Today’s top tech news, December 12, 2018: Vietnam-based travel company Triip now allows blockchain booking

Also, LightInTheBox acquires EzBuy despite struggling freefalling in the stock...


How Uber will become an ad company, starting with Eats Pool

Where there is discovery in an app, there is paid discovery. Google helped you...


Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $6M, expands in Africa

Nigerian trucking logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $6 million to...


Birth control delivery startup Nurx now offers an at-home HPV testing kit

Kleiner Perkins-backed Nurx provides birth control, emergency contraception, the...


New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission approves minimum wage rules for app-based drivers

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved new rules that set...


Uber Eats test lets restaurants trade discounts for ranking boost

Uber Eats has effectively invented its own native ad unit. Uber confirmed to...


Being a leader in tech has its challenges, particularly if you are the one being disrupted

You may be a leader in your industry for a few years, and presto — an...


Amazon exec Dave Stephenson tapped to lead Airbnb to the public markets

Airbnb has poached another Amazon executive. This time, it's Dave Stephenson,...


dApp accelerators are apparently an “in” thing now, with blockchain apps going mainstream

Just like how the startup ecosystem gave birth to a handful of services that we...


Meet Uber’s newly promoted Chief Product Officer, Manik Gupta

Manik Gupta got his first taste of solving logistics nightmares when fresh out...