HopStop directions

http://www.hopstop.com/

Last activity: 10.09.2015

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Aug 7, 2013	SA developer launches public transport app to ease the daily commute	Geolocation and mapping apps are a rich market to tap into in Africa. Even Google, with all its glorious Maps, has yet to outline and document Africa’s routes in detail, given its sheer scale and connectivity problems, especially in rural a...
Aug 7, 2013	SA developer launches public transport app to ease the daily commute	Geolocation and mapping apps are a rich market to tap into in Africa. Even Google, with all its glorious Maps, has yet to outline and document Africa’s routes in detail, given its sheer scale and connectivity problems, especially in rural a...
Jul 21, 2013	Apple Buys Nigerian Entrepreneur’s Online Mapping Startup	Apple has acquired HopStop.com, an “online city transit guide” and mobile application founded in 2005 by Nigerian tech entrepreneur Chinedu Echeruo. Echeruo’s company, HotStop.com was acquired by Apple in a move to bolster the tech giant’s ...
Jul 20, 2013	Apple acquires transit app HopStop to beef up Maps	HopStop offer public transportation routes, as well as a Waze-like crowd-sourcing service Apple is fully committed to improving its much derided Maps app, making two acquisitions in that department on the same day. On the same day that it c...
Jul 20, 2013	Apple's Buying Spree Continues with HopStop for Transit App Categories Search	HopStop's environmentally-friendly service is currently available in over 500 cities across 140+ major metropolitan markets throughout seven countries including the U.S., Australia, Canada, England, France, New Zealand and Russia. In additi...
Jul 19, 2013	Apple To Buy Transportation App HopStop — Mass Transit To Return To Apple Maps?	Apple has agreed to acquire transit navigation app HopStop.com, according to a report in Bloomberg. AllThingsD has apparently received confirmation from an Apple spokesperson. I’ve reached out to both companies and will update if I hear bac...
Apr 22, 2013	4 apps to keep you green in more ways than one	(MoneyWatch) Earth Day is a good reminder that we all can do things to improve the environment -- to be "green." And while being good to the place you call home is always a good idea, how much better is it to get two benefits for ...
Sep 12, 2012	Startup News: Opening Ceremony and Brit Morin Get Apps; Charity Water Saves the World	(Photo: Opening Ceremony) Opening Ceremony There hasn’t been much fashion fun in tech since last year’s Raise Cache fashion show, but now Opening Ceremony has partnered with Gin Lane Media to create an interactive iPad application as a comp...
Mar 28, 2012	Google Maps for Android now looks crisper on new devices, adds transit options	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Google updated its Maps application to version 6.5 for Android today, and with the update comes a new Navigation home screen for Ice Cr...
Jan 11, 2012	Skyhook Brings Location-Based Services To the Kindle Fire	One of the biggest detriments to Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is that it does not support location-based services. This was likely a choice from Amazon to leave GPS hardware out of the device to cut down on costs. The lack of location servic...
Jul 6, 2011	Can the New and Improved HopStop Really Stand-Up To Google Maps?	Last month, Betabeat talked to HopStop CEO Joe Meyer about “holding [its] own against the giant”–that being Google–especially in New York, where HopStop started. Now that the revamped site, with integrations from Yelp, Groupon, and Hertz, h...
Jun 22, 2011	HopStop Enlists Yelp and Groupon To Try to Hold Their Own ‘Against the Giant’ That is Google Transit	Mr. Meyer For all those start-ups rushing to be first-to-market, let HopStop be a lesson. Being the first to plant your flag won’t necessarily keep it there, especially when Google comes stomping in. Six years after it launched, HopStop ann...
Feb 7, 2009	Hopstop Jumps Onto iPhone App Bandwagon That Is Driven By Google Maps	Transit planner HopStop launched its free iPhone application last week to rival the mobile version of Google Map’s Transit option. The application, with support from iPhone’s GPS functionality, offers all the same services as the website. T...
Aug 25, 2008	RideTheCity.com: A Google Maps App for Safe Biking	RideTheCity is a cool mash-up application that allows you to plan bike routes based on safety and speed. By typing – or selecting – a start and end location in New York City, the application will find the safest and quickest routes by facto...
Apr 25, 2008	Mass transit site HopStop proves there’s room in the directions market for another startup	HopStop, a company that helps you get around via mass transit, has raised an undisclosed round of equity financing from investors including Quigo Technologies co-founder Yaron Galai. Now, there are already a lot of direction services out th...
Aug 24, 2007	Google May Map the New York City Subway System	In December 2005 Google announced a Labs project called Transit to help residents of Portland, Oregon plan local trips on the TriMet public transit system. The Transit app is essentially a Google Maps mashup that lets users plan local trips...
May 15, 2007	Plan Your Public Transit Route with HopStop	Google may be environmentally conscious, but they certainly not helping the rest of us get around any greener. Currently, Google’s public transit mapper, Google Transit, only deals with bastions of public transit like Orange County and Dulu...
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Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning HopStop directions, among them “SA developer launches public transport app to ease the daily commute” (Aug 7, 2013) and “SA developer launches public transport app to ease the daily commute” (Aug 7, 2013).

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HopStop directions is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 10, 2015.