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Google Ride Finder Announced

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cabbie-stalking dept.

nthitz writes "Need a ride? Now Google has included the ability to lookup where taxis are in real time! The new service is called Google Ride Finder. Using a combination of Google Maps and Google Local you can see where certain taxis are at the moment. Currently there are only 11 major cities that are supported, and there are still only a few cab companies that are involved. The service is pretty cool, but if they don't add more cities/companies, who knows how well it will do. For more info check out Google's Blog."

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  1. Re:April 1st!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are three types of people in the world.

    1. People who don't get April Fools jokes
    2. People who get April Fools jokes, and laugh at them but don't tell.
    3. People who get April Fools jokes and shout out "OMG I BET THATS AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE". They're incapable of running with a joke, they insist on pointing out the joke, and are also the same people who tell you your shoes are untied, and when you look go "HA HA GOTYA". They also get beaten a lot at school.

  2. Re:Google Gmail April Fools: Infinity and Beyond S by opqdonut · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I seriously hope this one is an April Fools joke too: HTML formatting in gmail. I can't believe they did it. the scourge of email has made its way into the best webmail there is.

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