One question following the launch of Yahoo Axis last night was whether the new “search browser” is building on Yahoo’s search partnership with Microsoft Bing or breaking away. The answer:… Read More
Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram underscores the continued rise of photos as an entry point for social networking. Today Facebook took that approach a step further with the release of… Read More
It’s the little things that make a marriage work. The flowers for no particular reason, the passionate kisses hello, the foot rubs, the gentle encouragement, the text messages saying you’ll… Read More
RealNetworks has settled a suit brought by Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna over unwanted charges that consumers received on credit card bills related subscriptions for TV and sports programming… Read More
Zones has kept a pretty low profile in recent the years, but the seller of technology products to businesses has been on an impressive growth path topping $1 billion in… Read More
Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting ended this morning with chanting and protests as police escorted a boisterous group of people out of the event. During the hour-long meeting, Jeff Bezos and… Read More
Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, an MIT spin out that’s developing new technologies for electricity storage, has raised $15 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Total and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The… Read More
I’m down at the Seattle Art Museum, where Amazon is holding its annual shareholder meeting this morning. Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside to object to company practices related to… Read More
We’ve been wondering what direction T-Mobile will head following last year’s failed $39 billion bid by AT&T. Now, the company’s German parent, Deutsche Telekom, is shedding some light on what… Read More
Apple isn’t merely contesting allegations that it conspired with major book publishers to fix prices in the e-book industry, it’s disputing them vehemently. That much is clear based on a… Read More
Seattle online real estate company Redfin is being sued by CoreLogic for patent infringement over its Home Price Tool, a new service that it rolled out in March to help… Read More
Here’s some news you probably didn’t expect to read today: Yahoo just released its own web browser. The new software, dubbed Yahoo Axis, is being called a “search browser.” Its main… Read More
Groupon has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that expiration dates and other restrictions on the company’s vouchers violated federal and state law, and unfairly… Read More
Twice in the span of one month I did something I hadn’t done for a decade — worked in a newsroom. Those two partial weeks that I spent enfolded, tauntaun… Read More
Visitors to Seattle’s Museum of Flight will get a surprise treat starting today. Blue Origin, the often-secretive commercial space venture started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has loaned the museum… Read More
Sometimes it can be tough to put one’s energy consumption into perspective. But what if you broke everything down into something that everyone understands: trees. That’s the idea behind Leafully,… Read More
Can the City of Seattle do more to support startups? That was the question raised Tuesday night by Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, as he brought together more than a dozen… Read More
Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood conjures images of techies and geeks of all stripes, from Amazon.com developers to startup entrepreneurs to biomedical researchers. But the rapidly transforming neighborhood is… Read More
The Seattle Art Museum is known for its 48-foot tall Hammering Man, an outdoor sculpture that greets visitors and — in the words of the artist — is meant to… Read More
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is back in the news, setting tech news sites abuzz this week with the prediction that up to 500 million users — half a billion people… Read More
Getty Images, the Seattle-based provider of digital photos, videos and music, has hired investment bankers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to consider an initial public offering or possible… Read More
Microsoft’s 4GB and 250GB Xbox 360 game consoles would be banned from import into the U.S. under a recommendation issued by an administrative law judge for the International Trade Commission.… Read More
Hundreds of members of the Seattle tech community gathered at the Technology Alliance annual State of Technology luncheon in downtown Seattle today, and we took the opportunity to ask several… Read More
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been added to the lineup of speakers for the Seattle Science Festival next month. The author of A Brief History of Time and former professor… Read More
F5 Networks has been operating in the Seattle area for more than 15 years, quietly building one of the biggest success stories of the tech community. But even though it… Read More
Amazon.com’s Seattle headquarters campus has been the target of protests in recent weeks from a group called Working Washington that is calling on the company to pay more in taxes… Read More
Diablo III is the latest chapter in one of the most popular PC gaming titles out there. Coming out twelve years after the last chapter, Diablo III launched last week… Read More
Ever since I was young I’ve always loved thinking of ways to fix things, build products and make money. And, over the years, I’ve been fortunate to have worked with… Read More
The last couple of years have been rocky ones for jobs overall, as the economy struggles to emerge from the depths of the recession. But Washington state’s tech economy has… Read More
One of the core ideas behind Startup Weekend is that smart people from various backgrounds and professions can do great things if given the time to work together. Perhaps no… Read More