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Update: Towncar Service Uber Threatened By DC Legislation

Classy towncar provider Uber seems to a target of legislation in DC that would jeopardize a planned fleet of lower-cost vehicles.

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Fetchnotes Grows To 18,000 Users With Stream Of Steady Updates

Fetchnotes, the most simple mobile note taking app around, has gone through some considerable changes since we last covered it in May, and with a slew of new features, it’s even easier to make your straightforward notes work for you.

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Comedy Service Lolflix Continues Louis C.K.’s Distribution Revolution

It looks like Louis C.K.’s digital distribution revolution is continuing to make waves in the comedy world, as a new website called lolflix has launched this week, offering comedians an online home to host their own material for a fair cut of the profits.

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Finding Higgs: CERN Physicist Dishes Out What’s Next

Physicists had good cause to celebrate this Fourth of July with the discovery of the ever-elusive Higgs boson. Techli asks a CERN physicist: what’s next?

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Def Leppard Circumvents Unfair Digital Rights

Def Leppard, the late 80s-era UK band best known for hits like “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and “Photograph” has taken to the studio to create “outright forgeries” of its original hits, according to frontman Joe Elliot in a recent interview with Billboard.

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With Actors’ Help, Breaking Bad Subreddit Does A Lot Of Good

A subreddit for the popular AMC series Breaking Bad has successfully raised more than $1,500 for A Place Called Home, a non-profit charity helping at-risk youth in South Central Los Angeles.

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What About Shape Security Has Google So Excited?

Low-key network defense startup Shape Security is building significant buzz in a corner of the tech community, and seems to have claimed Google as an early ally

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Israeli Company Will Judge Applicants Based On Diablo Skills

If you’ve ever heard that all those hours wiled away in front of your computer screen slaying monsters in Diablo would never get you a job, you’ll be feeling pretty vindicated when you take a peek at this wanted ad.

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Art School Student Spends Three Days Rebranding Microsoft

In a three day experiment, graphic designer Andrew Kim flipped Microsoft’s branding on its head, turning the company’s play-it-safe image into a campaign that could give Apple a run for its money.

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ACLU: Does The Government Think It Can Read Our Email?

The human rights watchdog filed a lawsuit against the federal government earlier this month to find out to what extent the government is reading our emails and texts.

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