{"id":7459,"date":"2016-08-19T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/?p=7459"},"modified":"2016-08-20T10:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T04:53:15","slug":"uber-2016-simplifying-cab-hailing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/?p=7459","title":{"rendered":"Uber 2016: Further Simplifying The Cab Hailing Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Call a cab via Uber, without the Uber app! Confused?<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/\">Uber\u2019s<\/a> next move in the competitive cab aggregating market is here to make waves. The company has launched an easier way to order a taxi from their platform i.e. users can now order cabs directly from their mobile phones after logging on to dial.uber.com. Downloading the app is no longer required.<\/p>\n<p>In order to avail the service, users on dial.uber.com will be asked to enter their phone numbers to login and can then check the pricing, cab availability and a fare estimate for their journey. The fares under this scheme are to be paid in cash.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Uber\u2019s Attempt at Gaining Momentum in India<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Uber has grown from an app to request premium black cars in a few metropolitan areas to changing the logistical fabric of cities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The online cab service is currently available in\u00a027 India\u00a0while its biggest competitor of the Indian market\u00a0Ola is functional in\u00a0102 cities. With this strategy, Uber\u2019s main purpose is to attract customers that may currently be loyal users of its\u2019 competitor\u2019s services. Through simplifying the process of calling a cab, the company hopes to outgrow its rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Does Uber\u2019s new move have what it takes to leave its competitor\u2019s behind? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe with us to get your dose of interesting news, research &amp; opinions in the startup segment. Fill the form below:<em><br \/>\n<\/em>[email-subscribers namefield=&#8221;YES&#8221; desc=&#8221;&#8221; group=&#8221;Public&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call a cab via Uber, without the Uber app! Confused? Uber\u2019s next move in the competitive cab aggregating market is here to make waves. The company has launched an easier way to order a taxi from their platform i.e. users can now order cabs directly from their mobile phones after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,21],"tags":[2540,2127,106,342,70,875,289,1651],"class_list":["post-7459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-start-up","tag-cab-aggregators","tag-competition","tag-india","tag-ola","tag-startup","tag-startup-buzz","tag-uber","tag-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/uber.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7535,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7459\/revisions\/7535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}