SAN FRANCISCO — This city is home to a plethora of startups vying to disrupt all manner of ordinary daily functions. And that’s how I found myself boarding a bright blue… Read More
Seattle-based entrepreneurs demonstrate more stable emotions and are better at coming to an agreement. Entrepreneurs in the Bay Area, however, are more conscientious, energetic, and social than their counterparts up north. These are… Read More
San Francisco International Airport is now allowing the three major on-demand transportation startups to pick up and drop off passengers on its property. Less than a week after Sidecar gained… Read More
People looking to take a trip in the Western U.S. have a new tool to help them find where to go. Utrip, a Seattle-based trip planning startup, announced today that… Read More
Koru announced today that professional networking site LinkedIn has signed on to host participants in its four-week job training program designed to get recent and soon-to-be college graduates into the… Read More
Are more and more Silicon Valley entrepreneurs looking to Seattle as a place to build their startups? That’s what Techstars Seattle Managing Director Andy Sack is wondering after seeing some interesting… Read More
You probably know tech pundit Robert Scoble from his experiences as an early adopter of Google Glass. But long before he showered with the high-tech specs, the 49-year-old spent three years… Read More
San Francisco’s real estate and rental markets are going through tumultuous times, with landlords raising rents and evicting tenants in an attempt to ride a wave of rising prices as… Read More
Popular restaurants create a conundrum for diners: How do you get a table at the hottest place in town on super-short notice? ReservationHop entered the market late last week with what it thought… Read More
Travel planning site Hipmunk announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, and joined by a number of… Read More
A gigantic orange Amazon locker has appeared near the Ferry Building in San Francisco, and nobody knows why. Or rather, some people know why, but they sure aren’t telling. The… Read More
Amazon is investigating the possibility of using its own trucks to transport packages to users, according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal. The company is testing its… Read More
Put down the coffee and take a deep breath before you read this one. In his new column for Forbes, business consultant and strategist Peter Cohan contends that new Microsoft… Read More
Google needs to find a new home for its floating mystery barge. The Bay Conservation and Development Commission in California told Google that its floating behemoth can’t continue to reside… Read More
Rental rates are creeping up in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, surpassing prices in even some of the hottest neighborhoods in San Francisco. According to an analysis by online real… Read More
Amazon Prime customers in San Francisco are getting a little extra incentive to try out Amazon Fresh, thanks to the delivery of some free care packages from the grocery service.… Read More
The City of San Francisco has struck an agreement with technology companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft to create a proposed pilot program to charge private bus companies for the… Read More
Microsoft announced today that its BUILD developer conference will be returning to San Francisco’s Moscone Center from April 2-4 next year. Tickets to the event will cost $2095, and will… Read More
Welcome to the Bay Area, Amazon Fresh. As anticipated earlier this week, Amazon’s same-day and next-day grocery delivery service is now officially available to customers in select zip codes of… Read More
As rumors around a potential Amazon Fresh rollout in San Francisco reach a fever pitch, Brad Stone, the author of “The Everything Store,” spotted one of the green delivery trucks… Read More
Amazon’s bright green grocery trucks might finally make their way to the heart of California’s tech world. All Things D reported today that Amazon Fresh may be opening for business… Read More
Here’s another sign that things are heating up on the funding landscape. San Francisco startup Nextdoor has raised a whopping $60 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,… Read More
If a new job posting is any indication, San Francisco should get ready for Amazon Fresh. Amazon posted a job listing for a Program Manager for Amazon Fresh Quality Control… Read More
[Editor’s Note: This guest post by tech writer and editor Matt Rosoff originally appeared on his personal blog.] So you’re moving from San Francisco to Seattle? Or from Seattle to… Read More
As is the case in many large cities, trying to find a parking space in San Francisco is an exercise in frustration. But two 19-year-old entrepreneurs want to make that… Read More
Portland is certainly growing as a national startup hub and one San Francisco founder frustrated with Bay Area scene is making the move north to the Rose City. Tom Dale,… Read More
Developing an app or a website isn’t easy, by any stretch, but hardware design and manufacturing is a world unto itself — often requiring connections in Asia and an understanding… Read More
For San Francisco residents, getting a ride from Uber is now cheaper than hailing a cab. In a blog post, the company announced that rates for their low-cost UberX service… Read More
You wouldn’t know it judging by the spoonfuls of hot chili that Mayor Mike McGinn is wolfing down, but it’s a picture-perfect and rather warm May afternoon in the Emerald… Read More
If the number of Bing searches correlates with winning football games, then 49ers fans have reason to be ecstatic. Bing has been analyzing some of the top searches relating to… Read More