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Uber’s aggressive global expansion has taken the $18 billion-valued private car company into well over 100 cities worldwide, many of which are about to experience a taste of the future when its ice cream delivery service goes global this Friday. The company says that the summertime initiative – which lets customers order ice cream on Continue Reading →

The long-rumored Apple iWatch might actually be quite a success in its first year on store shelves, data from Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty shows. Apple will price the iWatch at $300 and sell between 30 million and 60 million units in its first year on store shelves, Huberty wrote in a research report to Continue Reading →

Two years after launching its local delivery service eBay Now, eBay plans to shut it down, a VentureBeat source claims. Born out of the $75 million acquisition of Milo, eBay’s local team launched eBay Now in 2012 alongside competing same-day services like WunWun and Postmates. The race to conquer local delivery is red-hot — recent Continue Reading →

@StartUpGrindBuf asks, “Turning #buffalo from a #rustbelt city into a #startup city?” Emerging research validates that “where” entrepreneurs start is as important as “what” they start-up. And when it comes to where, it’s all about how. How prepared is your city to revitalize small business, encourage entrepreneurship and stabilize start-ups, really? Any region hoping to Continue Reading →

Uber will eventually replace the people who drive its cars with cars that drive themselves, CEO Travis Kalanick said on Wednesday at the Code Conference. A day after Google unveiled the prototype for its own driverless vehicle, Kalanick was visibly excited at the prospect of developing a fleet of driverless vehicles, which he said would Continue Reading →

There will be a doctor in the house – your house. That is: If you need one, if you live in Manhattan, if you have a mobile device and if you’re willing to shell out $300 for a house call. Pager, which launched on Thursday, is a new entry into the growing realm of telemedicine. Continue Reading →

As they so often are, the rumors were true: the smartphone-based taxi request app, Uber, is adding a new service in New York City called “Uber Family.” The company’s calling it “uberFAMILY,” but we’re calling it Uber Family. Anyway, as the name implies, the new service takes what Uber already does and adds a guaranteed Continue Reading →

Google Maps for iOS and Android is getting a big update on Tuesday, bringing stronger support for offline maps to both platforms, adding in lane guidance when driving, and integrating Uber as an option for getting around. Among the most helpful of the updates will certainly be offline maps, which is now front-and-center on iOS Continue Reading →

Ride-sharing service Lyft has $250 million in the bank in new funding. It’s not going to let the money just sit there. On Thursday, it is launching in 24 more American cities, including Albuquerque, N.M.; Buffalo, N.Y.; and Oklahoma City, Okla. It is making all rides free in all 24 cities for the next two Continue Reading →

App-based car-hire start-up Uber is launching a dedicated courier service Tuesday, starting in Manhattan. “It’s an Uber for things,” said Josh Mohrer, general manager of Uber NYC. The new service, called UberRUSH, uses a courier on foot or on bike to deliver a package from anywhere in Manhattan to anywhere else, for between $15 and Continue Reading →