When her husband lost his factory job in 2010, Kristy Milland ran through her options. Until that point, she’d been working at home, earning extra money through odd jobs like selling collectables on eBay. She hadn’t waited on tables, had no experience in fast food, […]
Category: Food
Deliveroo will expand its network with restaurants’ own riders
Deliveroo co-founder and CEO Will Shu said in a statement: “Traditionally we’ve been unable to work with those restaurants… because they already have their own delivery fleet and so they thought ‘well we don’t really need Deliveroo.’ We’re changing the game. We’re enabling these restaurants […]
Macy’s acquires minority stake in tech retailer b8ta
Macy’s has partnered with b8ta, the retail-as-a-service startup that originally started as a way to let people try out new tech products. Macy’s has acquired a minority stake in b8ta and will use the startup to enhance The Market, an experiential-based retail concept at Macy’s. […]
Kry bags $66M to launch its video-call-a-doctor service in more European markets
Swedish telehealth startup Kry has closed a $66 million Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel, Creandum, and Project A. It raised a $22.8M Series A round just over a year ago, bringing its total raised since being founded back in 2014 to around […]
Furbo Dog Camera Review: Remotely Amuse Your Pets
Dog owners will go to crazy lengths to make sure that their fur-babies are entertained during the long, boring workday. I’ve frozen wet dog food in red rubber Kongs, or stuffed them full of peanut butter. I’ve hired dog walkers and pet sitters. I’ve turned […]
Google Gets Into Groceries By Partnering With France’s Carrefour for Online Food Delivery
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With a ‘Lite’ App, Uber Moves to Win Over India
In the US and Europe, Uber’s issues are more of the lawyerly type. It fights to maintain surge pricing, its status as a platform and not an employer, and its right to operate in certain cities and airports. In growing markets—places like India, Latin America, […]
Valve is bringing an official version of Steam to China
Valve is officially bringing its Steam game platform to China as it aims to take a chunk of the world’s largest market of gamers. Valve said it will work with local partner Perfect World, which it previously collaborated on to release major games Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global […]
Here’s what Sony announced at E3 2018
Sony wanted its E3 2018 press conference to be an event. Not the “we have 50 new titles to show you” event Microsoft just put on, so much as the get up and walk around kind. It was kind of like one of those trendy […]
Honoring the Inspiring Life and Legacy of Travel-Loving Chef Anthony Bourdain
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico, and the Far East, eating only in Hard … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
