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Nigeria’s innovative taxi booking app, Uber, recently introduced SafetyNet, a new feature set on improving user experience in the area of security.

With this new development, users can “share their ETA” easier, providing up to five preselected contacts with information on their whereabouts, location on a map, as well as information on drivers and taxis in use. This information is sent as a link directly from the Uber server, limiting the dependence on phone plan limitations.

“Transparency is one important way that Uber’s technology improves safety in transportation. By keeping driver-partners, riders and their loved ones informed of where they are and who they are with, the anonymity is taken out of a trip,” Uber said in an official press release.

Source: Innovation Village

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This article was first published on 8th December 2015

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Ify Halim is a Writer and media enthusiast based in Lagos. She enjoys writing self-help/inspirational articles with published work in UYD Magazine, Edufrica, Our Stories Inc. and The Keele Concourse. She currently works at ConnectNigeria.com, Nigeria’s Information Portal. Follow her on Twitter @MissHalim or visit her online space at ifyhalim.wordpress.com

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  • Chinedu

    This is interesting and Nigeria needs it most at the moment.

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