How book stores can compete against Amazon: John Hodgman suggests ‘downloading pods’ Amazon.com continues to grab market share from traditional book stores, and just last month Border’s bit the dust. But resident… Read More
This 19-year-old just dropped out of Wharton to sleep on an air mattress and build a new startup When we introduced you to Wesley Zhao back in April, he was just a fresh-faced 18-year-old kid kicking around a new… Read More
Californians launch boycott of Amazon.com over sales tax Amazon.com is facing a backlash in California where a group of citizens, supported in part by Democratic politicians, is urging… Read More
Tech Earnings Roundup: Blue Nile, Bsquare, Market Leader, Marchex Marchex, the Seattle call advertising company, reported net income of $80,000 and revenues of $38.8 million for the second quarter.… Read More
A Slurpee and a cell phone: T-Mobile inks deal with 7-Eleven T-Mobile has a new retail partner, and it just so happens to be the home of the Slurpee. The Bellevue… Read More
How Bartell Drugs boosted its Facebook fan base by 50 percent in one weekend Last week, we told you about a new promotion from Bartell Drugs called “Free Print Weekend.” Essentially, it was a way… Read More
Microsoft confirms fall store opening at University Village We’ve known this was happening for a while, based on my previous digging into city permit filings, but Microsoft today made… Read More
RadioShack dumps T-Mobile for Verizon Wireless RadioShack announced that it plans to stop selling mobile handsets and wireless service plans from T-Mobile USA effective September 14, a… Read More
Microsoft plans ‘up to 75 more stores’ over next 2 to 3 years Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles is primarily a strategy update and pep rally for the armies of companies… Read More
Shares of Amazon surge after analyst says company’s global market share is ‘under-estimated’ Shares of Amazon.com have already been on an amazing ascent in the past 12 months, up a whopping 67 percent… Read More
Decide unveils predictive shopping service to make sure gadget lovers don’t get burned More than five years ago, Mike Fridgen, Oren Etzioni and others transformed the way people purchased airline tickets on the Web… Read More
Map: Amazon’s sales tax battle Amazon.com has been locked in an ongoing battle with several states over the collection of sales taxes. Most recently, the… Read More
‘Pranksters’ or ‘vandals’? Windows logo installed on future Apple store This video, taken outside an Apple store under construction in Hamburg, Germany, is spreading around the Internet like wildfire this… Read More
Why your product must be social — not just your marketing Guest Commentary: If you market to consumers, you will be out of business in 10 years if you don’t have… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Art Sumo tracks down cool art all over the world (so you don’t have to) Startup ideas strike at all different times, and in all different places. For Naysawn Naderi, inspiration hit when he bumped… Read More
Nordstrom testing iPods, other devices for checkout Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom mentioned during its annual shareholders meeting yesterday that it has been testing mobile point-of-sale devices at its… Read More
Apple pitching bigger tent in Microsoft’s backyard with new Bellevue retail store We’ve been closely watching the construction of Microsoft’s new retail store at Seattle’s University Village — which happens to be… Read More
Shares of Blue Nile fall after earnings report Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile today announced first quarter results, posting net income of $2.4 million on revenue of… Read More
Microsoft’s retail chain growing to 11 stores, but should there be more? Microsoft today confirmed plans for a new retail store in Century City, Calif. It will be the company’s fourth… Read More
Are Wal-Mart and Amazon on a collision course? Two developments this past week signal that Wal-Mart is getting more serious about the online world, and could very well… Read More
Another victim of technology: Nordstrom piano players? We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with… Read More
Foursquare nerds, unite: Your day has almost arrived As an avid Foursquare user in Seattle, Brian Groth knows he isn’t experiencing all the benefits that someone might see… Read More
Wal-Mart to test ‘Project Titan,’ an online grocery delivery service The online grocery business is littered with the carcasses of old dot-coms, from HomeGrocer.com to Webvan to PublixDirect. But companies… Read More
Hack alert: Eddie Bauer warns customers of email address theft Eddie Bauer is notifying customers that customer emails have been stolen after the company’s email vendor suffered a breach of… Read More
Interview: Meet the guy who waited 21 hours for an iPad 2 We were surprised by the size of the line of people waiting for the iPad 2 outside the Apple Store… Read More
