{"id":25627,"date":"2014-09-12T20:01:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T12:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=25627"},"modified":"2014-09-12T18:54:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:54:16","slug":"deadmau5-surprises-fans-by-moonlighting-as-uber-taxi-driver-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/12\/deadmau5-surprises-fans-by-moonlighting-as-uber-taxi-driver-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadmau5 surprises fans by moonlighting as Uber taxi driver in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vine-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/Oz2n2h3Dnvw\/embed\/simple?related=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>TORONTO\u2014Electronic dance music star Deadmau5 was moonlighting on the streets of Toronto Wednesday night to help promote a new service being offered by the taxi-alternative company Uber.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nin toronto? need a lift? I&#8217;m working for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uber\">@uber<\/a> tonight, downtown toronto. get lucky. \u2014 deadmau5 (@deadmau5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deadmau5\/status\/509873675253071872\">September 11, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The controversial company recently launched its uberX service in Toronto, which offers rides that are up to 40 per cent cheaper than traditional cab fare.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers who meet Uber\u2019s safety standards and pass a background check can sign up to join the uberX service, with the company taking a cut of their fares.<\/p>\n<p>Deadmau5 was cruising Toronto for fares as an uberX driver Wednesday, and according to photos posted to Twitter, picked up at least two riders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO\u2014Electronic dance music star Deadmau5 was moonlighting on the streets of Toronto Wednesday night to help promote a new service &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":25628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-entertainment","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}