Articles about Seattle – Page 26 of 52

Amazon toots its charitable horn for the holidays with gifts to nonprofits

As part of its holly jolly makeover, Amazon this week wrapped up a season of philanthropic giving locally and abroad.… Read More

Startup helps City of Seattle make sense of the noise to tackle housing affordability

Seattle is grappling with an unprecedented affordability problem, propelled largely by the tech effect. The industry is booming and hundreds of… Read More

A room with a changing view: Seattle artist watches as Amazon grows up and up around her

From the living room of her Seattle apartment, Melissa Anne McClain has a window on the rapidly changing city that she… Read More

As cars get more fuel-efficient, Washington state to test ‘road usage charge’ as alternative to gas tax

OLYMPIA, Wash. — For years, experts have debated how more fuel-efficient cars will affect the multibillion-dollar revenue stream from Washington… Read More

Made in Seattle Gift Guide: 12 geeky gift ideas from Pacific NW startups, makers and designers

Let’s face it, global e-commerce takes some of the magic out of gift giving. Visiting a loved one’s Amazon wishlist,… Read More

To catch a package thief: Online shoppers try home tech and more to thwart busy holiday Grinches

Philip Gansert and his wife were vacationing in San Francisco after Thanksgiving when an alert on his smartphone notified him that… Read More

What gives? Tech giant Amazon finally boosts its philanthropic rep in its hometown

Amazon has been making headlines recently — and not just for the stories you’d expect. The Seattle-based tech giant is providing housing… Read More

VR game studio Drifter Entertainment, led by Oculus and HoloLens vets, raises $2.25M

Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle startup founded by veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus, just announced $2.25 million in seed funding… Read More

New Lyft report claims the service generated $35.1M for Seattle economy in 2016

Lyft, the on-demand ride app famous for its chatty drivers and bright pink branding, says its service brought an additional… Read More

Video: Watch the BuzzFeed guys lose it over Northwest salmon

It’s easy to take for granted the amazing perks you get if you’re willing to endure the dark, wet Seattle… Read More

With big new office lease, Facebook says it’s ‘reinforcing its commitment in Seattle’

One of the leaders of Facebook’s Seattle engineering operations says the company is “reinforcing its commitment” to the city with its lease of a… Read More

Amazon to open first ‘self-driving’ grocery store, with no checkout lines, in Seattle in early 2017

Amazon just unveiled details of a new brick-and-mortar convenience store that will let shoppers pick up items off the shelves… Read More

Airbnb partners with Urban League in Seattle to encourage home sharing in low-income communities

Airbnb and the Seattle chapter of The Urban League, a non-profit that helps African-American communities access opportunity, are announcing a… Read More

Seattle becomes nation’s hottest housing market, driven by tech boom

It’s official, folks. Seattle’s housing market is the hottest in the nation, according to new data from The S&P Case-Shiller… Read More

Startup Spotlight: FanWide helps sports fans rally around their team, no matter where they are

Symon Perriman, like many sports fans, lives outside of his favorite teams’ hometowns. For nearly a decade, he has been… Read More

Working Geek: This CEO takes his staff — and their families — to the tropics one month out of the year

Bonanza CEO Bill Harding is, admittedly, not great at work-life balance. Ordinarily, that can mean headaches for a manager’s team,… Read More

Party planners considering using the Space Needle can visit Seattle landmark in virtual reality

If you’re thinking about putting on or attending an event at Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and want to see what… Read More

Study: Seattle is middle of the pack in tech sector job growth

Seattle has been consistently ranked as one of the best tech markets in the country recently, but by at least… Read More

Seattle police, neighbors use technology to fight vehicle prowls

Erik Karlson was reading the news on his phone on Oct. 15 a few minutes after 1 a.m. when a… Read More

How altruism can help employers attract millennials

“Employee engagement, employee volunteerism is an HR issue,” Ben Reuler told a crowd of professionals and community organizers in downtown… Read More

Guest post: In a divided nation, partnerships between cities can promote unity and prosperity

To Mayor Murray and Director Chris Gregorich, of Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations: Since 1957, our city has built sister… Read More

With support from the tech industry, Seattle’s $54B transit plan speeds toward approval

Seattle-area tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia want to see the region’s transportation infrastructure double over the next 25 years.… Read More

Airbnb partners with the City of Seattle to provide lodging during emergencies and natural disasters

Last year, when The New Yorker exposed the havoc an overdue Cascadia earthquake could wreak on the Northwest, I was immediately… Read More

Bertha passes 1-mile mark: Video shows how Seattle’s tunnel machine is steered beneath city

Spinning and pushing its way beneath Seattle, Bertha the SR 99 tunneling machine moved past the 5,280-foot mark on Thursday… Read More

Amazon bringing In-N-Out Burger to Seattle? Getting to the bottom of this mysterious sign

We knew it was too good to be true almost instantly. The crinkled red paper, the low-resolution type, and the… Read More

Geekoween 2016: Seattle startups get in the spooky spirit with some truly impressive costumes

NASA already won Geekoween with the most impressive display of pumpkin carvery we’ve ever seen but this year’s runner-up is definitely… Read More

Uber and Lyft await ruling in suit seeking to block Seattle from releasing ride data

(Monday at 7:45 a.m. with comments from Uber.) Uber and Lyft are suing the city of Seattle as part of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Venture Kits helps expose kids to entrepreneurship with ‘business in a box’ toy

Most young children don’t say “CEO,” when asked what they want to be when they grow up. Leslie Feinzaig wants… Read More

Seattle bumps Boston as the most expensive U.S. housing market that’s not in California

The battle for most expensive housing market outside of California has been a neck-and-neck affair for the past several months… Read More

Amazon sees potential for up to 2,000 grocery stores in U.S. over next decade, report says

Amazon’s grocery stores under construction in its hometown are just the start of a much larger vision. That’s the word from Business Insider,… Read More