Airbnb agrees to hand over hosts’ data to settle its NYC lawsuit

For two years, Airbnb has been battling a New York City bill that would force short-term rental services to hand over data about hosts. Friday, Airbnb agreed to share that data. The two sides reached a settlement with compromises that Airbnb says pro...

Airbnb agrees to register all hosts in San Francisco

Airbnb, HomeAway and San Francisco have finally set aside their differences and figured out how to automatically register all hosts in the city. The house-sharing service sued the City by the Bay in federal court after an ordinance was passed by supe...