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Grover lets you rent electronics on the cheap

Homepage-animation Shopping online for electronics can be overwhelming. First you have the tech blog reviews, and then the forums, and then the product page itself. Finding the right product, at the right price, can be difficult. That’s where Grover (formerly ByeBuy) comes in. For roughly 5 percent of the retail price, users can rent electronics for a month and try before they buy. Plus, users can extend… Read More

Hopper’s travel app helps you pick the best dates, airports to save more money on your trip

1920 x 1080 iOS Feed Campaigns 3 Fresh off its $16 million funding round from earlier this spring, popular airfare prediction app Hopper is moving beyond simply helping travelers figure out when to fly in order to snag the best deal. With the launch of Hopper 3.0, out this morning, the app will now also make personalized recommendations regarding how to adjust your trip plans to save more money, as well as point users to… Read More

A seed grows in Boston

Indigo Grow Room 3 Across 1,000 acres of cotton plants in Arkansas, Tyler McClendon is running an experiment. The seeds are the same, as are his company Oxbow Agriculture’s methods of growing them. But just ahead of planting the cotton seeds in April, Oxbow dusted them with a special microbe not usually found on its cotton plants. Their presence is expected to increase McClendon’s cotton yield by… Read More

Japan’s Nihon Kotsu invests in MyTaxiIndia to help it crack what Ola or Uber couldn’t yet

MyTaxiIndia has over 12,000 taxis operating across 120 cities on more than 10,000 routes, through affiliates Delhi-based inter-city cab rental platform MyTaxiIndia (MTI) has raised US$1 million in a bridge funding from existing investor Nihon Kotsu — an 88-year old leading taxi rental company in Japan. MTI is currently in talks with investors to raise...

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TGIF! GrabHitch vs UberPOOL special offers on 22nd July

Going somewhere? Check out these special offers by two ride-hailing apps on Friday, 22nd July Forget MRT and other public transportation. Ride-hailing apps GrabHitch and UberPOOL are both offering you the ride of your life, provided you don’t mind carpooling with other people. Check out what they have in store for you: GrabHitch Available for...

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Why ‘brandjacking’ matters, and how to handle potential threats

Sometimes self-inflicted, oftentimes nefarious, brandjacking is when a third-party takes control of a brand, with potentially disastrous results Companies in the entertainment, consumer, retail, food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries can attest, product piracy and brand protection have always been an issue in markets where copyright enforcement is lax. But brandjacking is not only attributed to the physical...

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