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When drivers need support, Uber points them to third-party tools. Stride Drive is the latest.

When drivers need support, Uber points them to third-party tools. Stride Drive is the latest.

Technically speaking, participants in the so-called gig economy are tiny businesses, which means their jobs don’t come with luxuries (formerly known as social safety-net components) such as health insurance, retirement savings plans, or tax withholdings. Stride Health is one company that hopes to help them fill in some of those gaps.

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With voice control, sensors galore, and image stabilization, this aspiring GoPro competitor offers a tantalizing (if imperfect) model.

With voice control, sensors galore, and image stabilization, this aspiring GoPro competitor offers a tantalizing (if imperfect) model.

Action cameras are hard to use. GoPro’s top-of-the-line Hero4 Black, for instance, has three buttons that you have to push in different sequences just to navigate the settings. The only indicator of where you are is a 0.8-inch monochrome screen, à la gadgets from the early 2000s. In fact, action cameras—typically ensconced in hard-to-reach spots like the top of your bike helmet—are inherently difficult to control. Try pressing the “record” button while barreling down a mountain trail, and the resulting video could be of you flying off your bike and into a tree.

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By building a platform and staying a step ahead on design, Tile hopes to “blanket the world” in the ability to find your stuff.

By building a platform and staying a step ahead on design, Tile hopes to “blanket the world” in the ability to find your stuff.

Among what Mike Farley says are his wife’s many redeeming qualities, the ability to keep track of her stuff is not one of them.

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The cofounders of Away met at Warby Parker and show how they used early career experiences at startups to launch their own brand.

The cofounders of Away met at Warby Parker and show how they used early career experiences at startups to launch their own brand.

If you have dreams of one day launching your own startup, the idea of getting an MBA may have crossed your mind. After all, business schools are great at explaining how successful companies got off the ground and providing networking opportunities so you can connect with potential investors and cofounders. That’s probably why U.S. Department of Education data indicates that the MBA is the most popular graduate degree.

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Snapchat celebrities are making undisclosed paid endorsements. Even more than on other platforms, policing them is a major challenge.

Snapchat celebrities are making undisclosed paid endorsements. Even more than on other platforms, policing them is a major challenge.

No one has been more influential to Snapchat culture than DJ Khaled. An Adweek cover story on the famous rapper deemed him the “King of Snapchat” in February. One month later, Emmanuel Seuge, senior vice president for content at Coca-Cola, called him the same in a cover story in Bloomberg Businessweek.

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