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Here are the top 125 cities with the best mobile performance

If you want the best mobile connections, move to Chicago, Oklahoma City, or Lansing. That’s according to the latest study… Read More

Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Instacart will deliver you one within an hour

Some people spend hours, days, and even weeks preparing the most badass Halloween costume possible. For the rest of us,… Read More

uberX, Lyft approved to pick up and drop off passengers at SFO

San Francisco International Airport is now allowing the three major on-demand transportation startups to pick up and drop off passengers… Read More

Inside ‘DubHacks’: Results from a first-ever UW collegiate hackathon

Great things come from little preparation and no sleep — at least that was the case for students who spent… Read More

Marc Andreessen steps down from eBay’s board anyway

Marc Andreessen said he is stepping down from eBay’s board months after shareholder activisit Carl Icahn was seeking a similar change to the… Read More

Stats: This is the gender pay gap at Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech companies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week inadvertently put the tech industry’s gender gap in the spotlight by saying that women shouldn’t ask for… Read More

Coming soon to your Twitter timeline: More stuff you didn’t ask for

Twitter users, get ready to see more tweets from people you don’t know. In a blog post, the social networking… Read More

Beyond Ebola: Infectious disease has gone global, health experts warn

The arrival of Ebola in the U.S. should serve as a high-profile reminder of how quickly — and inevitably — infectious disease… Read More

Chart: Washington state jobless rate rises slightly to 5.9 percent

The economy is still humming in Washington state, thanks in part to booming technology companies like Amazon, Tableau, Zillow and… Read More

Bean Box: A collection of coffee from Seattle roasters, delivered to your door each month

Sending a monthly collection of fresh coffee roasts to people around the country probably wasn’t in Lucky Oyster’s business plan. But… Read More

Neighborhood social network Nextdoor teams with the City of Seattle

Emerald City users of Nextdoor now have a new away to stay on top of news from the City of… Read More

Netflix stock sinks after customer growth misses expectations

Shares of Netflix fell more than 25 percent in after hours trading today after the online video juggernaut said that… Read More

Lessons from the King of Denmark: How taxi cabs, hotels and others can compete with upstarts Uber, Airbnb

Long-standing businesses that are seeing fast-growing startups like Uber and Airbnb take away their revenues could learn a thing or two… Read More

August Smart Lock skips over pre-order customers to stock Apple stores instead

Home automation company August launched their flagship Smart Lock today to much fanfare, glowing reviews (well, mostly), and an announcement… Read More

Inside CenturyLink’s fast-growing dev center: Shaking up the cloud with innovative work spaces

CenturyLink’s new cloud development center in downtown Bellevue boasts all of the cool amenities of a typical high-tech office space.… Read More

Sidecar approved to operate at San Francisco airport; Uber, Lyft still illegal

Folks traveling to and from San Francisco International Airport will now have a legal way to hail a Sidecar. The on-demand… Read More

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Here’s how to deal with yesterday’s Dropbox password mess

Yesterday, a cache claiming to hold Dropbox passwords was dumped onto the net, leading many people to speculate that the… Read More

My first bike-sharing ride in Seattle was lots of fun — but not without some speed bumps

Seattle, historically, has been a place of innovation. From native veterans like Microsoft and Amazon, to fast-growing public companies like Zulily and Tableau,… Read More

Costco expands to China with the help of Alibaba’s Tmall

Costco isn’t building out one of its massive membership-only warehouses as part of its first foray into China. Instead, it is partnering… Read More

FlightCar launches in Seattle, lets travelers rent idle cars at the airport

Long-term parking at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport can cost anywhere from $28 per day to $130 per week. Now one company wants… Read More

A chill in Q3: Venture capital funding drops 29%, IPO market cools

That cool fall breeze you’re feeling may not just be the autumn wind. It may be the cooling of the… Read More

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Donuts registers one millionth address using new TLDs

Donuts, the Bellevue-based domain registration company, announced today that it has hit a major milestone in its sale of new… Read More

Flight attendants sue to make passengers stash smartphones during takeoff and landing

Some travelers jumped for joy last year when the FAA decided to allow smartphone, tablet and e-reader use during takeoffs… Read More

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T-Mobile to sell Sony’s flagship Xperia Z3 smartphone on October 29

T-Mobile announced today that it will sell Sony’s flagship Xperia Z3 smartphone on Oct. 29 for $630 up front or… Read More

Seattle’s bike-share program launches today: Here are the docking station locations

Bike-sharing arrives in Seattle today. Pronto! Emerald City Cycle Share launches on Monday with an inaugural ride hosted by Seattle Mayor Ed… Read More

Check in with your finger: Alaska Airlines testing ‘e-thumb’ technology

Physical boarding passes — and even mobile ticketing — may be a thing of the past if the new “e-thumb” technology… Read More

Glenn Fleishman to shutter The Magazine, an experiment in long-form online journalism

Longtime Seattle-based journalist Glenn Fleishman is pulling the plug on The Magazine, a bi-weekly independent digital tech publication originally started by… Read More

Carl Icahn rips Marc Andreessen over Skype deal, says VC has ‘screwed more people than Casanova’

It’s safe to say that Carl Icahn and Marc Andreessen aren’t exactly on good terms. After Andreessen called Icahn an “evil… Read More

President Obama publishes Medium post encouraging America’s entrepreneurs

“Entrepreneurship is in your DNA.” That’s a line from President Obama’s first post on Medium, titled “Why I’m Betting on You… Read More

Competition for Comcast, CenturyLink? Broadband expert discusses municipal Internet idea for Seattle

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray thinks that his citizens deserve faster and cheaper Internet. His constituents probably wouldn’t mind having more… Read More

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