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Uber will now let you carpool with other Uber passengers to cut down on ride costs. Read more »
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Carmel DeAmicis covers social media and parts of the consumer web for Gigaom. Prior to joining Gigaom, she reported on SF startups for PandoDaily, worked as a local TV news reporter in Dubai, and dissected Abu Dhabi culture for Time Out Magazine. She’s a Cal (’09) and Columbia (’12) grad who thinks the West Coast is the Best Coast. Outside the Bay tech scene, she’s a Potterhead, dance aficionado, consumer of carbohydrates, and caretaker to an aggressively cuddly cat named Merv.
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