Lyft-Off: Zimride’s Long Road To Overnight Success
When John Zimmer and Logan Green launched a new ride-sharing service called Lyft in the spring of 2012, they instantly knew they had a hit on their hands. But that wasn’t always the case.
September 2, 2014 at 8:30AM
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Uber Banned Across Germany by Frankfurt Court
A court in Frankfurt has banned Uber from operating in the country until a hearing later this year on the legality of the service, which allows people to use their smartphones to book rides with freelance drivers.
September 2, 2014 at 7:25AM
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Alienware’s New Area-51 Gaming Desktop Is An Oddly-Shaped Computer
Alienware has been known in the past to create some pretty funky-looking computers with glowing lights and whatnot, although safe to say that the company’s latest computer is out of this world.
September 2, 2014 at 6:33AM
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The RoboProfessor Fighting Sexism In Iowa Football
Kembrew McLeod, a communications professor at Iowa, is trying to affect change through public jackassery. He plans to unleash an army of robots — or, like, a smallish group of people dressed up in silly costumes — on FryFest, an annual hot-dogs-and-beer-type celebration of Iowa’s most successful ball coach.
September 2, 2014 at 5:00AM
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iPhone 6 (Air) rumors: size detailed in new report
September 9th cannot come soon enough.
September 1, 2014 at 7:45PM
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Apple explains why apps get rejected from the App Store
One of the great mysteries of the App Store is why certain apps get rejected and why others don’t. Apple has let a surprising number of ripoffs and clones through the store’s iron gates, yet some developers face rejection for seemingly innocent apps.
September 1, 2014 at 7:45PM
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Out in the Open: Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft
The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images. But it’s also the birthplace of one of the latest attempts to subvert the NSA’s mass surveillance program.
September 1, 2014 at 7:09PM
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Strangers will verbally deliver your messages with this app
While the app is very much a real piece of technology, it is also a far-reaching public art project that to some extent involves the sender replacing their avatar with a real-life messenger, who is being directed in a mini performance.
September 1, 2014 at 2:57PM
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This could be the Apple iCloud flaw that led to celebrity photos being leaked
September 1, 2014 at 9:11AM
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Google Glass human emotion detector is by far the creepiest wearable app
The Shore Human Emotion detector might take things a bit too far.
September 1, 2014 at 8:15AM
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