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El Reg reports
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has found a way to out-Uber Uber by launching a taxi-finding app of its own.
[...]Come December, the Authority will also offer a new app called "Taxi-Taxi@SG" that will "show the availability and location of taxis across the island and better match these taxis to commuters."
"Through an integrated platform map, commuters can easily locate the number of available taxis near them and broadcast their positions so taxi drivers can identify the exact locations of potential customers" the Authority says. "Similarly, taxi drivers can make use of this app to cut down the time spent on the roads looking for customers."
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(Score: 2) by RobotMonster on Monday December 01 2014, @01:44PM
The non-uber taxi app I use also shows the location of the taxi, once it has been allocated.
You also get an SMS when it's getting close to arriving (or even configure it to allow them to phone you).
You can include your destination in your order (or you can put 'as directed'), but I've never run into the "no I won't take you to X" problem, nor heard of it happening.
I'm not sure if they're even allowed to do that, unless they don't think you've got the capacity to pay or are being violent & threatening.