Lyft’s $1B Gross Run Rate In Context
Today, Lyft’s president John Zimmer announced that the ridesharing company reached an annualized gross revenue run rate of $1 billion in…
This Week's HTML5 and Browser Technology News (Issue 215)
Read this e-mail on the Web HTML Weekly Issue 215 — November 18, 2015 Talks from Chrome Dev Summit 2015…
Regalii, A Startup In NYC’s Washington Heights, Uncovers Where Immigrants’ Remittances Really Go
It’s not a converted industrial warehouse in Brooklyn. Or a stately, century-old building in the Flatiron. But YC-backed Regalii’s atypical office…
Twitter’s Former News Manager Talks About His Current Project “Today In #BlackTwitter”
When Mark S. Luckie joined Twitter in 2012, he felt excited by the opportunity to explore the intersection of technology…
DOMDocument and UTF-8 Problem
A few weeks back I shared how I used PHP DOMDocument to reliably update all image URLs from standard HTTP to…
To Go After Local Neighborhood News And Marketplaces, Hoodline Raises $1.6M
There have been many attempts, most famously and disastrously with AOL’s Patch effort, and there are some very promising platforms…
Gillmor Gang LIVE 11.17.15
Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Josh Elman, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 2pmPT/5pmET. Our LIVE…
Instagram Kills Off Feed Reading Apps
Only a tiny fraction of Instagram feed reading happens in third-party apps, so Instagram is shutting down its feed API…
On-Demand Darwinism: Survival Of The Fastest
When it comes to evolution, many focus on those special specimens that survive, known as the “fittest.” But what about…
Museum Collections Enter VR With The Launch Of The Woofbert VR App For Samsung Gear
“What museums are excited about — among other things — is access. Pretty soon a kid with the smart phone…