Meet TechCrunch’s writers and fellow Facebook developers the night before the madness of Facebook’s F8 conference begins. Join us at the Southern Pacific Brewing Company at 620 Treat Avenue in SF’s Mission District from 6-9pm on Monday April 11th. You can tell us about your startup and swap tips with fellow entrepreneurs. There’ll be delicious food, cocktails and… Read More
It’s the ultimate face-off: a race between a popular local form of transport and an Uber cab. Earlier today, two journalists from BBC decided to have a friendly contest among themselves in the form of a race between a auto-rickshaw and an Uber cab in Delhi. Guess who won?
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The two contestants took a auto-rickshaw and an Uber cab each to test which form of transport could reach the destination faster. They then proceeded to live-tweet the twists and turns of their journey. Here’s how it went.
The Uber cab got off to a flying start, and seemed to overtake the rickshaw in the beginnng. …
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LONDON — A British model has hit back at a body-shaming troll with two powerful social media posts.
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Iskra Lawrence is a UK-based model who often speaks out about body image, and the importance of body positivity.
Last Friday, Lawrence shared a screengrab of an abusive comment she’d received from a troll on Instagram.
Image: facebook/iskra lawrence
Rather than ignoring the comment, though, Lawrence decided to hit back.
Taking the troll’s line about “eating too many bags of crisps” as a starting point, Lawrence got creative. …
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Never, ever upset adult Harry Potter fans.
The City of Perth Library in Australia now knows this. It had set up an event for Apr. 30 to bring together “witches, wizards and muggles” for a Harry Potter get together.
SEE ALSO: Thomas the Tank Engine gets an Aussie mate
Unfortunately for adult fanboys and girls, the party was a kids-only event, which was open to 12 to 18-year-olds. This obviously made all the adult fans of Harry Potter very, very unhappy. So, the adults took to the Facebook event to voice their displeasure.
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Are you the type of person who is always staring down at the display on their phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? If you are distracted by your handset while walking, you can get seriously hurt by cars, trucks, walls, joggers, feral cats, manholes and more. And focusing on your phone at all times means that you are missing out on life.
But there is a solution. Guiding Hands is a service that will shadow you wherever you go, making sure that while you have your face in your phone, you remain safe and sound. Guiding Hands protects you from getting hit by something, and also prevents you from … – Source
Audi’s compact hatch lives on as the A3 e-tron; though, with 31 miles of electric range, the boot’s not even the best bit of this plugin hybrid.
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