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Seattle ties for eighth nationally in tech-enabled transportation options

A new report places Seattle in the top ten U.S. cities with innovative transportation options. The report, released by the Washington Public… Read More

Microsoft debuts Picturesque, a replacement lock screen for Android users

Microsoft today released a new app for Android users that spices up lock screens. Born out of the Microsoft Garage hacker… Read More

HTC faults Google for slow rollout of ‘Lollipop’ to its Android smartphones

HTC is finding out just how hard it can be to keep an Android operating system promise. It’s revealed it… Read More

Fast-growing mobile marketing analytics startup Tune scores $27M, plans to hire 100 employees

Tune, which bootstrapped its way to success during its first four years, continues to reel in outside financing to fuel… Read More

Zipwhip raises $5M for huge sales push as texting from landlines takes off

Zipwhip, the Seattle-based company that enables existing landline phones to send and receive text messages, has raised $5 million in… Read More

Kim Kardashian to star in T-Mobile’s Super Bowl ad

Here’s another Un-carrier move for T-Mobile: Recruiting Kim Kardashian West to star in its Super Bowl commercial. In the past, T-Mobile’s… Read More

Microsoft sold a record 10.5M Lumia smartphones last quarter; Surface revenue tops $1B

Microsoft set a record for Lumia smartphone sales last financial quarter. In its quarterly earnings report posted today, the Redmond company said… Read More

T-Mobile offers steep discounts on upgrades with new $5/month ‘Score’ program

People who want free phones have been out of luck with T-Mobile ever since the carrier did away with wireless… Read More

Outspoken mavericks unite: Richard Sherman inks endorsement deal with John Legere’s T-Mobile

This is going to be fun to watch. Two of Seattle’s most outspoken media personalities — Richard Sherman of the… Read More

Starbucks to use baristas and mystery 3rd-party service for coffee delivery

Ready to get that Starbucks coffee delivered to your desk? CEO Howard Schultz confirmed on the company’s earnings call Thursday… Read More

T-Mobile ending credit checks on smartphone deals for customers with strong payment records

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is going after another of the wireless industry’s “dirtiest little secrets” — the practice of giving the best… Read More

Google reportedly partnering with Sprint and T-Mobile to sell its own phone plans

Google is teaming up with T-Mobile and Sprint to offer its own phone plans, according to a report today from… Read More

HTC’s next flagship phone reportedly launching in March alongside smartwatch

HTC is getting ready to launch its latest hardware, with a new camera phone and smartwatch reportedly in the works.… Read More

Deutsche Telekom calls T-Mobile CEO’s approach ‘very American’

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has been called everything from outspoken to offensive — now you can add “very American” to the… Read More

T-Mobile appeals to wireless cheapskates with no-frills ‘Simply Prepaid’ plans

T-Mobile this morning announced a new slate of budget-oriented prepaid wireless plans, starting at $40/month, for customers willing to give… Read More

App Annie secures $55M to provide even more data about your apps

If you are a mobile developer, there’s a good chance you compulsively check App Annie to see how your app… Read More

Sprint fends off T-Mobile by adding nearly a million customers in Q4

Sprint announced preliminary results for the company’s fiscal third quarter late today, disclosing it added 967,000 net subscribers in the last… Read More

T-Mobile shares soar on record customer growth and this year’s plan of attack

T-Mobile’s stock jumped nearly 5 percent today after the fourth-largest U.S. carrier reported a record 8.3 million net customer additions in 2014 and laid… Read More

AT&T follows T-Mobile with data rollover plan, but there’s a catch

AT&T is taking a page from T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier book, announcing a new program today that will enable its customers to save unused data… Read More

John Legere

T-Mobile adds 2.1M customers in Q4, capping its biggest year ever

T-Mobile announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter this morning, disclosing that it added 2.1 million customers during the period, bringing… Read More

Sprint’s ‘Cut Your Bill in Half’ deal generated huge spike in store visits, report says

Sprint’s catchy promotion last month that offered to “Cut Your Bill in Half” was very effective in drawing new customers into its… Read More

HTC logs first sales gain in three years thanks to new devices

HTC, the Taiwanese company known for making Android smartphones, said it posted its first quarterly revenue growth in more than three… Read More

Ex-HTC execs launch futuristic scooter, with a familiar monthly bill

You might expect a company with so much HTC talent to launch a smartphone or some other high-tech gadget. But today… Read More

The connected car of the future: Get ready for more software bugs

LAS VEGAS — Automobiles today just aren’t steel, glass and rubber. They also are 4-wheeled computers, with new vehicles containing… Read More

Mobile marketing startup Tune tops $40M in 2014 revenue, makes two mystery acquisitions

Seattle mobile marketing startup Tune just finished quite a year, topping 250 employees and doubling revenue to more than $40… Read More

Microsoft’s new $29 cell phone has a battery that will last a month

Microsoft has dropped the Nokia branding from its line of Lumia smartphones, but it lives on with a new budget cell… Read More

Live blog: AT&T execs dish on emerging technologies at CES keynote

LAS VEGAS — We’ve just settled in here at the Palms Casino Resort, where we’ll hear from AT&T executives who… Read More

Sleepless nights and Red Bull: Welcome to this 36-hour Vegas hackathon

LAS VEGAS— This city is known for sleepless nights, and hot action on the casino floor. And that’s exactly what’s… Read More

John Legere

T-Mobile’s Legere hedges on promise to beat Sprint by year-end

Will T-Mobile overtake Sprint this year? John Legere isn’t so confident anymore. In a letter outlining his predictions for the… Read More

Chart: Apple dominates holiday device sales, with glimmer of hope for Microsoft

There were a lot of people unwrapping iPhones this holiday season, according to a new report from mobile analytics company… Read More

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