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What you can do about Comcast raising its modem fees to $10 a month

Happy New Year! Your Comcast cable modem will soon cost $10 a month to rent, up from the previous $8 fee.… Read More

Ex-Cheezburger, Garden.com execs raise $10M for digital media startup acquisition fund

Teneology, a Seattle-based acquisition fund led by former Cheezburger exec Cliff Sharples, has raised a $10 million round led by Tritium… Read More

Pivotal Living vows to fix problems with free wearable fitness tracker as user complaints mount

Initial interest in Pivotal Living’s fitness tracker has exceeded expectations by a great deal — but that’s not all good news for… Read More

BMW car-sharing service, other competitors may soon arrive in Seattle to challenge Car2go

Since launching in Seattle less than two years ago, Car2go has become a popular mode of transportation with more than 59,000 registered drivers and… Read More

Flywheel lambasts Uber’s surge pricing strategy, offers $10 flat-rate rides on New Years Eve

If you dislike surge pricing and want to hail a ride from your smartphone on New Years Eve, Flywheel might be a… Read More

Costco ‘shocked’ by one-day sales of $3.5M on Alibaba’s Tmall site

Costco will expand more heavily into China after it sold $3.5 million worth of goods over a 24-hour period with the help… Read More

Uber expects to provide 2 million rides worldwide on New Years Eve

New Years Eve 2014 could end up being Uber’s busiest day yet. The on-demand transportation company this morning held a conference call… Read More

The elusive Microsoft Band: Is it truly popular or just in short supply?

Did you get a Microsoft Band for Christmas? Consider yourself one of the few. The Redmond company’s $200 fitness tracker/smartwatch is… Read More

Updated: Twitter recovered from login woes

Update: Twitter’s service is back to normal following a five hour period this evening when users were unable to log in.… Read More

My new drone got stuck in a tree 10 seconds after its maiden flight on Christmas

I’m finally a drone pilot — in the most unofficial sense, ever. Like thousands of others, I opened up a drone… Read More

Cerevast raises $10M for ‘ClotBuster’ ultrasonic headframe device, a new therapy for stroke patients

Cerevast Therapeutics, a 5-year-old Redmond company that’s developing a novel approach for treating stroke patients with ultrasound, has raised $10 million… Read More

Barnes & Noble buys back Nook stake from Pearson in preparation for spin-off

Barnes & Noble has paid Pearson $27.7 million in cash and stock to buy back its stake in the company’s… Read More

NanoString expands office and lab space

NanoString, a 12-year-old Seattle company whose tools help genetic researchers better analyze genes and molecules, is expanding its footprint in… Read More

Uber CEO prosecuted in South Korea for operating illegal service

Another day, another legal problem for Uber. South Korean prosecutors indicted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and an exec from Uber’s Korean business… Read More

Seattle’s largest taxi fleet fights back against Uber, Lyft with its own hailing app

Better late than never. In an attempt to keep up with the likes of Uber and Lyft, Seattle’s largest taxi… Read More

Lyft finally adds fare splitting for up to 5 people

Lyft just announced a fare splitting option for people who use its transportation service. Now, people who want to share… Read More

Instacart halts alcohol delivery in Washington over regulatory issues

Instacart customers in Washington looking to get some booze for their holiday party this week will have to turn elsewhere.… Read More

Zulily continues to tumble, shares sink 10 percent trading near IPO price

Shares of Zulily are down nearly 10 percent in Nasdaq trading today following a report by ITG Research which says… Read More

Juno Therapeutics’ stock continues to rise after successful IPO

Juno Therapeutics is just a little more than a year old, but the Seattle area biotech startup has quite the… Read More

Twitter stock jumps after analyst suggests CEO Dick Costolo could leave within a year

Twitter’s stock surprisingly jumped today after Sun Trust analyst Robert Peck told CNBC that CEO Dick Costolo may be on… Read More

Foodies and chefs, take note: Dinner Lab brings pop-up restaurant service to Seattle

Heads up, Seattle foodies: Dinner Lab is launching its pop-up restaurant service in your city. The fast-growing food startup announced today that… Read More

How to buy the Playstation 4 for $329

If you’ve been waiting for Sony to drop the price of its Playstation 4, well, Wal-Mart has what you need.… Read More

Bill Gates proves once again that he’s an amazing Secret Santa

A 25-year-old Reddit user named Cali was one of more than 212,000 people who participated this year in Reddit’s Secret… Read More

Bill Sleeper, 1915-2014: Our 99-year-old ‘Geek of the Week’ gave seniors the power of technology

Bill Sleeper, a wise-cracking and whip-smart retired electrical engineer, who inspired younger generations with his enthusiasm for technology and opened the… Read More

Juno Therapeutics stock rises 45% after first day as public company

Juno Therapeutics‘ first day as a public company is in the books — and it certainly was a good one.… Read More

T-Mobile to pay $90 million over bill ‘cramming’

T-Mobile will pay out $90 million in a massive settlement over the company’s involvement in “cramming” practices, following months of… Read More

Uber wants to patent controversial surge pricing technique

If you don’t like how Uber applies a surge pricing model to help meet demand during busy times, well, it… Read More

Google Fiber postpones decision to install speedy Internet service in Portland, other metros

Those hoping for super-fast fiber Internet across the nation from Google will have to wait. The search giant announced Thursday… Read More

Juno Therapeutics prices IPO at $24, shares soar in debut

Juno Therapeutics, a heavily-funded cancer research company that was formed just 16 months ago, priced its initial public offering Thursday… Read More

Bill Gates and Madrona lead $15M investment in secretive high-tech radar company Echodyne

Bill Gates and Madrona Venture Group are leading a $15 million investment in a new company called Echodyne, which is… Read More