Managed marketplaces have been one of the hottest categories of venture investment over the past several years. They garner a lot of press because the consumer experiences are often radically different than what’s previously been available in the [...]
Instagram’s Direct feature just got more generally useful as a messaging option, with support added for external web links, and the ability to send photos and video in their original portrait or landscape aspect ratios without cropping. The [...]
Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ordered Thursday that Uber needs to hand over the full, unredacted term sheet between Uber and Otto to Waymo by the end of the day. Corley ultimately decided that there was no basis [...]
Amazon has officially begun operating its AmazonFresh Pickup locations in Seattle, letting customers order groceries ahead of time and then quickly grab them on their way home. The service requires as little as 15 minutes advance notice, without [...]
In an all-too-familiar Airbnb fashion, the home-sharing company has released a report touting how great it is. Airbnb says it helped travelers collectively save $12 million on Memorial Day weekend last year by offering them accommodations in homes [...]
Robots may have the upper hand on math and science and pretty much everything else we learn using computers, but when it comes to athletics, no one can quite kick around a ball like a human can. In [...]
There are only a few virtual reality titles that I’ve played where I need a bit of a “come down” period after to regroup my thoughts and start thinking like a real human again. Superhot VR is one [...]
Uber and Lyft had paused their operations in Austin, TX back in 2016, because local regulators imposed rules that both argued were overly taxing to running their businesses. The rules included requiring fingerprint-based background checks for drivers, as [...]
Two years ago payments startup Stripe launched a new product called Stripe Connect to serve a growing number of marketplace customers. Today the company is launching a new set of capabilities that will enable new marketplace categories and [...]
