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Project Fi deal for $199 LG Nexus 5X phone

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Google opens up Project Fi cell service – worth switching from T-Mobile?

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.07.2016

Invites are so passé — thankfully. First, OnePlus dropped their (annoying) invite-only system for its well-made, innovative Android handsets. Now, Google is allowing anyone, even us unwashed…

Dirty Dancing - Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey

Culture

Dirty Dancing Re-visited: 1987 film adapted for stage (Video)

BY LONI STARK — 03.07.2016

I go backstage at the Golden Gate Theatre and re-discover some 80's magic.

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Pebble Smartwatch: One of its best features is one I didn’t know I needed

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.07.2016

Got to hand it to Pebble. Time and time again, the Palo Alto-based start-up gets the little things right in its bid to keep it…

Zarko Draganic, McKeeby Lodge Computer Camp

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Forever Zarko

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.06.2016

Two years ago to this very day the world lost a truly special person. Zarko Draganic was a wunderkind, a “Supergeek” who had a profound…

Festival Napa Valley, CabFest, Bottega Gran Fondo with Loni Stark

Food & Wine

Can’t Miss Wine Events: CabFest, Flavor!, Festival Napa Valley, Bottega Gran Fondo (Videos)

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.03.2016

Spring is almost here, and with summer just around the corner it can only mean one thing: the Stark Insider calendar is filling up with…

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Dear YouTube Creators, we’re definitely not in 2009 anymore – 5 ways to fight for attention

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.03.2016

You upload your best ever video to YouTube, then check back in a few days. Sigh. 10 views. Welcome to 2016. It wasn’t always like this.…

Independent Film

Director Tom McCarthy on ‘Spotlight’, “If we increase awareness, we’ve done our job as story-tellers”

BY LONI STARK — 03.01.2016

Legacy journalism and new media. Oscar-winning film 'Spotlight' is about more than just scandal. Watch as director Tom McCarthy talks about the future of news…

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New Uber Logo: In Silicon Valley status quo is never a good option

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.01.2016

Sometimes things change for the sake of, well, change. And change alone. It’s not standard practice for us, especially here in Silicon Valley, to embrace the…

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Easy winter road tripping through Western Montana’s Glacier Country

BY JANICE NIEDER — 02.27.2016

Culinary tourism writer Janice Nieder gets her wanderlust on, Montana style. Here are some of the best things to see, do and eat in this…

Culture

The pitfalls of parenting summed up perfectly in this video

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.25.2016

The Talk is “not for young children unless you want an awkward talk with them.” Indeed. The pitfalls of parenting. Sugar-coating be damned. The 8-minute…