Now when you need to make a quick stop on your way home to pick up a bottle of wine—or whatever, I’m just speaking for myself—you’ll be able to add an extra destination to your Lyft ride.
- It makes plenty of sense, as you might need to run an errand or pick something up (which can be a hassle for the driver when you change your destination mid-ride), and rather than trying to discourage the behavior, Lyft is incorporating multiple stops into the app. Easier for you and your driver. [Lyft]
- In other news, Futurama has been Frinkiac’ed. The same wonderful technology that lets you search quotations from The Simpsons and generate GIFs now has a Futurama-facing sibling called Morbotron. Shut up and take my money, to quote [io9]
- Walmart is buying Jet.com for $3 billion in an effort to boost their online commerce. Jet.com—which I admit I’ve never heard of before this acquisition—will continue to operate as a separate brand. The deal also made a surprise millionaire out of a man who won 100,000 shares last year in a membership referral contest. “It feels good,” he says. [TechCrunch & Bloomberg]
- Over on Circuit Breaker, gadget blogger Joel Johnson recommends Sony’s MP-CL1 pico projector. Pico projectors are those little pocket-sized digital projectors that seem cool and futuristic but are largely useless—except this one! It has lasers. [The Verge]
Source: LifeHacker
