Dublin taxi tweeting service launched

An Irish used car website has launched a temporary first-come-first-served taxi tweeting service, offering users the chance to tweet their booking from Friday.

Beepbeep.ie have decided to launch a free 'tweeting taxi' service in the capital, which will allow users to book a cab on Facebook or Twitter every Friday, beginning this week for the next two months.

The service is available on a first-come, first-served basis and the taxi can be booked in the city centre from 4-9pm, starting from this Friday.

“The reason we’re putting together our social media campaign is that it’s something that hasn’t been done before – it’s Ireland’s first free taxi,” Beepbeep.ie's press officer Suzanne Sheridan told the Silicon Republic.

“4pm on Friday is often the time when we’re on Facebook or Twitter, deciding what we’re doing for the evening with our friends, so it’s a nice way to start the weekend to get a free taxi to wherever you’re going in the city centre.

“As well as that, it’s a nice way for us in the motoring industry to be involved in social media in a fun way,” said Sheridan.

Beepbeep.ie is typically known as a used car website, and has recently began bumping up its social networking prominence.