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Uber Expands Service to Maui

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A popular car service is expanding its operation to Maui.

Uberannounced and expansion of its Uber X and high end Uber Black service to Maui. The company offers personal car service that’s summoned through a mobile app.  You bring out your phone, summon a car, and ride to your destination. Billing is handled directly through a credit card attached to the app so there is no cash transaction.

Drivers use their personal vehicles, as opposed to a traditional taxi service, and there are different levels of cars from a small compact to a luxury Escalade. Brian Hughes is the General Manager of Uber Hawaii.

Uber recently came under fire after a rape allegation from a passenger Delhi, India. They’ve since pledged to do more in-depth screening and background checks of their drivers. 

Nick Yee’s passion for music developed at an early age, as he collected jazz and rock records pulled from dusty locations while growing up in both Southern California and Honolulu. In college he started DJing around Honolulu, playing Jazz and Bossa Nova sets at various lounges and clubs under the name dj mr.nick. He started to incorporate Downtempo, House and Breaks into his sets as his popularity grew, eventually getting DJ residences at different Chinatown locations. To this day, he is a fixture in the Honolulu underground club scene, where his live sets are famous for being able to link musical and cultural boundaries, starting mellow and building the audience into a frenzy while steering free of mainstream clichés.
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