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Facebook Gifts is getting a major redesign that will end sales of physical gifts. It will now focus on suggesting you buy friends digital gift codes or Facebook’s omni-Gift Card credit to spend at brands and local businesses they Like, which now get their own Gifts landing page. These two types of Gifts made up Continue Reading →

According to a Delaware filing by Uber Technologies, it has sold stock in the fast-growing privately held transportation service to private equity giant TPG. In addition, according to sources who have seen other stock documents, Uber has also taken a major investment from Google Ventures. The overall valuation for the San Francisco company, according to Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Juliet Huddy and Ben Simmoneau on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up about GetTaxi and Uber. Continue Reading →

Does anyone really need another app to call a car service with? Yes. Did I wait too long to answer? I’ve been a loyal and evangelical Uber user for almost a year. It solves for a very specific transportation problem in NYC – you can never get a cab or car service when you really Continue Reading →

Uber’s rollout in Asia is gathering pace after the US-based private hire car service last week marked its official launch in Seoul (Korea) and Taipei (Taiwan) following the conclusion of six-week testing periods in both cities. These two launches take the company to three locations in Asia — leading on from its first foray into Continue Reading →

Uber, the San Francisco start-up that gained something of a cult following by helping people summon a luxury sedan with a smartphone app, is trying something new for people who ride with friends. It said on Monday that it would add the ability to split fares between multiple passengers with a few button taps. The Continue Reading →

As Nokia lifted the lid on its new Lumia 1020, a 41-megapixel beast of a smartphone, a number of app-related news nuggets piggy-backed on this announcement in New York earlier on Thursday. First up, Path – the private social network with a 150-friend limit – has revealed that due to uber-popular demand, it’s finally coming Continue Reading →

New York City taxi riders will now be able to hail a cab using smartphone applications after a state appeals panel cleared the way for a pilot program to move forward. The measure adopted by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission in December would run for 12 months and exempt areas such as Continue Reading →

Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform. Checkout, which launched in 2006, was merged with Wallet, which is a mobile payments tool, last November. The product was aimed at taking on eBay’s PayPal service, which dominates Web-based Continue Reading →

  Until I watched the Reddit video on existentialism, I couldn’t tell you what it meant. Sure, I had heard about the philosophy once or twice, but the actual definition… a bit hazy. Good thing I stumbled across a clever new YouTube series called ‘Explain Like I’m Five.’ The Reddit team makes it easy to understand complicated ideas. Continue Reading →