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    Sony Unveils Taxi-Hailing Service in Tokyo to Rival Uber

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    By AdeO on April 16, 2019 Apps, Business, Transportation

    Sony offers a diverse range of products and services, from Bravia TVs to PlayStation gaming consoles to Xperia phones. Now it can add yet another item to that list: a taxi-hailing app.

    The company launched the Uber-like S.Ride app in Tokyo today. That “S”, according to advertising, stands for three words, none of which are Sony: “simple”, “smart” and “speedy”.

    The app was officially launched by a company called Minna no Taxi, which translates to “Everybody’s Taxi”. Minna no Taxi is a joint venture between Sony Corporation, Sony Payment Services and several Japanese taxi companies.

    Unlike Uber and Lyft, this is a taxi-hailer, not an app to catch rides with civilians. Ride-hailing services, unlike taxi-hailing services, are banned in Japan. Uber has plans to move into the country by partnering with a taxi company, reports Bloomberg.

    That alliance was actually announced last February, according to Bloomberg, when Sony also said it would use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to predict demand throughout the day and dispatch supply accordingly. Sony last April got a new CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, who quickly moved the company away from selling hardware and toward selling content and services, so S.Ride is roughly in this wheelhouse.

    Sony has no current plans to launch the app outside of Japan, a Sony spokesperson said.

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