Maurice Boscorelli (mboscorelli)

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  "Serve" New Food Delivery Option - Delivery Robots of the Future

  This Wall-E like robot delivers food to your door. Postmates that currently offers food delivery is working on a food …
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  Want to See Where Your Rider is Going? You May Be Able to Now [RSG]

  Great article on how Uber and Lyft are starting to show more information before the driver accepts the ride.  All …
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  Do you think Uber teaming up with Toyota is an admission that Uber could not build their own autonomous vehicles?

  Many said it was suicide for Uber to take on Google and other gigantic car manufacturers.  Uber saw itself as …
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  An old poster for car-sharing., ride-sharing, car-pooling.

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  Uber Meets Tinder - UnDer

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  Ex-Uber driver guilty of manslaughter for killing girl in SF crosswalk

  This guy had no chance.   A former Uber driver who fatally struck a 6-year-old girl in a San Francisco crosswalk …
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  Cancellation Reason: Stopped the car mid-trip to yell at a pigeon

  Only in New York...
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  VW is launching a car-sharing service called WE [TechCrunch]

  VW is launching a car-sharing service called WE that only uses electric vehicles, following the lead of rivals such as …
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  Battle of the Sexes - Women are more likely to engage in distracted driving [NBC]

  Researchers say women are more likely to engage in distracted driving. A new study shows female drivers have a higher …
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  Scooter-sharing companies tried to barge into San Francisco and got kicked out. [Decode]

  Seriously, did we learn from the mistakes we made with Uber?  For allowing them to do whatever they wanted?  This …
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  Will autonomous vehicles really make taxi drivers obsolete?

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  Lyft passengers tips DOUBLE Uber's?!

  I know this is a small sample (i.e. 100 rides but one driver), but it's a pretty larg egap. " …

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   5 years ago in  Do passengers know that Uber often takes half the fare?

  they say, you are getting paid by mile, what we charge the customer is not your concern.

  Sounds much like Uber. 

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   5 years ago in  Do passengers know that Uber often takes half the fare?

  I don’t think drivers really care and I doubt it even crosses their minds. I mean why. To them driver and Uber are one and the same. 

  It’s exactly the same as when you buy an apple at the grocery store, you don’t wonder how many the distributor, importers, delivery people or farmers made. 

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   5 years ago in  Lots of Driver Scams - Watch out, passengers!

  Exactly

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   6 years ago in  Carrying multiple phones, driver apps, and accounts. Does this really happen? Does it really work?

  I am sure the guy was busted and has been deativated by now.  I suppose he could claim innocense by saying they share the same phone and forgot to log out and back in as himself.

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   6 years ago in  San Francisco grants bike and scooter permits to only two companies - Scoot and Skip (One year Pilot)

  Yes, but they did win the contract in Santa Monica, which must be a relief to them.

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   6 years ago in  How much do Uber drivers work? How many hours do they drive?

  This is some great stats.  I wonder if it has changed since it was last collected.

  it does make me wonder whether Uber was meant to be performed as a full time job.

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   6 years ago in  Is it possible to support my family driving for Uber or Lyft? (Driving full time)

  I believe great majority of drivers are part-time.  More than 80% are part-time.

  How much do Uber drivers work? How many hours do they drive?

  Why do I mention this? You have to wonder whether Uber driving job is meant to be done as a full time job.

  Is Uber even designing or positioning it as a career?  or completely a supplemental job for those who already own cars and have extra time?  ...because that profile is pretty easy to find. 

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   6 years ago in  Leep Rideshare?

  Maybe it's playnig on "Leap" + "Jeep."  and they only have Jeeps as part of their fleet.

  No, I have no idea if that's the case.  or if they have Jeeps.  I haven't care enough to google it.

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   6 years ago in  An old poster for car-sharing., ride-sharing, car-pooling.

  Sorry.  I have no idea. but I found it on the Internet, so it must be true and authentic.

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   6 years ago in  can i schedule a 4am pickup ahead of time in seattle

  If you are somewhat close (say within 45 minutes) of the city and airport, you shoudl have no problem getting a ride even at 4AM.   Some drivers prey for passengers going to the airport or trying to get home from the bars. 

  I read in another post that it's a good idea to try the app a week in advance of your travel.  See what cars are out there during those times.

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   6 years ago in  Can I ask my Uber driver to NOT record me with his webcam? If I do not want to be recorded, shouldn't I be able to request that?

  Right.  The whole wiretap statute.  Though I believe that only stands true if the party has a legitimate expectation of privacy. In a public place, people usually don't.  However, in some one else's car?  

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   6 years ago in  Banned from charging Uber cleaning fee?

  Uber has been putting up a fight against drivers around clean up fees, because this practice has increased significantly and there are so scams around it.

  For example, they now check the photos that you upload for inconsistencies and verify its origin.  The first line of defense is completely automated where it checks for inconsistent timestamp, and they also them against other pics other drivers have submitted, and so on.  Maybe I will start another thread for this.

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   6 years ago in  What is UberRush? Where is UberRush available?

  Your comment is so ironic, because the service you call awesome is already gone and shutdown.  LOL.  I wonder why it didn't work. I bet people just didn't care to have things delivered by someone else.

  Plus the service exists.  Offered through the post office, FedEx and UPS.

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   6 years ago in  Octopus Tablet

  Octopus is a bit different than Vugo in a way that it's basically just a game tablet with apps that people get to play.

  Happy passengers = Happy Drivers (and maybe tips?) is their game.

  How this is different than passengers' smartphones, I am not sure.  I guess the information on the tablet has to be intriguing.

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   6 years ago in  Why is Uber cheaper than Taxi?

  Nope.  Completely predatory. Once all taxi drivers are gone, then Uber will raise their prices.

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   6 years ago in  What's the dumbest Uber for XYZ idea you have ever heard?

  Wow.

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   6 years ago in  What's the dumbest Uber for XYZ idea you have ever heard?

  That sounds like a horrible idea.

  I can see an alcoholic, with his hands trembling, reaching out the phone and ordering from Saucey.

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   6 years ago in  Why Does Uber Lump In All Cancellations In The Cancellation Rate?

  You mean cancellation rate.  

  Acceptance is how many of the requests you "accept."  Out of those, Uber tracks how many you have cancelled.

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   6 years ago in  What's with passengers asking drivers to cancel? Are they being coached to do that recently?

  Right, whether there is a financial penalty or not, no one wants to be "blamed' for whatever has transpired.  I the ride was bad or whatever, and the passenger feels like it wasn't his fault, yeah, I can see that he would try to get out of the one to cause the cancellation.

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   6 years ago in  What is a Maestro app? I am a new driver and I was told to check it out. Not really finding it.

  Ah, the reason you cannot find it is because you are spelling it wrong. It's Mystro. 

  As for pricing, it's a subscription based model.  $99 a year or $13 a moth.  so it isn't exactly cheap. 

  https://help.mystrodriver.com/article/121-what-does-mystro-cost

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   6 years ago in  What does FUber mean in rideshare/Uber context?

  What?  Are you guys serious?  It's a nickname for

  Food + Uber = FUber.  It's any service like UberEats and Postmates. 

  Examples:

  "I really want Taco Bell but they don't deliver"

  "Dude just call a Fuber"

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