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Inside The FCC’s 1.1 Million Net Neutrality Comments
If you ever wanted to make your Chrome browser freeze 10 times in one afternoon, you could take a look at the 1.4 GB of XML files of net neutrality comments that the Federal Communications Commission posted on Tuesday. More than 1.1 million comments regarding net neutrality have been submitted to the FCC, and we expect that number to surge as the second comment period comes to a close on… Read More -
UberPool Lets You Split Uber Fares With Other Passengers Along The Same Route
In the ongoing war between Uber, Lyft, and all of the other me-too ride-sharing services, competitors are looking for any way they can better utilize their supply of drivers and reduce costs for their riders. Today, Uber is announcing UberPool, a new feature that will let you pick up other riders on the way to your destination and split the bill. Read More -
StubHub Music Takes On Music Concert Discovery Apps WillCall And Live Nation
StubHub Music is now live in the App Store and available to all major U.S. cities. The app, created by ticket reseller platform StubHub, was first tested on a much smaller set of music fans in San Francisco earlier this summer. It’s now available throughout the U.S., the UK and Canada. StubHub created the app in hopes of engaging a wider audience on the hunt for music events in their area. Read More -
Felicis Raises New $96M Fund, Pledges To Always Vote Shares With Founders
Five to ten years ago, the notion of a super-angel, or an angel backed with a notable but still small-sized fund, was relatively new concept. There were players like Aydin Senkut, Jeff Clavier and Dave McClure. There were tussles over what super-angels could offer versus more established venture capital firms. But today, the line between the two has become a lot more blurred. Plus, there is… Read More -
TC Cribs: Yelp’s Five Star San Francisco HQ
Welcome back to TechCrunch Cribs, the show that lets you snoop around the offices of the tech industry’s hottest companies. This is an especially fun episode, since we headed over to Yelp, the super popular online review site. These are some exciting times for Yelp: The company just celebrated its 10th birthday, and late last summer moved into a gorgeous new 12-story office space in… Read More -
Google Maps Now Lets You Explore Mars And The Moon, If You Know Where To Click
Hey, you! Want to explore the surface of Mars? No problem! All we need is a few billion dollars, a couple hundred of the world’s brightest minds, and for someone to get around to solving that pesky “massive levels of radiation” problem. On second thought, that might take a while. Until then, Google Maps will have to do. Read More -
Kickstarter Serves Up Potato Salad By The Numbers
The now famous potato salad Kickstarter project closed this weekend with a total of $55,492 from 6,911 backers. Kickstarter crunched the campaign numbers in a blog post today and found the majority of those backers came from California or Columbus, Ohio (both at just over 17 percent). Read More -
Thousands Can Fact-Check The News With Grasswire
We all know you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet. But with Grasswire, you can at least “refute” it. Austen Allred’s new venture allows news junkies to confirm and refute posts about breaking news. The “real-time newsroom controlled by everyone” divides posts into popular news topics, such as the Malaysia Airlines Crash in Ukraine and the… Read More
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