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Next month, the motorcycle taxis that dart through the streets of Thailand will be getting a new feature for the first time in history: a meter. As an American doing business in Thailand, Paul Giles ...
As gadgets go, it’s hardly the sexiest. It’s a meter. For taxis. For motorcycle taxis, to be precise. And yet it might just be a $3 billion dollar idea. Paul Giles, President of World Moto, whose new ...
It has become an axiom that while startups may make a product, users ultimately determine how it’s used. Twitter was originally conceived as a status-updating service, rather than the amorphous, ...
First appearing in Paris, France back in 2001, motorcycle taxis have gained a lot of popularity because they offered a swift service cars could not, were fun and obviously more convenient on fair ...
Just a few years ago Uber introduced motorcycle taxis in Paris, allowing users to call a motorbike to them with just the tap of a button. Other countries, like Uganda, offer their own Uber-like ...
There are more motorcycle taxis in Kigali, Rwanda—between 20,000 and 30,000—than yellow cabs in New York City, a city about 10 times larger. Right now, most of the motorcycles run on gas. But a ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Everywhere you look, professional drivers are fighting back against apps. In Paris, taxi drivers burned cars to protest Uber. In New York, taxi drivers tried lobbying the mayor ...