For all of the wealth and technology flowing through the Bay Area, you’d think they could figure out a way to handle a problem like potholes. But the San Francisco-Oakland metropolitan area has the highest percentage of bumpy roads of any major urban center in the US.
Bulletproof Coffee—the controversial, frothy, butter-coffee drink that purportedly helps people lose weight, reduce cravings, and achieve mental clarity—is looking to take over the world.
A record number of startups transformed into unicorns in the second quarter.
Yahoo wants to be a search giant once more.
Streaming services have made it incredibly easy for people to watch multiple episodes—or even entire seasons—at a time. According to a 2013 Nielsen report, 88% of Netflix users and 70% of Hulu Plus users say they’ve streamed three or more episodes of the same program in a single day.
In Silicon Valley, there are two universal truths for tech companies: The first is that finding office space is hard. The other is that finding good engineers is really hard.
Google just added more than $60 billion to its market capitalization.
If you needed proof that Messenger is Facebook’s breakout hit, consider this: The chat app has more downloads since 2012 than Facebook’s main app.
It started out as a joke.
More 18- to 49-year-olds in the US now “tune into” YouTube than any cable network, Google executives said in an earnings call with investors today (June 16).
Uber might have to hit the brakes in California.
In the US, about 30 million adults struggle with basic literacy. The inability to read proficiently has wide-ranging economic consequences, affecting a person’s ability to get and hold onto a job, as well as increasing the likelihood one would rely on government assistance.
Over the weekend, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shared some of the rejection letters he received in 2008 when the company was raising a $150,000 seed round at a $1.5 million valuation. That amount would’ve given investors a 10% stake in the startup, now worth $25 billion.
Rejection isn’t the end of the road.
Reddit’s Ellen Pao is stepping down as interim CEO of the social messaging board and will be replaced immediately by Steve Huffman, the site’s cofounder and first CEO. Pao will continue advising the board until the end of the year.
The friendship bracelet is going hi-tech.
Reddit and its top executive have had a tumultuous week.
Yahoo is betting on fantasy to drive its growth. The company today launched a daily fantasy sports league that will let fans in the US compete for cash prizes each day.
New Zealand is taking a strong stand against internet bullying. Under a new bill outlawing “harmful digital communications,” the country can punish internet trolls with up to three years of jail time.
A consumer advocacy group is urging the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate why Google has not given American internet users the “right to be forgotten.”
Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer at Facebook, is joining the board of SurveyMonkey, the online polling company led by her late husband, Dave Goldberg.
As some publishers struggle to grow their web traffic, one company believes increasing the ratio of some words in headlines could draw in readers. Researchers at native-advertising company Sharethrough says they have narrowed down a thousand words in the English language that are proven to elicit higher emotional engagement.
Ah, the eternal question: If you posted something to Facebook and nobody liked it, did it really even happen? Yes, but that deafening silence will still take a toll on your self-esteem.
Apple’s new music streaming music service launched today, and it has already hit its first snag. Beats 1, the 24/7 global radio station embedded within Apple Music, appears to have gone offline, according to users’ posts on social media.
