Citymapper ties with Gett to launch shared taxi commuter route in London

Urban transport navigator app Citymapper is experimenting with creating another transport service based off of analysis of the journey data its users generate — and using software it built to identify underserved transport routes. Today it’s announced a tie-up with Gett‘s UK black cab hailing app […]

21.co announces a token system to get people to join its paid messaging network

Today at Disrupt, 21.co CEO and co-founder Balaji Srinivasan outlined his company’s unusual evolution and announced the launch of a new system for kickstarting the site’s user base by incentivizing people with tokens for doing things like signing up, getting verified and performing certain tasks. […]

Microsoft highlights Windows 10’s speed, reliability and battery life boosts

Microsoft has fired off a blog post talking up the success of Windows 10, and how the operating system is improving substantially across many fronts – including reliability, performance and battery life – ahead of the release of the big Fall Creators Update. The post […]

Plantronics offers affordable wireless audio for your workouts

If you’re willing to splurge a bit, Plantronics hopes to sweeten the deal. The $130/£110 BackBeat Fit Training and $160/£140 Boost Editions (below) combine waterproof open-ears with a 6-month subscription to PEAR’s pro workout service through its Personal Coach app. The concept isn’t completely novel […]