Sentences with phrase «hailed via a smartphone app»

When Uber first announced its crazy - sounding plan to explore «on - demand urban aviation» — essentially a network of flying taxis that could be hailed via a smartphone app and flown from rooftop to rooftop — the company made it clear that it never intended to go it alone.

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Uber and Lyft recently managed to get around the monopoly by letting riders hail cars via smartphone apps, but Mayor de Blasio has even tried to thwart that.

Black taxi drivers» gripes with Uber include the fact that the cab - hailing company, which connects passengers with drivers via a smartphone app, appears to ply for hire by having available cars visible on the app and operates a metred pay system, which are both banned for private hire vehicles.