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July 25, 2014
Lyft's Ride-Sharing Service Gets A New York City Greenlight, Will Hit The Streets At 7 O'Clock Tonight
We finally have lyft-off for the pink mustachioed cars in NYC.
After getting off to a rocky start in New York City, Lyft finally has the greenlight to launch in all five boroughs starting tonight at 7 p.m.
McLiterary McCups? McDonald's Is Rebranding To Take On Chipotle
The fast-food giant is undertaking an 18-month effort to change its image in consumers' minds. But don't expect a new logo.
Chipotle may have transformed the fast food industry, but McDonald's isn't going to stand on the sidelines as consumers flock to the Mexican restaurant chain's vegan tofu burritos, literary cups, and brilliant ad campaigns against factory farms.
This Cruel Pavlok Bracelet Shocks You To Exercise
Hate exercising? ZAP! Still hate exercising?
The fitness bands we know today have all been built around positive reinforcement. From glowing animations to congratulatory messaging when you hit goals and milestones, Fitbits, Nike+ Fuelbands, and the Jawbone Up are drenched in cheerful celebration of your accomplishments.
I'm severely ADHD and if left to my own devices I tend to achieve nothing.
Dronies Are The New Selfies
Make way in your Instagram feed for flying-camera panoramas.
Squishing yourself into a cameraphone frame with your bestie is so early 2014. Why rely on your outstretched arm when you can include a sweeping vista and aerial approach to your selfie?
HP's Post-Electronic Solution To Tomorrow's Huge Data
The Internet of things will soon be spitting out more data than today's transistors can handle, but HP thinks it has a solution: The Machine.
Imagine a single device that, like the people in Honey I Shrunk/Blew Up the Kids, comes in whatever size a storyline demands. It can be the size of a server and weigh hundreds of pounds, the size of a PC, a smartphone, or a miniature sensor.
The Top 5 Leadership Stories, July 21-25
Find your motivation with this week's top stories.
This week was all about good behavior, from finding the motivation to get through an afternoon slump, to never writing another terrible subject line again.
China's Baidu Is Developing A Self-Driving Car
The search engine giant says the technology is "at a very early stage."
So far, Google has dominated the conversation surrounding self-driving cars, but now China's search engine equivalent Baidu has something to say: A rep for Baidu confirmed to Tech in Asia that the company is developing its version of a self-driving car, but it's "at a very early stage."
Wikipedia Bans Congress From Editing Pages For 10 Days
Wikipedia cites "persistent disruptive editing" from computers at the House of Representatives.
A Twitter bot called @CongressEdits did the Internet a fun and illuminating service by highlighting anonymous Wikipedia edits made from inside the halls of Capitol Hill. This was accomplished by identifying the IP addresses behind any changes.
No Glasses Needed: Prototype Smartphone Display Accounts For Your Bad Vision
Tell it your prescription, and the experimental screen makes blurry images clear for you.
People with vision problems, rejoice: A team from Microsoft, U.C. Berkeley, and MIT has created an experimental screen technology that would allow you to view your devices clearly without your glasses. The technology is still far from a commercial product, but the prototype--which uses an iPod Touch--is able to account for a viewer's specific vision problems in real time.
A Smartphone Remote For Nerds, With All The Power Of IFTTT
Unlike most "notification" wearables, a new device called Qblinks lets you set up powerful rules for how those notifications are handled.
This article contains an interview with Qblinks CEO Samson Chen.
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