Daily Crunch: Lyft debuts on Nasdaq
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Panel Mania: ‘Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America’ by Box Brown
In Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, Box Brown surveys the broad history of marijuana, from its role in Hindu mythology to its importation into...
io9’s Favorite Memories of Batman
There’s just something about Batman. This week, the character introduced in the pages of Detective Comics turns 80 years old. And in that time, so many...
One week until Code Jam kicks off—here’s why you should register
Code Jam, Google’s longest-running programming competition, is returning for its sixteenth year. We’re offering another season of challenging algorithmic problems (including some that are interactive) for...
Lyft pops 21% on its first day of trading on Nasdaq after raising $2.2B in its IPO at a $24B valuation
Ride-hailing startup Lyft may bear the distinction of having highest net loss of any maiden public company ever going public, but despite that, it made its debut...
Sidewalk Labs launches an app to crowdsource public space surveys
Alphabet’s urban planning subsidiary announced today the launch of CommonSpace. The new app was created to give park operators and community members a place to enter...
Cisco?s Decibel Changes the Nature of Enterprise Funded VCs
A skunk works-like VC organization, Decibel, from Cisco, appears to strike a balance by using a model that has been successful in driving innovation. Source :...
Focaldata thinks it has some answers for campaigners in the age of Trump and Brexit
Political parties, campaigns and brands can’t get an accurate and cost-effective understanding of opinion in small geographic areas, like the constituencies of lawmakers. This is a...
Apple to close Texture on May 28, following launch of Apple News+
A year ago, Apple acquired the digital newsstand app Texture to form the basis of its new subscription-based service, Apple News+, which launched on Monday. As...
Daily Deals: Free Nintendo Online, $90 3TB WD External Storage, $200 Galaxy S8, and More
Nintendo, WD, Samsung It’s Friday, and the weekend is just a day away. If your last few weekends have been filled with daydreams of external storage...
