Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing

Re:Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Ch... by salimmadjd on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:28PM (#11688445)

Apple Map/Siri and Google map eventually will become the interface to ordering car sharing. Especially once there is autonomous cars and Uber or Lyft do not own the driver-side of the equation, ride sharing will become a bit like ordering rental cars from Kayak.

The same way Facebook is becoming the interface to content, both google and apple will own the consumer side of the cars and help you pick the best deal or cheapest option. It could be from Uber, a guy who owns a fleet of 20 autonomous cars or Hertz, etc.

This moves totally makes sense for Apple as they will move to own the consumer side of this market.

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Re:Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Ch... by Amygaz on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:54AM (#11713613)

"The same way Facebook is becoming the interface to content"

I feel like I get all the relevant and useful content I need, while minimizing the noise, specifically because I am not using Facebook...

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Re:Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Ch... by discodave on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:46PM (#11688496)

Also Echo / Alexa.

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Re:Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Ch... by losty on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:46PM (#11688497)

Why assume Facebook will remain dominant?

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Re:Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Ch... by Zyst on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:56PM (#11688530)

A lack of explicit mention is not an implication.

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