TechFlash: Amazon's big year; Seattle rockets to space; T-Mobile No. 3 in 2015?

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The 11 most important things Amazon did this year Amazon's 11 most important moves of the year include hardware devices, millions of square feet of office space and a billion dollar acquisition. Rockets blew up, Blue Origin got real – Seattle's year in space Seattle-area billionaires interested in outer space spent a lot of money in 2014, and some of them even made progress. T-Mobile to surpass Sprint, become No. 3 wireless company in 2015, CEO predicts T-Mobile CEO John Legere released a list of predictions for 2015 this week, saying T-Mobile's LTE network will cover 300 million people, up from 264 million today. TinyPulse raises $3.5 million to keep employees happy, plans to double staff Seattle startup TinyPulse, led by Seattle entrepreneur and angel investor David Niu, announced a $3.5 million financing round Wednesday. How this ex-Amazon engineer launched $2 billion startup Instacart Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta entered the startup stratosphere yesterday, with a funding round that tipped his company's valuation to $2 billion. But the former Amazon engineer failed repeatedly before coming up with his idea to deliver groceries without warehouses, trucks or owned inventory. For as little as $6, you can rent the hackers that brought down Xbox Live Lizard Squad, the hacker group that attacked Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on Christmas Day, is now selling its services for at little as $6. Is Microsoft about to put Internet Explorer out of its misery? ZDNet reports Microsoft is building a new web browser that will ship with Windows 10. National Tech News Rockets blew up, Blue Origin got real – Seattle's year in space Prosper CEO's oil patch foray goes bust Pew survey says email, Internet top tools for online workers Top 14 best-read stories of the century Best photo illustrations of 2014: Year in Review White Bear Lake bowling alley to close Audit finds problems with state contract that paid AT&T at least $72M 2014 look back: ABJ's most-read health care stories Four leading female VCs offer their thoughts on diversity Portland axe importer failed to alert safety commission to stabbing injuries, suit says

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