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Pee on these San Francisco walls and they’ll shoot it straight back

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Trying to find a roommate who won’t drive you crazy? This startup wants to help

Roommate-matching startup room.me launches Friday with the goal of improving roommate pairings by using an algorithm inspired by dating sites.
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Uber recruits new drivers with UberDrive, a navigation game for iOS

Uber is launching a mobile game aimed at driving Partner signups with the ride-sharing app.
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Google remains dominated by white men

If you need proof that throwing money at a problem won't fix it overnight, look no further than Google's longstanding issue with diversity in the workplace.
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Is Apple Watch’s San Francisco font heading for iOS and OS X?

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San Francisco named most frugal city in America

San Francisco's notoriety for its skyrocketing cost of living could be the reason why it reached the top spot for frugality.
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Increased drone activity around Golden Gate Bridge ramps up security fears

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Skip the laundromat: On-demand laundry service Washio now offers 30-minute pickup

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Xiaomi rumored to hold February 12 event in San Francisco

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New couch doesn’t fit in your car? Get Lugg — it’s like Uber for moving stuff

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Flywheel battles Uber surge pricing with $10 rides on New Year’s Eve

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San Francisco launches free Wi-Fi in public spaces, with help from Google

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Parking-space auction app disables service following San Francisco legal threat

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San Francisco cracks down on apps auctioning public parking spaces

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Police use ‘bait bikes’ with GPS technology and public Twitter shaming to fight bicycle theft

“Bait bikes” are bicycles tagged with GPS tracking devices, and they’re being used by the San Francisco Police Department to catch and shame bike thieves.
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High tech cow tipping? Police search for vandals tipping smart cars

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Text and drive in San Francisco? This guy wants to publicly shame you

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Hotel offers a free drink if you wear Google Glass

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Google to take over San Francisco work space, may upset long-time locals

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Facebook follows Google and launches ferry service for workers

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Google, Apple commuter buses in San Francisco to pay for use of public stops

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Google hires catamaran to take San Francisco employees to work

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Google barge to be ‘unprecedented artistic structure …. with a bit of nautical whimsy’

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Floating store? Water-based data center? Google reportedly up to something in SF Bay

Google gifts $600K to San Francisco to bring free Wi-Fi to parks and plazas

Photographer sets up Craigslist sting to get stolen Canon DSLR back

Utilizing Craigslist to ensnare a camera thief, a man was able get his stolen dSLR camera back and assist the police with the arrest.
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World’s largest LED light sculpture to illuminate San Francisco’s Bay Bridge from Tuesday

Outbox takes all your snail mail and converts it to a digital format

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Sprint quietly rolls out 4G LTE coverage to San Francisco

Sprint expanded its 4G LTE coverage to San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
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CurbTXT: Don’t leave an angry note on the car, save a tree and send them an anonymous text instead

If you don’t like how someone parked in San Francisco, now you can send him or her an anonymous text.
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San Francisco’s ambitious 25,000-LED light show set for Bay Bridge in March

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Robotic ‘Alpha’ machine can produce six hamburgers a minute

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Video: Tech’s finest propose how startups can fix San Francisco’s problems

Tech's leading minds in San Francisco, from Twitter to Jawbone, unveiled a promo video of how they'd improve the city, while plugging Prop E.
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Verizon users hit with third data outage in December