Don't scream for ice cream. Just pick up your smartphone
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SEATTLE -- The weather will be perfect for ice cream on Friday, and for one day only, you can have it delivered with a phone call. Uber, the San Francisco startup known for providing private taxis and limousines using a smartphone app, is offering an ice-cream-on-demand service July 19th, in 35 cities around the world. Seattle is one of them. People will have to order more than one cone to have a truck come to them. In Seattle 5 ice creams will cost $30. The trucks will be out from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The company advises people to be patient, and warns they may have to make more than one call. During the same promotion last year, demand exceeded supply and not everyone got ice cream.
To download the Uber app for iPhone or Android, click this link: https://www.uber.com/go