GetTaxi Releases Second Generation App With Enhanced Capabilities and Features

LONDON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Global licensed Cab Ordering Application brings Radar, Points of Interest, Improved Payments and Sharing!

GetTaxi (http://www.GetTaxi.com) has released Version 2.0 of its iPhone Taxi Cab application, offering a new and exciting way to place your location for taxi pickups - making ordering a taxi that much simpler than before. With its application servicing the UK, Israel, and Russia (Europe's largest taxi markets), GetTaxi is the only player operating in two-thirds of the $30B European taxi market. Having already facilitated over 300,000 taxi rides worldwide, GetTaxi is making the process of ordering a taxi even easier with its new added features.

The features of the GetTaxi iPhone app Version 2 include:

• A fresh and exciting way to identify your location when ordering a taxi. Don't know the exact pick-up address? You now have the choice of entering either your location  through GPS or a well-known spot, such as a café or restaurant
• Fantastic new radar feature which enables you to see where the taxis are in your vicinity
• Seamless Facebook and Twitter Connect  - Share what you're doing, where you're going, and how much fun you're having on Facebook and Twitter
• Invite all of your friends to enjoy GetTaxi (and earn points) through Facebook and email
• Pay via credit card - enter your details once and your information is saved for fast and simple payment. The credit card payments bares no extra fees for passengers nor drivers

GetTaxi, Europe's popular online taxi ordering service, gives people a quick and easy way to order a taxi from their Android, iPhone or Blackberry. GetTaxi's drivers are equipped with a dedicated "plug-and-ride" driver unit which allows them to instantly join GetTaxi and start earning money.

Shahar Waiser-Smirin, co-founder and CEO of GetTaxi, states:  "Our new iPhone app shows our dedication to creating the best taxi-taking experience to our customers. We're very excited about the new features and are sure that our customers will love them as well."

GetTaxi is focused on creating the best possible taxi-ordering experience for its clientele. The combination of intuitive app and web interface, worldwide presence, and exceptional service, GetTaxi has become the global leader for taxi services and an attractive target for investment by venture capital funds.

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About GetTaxi Service

Founded in 2010, GetTaxi Ltd. offers a sleek, simple, and easy to use, solution for the outdated taxi dispatch industry and has fundamentally improved both the driver and passenger experience forever.

GetTaxi was founded by serial entrepreneurs Shahar Smirin Waiser and Roi More. The company has risen $10M from Access Industries and the founders.