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 […]
Without technology, quarantine would have meant isolation. The coronavirus crisis considerably increased employer attention to software solutions and slick gadgets, which are now rapidly accelerating their development into the workplace.It was tech that connected co-workers during the past few months, and paradoxically, it will help keep everyone six feet away in the post-lockdown office. Alternating […]
Panic-buying for COVID-19 might be behind us, but normal trips to the grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and restaurants are still a long way away. There’s debate on whether or not ordering delivery during the pandemic is ethical but some, for example, elderly or immune-compromised people, have no choice. Others believe that ordering through a food […]