Is the End Near? Think About Uber 'This' and 'That' - Mobility TechZone

Date: 2/19/2016

Featured Articles » Ericsson and Telefonica Work Together to Prepare for 5G » Mitel Makes Management Changes Around Mobile Effort » 5G Gets Ready for its Close-up Ahead of Mobile World Congress » Patents, Trust and Brand: The Foxconn Acquisition of Sharp Sponsored by: IOT Evolution Expo - July 11 - 14, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada Top Stories » SAP Launches Symsoft-Powered SMS Firewall Solution » Zipwhip Chooses AdaptiveMobile to Secure Enterprise-to-Person Texting » Vyke Moves Mobile Telephony Forward with VoIP Apps » ADM Embeds Qosmos ixEngine Into its Policy Control and Traffic Management System   From The Expert Corner February 19, 2016 Is the End Near? Think About Uber 'This' and 'That' By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media I had a great conversation on the plane with a fellow father of daughters. Both of us have children who have moved to California to be part of the Beverly Hillbillies 2.0 know as Silicon Valley. A friend in the VC community in the valley joked with me that if you want to join the billion-dollar startup club (currently at 146), all you have to do is figure out “something you parents” used to do for you and put the word “Uber” in front of it. And with me recalling that conversation, my row partner and I started riffing. Uber Food Cutting: Miss the days when your parents cut your meat? The Uber drive will come over and cut if for you. Don’t like crust?  We can cut that off too! Uber Baby Sitting: Any parent that discovered that driving a baby in the car seat could end the crying, now has the option of calling an Uber driver and having baby driven around on your behalf. Parents do not have to drive along ... Read More Featured Videos IoT Evolution Expo Florida 2016 Keynote: Verizon Featured Resources » Monitoring the Mobile Business » Smart Mobile Apps Empower Business Executives on the Go » Aligning People and Technology to Create an Effective Voice Self-Service Channel TMCnet's Blogs Featured Channels » Mobile Apps » Mobile Security » Mobile VoIP Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a MobilityTechzone columnist! Interested in reaching Mobility Techzone's Global Wireless and Mobile Communications Audience of 70,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.

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