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April 29, 2015
Uber Set To Pilot Same-Day Delivery Service For Retailers
The company will dispatch its fleet of drivers and couriers to deliver online purchases to customers same day.
Uber is planning to harness its fleet of drivers and UberRush couriers for same-day delivery of merchant goods bought online, according to TechCrunch. A source tells TechCrunch that there are over 400 different merchants in talks or testing with Uber for same-day delivery of their goods, but several of those retailers include huge names in fashion like Neiman Marcus, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany's. Uber's going upscale in its first invasion of same-day delivery territory currently dominated by Amazon.
iPad Glitch Grounds Dozens Of American Airlines Flights
American Airlines replaced its paper flight manuals with iPads—which crashed yesterday across the airline, grounding dozens of flights.
American Airlines began issuing iPads with a dedicated app to pilots and copilots back in 2013 to replace heavy paper manuals and flight plans. Yesterday, those iPads crashed, grounding dozens of planes, according to Quartz.
Facebook Exec Warns That Lawsuits Will Cripple Innovation In Europe
European lawsuits will make EU startups less competitive, a Facebook official writes in an op-ed.
Europe, threatened by the dominance of U.S. tech giants, has become increasingly aggressive in its efforts to limit Silicon Valley's power and make European firms more competitive. But if a company like Facebook is held back by stringent policies, European startups will be, too, argues Facebook chief of public policy Richard Allan in an op-ed in the Financial Times.
Amy Schumer Continues To Crush The Comedy Game With "Girl, You Don't Need Makeup"
It's catchy. It's funny. It's a movement.
Simply put, Amy Schumer's razor-sharp brand of feminist comedy is exactly what we all need right now.
You'd Never Guess These Gorgeous, Net-Zero Houses Were Built In A Factory
Blu Homes is trying to make affordable, attractive pre-fab homes. And soon, they'll produce more energy than they use.
Affordable, high-quality prefab homes have always been a dream not quite within reach. The market today is limited (only 2% of new single-family homes), and known for flimsy cookie-cutter models that don't appeal to most mainstream Americans. But that's slowly starting to change as premium factory-built homes become a more viable option for average property owners.
Maker Faire Founder Dale Dougherty On The Past, Present, And Online Future Of The Maker Movement
What started a decade ago as an influential magazine—and became a beloved global series of events—is about to become a new social network.
"More than mere consumers of technology, we are makers, adapting technology to our needs and integrating it into our lives. Some of us are born makers and others, like me, become makers almost without realizing it."
The Fascinating Ways Our Attitudes About Work Are Changing
From lying about our past jobs to how much time we spend getting ready for work—new survey data reveal what employees really think.
The world of work is rapidly changing, and, with it, employees' attitudes about what's acceptable on the job. Covering up that you were fired? Fine with many. Not having a professional social network profile? A total deal breaker for most.
5 Things App Designers Could Learn From Walt Disney
Think Disney's 12 Principles of Animation was only for animators? Think again.
Among animation and film buffs, Walt Disney's 12 Principles of Animation is rightly revered, but is that where their usefulness ends? Rebecca Ussai doesn't think so. With the help of ex-Disney animator Glen Keane, the R/GA senior experience designer explains that UX designers have a lot to learn from Disney.
Let This Dog That Earns $15K A Month Teach You How To Dress Like A Boss
Menswear Dog, the Shiba Inu that rakes in cash modeling men's clothes, reveals his style secrets in a new book.
New York-based Shiba Inu Bodhi, known to his hundreds of thousands of followers as Menswear Dog, is the Internet's most stylish canine celebrity. He has his own capsule collection for Menswear Daily and has modeled for the likes of Coach, American Apparel, Brooks Brothers, and Salvatore Ferragamo. All this amounts to a full-time job that makes his owners, designers David Fung and Yena Kim, more than $15,000 a month.
Watch How Social Change Has Swept--Or Slowly Rolled--Across America
How change happens: These infographics chart the progress of modern social justice issues—from gay marriage to women's suffrage—as they gained momentum.
In 2001, most Americans opposed same-sex marriage. Now, as the Supreme Court considers whether it will affirm the right to same-sex marriages nationwide, 36 states have it on the books, and attitudes have flipped: 57% of the population opposed marriage equality in 2001, and today 58% support it.
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