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April 10, 2014
Does The Tech Industry's Obsessive Party Fetish Pay Off?
We talked to the folks behind some of Silicon Valley's most well-known parties about the importance of play.
Tech parties often get a bad rap. At one recent event, the organizers paid for a 600-pound tiger in a cage and a monkey trained to pose for Instagram photos. Another party for a prominent Googler featured mounds of manmade snow in 70-degree weather. But not all corporate parties are the epitome of Silicon Valley excess.
Aereo Will Soon Be Available On Chromecast
Starting in May, Google Chromecast will support an Aereo app which, when plugged into a TV, will stream live broadcast television stations through your set.
A Supreme Court hearing less than two weeks away hasn't stopped Aereo from pursuing its mission to send broadcast TV through the Internet sans a cable or satellite TV subscription. Starting in May, Google Chromecast will support an Aereo app which, when plugged into a TV, will stream live broadcast television stations, such as NBC, CBS, and Fox, through your set.
Amazon Is Designing Its 7th-Generation Delivery Drone
In his annual shareholder letter, CEO Jeff Bezos also announced it will pay unhappy employees $2,000 to quit in their first year.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos released his annual shareholder letter Thursday, giving a progress report of the company's various products and initiatives. Of particular note are updates to its delivery-by-drone experiments and unusual employee retention efforts.
This Woman Spent Zero Dollars On Her Accredited Bachelor's Degree
Debbie Time is one of the tuition-free University of the People's first seven graduates.
Students working toward a degree at Florida State University this year paid about $4,500 per semester. Debbie Time, a 48-year-old who has attended University of the People from her Florida home since 2009, paid $0 in tuition for her entire business administration bachelor's degree.
3-D Printable Luggage May Make Schlepping Obsolete
Just e-mail yourself a 3-D printable file of your stuff. Finnish design wiz sees easy times for the future of luggage.
It's never fun to lug around all your stuff. In lieu of that, we make tech to make traveling easier. But what if you didn't have to pack things in tiny bags, jam luggage shut, yank zippers closed, and suffer interminable waits at luggage carousels?
Munchery Raises $28 Million To Expand In Seattle
Its investors include Sherpa Venture's Shervin Pushevar, who will join its board, as well as recent Top Chef judges actor-director Jon Favreau and famed Kogi BBQ truck chef Roy Choi.
The food startup known for prepping, cooking, and delivering healthy dinners throughout the Bay Area now has its hungry eyes set on Seattle. Munchery is planning to launch its second market later this summer, and is currently building out a commercial facility. It hopes to replicate the success it has in San Francisco: an anticipated $10 million in annual revenue for this year, 5,000 menu items ordered each day, and 20% growth in revenue and meals month over month.
CBS Names Stephen Colbert As Host Of Late Show In 2015
The funnyman will take over the Late Show when current host David Letterman retires next year.
Stephen Colbert has big shoes to fill. The funnyman will take over the Late Show when David Letterman retires next year after hosting the program for 21 years, CBS announced Thursday.
France Just Made It Illegal To Answer Work Emails After 6 P.M.
C'est la vie.
There are many ways to distance yourself from the crushing tidal wave that is your work inbox. You can, for instance, impose an email sabbatical, which is supposed to be good for your mental health. Or you can plow through all of your emails in one go with the savvy use of search filters.
Survey: We Don't Actually Use Facebook And Twitter That Much While We Watch TV
The social networks see opportunity in our TV habits, but just 16.1% of all survey respondents used social media while watching prime time.
We see the term the "second screen" thrown around all the time, a concept that refers to the belief that the immediacy of social media across phones and tablets makes television watching a communal experience. The thinking goes that Twitter and Facebook are portals into our consumption habits, allowing us to hurl breathless critiques--and, sometimes, spoiler alerts--into the digital ether.
BlueBottle Cold Brew Coming To a Grocery Store Near You--In A Milk Carton
The refreshing treat is already retailing in Whole Foods around the Bay Area and will show up in New York stores by May.
Unlike other mass produced cold coffee drinks, BlueBottle's new grocery store variety of its New Orleans cold brew will taste like it came straight from the local coffee shop and be sold in an adorable milk carton, according to its CEO.
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