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Articles from 2017

Zillow Group to unveil RealEstate.com, a new online service targeted at millennials

Zillow Group already operates a number of online real estate brands: Trulia, StreetEasy, HotPads and Naked Apartments. But apparently that’s… Read More

New Shepard booster

Another feather in Jeff Bezos’ space helmet: Blue Origin wins Collier Trophy

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos keeps racking up the awards for his Blue Origin space venture: He just found out that… Read More

Satellite antenna

RBC Signals raises $1.5 million in seed round for satellite data delivery service

Seattle-based RBC Signals says it’s raised $1.5 million from investors around the world, providing a boost for its plans to knit… Read More

Pam Edstrom, 1946-2017: Microsoft’s first PR director was a technology communications pioneer

Pam Edstrom, the sharp-witted communications pro who shaped the world’s impression of Microsoft for more than three decades as its… Read More

1-2-Switch

Milking this for all it’s worth: Nintendo gamers take on real dairy farmers in ‘1-2-Switch’ contest

We could watch this until the cows come home! A dairy farm in Vermont was so confident in the milking… Read More

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Here’s what the new internet privacy bill could mean for consumers and the Seattle region

A Republican bill that significantly rolls back rules designed to prevent internet providers from selling consumer data has passed both houses… Read More

Rover and DogVacay

Rover acquires DogVacay, its biggest competitor in the online dog-sitting marketplace

Rover.com, the Seattle-based leader in the online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace, is taking a big bite out of the… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard spaceship view

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship (and suits)

While Blue Origin’s scorch-scarred New Shepard spaceship continues its nationwide tour, billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is giving fans an updated… Read More

Report: Seattle mayor is suing President Trump over crackdown on sanctuary cities

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and City Attorney Pete Holmes plan to announce a lawsuit at 2 p.m. today over the… Read More

Amazon to shutter Diapers.com parent Quidsi, cites lack of profits 7 years after $545M acquisition

Less than seven years after spending $545 million to acquire Quidsi — home to Diapers.com and Soap.com — Amazon announced… Read More

Nunes Twitter

Tweets aimed at embroiled GOP Rep. Devin Nunes draw fun replies from Seattle man who is @Nunes

When Chase Nunes joined Twitter way back near the beginning of the social media site, in August 2008, he secured… Read More

Richard Branson

Q&A: Billionaire Richard Branson on Bill Gates’ tennis game, how he met Jeff Bezos, and more

At the age of 66, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson has seen a lot of entrepreneurs come and go, but he’s… Read More

Take an online trip with a real-live salmon navigating the perils of Puget Sound, and pick which one will make it out to sea first

Salmon — whether being tossed between Pike Place Market fish mongers or wending their way through the locks in Seattle’s… Read More

Seattle wellness tracking startup EveryMove acquired by personal health scanning company higi

EveryMove, a Seattle startup that helps employers incentivize employee wellness, has been acquired by health-tracking company higi. Chicago-based higi announced the… Read More

Limitless partners with High Fidelity to let people build interactive characters for VR world

Limitless today announced a partnership to integrate its character building technology into High Fidelity, the virtual reality “metaverse” created by Second… Read More

Samsung unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones with redesigned screen, launch date April 21

Samsung debuted its newest flagship smartphone on Wednesday, revealing the highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 device as the tech giant tries to rebound… Read More

Google adds order-ahead feature to Waze app, starting with Dunkin’ Donuts

Google wants America to run on Dunkin’ and Waze. Dunkin’ Donuts announced the rollout of a mobile order-ahead service in Google’s popular… Read More

T-Mobile: Samsung Galaxy S8 will be capable of ‘gigabit class’ speeds on its network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99_TYo-HGmk Late last year, T-Mobile released a teaser video touting speeds of nearly 1 Gbps on an unreleased smartphone hidden… Read More

Cloud-based enterprise contract management company Icertis scores $25M

Icertis, which helps large organizations such as 3M, Becton Dickinson, Cognizant, Daimler and Microsoft manage contracts, has landed a $25 million… Read More

How millions of ‘insiders’ shaped Microsoft’s new Windows 10 Creators Update

As Microsoft unveils the release date and final features of the Windows 10 Creators Update, the company is also offering a… Read More

Windows 10 Creators Update boosts security and makes 3D more interesting for businesses

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update, set to roll out starting April 11, doesn’t include a ton of new features specifically aimed at… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update rollout will start April 11 — here’s what to expect

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update will start rolling out on April 11 — including a 3D version of Microsoft Paint, performance optimizations for… Read More

Woz in Seattle: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on automation, Steve Jobs, and Dancing with the Stars

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak – who is often credited with inventing the modern personal computer – thinks it will probably be “a… Read More

From startup to shutdown: 6 tips for entrepreneurs from billionaire Richard Branson

Hundreds of entrepreneurs and VIPs converged on Seattle’s Pioneer Square today to get advice from one of the world’s flashiest… Read More

Richard Branson

Richard Branson fears that Donald Trump is ruining politics for business leaders

Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson is clearly unhappy with President Donald Trump – and he thinks that a different sort of… Read More

Fred Hutch researcher awarded $3.2M to test novel cancer-zapping radiation treatment

When it comes to destroying cancer, Dr. Damian Green doesn’t mess around. Green is a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer… Read More

Shouraboura and Branson

How to boost women in business? There ought to be a law, Richard Branson says

To boost women’s status in business, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson says the United States and other countries should follow Norway’s… Read More

UW cherry blossoms

Want a window seat overlooking UW’s famed cherry blossoms? Just tune into this YouTube live stream

There are plenty of pretty sights to take in around Seattle, but for about a week near the end of March,… Read More

Amazon exec shares secrets of company’s culture, tries unsuccessfully to keep his talk secret

Amazon offered a rare glimpse inside its culture on Tuesday at an entrepreneurship conference in Seattle — but also asked… Read More

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