Taxicabs of the United States area. The president of United Cab discourages his drivers from carrying firearms, instead advising them to accelerate the car and crash into a lamppost or even a police car if they are threatened with a gun. Uber is a major competitor to taxi companies, providing on-demand for-hire car service through a smartphone app in many US cities. Uber services are generally treated as black-car services from a legal standpoint and are not generally regulated under Taxi laws. This can cause friction with both local governments and taxi companies. In June 2015, the city council voted unanimously to increase taxi fares;
Censorship of the iTunes Store configuration. Searches for 'VPN', for example, would cause the connection to be reset. According to the "Global Times", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on 13 December 2012 that it planned to "strengthen regulation of China's mobile applications market" in the near future. The Shanghai-based "IT Times" quoted Chen Jinqiao as saying that the plans included "[bringing] app developers under supervision and [establishing] a real-name registration system for independent developers. In 2013, Apple pulled several apps from the China App Store for containing books banned by the government. Several apps enabling users to bypass the Great Firewall and