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DC Download: Uber Unions, Politics by App and Google's 2016 Plans



Will Uber and Lyft drivers unionize?
  • Uber and Lyft drivers in Seattle won the right to organize for collective bargaining thanks to a new local law, but is this a one-off or the start of a trend? Sharing and gig economy startups prefer to define their workers as independent contractors, but the complications of regulating companies like Uber and Lyft make it hard to predict whether drivers all over will unionize.
The D.C. funding of 2015
  • The big fundings in D.C. this year got really big, as in $200 million big. Chris Bing takes a look at the top ten biggest fundings for tech startups in the area for 2015.
Google will have an exciting 2016
Political canvassing by app
  • Polis Politics applies the simplicity of an app to the hardest part of campaigning, canvassing. Chris Bing talks to the Boston-born founders about the challenges involved and how they overcame them with Polis.

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