Need a lift? Zebigo.com, a new, national, on-demand ride sharing community for drivers and riders, is launching a unique service in Seattle, Bellevue, and Tacoma this week that will help drivers and riders share the load and travel more efficiently.
Zebigo will celebrate its launch at the 2010 Seattle Green Festival at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center on June 5th and 6th, with an expected attendance of 35,000 area residents.
Through Zebigo.com’s web platform, drivers and riders are matched for commuting to and from work, attending sports and arts & entertainment events, or for one-way trips where they want to travel on their own schedule. Riders e-pay drivers through Zebigo.com for each trip. Zebigo.com charges each user a 49-cent fee for their successful match and trip in the system. Zebigo.com will also be offering subscription options in the coming months.
“After analyzing dozens of carpooling sites around the U.S., I recognized they often didn’t address the three major reasons why Americans are not sharing rides: time flexibility, ease of use, and a cashless e-payment from rider to driver,” states Mark Russell, Founder + CEO of
Zebigo.com.
As reported in June 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau, 83 million people commute in the top 50 major metropolitan areas. 87.7% of these people chose driving to work as their favored means of commuting, with 77%—or 63 million Americans—driving alone.
The first 1,000 new customers to create accounts with Zebigo.com will receive a $5 credit toward their first trip. For those who sign up during the Green Festival in Seattle, Zebigo.com will give them a $10 credit as well as a chance to win an Apple iPad. [24×7]
Battle of the Titans. Avoiding Titanic Redmond Results
In the epic battle for tech leadership that is part myth and part majesty, Apple has overtaken Microsoft to become the most valuable technology company in the world on sales of its iPhone, iPods, iTunes and iPads.
By 4 p.m. on May 26, 2010, Apple’s market value was pegged at $222.1 billion in Nasdaq Stock Market trading, higher than Microsoft’s $219.2 billion. That made Apple the most valuable technology firm in the marketplace and the second-largest U.S. stock by market value, behind oil company Exxon Mobil Corp.
Apple shares climbed as high as $252.13 in intraday trading, before slipping $1.11 to $244.11. Apple’s second-quarter profit almost doubled and sales soared 49 percent on demand for the iPhone. The results don’t yet include the iPad, which went on sale after the close of the period for the Cupertino, California-based company.
Writing in Fast Company’s latest edition on the 100 Most Creative People In Business, Farhad Manjoo proclaimed that Steve Ballmer needs to be replaced as Microsoft CEO. His cancidate? Bill Gates! Can you think of another corporate CEO who would keep his job after losing close to one-half of the company’s valuation since taking over from a predecessor? Or anyone who can packlage tech imagation better than Bill?
The New York Times published an Infographic to mark the moment Wednesday when Apple “crossed beams” with Microsoft.
It was January 2000 when Microsoft’s market cap began a 10-year decline and Apple’s started to catch up. That milestone also happens to mark the date when Bill Gates stepped down as Microsoft CEO and named Ballmer to replace him.
Does Ballmer’s strictly business orientation give Microsoft the visionary outlook it needs to antiticpate consumer wants, needs and demands in the cloud-based, mobile Web environment? The current trend line, like an iceberg sinking beneath the watery baseline, does not appear to support that titanic forecast. [24×7]
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