Skift Take
Uber’s haste to be the first to disrupt New York’s taxi scene resulted in its quick dismissal, but it looks to have indeed succeeded in prompting the TLC to adjust regulations in time for Hailo’s arrival.
Taxi-booking app Hailo launched in Boston yesterday, its first American city of many, says the startup's CEO, Jay Bregman.
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Hailo is looking to expand in Chicago and then New York by year's end and is following in the skidmarks of Uber, which officially pulled its UberTAXI service out of New York Tuesday. Although the two companies tout a similar service, slight differences in Hailo’s business model and timing will likely make for an eas