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Starbucks and Lyft: get a ride.. earn coffee

The next time you get picked up by a Toyota Prius with a pink mustache (I haven’t seen the mustache in a while), you could be on your way to a Venti Iced Something Something.

Starbucks just announced a broad partnership with ride-sharing company Lyft, including a plan to reward Lyft drivers and customers in the U.S. with My Starbucks Rewards.

Source: Starbucks is riding with Lyft: Riders and drivers to get ‘stars’ for coffee and food under new alliance – GeekWire

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Nielsen: How America Listens to Audio

RadioWith growing options in media consumption, even in the audio space, radio still plays a big part in the lives of American consumers.

Nielsen reports indicate that more than 91% of Americans 12+ tune in to radio each week. 

Of note from the report:

  • Radio reaches 90% of nearly every demographic (65+ being the outlier)
  • Surprisingly, the group that makes up the largest generation of radio listeners are millennials (More here) .

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Snapcash – Snapchat’s Mobile Payments

With Snapcash, users simply type out the dollar amount they’d like to send as part of any private message — for example, “here’s $5 for lunch.” The app recognizes the “$5” text and a green payments button illuminates next to the keyboard. Users can then tap that button to activate the payment, which is completed once the message has been sent.

Via: Snapchat to Let You Send Money to Friends, Thanks to Square | Re/code.

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DHL launches drone delivery in Germany

*Some restrictions apply:

IMG_2356Parcel carrier DHL has launched a drone delivery service in Germany. But, the service is limited to the delivery of life-saving shipments to remote areas.

For now, the company will be using the drones only when other delivery options aren’t available, and no plans are currently in the works to incorporate the parcelcopters into normal day-to-day deliveries, according to company officials.

(Via: Livescience)

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Vipukirves by Heikki Kärnä: A new and improved ax that makes chopping wood less of a chore.

 

Courtesy of Heikki Kärnä
Courtesy of Heikki Kärnä

Physics and design win again, as a million year old tool gets a more productive makeover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_9wmjK3j8

The new and improved Vipukirves(Leverax) uses a “unique lever action” that is “considerably stronger than a traditional axe” to separate a log into sections, allowing the user to easily create a pile of firewood in seconds. The ax is painted in traffic-light red and yellow to make it easier to spot if left on the ground.

Via:Vipukirves by Heikki Kärnä: A new and improved ax that makes chopping wood less of a chore..

http://www.geek.com/news/physics-exploiting-axe-splits-wood-in-record-time-1591725/