The electric onslaught is almost here.
Source: CNET
H-E-B has acquired Favor, the on-demand delivery service out of Texas. Favor will continue to operate as an independent wholly-owned subsidiary of the grocery chain. The company first launched in 2014 at SXSW, bringing a Texas-tailored approach to on-demand delivery. While many on-demand services, such as Postmates, focus on high-density areas like NYC and San Francisco, Favor built a product… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
In a first of its kind, half a dozen ICO companies have come together to collaborate on a new fund that plans to pay out more than $100 million to promising projects in the Ethereum crypto space. The vehicle — called the Ethereum Community Fund — will be supported by crypto projects Omise Go, Cosmos, Golem, Maker, and Raiden, with Japanese VC Global Brain also in tow. The door… Read More
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That’s a lot of juice for the money, but there’s an interesting caveat. Plus: a desktop monitor for $70!
Source: CNET
‘Detroit: Become Human’ is a gripping, unsettling project, one that David Cage considers his most compelling.
Source: Wired
Soon enough, burgers will grow not just in fields, but in vats. If the sound of that bothers you, know that you’re not alone.
Source: Wired
Welcome to “Equity,” TechCrunch’s venture capital and tech business podcast. On this week, we were joined by Mike Ghaffary from Social Capital, who was the perfect guest because he used to run Eat24, when it was Yelp’s food delivery business. Food delivery is highly relevant to this week’s news. First up, we talked about Uber, which is losing lots of money in Asia… Read More
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Plus: Tesla Model 3 struggles, GM’s car-sharing service expands, and a Corvette drives back from the dead.
Source: Wired
WIRED columnist Felix Salmon on how a traffic tax on ride-sharing services would be more effective than congestion pricing.
Source: Wired
Bynder, one of the leading companies in the digital asset management space, today announced that it has acquired Shutterstock‘s Webdam. The Amsterdam-based company tells us that it paid $49.1 million for Webdam, which Shutterstock itself acquired back in 2014. Like Bynder, Webdam’s focus is on helping enterprises and agencies manage their digital assets. Currently Webdam… Read More
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