Category: Technology

By Kyle Russell In the ongoing war between Uber, Lyft, and all of the other me-too ride-sharing services, competitors are looking for any way they can better utilize their supply of drivers and reduce costs for their riders. Today, Uber is announcing UberPool, a new feature that will let you pick up other riders on…

By Alex Wilhelm Sprint will drop its efforts to buy T-Mobile amid a hostile regulatory climate, and financing difficulties. The prospect of lowering the number of major mobile carriers in the United States from four to three proved unpopular among United States government regulatory bodies. In addition to walking away from its merger efforts, Sprint…

By Sarah Buhr StubHub Music is now live in the App Store and available to all major U.S. cities. The app, created by ticket reseller platform StubHub, was first tested on a much smaller set of music fans in just San Francisco earlier this summer. It’s now available throughout the U.S., the UK and Canada.…

By Kim-Mai Cutler Five to ten years ago, the notion of a super-angel, or an angel backed with a reasonable but small-sized fund, was relatively new concept. There were players like Aydin Senkut, Jeff Clavier and Dave McClure. There were tussles over what super-angels could offer versus more established venture capitalists. But today, the line…

By Colleen Taylor Welcome back to TechCrunch Cribs, the show that lets you snoop around the offices of the tech industry’s hottest companies. This is an especially fun episode, since we headed over to Yelp, the super popular online review site. These are some exciting times for Yelp: The company just celebrated its 10th birthday,…