An App with Personalized Recommendations – Introducing Jybe
Looking for a restaurant close-by? Or how about that new movie or book that was just released? Well, an app is here to help out, catering to a user’s personalized recommendations.
Hit the Beach!
Are you looking to hit the beach this weekend? You’ll probably want to beat the fog and get out of town to the warmest, nicest beach you can find. But where to go? Now a new (and free) app tells you where.
Yahoo Prepares for Massive Lay-offs
Sunnyvale’s Yahoo Inc. is preparing for a wave of layoffs that could affect thousands of employees of the struggling internet giant. The first set of layoffs could happen by the end of this month.
Help me, Help you
You know how to speak Spanish, play trumpet and design a backyard garden, but you also need a lift to the airport next week. Instead of shelling out money for a shuttle bus, use your talents to get you to your destination. With a website called www.timebanks.org folks spend an hour doing something for someone else and in return, have someone else do something for them. Think of it as a Craigslist or Ebay, without spending a dime, instead you’re using your talents.
UCSF Launches InQuickER Service
As we all know, a hospital emergency room can be an awful combo of the 7th circle of hell and purgatory. It doesn’t help that if you have to go the ER in the first place then you’re already suffering from acute sickness/bleeding onto the floor. Well, UCSF has launched a system that may reduce your wait to just 15 minutes.
Apple Starts Selling Unlocked iPhones
Apple has decided to see reason and start selling unlocked iPhones in the U.S. What this means is that the user can now decide which carrier they would like to go with instead of being strong armed into one particular deal. Finally.
Smart Meter Opt-out
Critics of smart meters, those new wireless meters that PG&E has been installing and which some critics believe cause health problems as varied as insomnia and cancer, can now breathe a sigh of relief. The utility company is offering residents the option to turn the wireless signals off. That is, for a fee.
New SF Parking App
Have you ever repeatedly circled a 3-block radius looking for a free parking spot in complete frustration? Well, your days of desperately seeking out parking may be over. Or, well, at least somewhat eased. Introducing SFMTA’s new iPhone app, SFPark.
Expansions at tech firms demand new hires
An article published today in The San Francisco Chronicle entitled “Talent-poaching revs up among tech firms” shows how tech companies are battling for talent, especially in social media and other Internet based companies, that can stay ahead of the rapidly changing industry as the economy rebounds.
Where the Ladies At?
If you’re a single man about town, I’m sure you’ve often asked yourself this question while drinking your beer at a bar surrounded by other dudes. You know that women are out and about en masse – the trouble is, you just can’t figure out where. Well, your problems have now been solved – introducing the Wheretheladies.at web app. It tracks female Foursquare check-ins and then tells you where the greatest concentration of ladies are. Stalkerlicious.
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