<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Peoplestaxi on Philip Sheldrake</title><link>https://philipsheldrake.com/tags/peoplestaxi/</link><description>Recent content in Peoplestaxi on Philip Sheldrake</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://philipsheldrake.com/tags/peoplestaxi/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Taxi! Hailing a ride, but not too far into the future</title><link>https://philipsheldrake.com/2014/07/taxi-hailing-ride-far-future/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://philipsheldrake.com/2014/07/taxi-hailing-ride-far-future/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;img alt="yellow cab new york" loading="lazy" src="https://philipsheldrake.com/images/yellowcab.jpg">The &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/upshot/uber-lyft-and-a-road-map-for-reinventing-the-ride.html" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">controversy&lt;/a>
&lt;a href="http://www.uber.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Uber&lt;/a>
is causing right now prompted me to delve into the archives. Way back. Back to March 2000 when I was pitching a proposition called Peoplestaxi to the likes of 3i and Avis. It got selected for First Tuesday&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Wireless Matchmaking&amp;rdquo; events too. Here&amp;rsquo;s a quick extract:&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Peoplestaxi leverages the latest technologies and customer-centric e-business philosophy to deliver the ubiquitous, convenient and intelligent taxi management service for business and consumers.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>