article_snippet: Uber has opened up Uber online booking to allow any app to call a car.
article_snippet: Now, the ride-hailing service hopes app developer will boost the ride-hailing service usage by including car-hailing capabilities.
article_snippet: Uber is already working with companies such as Starbucks, United, OpenTable, TimeOut and TripAdvisor - but  now anyone can write an app that uses Uber. '
article_snippet: This makes great business sense for us and us driver partners,' said Rahul Bijor, API product manager at Uber. '
article_snippet: Every new ride request that comes through the API means even more business for The firm driver partners,' Rahul Bijor, API product manager at Uber said.
article_snippet: Should Uber Uber be waiting immediately after your last meeting of the day?
article_snippet: Will someone create a way to request a car with just a simple SMS?
article_snippet: Salle Yoo emphasized the app's safety features, including the notification of the driver's identity received by customers on their phones beforehand, and the ability to share via text message an estimated arrival time with others.
article_snippet: Instead, It lets full employees use the smartphone-based app to connect full employees to passengers looking for a paid ride, and takes a cut of the fare.
article_snippet: Uber lets consumers use an app to locate a driver and instantly book a ride.
article_snippet: Google Maps software is already integrated into Uber to let users check progress of drivers on drivers way to pick drivers up.
highlights_snippet: Uber told MailOnline MailOnline expects to close the deCarta deal 'later this week'
  Mapping service will be used to boost the cab service's current offerings .
  
highlights_snippet: May give MailOnline independence from Google, on whose maps MailOnline service relies .
  