TechFlash: How Amazon got you this holiday season; Under 35? Go to Renton

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Amazon dominates the holidays: Prime adds 3 million members in a week Amazon's $99-a-year membership service got a huge bump from the holiday season this year as people took advantage of two-hour and same-day delivery services. Here's what those 3 million new Amazon Prime members were after (and it isn't low prices) Amazon added more than 3 million subscribers in one week ahead of the holiday weekend. Here's how the company was able to pull that off. Under 35? Want to buy a house in Seattle? Try Renton instead An average millennial could afford to buy a 539-square-foot house in Seattle, a new report shows. In San Francisco, the same millennial would have to settle for just 135 square feet. Our View: What Seattle knows about housing that S.F. can't figure out Pursuing the same approach while expecting different results is sometimes called a functional definition of insanity. Too often, it's also a functional description of how San Francisco fails at housing. Seattle a top city for millennials - but they can only afford to buy half a house Millennials can afford to pay about $200,000 for a home in Seattle right now, which is more expensive than most cities. Despite that, city is one of the most popular for people ages 25-35. Lyft rakes in $105 million from billionaire Saudi prince It's part of a $248 million fundraising round and raises its value to nearly $5 billion. National Tech News Could these be the first Bay Area unicorns to IPO in 2016? Entrepreneurs say they're thriving at incubator program 10 movies to inspire entrepreneurs in 2016 'Mobile cramming' refund deadline approaches for Sprint, Verizon customers 5 trends that will shape the on-demand economy in 2016 and beyond

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