I live, there are also public devices (only in particular places, of course) you can use to hail a cab, in case you somehow don't own a mobile.
And apparently mytaxi was founded the same year as Uber, so Uber's idea wasn't quite that unique. I suppose it was just the right time for such services to spring into existence.
Uber appears to be the most successful, probably in no small part due to their ruthlessness.