It’s that time of year again: snow-shoveling season. To avoid both having to negotiate with the kid next door about shoveling your driveway or pleading your neighbor to carve your car out of its snowed-in parking spot, the Shovler app is at the ready. The “Uber of...
The social giant unsuccessfully made a bid to purchase Snow, a similar service to social platform Snapchat, from Korean firm Naver. A source close to the company told TechCrunch that Facebook attempted to acquire the ‘Asian Snapchat’ service earlier this summer. The company behind Snow,...
A February marked by constant snowstorms, freezing temperatures, and subway breakdowns has also taken a toll on the retail market with sales falling 10 percent nationwide, according to a recently published RetailNext report. Retail sales in February fell by 10.4 percent compared to last year,...
While the city of Boston mulled over ways of dumping the gargantuan heaps of snow blanketing the entire city, Kyle Waring thought of cashing it in. And thus was born a new startup—Shipsnowyo.com, which provides a chance to anyone hoping to own a piece of...
December 14, 2016
It’s that time of year again: snow-shoveling season. To avoid both having to negotiate with the kid next door about shoveling your driveway or pleading your neighbor to carve your car out of its snowed-in parking spot, the Shovler app is at the ready. The “Uber of X” type platform is designed to pair neighbors willing to […]
March 06, 2015
A February marked by constant snowstorms, freezing temperatures, and subway breakdowns has also taken a toll on the retail market with sales falling 10 percent nationwide, according to a recently...