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Flywheel to stop online classes and offer trade-in for Peloton bikes after settling lawsuit

After settling a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Peloton, fitness startup Flywheel will stop offering its At Home online classes on March 27. Current Flywheel At Home customers were em

WordPress management site WP Engine acquires Flywheel as it moves to a $1B valuation and IPO

WordPress now accounts for 34 percent of all websites globally, and today one of the key companies that helps handle the creation and management of some of those WP-hosted sites is getting a little bi

Flywheel expands Uber-like system for taxi cabs to NYC

Taxi startup Flywheel is officially making its move into New York City, with the aim to better equip old-school taxis to take on Uber and Lyft. Flywheel recently received approval from the NYC Taxi a

Flywheel raises $4M for its designer-focused WordPress hosting platform

WordPress sites make up a massive chunk of the Internet, so it’s no surprise there are also plenty of services that specialize in hosting them. WordPress hosting and management service Flywheel

Flywheel Launches Uber-Like Operating System For Taxi Cabs

Flywheel, the no-surge-fee taxi startup that hopes to challenge on-demand ride services like Uber and Lyft, is expanding its TaxiOS platform. Flywheel’s TaxiOS, which launched back in October as

Flywheel’s TaxiOS Aims To Replace Old-School Cab Meters

Flywheel, the app for hailing taxis, has a pilot program in place with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to implement its new platform, TaxiOS, into 70 cabs. TaxiOS, which is an Androi

Taxi-Hailing App Flywheel Adds A Group Of New Investors

Flywheel has been gradually expanding its availability in new markets, and also offering new ways for customers to pay. To do so, the company has extended its Series C financing to make room for a gro

WP Engine Raises $23M To Continue Its International Expansion, Push For Enterprise Adoption

WP Engine, one of the leading managed WordPress platforms on the market, today announced that it has raised a $20 million follow-on funding round led by North Bridge Venture Partners. This brings the

Flywheel Raises $1.2M For Its Designer-Centric WordPress Hosting Platform

The open-source WordPress software runs a huge chunk of all of the sites on the Internet, so it's no surprise that there's also a massive ecosystem that has sprung up around the platform. These days,

Flywheel Launches A Premium WordPress Hosting And Management Service For Designers

<a target="_blank" href="http://getflywheel.com">Flywheel</a>, an Omaha, Neb.-based startup, is launching a new WordPress hosting and management service today that was built specifically for web desig

Taxi E-Hail Startup Flywheel Launches In Los Angeles To Take On Uber, Lyft, And SideCar

Flywheel is growing fast, doubling its number of rides over just the last two-and-a-half months. And with new funding in place, it's looking to enter new markets to provide a way for passengers to hai

In A Win For E-Hail Services, Judge Clears The Way For Mobile Taxi Apps To Launch In NYC

New York City is one step closer to having regulator-approved e-hail apps, thanks to the end of litigation against the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission. That's because a judge today dismissed a

Cabulous Rebrands As Flywheel, Plans Major Marketing Push To Bring E-Hail To Cabs Across The US

Mobile transportation startup Cabulous launched in 2010 with plans to bring Uber-like e-hailing to taxi fleets throughout the country. And while it's been fairly successful in getting cabs signed up a