One reason some TV fans are tempted to cut the cord? Having to pay for a whole slew of basic channels when all you really want to watch is a few. Those are the people Apple is after with a reported plan to sell HBO, Showtime, and Starz as a bundle. [More]
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Uber Teaming Up With GM To Offer Car-Sharing Program For Drivers
By 11.2.16
Although GM has already invested $500 million in Lyft and has a $99/week program to rent cars to drivers on that platform, it seems the carmaker isn’t interested in playing favorites: GM has now teamed up with Uber to offer a car-sharing program for its drivers as well. [More]
Google & Fiat Chrysler Rumored To Be Working On Driverless Minivans Together
By 5.3.16
Taking the kids to soccer practice in the future might still involve minivans, but mom and dad won’t necessarily be driving them. Rumor has it that Fiat Chrysler and Google are teaming up to develop an autonomous vehicle based on the carmaker’s Pacifica minivans. [More]
Ford Testing Lease-Sharing Program That Would Let Friends, Family Split A Car
By 1.11.16
Though it might be nice to have a car for some occasions, there are plenty of people for whom owning or leasing a vehicle just isn’t worth it. Ford thinks it can appeal to those who might want their own wheels but don’t want to bear the burden of paying for it alone, with a new lease-sharing program it’s preparing to test. [More]
Walgreens Customers Using Apple Pay Don’t Have To Swipe Their Rewards Cards Anymore
By 11.5.15
Walgreens shoppers using Apple Pay at the checkout will have a slightly quicker experience than other loyalty members, as the retailer becomes the first to integrate its rewards program with the mobile payment system. [More]
Coty Seals The Deal To Take 43 Beauty Brands Off Procter & Gamble’s Hands For $12.5B
By 7.9.15
A new look can be expensive, but hey, sometimes you’ve just got to shell out a few billion or so to try out some new cosmetics, right? After earlier reports that it might be in the buying mood, Coty Inc. announced today that it’s shelling out around $12.5 billion to bring 43 Procter & Gamble beauty brands into its company fold. [More]
Attention, Austin: Consumerist Is Hiring Technology Folks
By 6.30.14
You’re reading this site right now, if these words are beaming through your eyeballs into your brain — and you could be working for it, if you’ve got the technological savvy and happen to live in Austin, Texas. [More]
Close To 20,000 Workers Join Lawsuit Claiming Darden Restaurants Underpaid Employees
By 1.9.14
There’s a storm a’brewin’ and it’s made of almost 20,000 former and current Darden Restaurants employees who have joined a federal lawsuit against the company. The suit alleges that Darden underpaid workers at 2,000 restaurants in all 50 states. [More]
That Feeling Like You Forgot Something Can Be Fixed By Signing Up For Our Newsletter
By 12.12.13
Here at Consumerist we are nothing if not helpful when it comes to To Do lists. It’s so annoying to have that tickly feeling in the back of your brain like you had something you definitely, totally wanted to do, but just can’t remember it. We’ve got the answer: Signing up for our newsletter. [More]
