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Lyft is adding a couple of driver-focused features to its ride-sharing service. It’s making it easier for passengers to tip drivers with a default tipping option. Lyft will also allow passengers to tip while they’re still on the ride so that they don’t forget about it when rushing out of the car.
Default tipping will make it easier for passengers to thank their drivers. This also means that drivers don’t miss out on tips when a passenger is in a hurry or just forgets to tip. Passengers will be able to pre-set a tip percentage when they enable default tipping which will be automatically applied to the driver’s earnings if the passenger doesn’t proactively rate a trip and add a tip themselves.
The in-ride tipping option will allow riders to tip their driver when they’re still enroute. Lyft notes that riders open the app during 53 percent of the trips so it can leverage that behavior to open a new tipping venue for drivers.
It’s also simplifying ratings for drivers so that they can protect their 5-star rating they work so hard to maintain. Lyft will drop the single lowest rating for every driver, exclude low ratings for factors outside their control such as traffic, and default to a 5-star rating if the rating doesn’t rate them.
This is meant to protect good drivers from one-off low ratings which can have an inflated impact on their overall average. Lyft will continuously remove each driver’s single lowest rating for every 100 rides they give.
Lyft Enables Default Tipping And 5-Star Ratings For Drivers , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 15
The U.S. Army failed for the first time in more than a decade to meet its recruitment goal. It’s reportedly aiming to expand its ranks to more than 500,000 in the next four years and was unable to meet its fiscal year target to recruit new soldiers. So it’s turning to one of the most popular games on the planet to help with recruiting new soldiers.
Independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes reports that the U.S. Army is calling on active duty troops and reservists to take part in esports tournaments for Fortnite. Teams are also being put together which will compete in tournaments for other popular titles such as Madden, League of Legends, Overwatch, and Call of Duty.
The Army is reportedly looking to further promote its brand by having personnel compete in these tournaments in a bid to connect with young players who may be interested and also eligible to join the military.
The military has noticed that many prospects are resistant to the conventional recruiting techniques which include phone calls. So this idea has been developed to meet with the younger generation in what’s essentially a digital format.
The Military Gaming League is an esports organization that has worked with the military before. It’s exclusively for veterans and servicemembers. It helped sponsor a qualifier in a Street Fighter V championship which was hosted by the Army Installation Management Command at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., earlier this year.
U.S. Army Turns To Fortnite As It Looks To Increase Recruitment , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 15
Facebook launched a fundraising tool back in 2016 to allow users to create personal fundraisers for 501c3 nonprofits verified by the company itself. The feature enabled users and their friends to donate money to these organizations from within the social network itself so they didn’t need to visit an external site for the purpose. Facebook has since expanded the fundraising feature and has now announced that it has been used to raise over $1 billion.
Facebook later allowed users to raise funds for personal needs through this feature as well. It has also removed transaction fees for nonprofit fundraisers in addition to removing the platform fee for personal fundraisers. More than 20 million people have either donated or started a fundraiser on Facebook. There are now over one million nonprofits in 19 countries that can receive donations directly through Facebook.
The social network has announced that more than a billion dollars have been raised on Facebook for nonprofit and personal causes. It’s now expanding the nonprofit fundraising tools to Australia and Canada.
It also announced that for Giving Tuesday on November 27th, 2018, it will be matching donations up to a total of $7 million for all U.S.-backed nonprofit fundraisers happening on Facebook that day with its partner PayPal.
Facebook’s Fundraisers Feature Used To Raise Over $1 Billion , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 15
Carrey is back on the artistic attack against Facebook.
Nov 15
“No monkey business happened inside the Oval Office proper,” the former White House intern said in an interview.
Nov 15
Gaslighting, incel, big dick energy and overtourism all made the shortlist.
Nov 15
While other women are being heard in the Me Too era, native women are quietly going missing.
Nov 15
As I write this, I’m somewhere in Asia, with a bag full of assorted cables and devices. I’ve gotten better at packing light, but I’ve still got a ways to go. Certainly there’s something to be said for those products that can pull double duty — take the new Huawei phone or most recent iPad Pro update, all of which double as device chargers.
The Changer looks to be a clever take on the concept for the perpetually low on battery. The $89 yolked Bluetooth earbuds double as a charging cable. Snap the headphone bits off and you’ll find USB-C, microUSB and Lightning connectors.
The headphones sport a 12-hour battery, according to the company, and can be plugged directly into the wall. The cable can also be used to plug a mobile device into a battery pack or plugged into two different devices to share a charge.
I’ll admit I’m a bit skeptical about the efficacy of all this at this point, and the fact that its manufacturer, 49101, is opening up pre-orders through Indiegogo. The headphones are set to start shipping early next year.
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