Rest of the Day: Lyft Will Allow Multiple Stops on the Ride Soon
Now, when you need to make a quick stop on your way home to grab a bottle of wine – or whatever, I’m talking for myself – you can add an extra destination to your Lyft ride.
- This makes a lot of sense as you might need to run an errand or pick something up (which can get the driver in trouble when you change destination in the middle of a trip), and instead of trying to discourage this behavior, Lyft includes several stops in the app. … Easier for you and your driver. [Lyft]
- In other news, Futurama has been criticized. The same great technology that allows you to search for quotes from The Simpsons and generate GIFs, now has a brother Morbotron facing Futurama .Shut up and take my money to quote [io9]
- Walmart buys Jet.com for $ 3 billion to boost its online commerce. Jet.com, which I admit I had never heard of prior to this acquisition, will continue to operate as a separate brand. The deal also made the surprise millionaire a man who won 100,000 shares in a referral competition last year. “It’s good,” he says. [TechCrunch & Bloomberg]
- Gadget blogger Joel Johnson recommends the Sony MP-CL1 Pico Projector for Circuit Breaker . Pico projectors are those small pocket-sized digital projectors that seem cool and futuristic but are mostly useless – other than that! It has lasers. [The Verge]