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Uber shuts down its cab service in San Antonio

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by on April 1, 2015 at 7:57 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cab, Insider, ridesharing

Uber announced today that its wrapping up its cab service in San Antonio, after operating in the Texas city for almost exactly a year. The company decided to cease operations because of a tough regulatory climate in San Antonio, where it had more than 13,000 users. However, Uber says it will work to bring its service back to the city in the future. The company’s UberX cabs were suspended last month in Seoul, South Korea, over failure to comply with local transport authorities’ guidelines. ➤ Uber Unable To Operate In San Antonio After April 1 [Uber Blogs]

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Twitter is experimenting with ads on user streams

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by on April 1, 2015 at 7:15 am
Posted In: advertising, Around the Web

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Twitter is trialing ad units on users’ profiles pages in a new experiment, reports Recode. The new test sees promoted tweets being added to streams on users’ pages. They are separated from traditional tweets by breaks and include a ‘Suggested by Twitter’ label. Click for larger image (credit: Recode) At present, the ads appear only to users who are logged in. That’s probably because it allows Twitter to target ads based on users’ interests. Displaying these ads to users who aren’t logged in might also make sense at some point — the company says it has over 500 million visitors…

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