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Uber wants get more drivers using its service by making it more affordable for them to buy a car. The cab-hailing app maker is partnering with Toyota and General Motors to offer Uber drivers discounts on new car purchases, Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said in an interview. It’s also working with lenders to give them Continue Reading →

If you live in New York, Chicago, San Jose or the San Francisco Bay Area, listen up: eBay is offering free delivery for all orders submitted through its same-day shipping service eBay Now until December 24. The service, which usually slaps on a $5 delivery charge, promises to drop off goods ordered from local shops Continue Reading →

Intel will follow other major technology giants, notably Microsoft and Google, in offering pop-up brick and mortar stores in New York City later this month, as the chipmaker gears up towards a busy holiday sales season. The company announced in a YouTube video that the first store would arrive in the NoLita district of Manhattan Continue Reading →

SPROCKIT introduces and showcases today’s media and entertainment entrepreneurs to the industry’s leading companies for partnerships and investments, bringing the most innovative products, services, and revenue models to market. In partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the World Series of Startups, SPROCKIT is a year-round program that starts with the NAB Show, the world’s largest and most important media Continue Reading →

In this fictional letter, every pearl of wisdom in quotations is taken from If I Knew Then… Advice on careers, finance, and life from Harvard Business School’s Class of 1963. The Harvard alum’s initials follow the quote. Dear grandchild, I hope everything is going well! I love when your mom shows me all your pictures from Continue Reading →

On Thursday, the Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously to ban the manufacturing of guns by 3-D printers, making Philly the first city to do so. Which is interesting, because the author of the bill, Kenyatta Johnson, isn’t aware of of any local gun-printing 3-D printers. ”It’s all pre-emptive,” says Johnson’s director of legislation Steve Cobb. Continue Reading →

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Starting Thursday night, a major tech company sold more than one million units of its next-gen gaming console, and since then has had to contend with scattered user reports of hardware defects. It was true of Sony last week with the PlayStation 4, and now it’s true of Continue Reading →

I got a chance to unbox one of the four LG G Flex phablets in the USA this week. It is awesome!!! First and foremost it has a 6″ curved OLED screen that is simply amazing. You will simply be blown away by the color space and contrast ratio of this screen. If you’re wondering Continue Reading →

LG has admitted it continued collecting data on viewing habits even after users had activated a privacy setting designed to prevent it. The television maker has apologised to its customers and told the BBC it would issue an update to correct the problem. UK-based IT consultant Jason Huntley, who raised the issue in a blog, Continue Reading →

Sony said some of the PlayStation 4 consoles that went on sale in North America last week were reportedly damaged during shipping, following customer complaints the devices suddenly turned themselves off. Sony sold more than 1 million PS4 consoles during the first 24 hours of sales. Some buyers reported the power-indicator light kept blinking, there Continue Reading →