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Ride-share caps suspended; issue is heading to ballot

The Seattle City Council's decision to limit ride-sharing services in Seattle will be put on ice until the voters weigh in on a ballot referendum this fall.

$96M golden parachute after 15 months work

Yahoo fired Chief Operating Officer Henrique de Castro in January after just more than a year on the job. A new SEC filing shows he walked away with roughly $96 million.

Microsoft admits Sony PS4 has huge lead over Xbox One

Microsoft sold 311,000 Xbox One consoles in March, down quite a bit from the 1 million consoles it sold in the 24 hours after the product's launch, or the 908,000 consoles it sold in December

Was Steve Jobs a bully? Should court hear about it?

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe asked a court to exclude evidence that would paint Steve Jobs as a bully. Workers suing the companies claiming anti-competitive hiring practices say the character evidence should be allowed.

Siri, what's that song that goes 'la-lala-la'?

Apple is teaming up with song-identification company Shazam Entertainment to build its service into the iPhone or iPad with the rollout of its next iOS update.

Amazon should buy Sears, analyst says

Acquiring the retailer's 2,400 brick-and-mortar stores would let Amazon save money on distribution centers.

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