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Real estate giant JLL teams up with Google on new digital assistant app for office workers, challenging Alexa and Cortana
Vacasa to acquire Seattle-based vacation rental company Sea to Sky Rentals
Joydrive raises more cash, reaches 14 states as startup aims to move car-buying experience online
Microsoft and Slalom help King County develop new app to make it easier to report noxious weeds
Sports Illustrated sells publishing rights to Seattle-based TheMaven, led by former Yahoo exec
Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founder leaves Fred Hutch; IPO filing warned of IP risks from dual roles
Microsoft’s GitHub acquires Pull Panda, will integrate code review tools into its platform
Why Amazon is suddenly going on the offensive amid a growing techlash
Here are the Pacific Northwest region winners for EY’s 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Amazon dumps ‘Freedive’ name for ‘IMDb TV’ as ad-supported streaming service to triple content
Apple CEO Tim Cook takes tech industry to task: ‘If you want to take credit, first learn to take responsibility’
Airbus and Microsoft team up to sell holographic tech to airlines, defense and aerospace companies
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Satya Nadella’s ‘karma’ gaffe was ‘one of the best things that ever happened for Microsoft,’ says former board member who was on stage with him
These are the company t-shirts that tech workers don’t want to wear anymore, 2019 edition
Amazon shutters Instagram-inspired shopping feed Amazon Spark
DocuSign exec Loren Alhadeff says this unique trait is key to the company’s success
Scientists track cryptocurrency discussions on Reddit to learn how disinformation spreads
Salesforce’s $15.7B Tableau deal is a defining moment for the West Coast tech ‘megalopolis’
Seattle and Los Angeles lead STEM job growth in the U.S.
Amazon fires back at Joe Biden on Twitter over corporate taxes: ‘We pay every penny we owe’
Salesforce’s $15.7B Tableau deal is a defining moment for the West Coast tech ‘megalopolis’
Amazon to shut down its Amazon Restaurants business in the U.S.
Microsoft shrugs off CERN’s planned “Microsoft Alternatives” transition to open-source software after price hike
Satya Nadella’s ‘karma’ gaffe was ‘one of the best things that ever happened for Microsoft,’ says former board member who was on stage with him
Harvey Mudd President Maria Klawe has a message for computer science grads — and the tech industry
These are the company t-shirts that tech workers don’t want to wear anymore, 2019 edition
University of Washington computer science leader Hank Levy reflects on 13 years of massive change
Seattle will become Salesforce HQ2 via $15.7B Tableau deal, as Benioff gushes about talent pool
Amazon donates $8M for affordable housing in ‘HQ regions,’ launches employee matching program
Why Amazon is suddenly going on the offensive amid a growing techlash
DocuSign exec Loren Alhadeff says this unique trait is key to the company’s success
Inside ‘Salesforce HQ2’: Tableau CEO says rapid growth will continue in Seattle after $15.7B deal
Women’s clothing rental service Armoire raises more cash, moves into new HQ with retail space
OceanGate puts off plans to dive to Titanic shipwreck this year, due to topside tangle
$400 million? Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is up for sale, sources say
Salesforce to buy Tableau for $15.7B, betting on business data in deal for Seattle tech mainstay
Multicloud is here, and it will level the playing field for everyone, according to Seattle cloud CEOs
Airbus and Microsoft team up to sell holographic tech to airlines, defense and aerospace companies
Geek of the Week: ‘Secret superpower’ helps guide Hannah Werbel’s success at the Univ. of Washington
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