Category: tech
Admitting mistake, Airbnb scraps plan to open campaign office at 20th and Mission
August 5, 2015
Organizers of an Airbnb-funded campaign against a November ballot measure that would put tighter regulations on vacation rentals in the city have backed out of plans to move into a controversial building on Mission Street. Slated just last week to become the new campaign headquarters for San Francisco for Everyone, the former T-Mobile store at […]
Bitcoin burning a hole in your virtual wallet? There’s a store in the Mission to spend it in
August 3, 2015
If the Mission hadn’t reached peak tech yet, we now have a Bitcoin store. Billed as San Francisco’s first Bitcoin brick and mortar, Nakamoto’s sells electronics and accessories at discounts 10 percent below Amazon prices but only if you’re paying with the fledgling digital currency. No Bitcoin? No worries, the store has two Bitcoin ATMs, […]
Absurdity alert: New site helps you couchsurf while raking in money from Airbnb
January 8, 2015
Is your San Francisco apartment not quite the cash cow you hoped it would be? The sharing economy has a fix for that. Billed as “Airbnb for Airbnb,” a new website hooks you up with fellow Airbnb users so you can stay at their place while renting out yours. The homepage for Can I Stay […]
Public transit please!
September 22, 2014
Huh, I had no idea.