The world of design has recently been brought to the forefront of the startup world. With 500 Startups launching their “Designer Fund,” solely focused on helping companies founded by designers,… Read More
Joss Whedon is one of those creators who, for one reason or another, has a die-hard fan-base. If you’re having a hard time understanding what it means to be a… Read More
Oregon is more than that little bastion of ‘Portlandia’ jokes sandwiched in between Seattle and Silicon Valley — they have tech, too. And this week Hillsboro-based Kryptiq, an electronic medical… Read More
Tens of thousands of people have descended on downtown Seattle for the annual Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX, the annual “Woodstock for gamers” that draws people from around the country… Read More
In February, we reported that Paul McCartney had pulled his music from streaming sites, like Rhapsody, Spotify and Rdio. It appears that the Beatle’s camp has changed their minds —… Read More
Workday, a Pleasanton, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based payroll, financial management and employee expense management, has filed to raise up to $400 million through an initial public offering. It… Read More
It’s always interesting to compare various tech markets, and a new interactive map created by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Engine shows in great detail the areas of the country… Read More
Americans really hate their computers — at least when they aren’t working properly. A new study commissioned by Crucial.com and conducted by Harris Interactive found that 52 percent of Americans… Read More
Giant Thinkwell’s latest product, Haiku Deck, has been getting quite a bit of attention over the last few weeks. We covered the team of three — Adam Tratt, Kevin Leneway, and… Read More
The giant Penny Arcade Expo video game convention, better known as PAX, kicks off this morning in Seattle, and Microsoft will be using the venue to preview some of the… Read More
Amazon.com has reportedly chosen Nokia to provide the mapping technology on the next-generation Kindle Fire, a device that is expected to be launched at an event in Santa Monica, California next… Read More
It’s not unusual for Facebook to be hiring at its Seattle engineering outpost, but some of its latest job openings represent a new approach. For the first time the company… Read More
Lee Dirks and Judy Lew, a married couple who both worked at Microsoft, were killed in a car accident this week in Peru, where they were celebrating their 15th wedding… Read More
Some people in the Seattle region might have been disappointed last year when we didn’t land a real Space Shuttle. But after getting a behind-the-scenes look at the Space Shuttle… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has spent years revamping Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, first with the failed Commons project in the 1990s and most recently with a massive redevelopment of… Read More
Microsoft’s Bing search engine today rolled out the latest in a series of Facebook-related features, launching a tool for quickly searching photos uploaded to the social network by your friends. It’s… Read More
Smartphones are nearly everywhere in the U.S., but the number one market for smartphone shipments is now China, according to a report out today by IDC. China will account for… Read More
Many of us have experienced it before: Our flight is descending or taking off, and we’re told to turn off our Kindles until we land or reach the plane’s cruising… Read More
Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain usually spends his days scouring the Pacific Northwest landscape for the hottest startups. But not this week. McIlwain is one of a handful of venture… Read More
This must be the year for Seattle area venture capital firms to hit the fundraising trail. Madrona Venture Group has already raised the largest fund in its history, a $300… Read More
Amazon has sold out of its Kindle Fire one week before a news conference where the company is expected to unveil a follow-up to the tablet and other Kindle devices.… Read More
Say farewell to any semblance of productivity at the office today. Atari is relaunching eight of its classic games on the web, working with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team and developer… Read More
Parallels is launching the next version of its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization software today, including new features to help run Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system on a Mac.… Read More
Amazon.com’s New York-based publishing business has entered into a deal with Ingram to distribute its e-book titles, opening up the possibility that competitors such as Barnes & Noble, Kobo or… Read More
Do you sit around all day, wishing you could engage in some post-apocalyptic planet-destroying action, pitting your strategy against other wannabe planet-destroyers in real time? Well, ‘Planetary Annihilation’ is one… Read More
Apple plans to open a bigger retail store at Bellevue Square this Saturday, moving to a new location in the mall. They’re hosting a grand reopening ceremony on Saturday at… Read More
Samsung this morning unveiled a new line of devices under the name ATIV — a collection of tablets, convertible notebooks and phones based on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 and Windows… Read More
If slapping your signature on the Declaration of Independence is a dream of yours, then today is your lucky day. Seattle and San Fran-based DocuSign and the Spirit of Liberty… Read More
Marc Stolzman must like the letter “Z.” Last week, Stolzman notified Zumiez that he planned to resign as CFO of the retailer, effective September 14th. The SEC filing announcing the… Read More
With all the social networking and such online it was only a matter of time until shopping got more into the act, too. Zappos has announced a new page called… Read More