TechFlash: Inside the paychecks of D.C.'s UberX drivers; 1776's new partner

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Uber drivers in D.C. are paid about $4 more an hour than cabbies ​Uber's "driver-partners" who work in D.C. make $4 an hour more than regular cabbies. They also work less than 15 hours a week and handle about one and a half fares per hour. 1776 partners with firm founded by former Obama campaign staffers District-based accelerator 1776 has partnered with Precision Strategies, a communications firm, to aid startups in the development of their marketing and public relations platforms. Vienna cybersecurity startup pitches new approach to catching hackers A small cybersecurity company will officially launch Jan. 26 with what its founders describe as game-changing technology that can spot a hack in real time. Now, if they can just penetrate the noise to get people to notice. Mormon Church funding model inspires 3-D printing program This Baltimore nonprofit will get 3-D printers to teachers. National Technology News Box raises $175M after IPO tops targets, company valued at $1.67B BitTorrent bounces back from deathbed, finds unconventional ways to grow Benchmark VC Gurley says overvalued startups are headed for a 'reckoning' Tech giants hunt new customers in unserved markets as smartphones boom The Internet of trash: Bigbelly plans to move beyond the solar-powered garbage can

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