In the category of low-down-dirty jobs, a new player has entered the gig economy workforce. New company Civvl launched to nearly universal negative reactions online. The job? Independent gig workers work for landlords and banks to kick delinquent renters out of their homes. Civvl’s Plan for Freelance Evictions? Acting as a Bad News Middleman With […]
With the lack of circulation of cash during the coronavirus, many businesses around the world have posted notices asking for customers to use either exact change or credit cards. Because we’re stuck at home, we aren’t spending our nickels, dimes, and pennies at restaurants, shops, toll booths, and parking meters, the country is seeing a […]
You soon might have trouble getting dinner delivered in California. The fight over workers’ rights has finally come to the gig economy and despite new laws, court cases, and a billion-dollar marketing campaign rivaling a presidential run, the battle is far from over. In the past few years, California has been visibly leading the charge […]
COVID-19 exposure contact tracing became a priority for local health departments this past spring, and there were many hurdles to get clear tracing information to track the outbreak in communities. The CDC notes that it’s a vital part of controlling the pandemic but individual privacy is always a concern in any size community. When data […]
Last fall, the University of Notre Dame added GrubHub to its student dining options, but this wasn’t the student body’s first experience with food apps. Grubhub’s entry to the Indiana university market was as a replacement for the previous campus-focused delivery service Tapingo, acquired by Grubhub in 2018. What nobody could predict back then, however, […]
Uber Eats launched a paid ad tool that allows restaurants to reach their customers directly on the food delivery platform. The tool, called Sponsored Listings, launched on August 31. It gives chain and independent restaurants the opportunity to pay for their restaurant listing to appear at the top of results in Uber Eats for their […]