If last week’s reporting of the demise of traditional retail sounded familiar, you’ve been paying attention. In the past 20 years, few industries have transformed as frequently — and significantly… Read More
As 2015 wraps up, Facebook has published a list of its favorite games of the year. Here are the titles that made the grade, along with Facebook’s descriptions. Game of the Year… Read More
Amazon is becoming the latest company to start moving beyond Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight to adopt native HTML5 web video. The company said today that it has begun to roll out… Read More
For users of Twitter’s web interface, it’s a brand new day, design-wise. The social network is in the process of rolling out a fresh design to its website that brings… Read More
Seattle, for whatever odd reason, is home to a handful of food-oriented and recipe sites, including big players such as AllRecipes.com (attracting more than one billion visits annually) and some… Read More
On this twentieth anniversary of the first popular web browser, consider how its potential was viewed just one year after its birth. If only to realize that sometimes in tech… Read More
The Internet is everywhere nowadays, from our homes to our phones and now even our glasses. But that doesn’t mean everyone is using the web. In fact, the New York… Read More
For most teenagers, balancing homework and a social life is plenty of work. But for three Mercer Island High Schoolers, that wasn’t enough. Zack Elliott, Isaac Diamond, and Robert Sun have… Read More
Amazon has been granted a patent on a “gravity-based link assist” system — a method of pulling a user’s on-screen pointer toward a link or clickable object when it travels… Read More
We’ve all had to spearhead the planning of an event. Whether it be your weekly trip to the movies with your friends, a bachelor party, or even that Ruby meetup,… Read More
Seattle startup Evri was founded in 2007, designed to help people make better sense of news and information. A lot has changed since then, especially given the rise of tablets… Read More
There’s so much content clutter on the Web these days that it can be tough for online publishers to keep their readers or viewers engaged, coming back each day for… Read More
The Washington Coalition for Open Government organized a conference this weekend to commemorate the 40th anniversary of our state’s landmark Initiative 276 and the Open Public Meetings Act (and to discuss… Read More
We’ve already told you about the ability to use the Internet to find nearby lodging (Airbnb); pet sitters (DogVacay and Rover.com) and sports tickets and other goods (Zaarly). Now, residents… Read More
Ever since its U.S. debut last year, the popular music listening service Spotify has been adding 8,000 subscribers a day. And I’m not just talking about free subscribers. That’s paid subscribers.… Read More
In this digital era, there’s certainly no shortage of customer feedback when it comes to the interactions at brick-and-mortar retail stores. Venuelabs, a Seattle area startup led by former Microsoft… Read More
In an opinion piece for Bloomberg this week, former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold lamented the demise of the physical newspaper and wondered if the solution might be in… Read More
AllRecipes.com has been on the auction block for several months, and now it finally has a buyer. Meredith Corp., the magazine publisher behind titles such as Eating Well, Parents and… Read More
Just three days after the blackout of Wikipedia and other sites, U.S. legislators have postponed votes on the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. “In light of recent… Read More
Take America’s Funniest Home Videos, add a touch of Fail Blog and CollegeHumor.com and then mix in King of the Web and you’ll come up with BlooperBox. The Portland upstart was… Read More
It’s the hottest thing on Foursquare and FarmVille. Now, Avvo — the online Q&A site for medical and legal advice — is adding game mechanics to its popular forums. The… Read More
Navigating Cancer, an online resource for patients who are dealing with various forms of cancer, has raised $3 million in financing from Rustic Canyon Partners and an undisclosed angel investor.… Read More
The folks over at Cheezburger are masters of user-generated content — obtaining and showcasing funny photos and videos from the cat, dog and fail lovers who show up in droves… Read More
Fifteen years ago, Expedia took flight under the wings of Microsoft as a maker of CD-ROM travel guides. Today, it is a giant of online travel, with more than 2,000… Read More
Five years ago, Reader’s Digest Association gobbled up Seattle’s AllRecipes.com for about $66 million. Now, the publishing company is looking to sever the popular online Web site, selling it to… Read More
If you’ve ever been part of a startup, then you know how much hard work it involves. And you usually don’t have enough people to get all the work done!… Read More
Growing up in the Seattle area, Sam Franklin developed a love of the outdoors. But it was on a backpacking trip through Southeast Asia and Europe after high school when… Read More
Bobber Interactive, a Seattle startup that uses motivational psychology and game-based mechanics to help young adults manage their money, has raised $1.4 million from PEAK 6 Investments and Dove Capital Partners.… Read More
Like most entrepreneurs, Adam Doppelt recently faced the mind-numbing task of trying to track down a health care plan that would cover him and his family. “Things crystallized for me when… Read More
Amazon.com confirmed to the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that it’s testing a redesign of its website, with a cleaner look, a larger search box, more white space and… Read More