Uber settles class actions over safety claims [in US]
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder The on-demand ride service Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle two San Francisco class actions over the way it advertises its services. Uber announced on its website Thursday that it…
Stephen Diamond and Patrick Steele join US Capital Partners
Leading private investment bank for the lower middle market appoints Managing Director and additional Vice President following another year of strong business growth. SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 2016 – US Capital Partners Inc. announced today that Stephen M. Diamond has joined…
Starbucks quietly took the cappuccino off the menu in many stores, and it makes perfect sense
By Gus Lubin From Business Insider The cappuccino is one of the most basic espresso drinks, and it has been on the menu at Starbucks since current CEO Howard Schultz added it in 1986. Yet recently Starbucks stopped listing the…
The Food Lab: The easiest foolproof crispy pan-seared fish you’ll ever make
By J. Kenji López-Alt MANAGING CULINARY DIRECTOR From Serious Eats A crisp panko coating on one side of the fish not only keeps it from sticking to the pan with minimal heat, but adds textural contrast as well. [Photographs: J….
Poised for a few days of fun at summer Modeling Camp
By Mike Kepka From SF Gate A recent Thursday, 11:48 a.m.: Unsure of what to expect, 13-year-old Rachel Combs of San Carlos held a sign with her name written on it as she walked down a hotel staircase headed for…
For aspiring female engineers, a square meal of code
By Leena Rao From Tech Crunch Last year, high school student Michelle Nguyen had all but given up her hope of becoming an engineer. A Senior at Mission High School in San Francisco (which did not offer a computer science…
Teen suicide clusters linked to newspaper reports
By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer From Live Science For years, public health officials and mental health experts have warned journalists against reporting on suicides in great detail, and romanticizing the stories of people who took their own lives, out of…
Raising NY City’s Minimum Wage – A call to action
By Scott M. Stringer From Caribbean Life As New York City’s economy recovers from the recession, thousands of working families in all five boroughs face a grim reality: Although one of their members might have a fulltime job, the weekly…
BlackBerry wins court order against Ryan Seacrest’s Typo Case
By Karissa Bell From Mashable BlackBerry scored a major victory in its ongoing legal battle with Typo, the Ryan Seacrest-backed company behind the iPhone keyboard case. On Friday, a San Francisco court granted a preliminary injunction against Typo that prohibits…
Here’s the technology that’s going to make your phone’s Internet 1,000 times faster than 4G
By Kyle Russell From Business Insider In today’s world, there’s one area of technology that can almost never be fast enough: the wireless networks that power our mobile devices. Despite decades of advancements, we still lose signal when walking around…
