WhipCar pairs “sensible drivers with spare car time.” The cost is free for car owners, and the grunt work is done by WhipCar, which checks electronically to assure the owner that his or car won’t end up across the Channel. Owners receive email and text notifications about the blokes who want to borrow their cars, and can proceed or decline as they wish. Best of all, owners can set their own price, with WhipCar providing a guide based on the model and the owner’s post code.

Weeels lets New Yorkers order and share cabs with a few taps on a smartphone. Its app helps commuters find a taxi quickly and easily, and affords drivers the opportunity to make more money while wasting less time and fuel in their search for fares.

UK’s Carbon Voyage, which has a ride share program for taking UK residents to local airports, is now launching a test program that will take shoppers to Tesco stores in the Manchester area.

Politicians love public works projects because it gives them a lasting legacy, and Amsterdam is no exception. The city leaders approved extending the underground metro to the city’s northern section, which currently is separated from the south by the Het Ij.

Yesterday I finally had to give back “The Black Stallion” to the shop from which I had rented the trusty bike for a week. I only had it a week, but it was like saying good-bye to an old pal.

I’m typing this on the way to Maastricht, a 2 ½ hour train ride south from Amsterdam. It’s been a while since I’ve been in Europe, so you forget how efficient and normal train travel is here. What’s been an added bonus is that I decided that I would take my rented bike with me.

“Are you the ‘before’ ?” – Amanda Tanen (Sommers) to Becky Suarez, at the beginning of Ugly Betty’s pilot, 2006.

And so began one of the best TV series that sadly, ends its four year run tonight. Ugly Betty was a television masterpiece that revolutionized how Latinos and gays are depicted on television. The show was not politically correct and downright edgy. Some Latinos have complained that the show perpetuates stereotypes: ridiculous considering that its star and producer are both Hispanic. It will be sorely missed.

Fasten your seat belts! When I started GGP last year, I mentioned Korea’s potential for becoming a clean technology giant. One such technology I briefly discussed was online electric vehicle technology, or OLEV. Researchers at Korea’s top business and technology school, Korea Advanced Institute of Sclience and Technology (KAIST), have tested an OLEV train at [...]