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Articles from 2017

Amazon Web Services’ secret weapon: Its custom-made hardware and network

It’s not unusual for internet and software giants to design and even make their own hardware, to increase efficiency and build a competitive advantage.… Read More

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‘Last Week in Trump’: Newsletter distills the hyper-partisan news to create empathy on both sides

Sol Villarreal knows a thing or two about socio-political bubbles. He grew up in rural Texas as a religious conservative… Read More

Donald Trump

How to stream Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration — if you’re so inclined

Donald Trump will officially be sworn in as America’s 45th president on Friday and if you’re interested in watching the historic… Read More

Airplane interior

Sit back, relax and don’t be a jerk: Expedia study finds seat-kicker to be most annoying air traveler

There are plenty of things to moan about when it comes to modern American air travel. But one thing gets… Read More

Gates Foundation and partners launch $1B coalition to ‘outsmart epidemics’ with vaccines

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is joining with the Wellcome Trust and the governments of Germany, Japan and Norway… Read More

With Microsoft on its side, LinkedIn rolling out its largest desktop redesign ever

LinkedIn has a new look. The business social network, which Microsoft acquired last year for $26.2 billion, is rolling out… Read More

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Shocked by Trump win, Seattle tech vets start news site ‘Presterity,’ using facts to foil new president

Jan Miksovsky admits, like many people, to being very surprised by November’s presidential election result. In the days after Nov.… Read More

Fantasy football is a skill, Washington state lawmaker contends, making new push for legalization

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Skill or chance: Which is it when you play fantasy football? State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R- Ferndale,… Read More

Smartsheet to open office in Boston, plans to hire 300 employees in 2017

Smartsheet is expanding. The Bellevue, Wash-based project management software company announced today that it will open a new office in… Read More

Zillow expands its headquarters, inking deal for top floors of downtown Seattle tower

Online real estate media company Zillow is expanding again in Seattle, this time grabbing two more floors in its headquarters… Read More

After hottest year on record, scientists project milder days ahead … for Seattle

Today’s outlook for climate trends is a good-news, bad-news situation for the Pacific Northwest. First, the bad news: NASA and… Read More

Inside Salesforce’s new 70K square-foot Bellevue office: Mindfulness zones, social spaces, and more

One of the world’s fastest growing enterprise software companies today opened the doors to its new home in the Seattle area. San… Read More

Podcast

GearedUp! Nintendo Switch is filled with fun gadgetry, but is it worth the price?

Last week, we finally got hard details on the launch of Nintendo’s newest game console, the Nintendo Switch. And while… Read More

Donald Trump

What is Donald Trump doodling in that inauguration prep photo? The internet knows, of course

Man, this guy continues to underestimate the cyber. In his latest attempt to use Twitter to control his message, or… Read More

What HPE won in buying SimpliVity for $650M: one less competitor and a bigger market

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s agreement to buy hyperconverged-infrastructure provider SimpliVity for $650 million in cash, announced Monday, gives HPE one less… Read More

Patrick Stewart and poo emoji

Patrick Stewart is the voice of poo in ‘The Emoji Movie’?! Sadly, someone decided to make it so

Of all the crappy roles in Hollywood. Patrick Stewart, celebrated British thespian and one-time captain of the starship Enterprise, is taking… Read More

IBM scores cloud contract with U.S. Army that could be worth $62M

[Editor’s Note: A reference in the headline to the financial value of the contract has been corrected since the original post.] Big… Read More

In farewell press conference, Obama says ‘new cyber age’ will require new tools

In the wake of a presidential campaign marred by hacking and social-media skulduggery, President Barack Obama says America’s digital architecture will… Read More

Netflix adds record 7M members, acknowledges Amazon Prime Video’s growing footprint

Netflix marked a decade since the launch of its streaming service by adding more than 7 million new members globally… Read More

Entrepreneurs and investors will love this game about pitching ‘objectively bad startup ideas’

Attention, nerds: This is the party game for you. “Pitch Deck” is kind of like “Cards Against Humanity” for the… Read More

Dan Little

Nordstrom CIO Dan Little announces plans to retire as retailer looks to fill several roles on tech team

The technology team at Nordstrom got more news on Wednesday about an impending departure, this time from Dan Little, the… Read More

Outsider

Outdoors inspires Outsider, a wearable Bluetooth remote on Kickstarter aimed at action sports fans

Taking off your gloves on a ski lift to deal with a smartphone or some other device in your pocket… Read More

Still slimming down, Twitter sells its Fabric development environment to Google

Google has bought Fabric, Twitter’s application-development environment, for an undisclosed sum, as the latter company streamlines its business. “We’ve signed an… Read More

Time to dump Windows 7? Microsoft’s German subsidiary says popular OS ‘does not meet the requirements of modern technology’

A blog post by Microsoft Germany is urging users still hanging onto Windows 7 to make the switch to Windows 10,… Read More

UW researchers trace how complex life lost its first chance to dominate Planet Earth

Researchers say multicellular life could have arisen in Earth’s oceans more than 2 billion years ago, only to fall victim to a… Read More

Netflix bags Jerry Seinfeld and Amazon lands … the Grateful Dead

The latest projects from Hollywood icons Martin Scorsese and Jerry Seinfeld will find homes on Amazon Video and Netflix. Today,… Read More

Unium, previously Coco Communications, raises more cash for in-home WiFi software

A Seattle startup has its sights set on becoming a standard for robust in-home WiFi software. Unium, previously known as Coco… Read More

Oh, Snap! Big new Seattle office lease signals major expansion for Snapchat engineering center

Snap Inc., the company behind the hit Snapchat app, is poised to significantly grow the footprint of its Seattle engineering office, GeekWire has… Read More

Jellyvision acquires healthcare automation platform FlexMinder, plans to expand Seattle office

Jellyvision has acquired FlexMinder, a Seattle startup that helps healthcare administrators automate the insurance claims submission process. FlexMinder CEO Lowell Ricklefs… Read More

How The Wizard of Oz tells you everything you need to know about being a great entrepreneur

NEW YORK — Is the secret to entrepreneurial success found in The Wizard of Oz? Rich Barton, the co-founder of… Read More

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