CouchSurfing, an online service that lets users find free lodgings, is investigating a security breach after hackers began selling the details of 17 million users on Telegram channels and hacking ...

The Rise And Evolution Of Couchsurfing Couchsurfing, once a revolutionary concept in the travel world, has changed since its inception. The idea is simple: travelers stay on the couches (or spare ...

CouchSurfing, a website that connects travelers with friendly, foreign strangers willing to share their home, is proving to be fundable business. Today, the company raised an additional $15 million, ...

Since its inception in 2004, Couchsurfing has garnered a lot of attention for a simple idea: strangers offering couches or beds to travelers, at no cost for lodging. At its best, it is a great way to ...

The relaunch of CouchSurfing was more than just a product update for co-founder Casey Fenton. It was in many ways the completion of a total rebirth of CouchSurfing itself. CouchSurfing, a platform ...

Riccardo G.’s profile on CouchSurfing.com, the website that partners intrepid wanderers with willing hosts, notes that he lives in the “best neighborhood to go out and have drinks,” that he offers a ...

Three years before you could rent your fancy 5th Ave Manhattan apartment or luxury seaside mansion in Thailand on Airbnb, travel social network CouchSurfing was *the *place to fill up your sofa or ...

For five years, Casey Fenton and Dan Hoffer had pleaded with the IRS to grant their website, CouchSurfing.org, official 501(c)3 status. They argued that the site, which helps travelers find free ...

In the latest indication Silicon Valley is in the midst of a new technology bubble, CouchSurfing.org, a non-profit website that connects global travelers with locals, has opted to accept $7.6 million ...

Couchsurfing launched in 2004 after co-founder Casey Fenton emailed over 1,500 students in Reykjavik asking for a place to stay. Dozens offered to open their homes. The Couchsurfing website was a ...