Sony Corp joins the stream of competition vying for dominance in Japan’s ride hailing market

Sony Corp is the latest tech firm vying for market share in Japan’s highly regulated ride-hailing market and is set to partner with Daiwa Motor Transportation and 4 other domestic Japanese taxi firms for the same. On Tuesday, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported, Sony Corp is to become the latest tech firm which is jockeying for…

MIT researchers create a dynamic algorithm based on realtime data for carpooling services

The algorithm is more efficient than the ones used by Lyft and Uber. Researchers from MIT have conclusively proven that not only is carpooling less polluting, but it is also a more cost effective and efficient solution as opposed to utilizing the services of traditional taxis. Researchers from MIT’s CSAIL computer science lab have come…