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Startup Spotlight: Validated lets retailers reimburse parking and transportation costs for customers
Entrepreneurs Tov Arneson and Ian Lyman spent two years developing an on-demand parking app before deciding to pivot. They wanted...
Senator: let’s fix “third-party doctrine” that enabled NSA mass snooping
SAN FRANCISCO—This past week hundreds of lawyers, technologists, journalists, activists, and others from around the globe descended upon a university conference center to try to figure out the state of digital rights in 2016. The conference, appropriately dubbed...
GeekWire Deals: This Smart Bluetooth LED bulb lets you choose from 16 million colors
Light has a surprisingly large effect on our day to day life. It can help us wake up after switching to daylights saving time and keep us up at night. It can even make you more eager and ease tension. With today’s GeekWire Deals offer, you can harness control over...
GeekWire Deals: This doorbell lets you keep an eye on your stoop from around the world
Just because you don’t live in a fancy New York apartment building doesn’t mean you can’t have the benefits of a doorman. Sometimes, you just want to stay on the couch when the doorbell rings, and with today’s GeekWire Deals offer, you can still...
User-generated game platform Roblox now lets anyone build free games for the Xbox One
There are a ton of video games available for the Xbox One, from AAA shoot-em-ups like Halo to titles that are more of an acquired taste like D4. But even the most indie game designer still has to dedicate hours of time and resources to building and testing a game before offering it on the Xbox....
App of the Week: Slide lets you create faux-3D GIFs with just a slide of your phone
Every major social network now lets you post videos, but not every photographic situation is improved by video. With this week’s App of the Week, you can add a little depth to a still image just by moving your phone a little. Slide is...
This startup lets you share hotel rooms with strangers to save money
A Seattle startup wants to help you save money on hotel room fares — but only if you’re willing to share a room with a stranger. WinstonClub is a new take on the “sharing economy” with its booking service that matches people who want to cut their expenses...
Flywheel lets taxis replace old hardware with smartphone meter to compete with Uber, Lyft
Taxis in California can now ditch their legacy metering hardware and use smartphone-based technology to calculate fares. Flywheel, the San Francisco-based company which develops an app to let taxi...
Startup Spotlight: CareCap lets healthcare providers offer flexible payment plans to patients
In his years helping companies get out of financial distress, Nevil Hermer observed a trend. Healthcare deductibles were increasing and employees in need of care were becoming more and more squeezed for money. “Given my background in HR, which has included managing healthcare insurance for...