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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:one-handed fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Confucius sayd...slashdot reader who eat cheetos, end up with yellow dick.

  2. !! GMAIL Storage Increasing - right now !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone notice that their gmail storage space is increasing? currently it says "You are currently using 125 MB (11%) of your 1130 MB".

    Is this to celebrate the 1 year aniversary of GMAIL? Perhaps they are increasing storage to 2GIG?
    I have heard that Gmail is also set to come out of beta testing today as well...

    along with Google Gulp http://www.google.com.au/googlegulp/ there is some very interesting stuff happening in the google camp today.

    1. Re:!! GMAIL Storage Increasing - right now !! by intercodes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I guess gmail team is fooling us.

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  3. Re:Would be nice for public transportation! by ozbon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you think there might be something to this being posted on 1st April?

    I know, I'm just a cynic - but there's that itch at the back of my brain saying "April Fool"

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