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Uber to test new carpooling service ‘uberHOP’ in Seattle with $5 flat fees
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Uber is piloting a new carpooling service in Seattle beginning on Thursday. Called uberHOP, the service uses designated pickup locations and matches people going on similar routes. The idea is to pack more people in one vehicle, thus saving customers money and increasing efficiency for Uber drivers. Uber Seattle GM Brooke Steger told GeekWire that for now, uberHOP will operate on...
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Circa news app to re-launch under new owner Sinclair, will open office in Seattle
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Circa is making a comeback. The news app that shut down operations this past June after failing to raise funding is being re-launched under new ownership. The Wall Street Journal reported that Sinclair Broadcast Corp., a publicly-traded company based in Maryland, acquired Circa and has hired a former Washington Times executive to help start a new version of...
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Seattle startup CEO victim of terrifying carjacking
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Haiku Deck CEO Adam Tratt was the victim of a frightening carjacking on Sunday afternoon, one which resulted in the pistol-wielding perpetrator later being shot by Seattle police officers in the Ravenna neighborhood. Tratt, a well-known startup CEO and former marketing director at Cranium whose latest company has won GeekWire Awards and other recognition, was taking his kids...
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Comcast and Seattle reach revised franchise agreement after city complains that Philly got a sweeter deal
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It didn’t take Comcast much time to revise its new 10-year franchise agreement with the City of Seattle after city officials demanded more benefits for low-income residents. The city announced today that it reached a new tentative deal with the cable giant that includes additional benefits for low-income seniors and an extra $ 450,000 in digital equity grant money....
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Airbnb report says it isn’t affecting the rental market in Seattle
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Airbnb rentals throughout the Seattle area shouldn’t be affecting rents or the availability of new housing, according to new data presented by the company. That’s the latest report Airbnb released on Friday, examining how its home-sharing service has affected the rental market in Seattle. Airbnb reports that most rentals available in the city are home-shares, not complete units, and that 60...
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Uber policy advisor David Plouffe calls proposed Seattle ordinance to unionize drivers ‘puzzling’
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David Plouffe thinks a proposed ordinance to help Uber drivers unionize is “puzzling,” and one that may cost the City of Seattle a lot of dough if approved by councilmembers next week. Plouffe, a former advisor to President Barack Obama who joined Uber last year as a policy executive and has since transitioned to a strategic advisor role,...
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Sneak peek: Drawings show plans for new U.S.-China tech graduate campus in Seattle area
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Design proposals for UW's new Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX. The Global Innovation Exchange has submitted designs for its new facility in Bellevue, Wash., where students from around the world will learn about technology and entrepreneurship in a groundbreaking partnership between Seattle’s University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University. The collaboration, which represents the first time...
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Seattle backs out of agreement, demands Comcast to expand low-income internet program
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The Seattle City Council was set to approve a new 10-year franchise agreement with Comcast on Wednesday, but now city officials are pressing pause after seeing what the cable giant did in the Philadelphia market. In a letter sent to Comcast penned by Mayor Ed Murray and Councilmember Bruce Harrell, city officials were “disappointed to learn of the franchise agreed to between Comcast and the City...
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Anthology reports that Seattle ranks second when it comes to cities where techies want to live
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Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Seattle-based career matchmaking service Anthology (formerly Poachable) did a survey of 15,000 of its registered members across the country — and surprise, surprise, most still said that they would prefer to live in San Francisco given the choice. “Despite real estate prices soaring and the aforementioned companies [Lyft, Facebook, Apple, Google, Twitter, Uber,...
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