Chris Cox

Lyft partners with Taco Bell for munchie pit stops

Lyft is partnering with Taco Bell to add a feature that allows riders to stop at a drive-thru with newfound ease, the ride-hailing company announced Tuesday.  The app’s new Taco Mode lets you stop at a nearby Taco Bell midride for those munchies, and promises each use comes with a free Doritos Locos Taco. That’s …

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Google Drive can now back up your entire computer

Now playing: Watch this: New version of Google Drive goes live 1:18 iCloud, who? After a couple weeks of delay, Google launched its new Backup & Sync app, which can store your entire computer system to Google Drive. The original debut was scheduled on June 28, but was pushed back a few weeks for fine tweaking. Backup & Sync allows …

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PSA: Shop Amazon Smile on Prime Day to donate to charity

Today, while scouring the many deals of Amazon’s Prime Day, remember to shop via smile.amazon.com. Entering through that URL gets you to the exact same Amazon you’d normally use, except that 0.5 percent of your purchase goes to a charity of your choice. It may sound unreal, but all of the prices and deals are the exact same too. So be …

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Ubuntu has arrived in the Windows Store, and it’s easy to download

Downloading Ubuntu just got easier. Today the operating system was made available in the Windows Store, something Microsoft earlier in 2017 said it would do (see more about Microsoft’s 2017 Build conference here).   While the Windows download is a limited sandbox version of the system, it makes the acquisition process much faster than the traditional route. This version’s main …

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