[One of] Top 10 from DemoFall AND TechCrunch 50…The products that we thought differentiated from the pack through innovation, consumer need, business model, or some combination… Mapflow’s Avego: Uses GPS-equipped iPhones to match up people in cars with those who want to hitch rides. Not anonymous like hitching, though. You have to register with the… Continue reading cnet news – 11 September
Tag: iPhone
Sierra Club – 11 September
…The latest entry in the tech-enabled rideshare world, Avego, comes from Ireland-based Mapflow. It uses the new iPhone’s GPS feature to link potential carpoolers based on their destinations and real-time locations–providing what transportation wonks call dynamic ride- matching…The service debuted at this week’s DEMO conference and Mapflow plans to launch a beta version by the… Continue reading Sierra Club – 11 September
BCS – 11 September
A new system which aims to reduce carbon emissions uses the GPS system in iPhones to create a high-tech carpool system… Avego, by Irish company Mapflow, joins drivers with potential passengers and deals with payment for the journey…Users can also be rated by their peers, so others can know if, for example, someone is a… Continue reading BCS – 11 September
digitaljournal – 11 September
…From the department of Ambitious Ideas comes Avego, a company that has launched a tool to connect drivers with passengers via a new Web- and phone-based carpooling service…The technology that connects this whole network together is nothing short of impressive:…It all works through regular cellphones and the Internet, but it works better with a free… Continue reading digitaljournal – 11 September
internetnews.com – 10 September
Does Mapflow have the answer to the high cost of gas, boring commutes and traffic jams? Doubtful, but the company is at least taking a whack at providing a partial solution…. what Mapflow has developed is a service called Avego (pronounced a-vay-go), designed to pair passengers and driver through their mobile devices. The driver needs… Continue reading internetnews.com – 10 September
The Motley Fool – 10 September
…some of the more interesting start-ups profiled at this week’s TechCrunch50 and DEMOfall…Avego. An iPhone App Store application that combines maps, global positioning, and messaging in order to connect drivers with would-be hitchhikers. Riders pay gas money, drivers trim their costs…. Motley Fool
Mobile Marketer – 10 September
Mapflow Ltd. has launched Avego, a new GPS-based mobile technology designed to reduce wasted seat capacity in cars and expand commuting options…Drivers only require an iPhone. Passengers can use either an iPhone or a regular mobile phone…Avego lets drivers automatically advertise excess capacity that can be filled by paying passengers…and subsequently restrict matches to those… Continue reading Mobile Marketer – 10 September
KillerStartups – 10 September
…then you should check out Avego.com. With this iPhone app, you’ll be able to arrange pickups from people who are going the same way you are….When you have your car available, you’ll be able to get updates on people who need a ride and are going the same way you are.This give-and-receive approach to car… Continue reading KillerStartups – 10 September
Launching at DEMO
DEMO is a really awesome show, run twice a year, with the goal of introducing cutting edge technology companies to the press, venture capitalists, corporate execs and others who attend the show. Evidently it’s fairly selective, like 1-out-of-10-that-apply kind of selective (I don’t know for sure, cause we got invited to attend, so how selective… Continue reading Launching at DEMO
cnet news – 9 September
At DemoFall, Mapflow demonstrated its iPhone application, designed to automate carpooling….Mapflow is a very interesting product designed around the idea of helping drivers offset the high costs of gas by finding people who need rides to pay to fill empty seats in their cars….this seems to me to be a very good use of the… Continue reading cnet news – 9 September