Liz Gannes in News on March 15 at 5:00 am PT
SideCar’s last two launches included a sting, a lawsuit and 20,000 free rides requested, so this should be exciting.
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Liz Gannes in News on February 25 at 2:18 pm PT
In an episode that was probably the most exciting thing that’s ever happened at the Philadelphia Parking Authority, inspectors on Saturday
conducted a sting operation on SideCar peer-to-peer drivers, impounding three cars and citing the three drivers for offering illegal taxi services. SideCar, which had just launched in Philly, will continue to operate next weekend, said
CEO Sunil Paul.
Liz Gannes in News on February 25 at 8:00 am PT
Dorm Room Fund gives students $500,000 to invest in each other.
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Mike Isaac in General on January 17 at 3:00 am PT
In a partnership with the San Francisco mayor’s office, Yelp will soon include health score information to restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the
San Francisco Chronicle. The move is part of a broader initiative by Mayor Ed Lee, who has angled for better ways to put publicly available government-collected data in front of consumers. The initiative will also expand to New York City in the coming weeks, and Yelp expects Philadelphia to follow suit, as well.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 1, 2012 at 8:10 am PT
The shake-up in HP’s Enterprise Group continues.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 29, 2011 at 6:27 am PT
Hurricane Irene is now a memory, but the mess it left will take days if not weeks to clean up.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 15, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
Public health officials in Philly hope that technology can play a role in slowing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. The city is partnering with iCondom on an iPhone app that helps those on the go locate free condoms nearby, a move it is hoping will lead more young people to practice safe sex.
Kara Swisher in News on November 15, 2010 at 12:09 am PT
Amy Banse, currently the president of Comcast Interactive Media, is shifting into a job as head of a new Silicon Valley-based equity fund aimed at making digital investments for the television cable giant, as well as its new NBC Universal unit, according to sources with knowledge of the plans.
As part of the shift, sources said, Banse will be charged with combining two existing corporate investment funds: NBC U’s Peacock Equity and Comcast Interactive Capital.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2010 at 9:27 am PT
The broadcast networks only put their stuff on the Web under very specific conditions. So this is exactly what they don’t want: Free, live streams of their stuff delivered to your iPad, via the browser.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2010 at 6:48 am PT
There are now so many Groupon-like Daily Deal start-ups that it’s nearly impossible to track them all. And here’s another one! It’s from DailyCandy, and it will start up next month.