Steve Jobs is dead, but his haute design super-yacht will prowl the seas forever—right now it's off Cabo San Lucas. [Photo via Instagram]

Whether it's a data center, Google Glass store, or floating stage for an Eric Schmidt orgy on international waters, one thing's for sure about Google's mystery boats: they're creeping everyone out. But an intrepid reporter at the Portland Press Herald checked one out.

Last time San Francisco's BART employees went on strike, local car rental app seized the opportunity: nothing says solidarity like a private helicopter ride. Today, with more labor rumblings, Uber is offering free boat rides to avoid public transportation.

I hate it when people say startups focus largely on bourgeois concerns, like how "most boats sit unused for 95 percent of the year," according to TechCrunch. So it's refreshing to see "Boatbound" shake things up. Or splash things up, more like it!