TechFlash: T-Mobile picks on Sprint; Can Microsoft treat diabetes?; Bluetooth HQ

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After merger falls through, T-Mobile throws Sprint under the bus T-Mobile is continuing its aggressive tactics to steal customers from other carriers including Sprint by offering rewards to existing customers who recruit new ones. Call the smartphone doctor: Microsoft wants to see if mobile technology can better treat diabetes Microsoft is teaming up with TracFone and Health Choice Network ​to see if smartphones can help people with diabetes in underserved areas improve their treatment and lower their medical bills. Build your own plane: Chinese-owned Glasair debuts diesel powered aircraft You can head out to Arlington and build one of the first diesel-powered planes at aircraft-maker Glasair. Record setter: Bluetooth's HQ building in Kirkland sells for $31.5 million Price paid works out to $604 per square foot, which is a record for a project of this kind, according to a commercial real estate company. Former Zillow employee's startup rakes in nearly $9 million in funding Brandon Weber, who also worked in commercial real estate in Seattle, is making his mark in New York City and beyond. Space-off: Outer space execs to face off at upcoming Seattle defense conference Two of the three leading contenders to lift people to the International Space Station will be at the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance Defense Conference in Seattle. Seattle biotech startup raises more than $2M, hopes to soon begin human trials Immusoft Corp., a Seattle biotech company, has raised a round of funding that will help it get started on human trials for its cellular modification technology. The Tinder of real estate: Seattle app-maker has one big advantage over Zillow Seattle company Estately is stepping up its mobile game with an app to save or trash houses. REI promotes CFO Eric Artz to dual role The outdoor retailer's chief financial officer, Eric Artz will now also serve as chief operating officer. Airbiquity teaming with Inrix for in-car information systems Seattle's Airbiquity will use Kirkland-based Inrix's traffic app for in-car services delivery platform. Ballmer on the golf course again, this time with Clippers star Chris Paul Ballmer teeing off again at Snoqualmie Ridge early Thursday morning, playing with his new employee, Chris Paul, and PGA star Fred Couples. Microsoft asks: What's the biggest cybersecurity threat in the next 10 years? The world's growth, especially in emerging nations, plays a big role in cybersecurity over the next decade. National Tech News

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