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Report: Comcast data caps result in more than 13,000 FCC complaints

Comcast is slowly expanding data caps for its home internet users, with many Xfinity Internet users in the southeast U.S.… Read More

How computers broke science – and what we can do to fix it

[Editor’s Note: Ben Marwick is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Washington. This article was originally published on The Conversation. It’s republished… Read More

Leaked Comcast scripts claim ‘fairness’ justifies new broadband data limits

While data caps are now common for mobile users, many home broadband internet connections have been seen as unlimited gateways to the… Read More

Where there’s smoke, there’s data: Forest Service tries novel approach to predict impact of wildfires

When wildfires blaze, the smoke matters. It matters to firefighters battling the flames on the ground and those pouring water… Read More

Tableau unveils first standalone mobile app Vizable to help people see, crunch data on iPads

For the first time ever, Tableau is rolling out a standalone mobile app. The Seattle-based data visualization company today debuted Vizable, an iOS… Read More

Seattle PD’s new tech chief Bill Schrier on big data, transparency, and replacing an Amazon exec

Last March, the Seattle Police Department made waves when it hired Amazon.com Vice President Greg Russell as its new chief… Read More

Geek of the Week: Software engineer Mike Christensen wants to optimize the world

Mike Christensen is a life-long software engineer — a career that began remarkably early. While most of his kindergarten peers were mastering… Read More

‘Big Parenting’: How data and technology are changing our families

WASHINGTON, D.C. — If power corrupts, does technological power corrupt absolutely? At an intimate workshop in Georgetown this week, just a quick Uber… Read More

90% of Americans want privacy, less than 10% believe they can get it

The disparity is as dramatic as any you’re likely to see in a public opinion survey.  Nine out of 10… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Fasterbids crunches price quote data to streamline home improvement sales

Seattle is experiencing an unprecedented sellers market. The region has its lowest inventory of homes for sale in history and last… Read More

Geek of the Week: From startup to Microsoft to Facebook, Nick Berry is a tech virtuoso

Nick Berry has had an notable career in the technology industry. After receiving a Master’s in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, he… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Zenobase helps you aggregate, make sense of personal data

Ever wonder if the phase of the moon affects your sleep? How about whether swimming or running is better for… Read More

Seattle Police Dept. hires Amazon VP as top tech exec, promising more data-driven crime-fighting

The Seattle Police Department this morning named Amazon vice president Greg Russell as its new chief information officer — aiming… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Responding to Revenge Porn, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and more

Hunter Moore, the infamous revenge porn kingpin, pleaded guilty to hacking and theft charges this week. Moore, who rose to internet… Read More

T-Mobile will give throttled data customers better info on connection speeds

T-Mobile customers who go over their data limits will get more information about how their connection is being throttled, thanks… Read More

How Apple may have ended the retail point-of-sale data breach crisis

Apple had a big day yesterday. David Goldman over at CNN even said that “Apple got its mojo back” yesterday.… Read More

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot on why data analysts are like artists: ‘The creative problem solvers of the modern era’

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot took the stage today for its annual customer conference, telling the more than 5,000 data nerds… Read More

Nextcast: Context Relevant’s Stephen Purpura on the progression of big data

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura is working on the leading edge of big data — helping companies use their data… Read More

Hey AT&T, don’t throttle me!

There’s a great debate that occasionally rages here in the GeekWire offices. Unlimited cellular data plans, or lower-cost metered plans?… Read More

Microsoft hires its own chief economist, from Google

Microsoft this morning announced a new position of chief economist inside the company, and named Preston McAfee — most recently… Read More

Sprint tells data hogs they’ll have to hit the slow lane

LTE data lovers, beware: Sprint has started sending out notices to people who use the most data on its network,… Read More

Here’s what Tableau CEO Christian Chabot thinks about competing against Microsoft, MicroStrategy and everyone else

Microsoft is making a big play in big data, with CEO Satya Nadella noting at the company’s “Insights Await” event… Read More

Porch rolls out Lowe’s partnership nationally, reaching 1,700 stores

After a successful test in pilot markets, Seattle-based home-improvement data startup Porch has expanded its partnership with Lowe’s to all of the… Read More

Tableau files for $345 million stock offering, looks to boost ‘financial flexibility’

Tableau Software —coming off a blockbuster initial public offering last May — is now looking to raise even more money. The… Read More

T-Mobile doubles data for its Simple Choice plan, adds international texting

T-Mobile announced today that starting on March 23, customers who are using the company’s Simple Choice plan will get more… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: The data science behind that amazing U.S. dialect quiz

Have you taken the U.S. dialect quiz, the one published by the New York Times a couple weeks ago? It… Read More

Was it smart to ditch unlimited data? Revisiting my decision, one year later

On a recent family road trip, I paused for just a moment when my daughter started watching a show on… Read More

University of Washington part of 5-year, $37.8M effort to apply data science to genetics, economics and other fields

It’s becoming an increasingly data driven world. And those organizations that can make sense of the vast arrays of information… Read More

More transparency: Microsoft not satisfied with government’s new security request plan

Back when the NSA’s snooping practices were revealed in June, Microsoft joined fellow tech giants Google and Facebook in asking the U.S. government for… Read More

Tableau makes Tableau Desktop free to investigative journalists, letting them keep projects private

Tableau Software is making its premium Tableau Desktop data visualization software free to members of the Investigative Reporters & Editors… Read More

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