Lyft, Uber, and Waze: profile of three ride-sharing services

In 2014, Lyft was a new brand for me to read about. But, Lyft has never given me a ride. No pun intended! In 2015, Uber was the first and only ride sharing service for me to try. It was quite expensive in Phoenix. Then, San Diego seemed to be a good place for me to try Uber again. The second time around, it was not that expensive. Aside from a personal experience, Uber has the higher market capitalization than Lyft. Uber has a market capitalization of $68 billion, while Lyft has a market capitalization of $6 billion only. Both services require the user to download an app. to their smartphone. If you don't have the app., then it is difficult to use the services. Uber operates in 500 cities across 70 countries, while Lyft is expanding in 54 new cities in the US only. Next, there is Waze carpooling service which is owned primarily by Google. Waze could generate more profits as Uber is dealing with accusations of sexual harassment internally, from its own employees. While Uber is dealing with internal problems, Waze is expanding into more than nine counties in the San Francisco Bay area. Lyft and Uber are considered 'unicorn companies'; as each company has a market capitalization of more than $1 billion along with being privately owned. Lyft, Uber, and Waze are headquartered in the San Francisco bay area. Finally, Uber has over 6,700 employees and it was started in 2009 by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp. Uber, Lyft, and Waze have brought increased competition to the taxi industry. Lyft was launched in 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer. Lyft has a pink mustache, for its logo. Both companies have raised money from successful VCs including General Motors, Morgan Stanley, and the Mayfield Fund. In the end, there is some good competition from a domestic and global standpoint. Enjoy the picture above of the Lyft app. It is available to download on Google Play, and the Apple app store.

New music reviews of Big $ean, John Mayer, and Ka$Kade

Big $ean, aka Sean Anderson, released his 4th solo album on February 3. The new album is titled 'I decided'; and it has a great collaboration with Eminem. The song with Eminem is 'no favors'; and Marshall Mathers disrespects Ann Coulter plus President Donald Trump. Big $ean does his classic rapping on the track, but Eminem steals the show. Two of the other early tracks off the album are 'moves' and 'Bounce back.' 'Moves' is a wacky track, which is less than 150 seconds. Thank God!! 'Bounce Back' is a good one for sure. Finally, the 4th track that G. Ripley has heard is 'halfway off the balcony.' This one is another stellar Big Sean track, and he rhymes sooo tight on this beat. Enjoy the picture above of Big Sean, and Jhene Aiko. Friends, or a couple? In contrast, John Mayer has released a new EP. The EP has four tracks, and it is titled 'The Search For Everything.' Three of the tracks are really good, especially 'love on the weekend' and 'Moving On and Getting Over.' Another good song is 'changing.' These four songs are John's newest material in over 3 years, since his stellar 'Paradise Valley' album in late 2013. It's good to see his pop music on mainstream radio, and youtube again. Lastly, Kaskade performed at the 2017 Waste Management Open in Scottsdale, AZ. He has not released a new album since his mixed 'Automatic' album in 2015. This album had some ok tracks like 'Disarm U'; but the EDM tracks were not my favorite off this album. Recently, Haley and Kaskade collaborated on 'Let It Out'; which is a soft EDM track. Haley's voice is beautiful, and Kaskade mixes some smooth beats. Seeing Kaskade perform in Las Vegas is on my bucket list.