Apart from all the pieces speculating about Apple’s future without Steve Jobs as its CEO, the most common type of story making the rounds today has been tales of people… Read More
Reed Hastings is one busy guy. In addition to running Netflix, the Internet entrepreneur also serves on the boards of Microsoft and Facebook. But most folks probably don’t know about… Read More
In tech, nothing quite equals the siren lure of “free.” I still recall a friend of mine from Microsoft being amazed at the continued appeal of the lowly t-shirt. She… Read More
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn believes that the key to the city’s future is a “high road” in which the region focuses intently on education, innovation and infrastructure. The remarks came… Read More
A federal judge in California has dismissed a pair of cases that were filed last year against Microsoft and Yahoo by a bulk emailing firm that argued the companies violated… Read More
Looking for a wireless provider, but not sure where to turn? A new study from J.D. Power and Associates may provide a little bit of guidance. And not a huge… Read More
Windows Phone 7.5, the upcoming “Mango” update for Microsoft’s mobile operating system, will let phones double as wifi hotspots, sharing their Internet connections with up to five other devices —… Read More
TechStars Seattle just accepted their second batch of entrepreneurs — 10 new hatchlings who are furiously writing code (probably right now as we speak) in all-out effort to create the… Read More
Amazon.com is starting to get a bit of a PR black eye when it comes to the sales tax issue, and a new Web site called “Drop a Dime on Amazon” surely… Read More
Ars Technica this morning published an email sent to Apple employees by Tim Cook, the company’s new chief executive, following the decision by Steve Jobs to step down from the… Read More
Amazon.com is quickly becoming a sizable player in the booming and competitive market for local deals. The company announced this morning that its AmazonLocal deals marketplace will be expanding into… Read More
This is a far cry from Altamont Speedway. The Hells Angels, the notorious motorcycle club, have filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com and clothing maker Wildfox over … a T-shirt. The… Read More
Maybe it’s true that you can’t please all the people all the time, but Steve Jobs is a mere 3 percentage points away. Reviews from nearly 1,000 Apple employees put… Read More
The resignation of Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO today starts a new era for the company, and as we all attempt to wrap our heads around the implications, it’s important… Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Steve Jobs, the iconic leader of Apple, is stepping down as the company’s CEO, but will remain as chairman of the company. Tim Cook, the company’s respected chief… Read More
Jive Software, the one-time darling of the Portland technology scene, has filed for a $100 million initial public offering. Now based in Palo Alto, California, the company still has deep… Read More
At many companies, employees who leave aren’t exactly welcomed back with open arms. And certainly there have been some epic splits involving high-profile employees at Microsoft. But in general, Microsoft… Read More
It is a good thing Zillow is moving to a new downtown Seattle office space this month. The 264-person company disclosed today in its first conference call as a publicly-traded… Read More
Seattle startup Chewsy and two dozen other startup companies are getting the chance to present their companies today at Startup Riot, a new event that looks to connect entrepreneurs with… Read More
Jared Roach isn’t just our first Geek of the Week with the confidence and style to sport a bow tie, he’s also our first computational biologist — and he and… Read More
Well, we had a pretty good feeling that Zillow might post its first quarterly profit (at least on a net income basis) today. And the Seattle online real estate company… Read More
Google has agreed to forfeit $500 million, one of the largest penalties of its kind, for letting Canadian pharmacies market prescription drugs to U.S. citizens through its AdWords online advertising… Read More
Portland’s startup technology community often gets treated as second fiddle to Seattle. But the city got a nice boost today when BankSimple — a fast-growing New York startup whose executive… Read More
We talked about HP’s decision to discontinue its webOS devices, the prospects for Amazon.com taking on Apple’s iPad, Facebook’s new privacy controls, Scientific American naming Seattle the No. 1 tech… Read More
The privacy changes introduced yesterday by Facebook include the news that the social network will no longer offer Facebook Places as a standalone mobile feature. Instead the company will be… Read More
We already know that Paul Allen is a super geek, but how far does his passion for computers really go? The Wall Street Journal today has a fascinating story on… Read More
It may go down in history as a big business blunder. But, back in 2001, when Target picked Amazon.com to power its e-commerce offerings it may have seemed like a… Read More
Zillow took a tumble earlier this week, but shares are back up again today trading up more than seven percent at $26.24 per share. (As we previously reported, there’s a real… Read More
Amazon.com this morning debuted a new e-book discount program, Kindle Daily Deal, that will offer one Kindle book each day at a specially discounted price. Depending on the quality of… Read More
Blue Origin, the secretive aerospace company bankrolled by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is planning a rocket test today high over the west Texas desert. According to a directive from the… Read More