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As the city stares down the possibility of an Uber- and Lyft-less future, just 39 licensed cab drivers remain in Minneapolis.

Before Lyft, before Uber, Minneapolis had Taxi Magic. The app launched in Minneapolis in 2009, just two years after the iPhone, and worked by connecting riders with some local taxi companies. In the late 2000s, Minneapolis had more cabs than ever, and the early days of the smartphone meant more ways to summon one. One taxi company president told the Star Tribune in 2013 that the app accounted ...

The CEO of Grindr, the gay hookup app, says corporate America isn't doing enough to support LGBTQ rights

As an entrepreneur, Shift chief executive officer George Arison has often been a “builder” when it comes to tech-enabled platforms. In addition to co-founding Shift, Arison was co-founder of Taxi Magic, which is now Curb In his leadership of Shift, he has long envisioned a dealer listings marketplace at the company, but realized that it would have taken at least two years for the company to have built such a platform itself, given the work Shift already has to do in its core business. So, in...

As the app market growing, it is time for the small business owners to jump in and create one and for the most part the guests say they dont have to be a technical genius to be one. and we are joined by the founder of new apps and create apps, and the author of the book im pyre, make money, have a life and let technology work for you." i feel like i said app 20 times in the intro. and for people who have not jumped into the business right now, do you need an app to reach people going forward? >>...

good morning to you. welcome to "early start." aim zoraida sambolin. >> im ashleigh banfield. its 5:00 a.m. in the east and 10:00 a.m. in london. live pictures to bring you from london. this is a climax of a weekend of events marking the queens diamond jubilee all getting underway in london. were getting ready for a service called the thanksgiving service at st. pauls cathedral. the motorcade is filled with the junior members of the royal family. theyre the first to depart their variou...

You dont have to be a technical genius to make a successful one. we have empire apps. hes the author ever "app empire" make money, have a life and let technology work for you. >> i feel like i said the word app 39 times in that intro for you. for people who have not jumped into this space right now, if you have any online presence do you need to have an app as well in order to reach people going forward? >> yes, yes. the old way of doing business is changing. its evolving. business owners need t...