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Uber’s food delivery service is coming to New York City and Chicago

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Uber has announced that it’s bringing its meal-delivery service UberEats to New York City and Chicago. The service originally launched in August last year as UberFresh in LA. It rebranded as UberEats when it expanded to Barcelona in February this year. UberEats is integrated into the company’s existing apps, with a curated menu that’s updated daily with new options. Uber says you can get food delivered to you “within minutes.” The service is available IN NYC and Chicago 11am-2pm Monday to Friday. You can check out the areas covered in Manhattan here and in Chicago it is available in the…

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Busbud for iOS brings its international bus booking service literally on-the-go

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Traveling by bus in foreign countries is not only one of the more authentic ways to experience the local landscape, it’s almost one of the most economical. Busbud, a Web service that lets you book bus tickets in cities around the world, today is bringing its service on mobile platform with its new iOS app. The app will allow travelers to book bus tickets in North America, South America, Europe and Africa. The results are aggregated from partner operators around the world, such as Megabus, Greyhound, Omnibus de Mexico and more (you can browse through the available cities here). After making a…

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Yallo’s Android app brings call recording, captioning and automatic reconnection to your phone

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Yallo, a voice calling company that wants to add extra functionality to the humble phone call, has officially launched its app for Android devices today. In a nutshell, the dialler lets users access functionality like call captioning (to let people know why you’re calling before they pick up) or recording at the press of a button. The company says recorded calls are archived and transcribed, making them searchable. Yallo also has a ‘Connection Keeper’ feature, which automatically restores dropped calls without you needing to do anything, and you can also add new participants to a call part way through, or switch devices…

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5-steps to goal setting in the modern age

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 12:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, goal setting, LifeHacks

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Mattan Griffel is CEO at Y Combinator-backed OneMonth. He’s also a growth hacker, and online learning expert. This post first appeared on Medium. In the wake of the new year, I’ve thought a lot about setting goals. Both in the context of my personal life and professional life. As a CEO it’s my responsibility to ensure that goals get set and accomplished throughout our company. In this post I’m going to talk about how to set goals properly and also discuss a management technique called OKRs. Setting goals is important because they have a clarifying and motivating effect. Goals can literally determine priorities,…

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GetTaxi changes name to Gett, wants to deliver everything to your door

Apr28
by on April 28, 2015 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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GetTaxi, known best for allowing users to hail a taxi whenever the urge takes, has today announced that it’s changing its name to Gett and will be launching a range of new services in the coming months. Looking to expand beyond transportation, the company’s new name (which is already its name in the US) broadens the scope of the services it can offer. It said that in the coming months, Gett users will be able to summon up food, beauty treatments and home services via its platform. “Gett is expanding into new verticals — think Gett Pizza, Gett Sushi, Gett…

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