7 posts and columns on New Year’s Eve

Was New Year’s Eve a Netflix Moment for Uber?

in Commerce on January 3 at 10:10 am PT

For Uber, the start-up behind a smartphone app for requesting car service, raising fares on busy nights is a no-brainer. But for consumers, the premium pricing may put the service just out of reach.
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Uber CEO Responds to New Year’s Eve Complaints, Plans More Surge Pricing

in Commerce on January 1 at 8:31 pm PT

Even though some customers are uber-angry about the price of their Uber car rides on New Year’s Eve, CEO Travis Kalanick still says the night was a success.
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You Know You’re Going to Watch It: All About the Times Square Ball

in News on December 31, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

It’s said a billion people watch the six-ton ball drop every year. Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about it.

App-y New Year!

in Mobile on December 28, 2011 at 1:54 pm PT

App-y New Year! Here are some apps for watching the ball drop, hailing a ride and thwarting all that drunk-texting.
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Non-Fairytale Ending for 2011 Movie B.O. — Time to Blame the Internet Again (Or Just Bad Movies)?

in Media on December 26, 2011 at 8:52 am PT

Should Hollywood blame turkeys like “New Year’s Eve,” or all those beeping, buzzing digital devices?
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News Byte

You People Were Totally Twittering During the Super Bowl

in Media on February 9, 2011 at 2:32 pm PT

More fuel for Twitter’s “we work really, really well with big TV events” pitch: News that the service set a new frequency record during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Twitter says users generated a peak of 4,064 tweets per second at the end of the game, eclipsing the old high for televised sports set during last year’s World Cup. But that’s not Twitter’s all-time record, which was set, oddly, in Japan last year on New Year’s Eve.

Facebook’s Record Christmas and High-Traffic New Year

in Media on January 2, 2009 at 11:41 am PT

Good news for Mark Zuckerberg and company: More and more people are spending the holidays with their virtual friends on Facebook.