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Uber raises massive $1.2B round: CEO Kalanick claims to be ‘changing the fabric’ of cities

Uber announced today that it has raised $1.2 billion — yes, billion with a “b” — at a $17 billion… Read More

The inside story of Rivet & Sway: Why this online retailer closed its doors

Rivet & Sway, the online retailer that specialized in eyeglasses for women, unexpectedly closed its doors this week just 16 months… Read More

Washington teen techies compete in app competition, spark interest in coding

An app to help people who need rescue. An app for keeping track of homework assignments. An app to run… Read More

Lyft now offering drivers discounts on AT&T cell phone plans, spa treatments, movies

As an incentive to attract more drivers, Lyft is now offering discounts on spa treatments, AT&T cell phone plans and… Read More

Map: These billionaires could buy every single home in these 10 U.S. cities

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates could buy all of the homes in Boston. Amazon.com CEO could do the same in Napa,… Read More

NetMotion Wireless taps former Clearwire execs as president, CFO

Former Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch appears to be assembling the old band together at NetMotion Wireless. Six months after joining… Read More

Microsoft calls on U.S. to end bulk data collection, stop data center hacking, and more

A year after the blockbuster revelations about U.S. government surveillance programs, Microsoft is prodding the U.S. government to go further with its reforms… Read More

LinkedIn overhauls paid service with new features and lower-priced premium tier

LinkedIn is making a new push for paid members with a slate of new features for its LinkedIn Premium service, and… Read More

Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams: Not all foreign tech giants are a threat

The perceived threat by foreign companies on U.S. tech giants is totally over hyped. Or, at least, that was the opinion floated yesterday by… Read More

Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams sees companies stressing aesthetics and design, not core technologies

Evan Williams is known for engineering some of the more popular consumer platforms today. He founded Blogger, now owned by Google,… Read More

Seattle mayor postpones cease-and-desist letter for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar

Taxi drivers and those working for transportation network companies (TNC) will have another week to iron out an agreement that… Read More

Meet Stayblcam: This gadget keeps your phone steady while you shoot video

It’s pretty easy to notice when someone has recorded video with shaky hands. Now, a Seattle entrepreneur wants to help fix… Read More

This airline just ditched reclining seats and installed tablet holders

If you are really annoyed by people who recline their seats all the way back on airplanes, well, Monarch Airlines… Read More

How smartphones are enhancing the live music, theater experience

Whether it’s a rock concert or Broadway show, a majority of smartphone owners are using their devices before, during and… Read More

Ignition-backed travel startup Hipmunk raises $20 million

Travel planning site Hipmunk announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led… Read More

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to buy Los Angeles Clippers for $2B

[UPDATE: Steve Ballmer: I’ll do ‘everything in my power’ to keep the Clippers in Los Angeles] Well, that was fast.… Read More

T-Mobile says Uncarrier 5.0 is around the corner

What does John Legere have up his sleeve now? Get ready for another wireless industry shake-up from T-Mobile. The Bellevue-based… Read More

Uber CEO wants to hire campaign manager in war against ‘evil’ taxi industry

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is not shy about his intentions to upend the taxi industry. Speaking today at the Re/code Code… Read More

Microsoft Skype calls to get automated language translation; beta due this year

Microsoft is working on new product called Skype Translator that will translate, in near real-time, words being spoken in different languages on… Read More

Hey, hackers: Here’s your chance to build apps that solve government challenges

Hackers, coders, designers and entrepreneurs with a passion to create technologies that can fix civic issues are invited to “Hack… Read More

Some UberX drivers make more money ($90K) than an average tech worker

Taxi drivers and UberX drivers do the same job: Shuttle people around town. But one group is making far more money… Read More

Boeing buys another European airplane software company, this time AerData

For the second time in less than a week, Boeing has bought another tech company. The aviation giant today announced the… Read More

Surface Pro 3: Why Penny Arcade’s Gabe is struggling with Microsoft’s new tablet

Comic strip artist Mike Krahulik, better known as Penny Arcade’s Gabe, was an early adopter of Microsoft’s Surface Pro — writing… Read More

Boeing buys British tech firm to boost fuel efficiency and management

Boeing announced that it reached an agreement to acquire ETS Aviation, a British firm that specializes in fuel efficiency and… Read More

F5 Networks buys DDoS attack preventer Defense.net

F5 Networks has acquired Defense.net, an 18-month-old startup that helps customers prevent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to servers with a… Read More

Cable TV providers slip in Seattle tech survey, as satisfaction and users decline

Seattle residents don’t always agree on things, to say the least, but they are increasingly united in their sentiments about the… Read More

Why this Republican congressional hopeful is taking Bitcoin donations

B.J. Guillot, a Republican running for Congress in Washington’s 2nd Congressional District, announced today that his campaign will accept donations… Read More

T-Mobile rolls out LTE voice calls in Seattle region

T-Mobile customers in Seattle now have a new, fast way to make phone calls. In a blog post today, T-Mobile… Read More

56-year-old microchip could fetch up to $2M at auction

Christie’s is going to be auctioning off a piece of tech industry history next month. The venerable auction house announced… Read More

Labor rights activists protest T-Mobile with MacklemoreSucks.com site

Student activists angry with how T-Mobile treats its call center workers are now using Macklemore to spread awareness about their cause.… Read More

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