The spirit of Steve Ballmer is irreplaceable at Microsoft Guest Commentary: My first experience with Steve Ballmer was the day Visio was acquired by Microsoft. All of us Visio… Read More
Delta pilots swapping iPad for Surface 2 tablet First, Delta equipped 19,000 flight attendants with Windows Phones. Now, the pilots are getting in on the Microsoft fun. Paul… Read More
Ski lift ticket seller Liftopia carves fresh path with $5M from Spencer Rascoff, Marc Benioff and others Some big names in tech are hitting the slopes. Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman,… Read More
The rest of the story: Control-Alt-Delete inventor didn’t expect it to be widely used A story about computing history took the Internet by storm this week after Bill Gates told a Harvard University audience… Read More
Apple iCloud sync problems persist for some users Is Apple’s iCloud syncing not working for you? You’re not alone. Some users have reported that iCloud syncing of data… Read More
Paul Allen on the race between brain research and artificial intelligence — and why he’s betting on both Over the past decade, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has committed $500 million toward understanding the brain through his Allen Institute… Read More
Three book recommendations for executives from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos isn’t the first guy you’d expect to host a book club. But that’s exactly what he did this… Read More
Microsoft announces general availability of multi-factor authentication for Azure Software developers, want to make sure your Windows Azure logins are extra double secure? Well, now you can. Microsoft is… Read More
Ford CEO Alan Mulally reportedly top of the short list for Microsoft CEO Now that Bill Gates has definitively said that he’s not going back to Microsoft, it’s time to start talking about… Read More
Candy Crush developer King reportedly files for IPO, hires former Clearwire CFO Candy Crush is coming to Wall Street. According to a report by the Telegraph, King, the makers of Candy Crush… Read More
Geek of the Week: Mona Akmal, Microsoft SkyDrive group program manager Mona Akmal is a group program manager for Microsoft SkyDrive, which has emerged as one of the Redmond company’s most… Read More
EA settles student-athlete lawsuit, will not make NCAA Football in 2014 NCAA Football 2014 may be the last collegiate football game ever produced by Electronic Arts. Earlier today, EA announced that… Read More
Ride-sharing companies not shutting down in Seattle — for now Ride-sharing startups like Sidecar, Lyft and UberX can continue to operate in Seattle without regulation — for now. The Seattle… Read More
Vizify debuts tool to visualize what your life on Twitter looks like Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today announced a new feature that lets you see… Read More
Evernote strengthens ties to physical products with new notebooks, Post-its, scanner SAN FRANCISCO – The company behind one of the leading digital notetaking programs actually isn’t interested in making the world… Read More
You can now watch MLS soccer matches on your Apple TV As the Major League Soccer season enters its home stretch, you can now watch Sounders highlights at home without a… Read More
CD, noun: A flat, round thing that turns colors in the light I was going to save the old CDs from the destructive clutches of my toddler. Then I thought, why? They’d… Read More
Thousands of Microsoft employees gather for Steve Ballmer’s final company meeting It’s one last hurrah for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today in downtown Seattle. About 13,000 Microsoft employees are flocking to… Read More
Apple releases iOS 7.0.2, fixing lock screen security flaw A little more than a week after releasing iOS 7, Apple has now released iOS 7.0.2, an incremental update to… Read More
Study portrays Microsoft’s cloud computing in China as potential U.S. security threat Earlier this year, Microsoft claimed victory in the race to be the first major multinational tech company to win the rights… Read More
Here’s why 36 million Americans still don’t use the Internet Many of you reading this article would probably agree that life without the Internet would be a little troublesome in… Read More
Google picks 7 partners for new ‘Tech Hub’ initiative, snubs Seattle, NYC, Boston Maybe Seattle’s startup community doesn’t really need Google’s help, or perhaps the search giant believes it is doing enough to… Read More
T-Mobile to drop BlackBerry inventory from stores Struggling BlackBerry got another piece of bad news this week when T-Mobile USA — the country’s fourth largest wireless carrier… Read More
Google aims at Amazon with Google Shopping Express When you want something quickly, Amazon is one of the best options for a fast delivery. But one other online… Read More
Before IPO, Twitter partners with NFL to sell video ad packages Miss that amazing touchdown pass? Want to see how exactly the Seahawks won again? Check your Twitter stream. Before its… Read More
Finally: Bill Gates admits Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake Bill Gates made many exceptional decisions while he was leading Microsoft to immense success. He did, however, make a few… Read More
GeekWork: Great jobs at DoubleDown, PayScale, Creative Circle and more You asked for it, we’ve provided it. GeekWork is the place to find tech jobs in the Pacific Northwest and… Read More
Stephen Elop’s divorce in Seattle fuels controversy over Nokia payout in Finland Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO who is returning to Microsoft as part of the Redmond company’s $7.2 billion acquisition… Read More
Twitter is now an emergency aid service Twitter launched Twitter Alerts today as a way for public institutions and NGOs to send out emergency alerts via text… Read More
Whose tunes? How iTunes Radio stacks up against the competition With the launch of iOS 7 came iTunes Radio, Apple’s much-touted entry into the streaming radio space. The company that… Read More
