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DC Download: 21st Century House Cleaning, Obesity Maps and Google Glass Offices


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House cleaning for the 21st century

Trying to find good house cleaners online can be tricky if the best ones don't have a digital presence. That's an issue Nate Andorsky and his startup ScrubBud are out to fix, building a behind-the-scenes platform for cleaning services that creates and maintains an online home for them and helps connect them to customers who aren't likely to search through the Yellow Pages. Read how he's trying to bring the residential cleaning industry into the 21st century in our full story here.

Where D.C. faces problematic levels of obesity

Obesity rates can vary enormously even within a city. Factors like poverty, walkability and healthy, affordable food can all impact the measurements. Brian Warmoth put together a map of obesity rates in U.S. cities and you can see which neighborhoods in D.C. are facing higher incidences of obesity. Check out the map in his full story here.

Will we all wear Smart Glasses to the office someday?

Smart glasses are the future of the office, even if its not Google Glass. More and more enterprises are testing or talking about testing smart glasses to improve employee efficiency and otherwise make their companies better, but is it really the wave of the future? Read more in Chris Bing's full story here.

Liquor delivery startup hopes you're thirsty for content

There are a growing number of liquor delivery apps and websites in D.C. and other cities. Standing out can be hard. That's why Thirstie is trying to offer more to customers, with new content and other features that its rivals don't have. Find out what Thirstie thinks the future of liquor delivery looks like in Ryan Ferguson's story here.


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