Twitch is continuing its push into social media, announcing Thursday that it will rebrand the Curse app, a communication hub for the gaming community, as an extension of Twitch. The… Read More
Bookmarking app Pocket is looking to cut out copy and pasting with a new iMessage app. Pocket, which was acquired by Mozilla last month, allows you to save online content, like articles… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a warrant to search a Facebook page that organizes protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The warrant would allow police to access messages,… Read More
These days you don’t even need to download Snapchat to build Snapchat Stories. Facebook on Thursday rolled out yet another update mimicking the feature, this time in Messenger. Called Messenger… Read More
Days after it leaked hundreds of files documenting CIA hacking practices, WikiLeaks said it will work with tech companies to combat those techniques. The radical transparency organization plans to give… Read More
Approximately 35 City of Seattle facilities lost landline phone service on Wednesday after a construction crew working downtown cut a fiber line. The crew was cutting cement near 6th Ave.… Read More
Seattleites looking to drop in on the Capitol Hill neighborhood for a Friday night show have a new way to avoid surge-priced ride-hailing services or the battle for street parking.… Read More
Facebook has launched a hub for 360 photos and videos, as the social media giant continues to double down on video. The company rolled out the Facebook 360 app for Samsung… Read More
Amazon is opening another brick-and-mortar bookstore in 2017 — its 10th such retail location — in downtown Bellevue, Wash. Building permits, first uncovered by Recode, give the address as 104… Read More
The average UX manager takes home a bigger paycheck than a nuclear engineer. That’s one takeaway from Glassdoor’s annual list of the highest-paying U.S. jobs that is dominated once again by technology-related… Read More
Uber is looking to hire a second-in-command to CEO Travis Kalanick to help run the company amid backlash over its internal culture and public image. In an all-hands meeting on… Read More
Amazon has launched Prime in Mexico, expanding its subscription membership service to cover all of North America. The membership will immediately include most of the benefits available in the United States, including… Read More
In 2014, Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto ran a marathon in Berlin in 2:02:57, setting the world record for the fastest time in the event. Now, he’s facing intense competition not from… Read More
WikiLeaks has begun publishing thousands of documents it claims to have taken from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. In what it called the “largest ever publication” of stolen CIA… Read More
Twitch just got a lot more social. On Monday, the Amazon-owned video-game streaming company rolled out a new social media tool called Pulse. The feature allows users to post messages, photo… Read More
A new text messaging bot out of Yahoo wants to manage your grocery list and family calendar so you don’t have to. The Captain assistant, which launched in the U.S.… Read More
Did your favorite character get killed off on “Orange is the New Black?” Did you hate the latest twist in “House of Cards?” Well, Netflix might soon let you change… Read More
Amazon has shuttered its “cable store,” where it resold bundles of cable, internet and telephone services. The store launched last March under a partnership with Comcast and expanded to include… Read More
President Trump has tapped a top aide of Peter Thiel (best known for co-founding PayPal, investing in Facebook, and killing Gawker) as deputy chief technology officer. Michael Kratsios, who worked… Read More
More schools are using tablets and laptops in classrooms than ever before, and, in the U.S., Google is leading the charge. Last year, more 12.6 million mobile devices were shipped… Read More
As Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, signaling the company’s public debut, a crowd of protesters gathered outside its… Read More
Update: Snap closed its first day of trading at $24.48 per share, up 44 percent from its initial offering price of $17. Original story: Snap Inc. shares started trading at $24… Read More
Venture capitalists — the folks who place dollars in emerging companies — are finding a good amount of fresh capital of their own. Money to venture capital funds hit a… Read More
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. priced its shares at $17 apiece on Wednesday, raising around $3.4 billion in its initial public offering. It’s the largest public offering for a U.S. tech company… Read More
Facebook is cutting the price of its Oculus Rift headset and Touch controller bundle by $200, the company announced Wednesday. The bundle will drop from $798 to $598, and the… Read More
In the never-ending fight against abusive content on social media, Twitter is going on the offensive. The site announced several new safety features on Wednesday morning, expanding its “mute” feature that… Read More
Telerobotics startup BluHaptics has raised $1.36 million to launch its first commercial product this summer and expand the domain of its robotic control software from the deep sea to deep space.… Read More
YouTube unveiled a new live TV service on Tuesday, setting up another major threat to cable and satellite companies. This service, launching this spring, will offer a bundle of more than… Read More
Over the next decade, driverless vehicles will make their way along Seattle roadways, possibly bringing relief to one of the most congested cities in the United States. Or, according to a new… Read More
Bay Area network services company Infoblox is expanding its footprint in the Northwest by doubling the size of its Tacoma, Wash., office. Infoblox, a company that monitors DNS, DHCP and IP… Read More
