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Comment by bduerst | Hacker News Reader

Any bets on the next sharks they'll jump?

- Uber phone OS

- Uber IoT platform for cities

- Uber edge computing on smart cars

Uber to buy 24,000 self-jumping sharks.

I like that one!

Uber grocery delivery / Uber Espresso (Why Keurig when you can Starbucks?)

Uber analytics (How often do riders get dropped off outside your store? Your competitors?)

Uber Mobile Hotspot / Uber Wardriving Analytics

Uber Maps / Uber Traffic

Uber Music (Starbucks does it, why not Uber?)

Many of you might not know Go-Jek, a pretty neat alternative to Uber in Indonesia (predominantly), cheaper, too, often.

GO offers:

* GO-CAR: like Uber

* GO-RIDE: same, but on a motorbike (cheaper & faster in traffic jams, as you often have eg in Jakarta)

* GO-FOOD: delivers food

* GO-SEND: courier service, picks up and delivers item, eg correspondence or a forgotten USB charger, etc.

* GO-SHOP: buys anything for you

* GO-TIX: buys and delivers event tickets

* GO-BOX: moving

* GO-MASSAGE: well, massage at home

* GO-CLEAN: two cleaners will come to clean your apartment

* GO-GLAM: home manicure/pedicure/make-up

* GO-MED: deliver medicine etc. from licenses pharmacies

It's rather amazing, well written set of apps, and works quite well.

EDIT to fix description of GO-MED and add:

They have 200k+ drivers, and got funding from Sequoia.

They could make GO-JIRA ticket and project management system.

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