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Tech

Apr 27, 2016, 10:58 AM

Top devices compete for ‘Hardware/Gadget of the Year’ in the GeekWire Awards

Seattle and the Pacific Northwest are traditionally known for software and Internet services, but the region’s tech community is increasingly developing… Read More

SpaceX Red Dragon
Apr 27, 2016, 10:57 AM

SpaceX plans to start sending Red Dragon capsules to Mars as early as 2020

Update for March 22, 2017: SpaceX has shifted its schedule for the first Red Dragon mission to no earlier than… Read More

Apr 27, 2016, 9:46 AM

Nintendo announces next smartphone apps, timeline for new console, disappointing earnings

Nintendo is softening the blow of a rough financial year with some big announcements about the future. The Japanese game giant, which has its… Read More

Apr 27, 2016, 7:24 AM

How Bertha will tunnel beneath Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct — 15 feet below roadway’s foundations

Bertha, the giant tunneling machine making its way along Seattle’s waterfront, will start a delicate phase of its 9,270-foot journey on… Read More

Apr 27, 2016, 5:00 AM

Whitepages spins out caller ID and spam-blocking app into startup Hiya

Whitepages announced today that it is spinning out its popular CallerID app into a new company called Hiya. Whitepages CEO Alex… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 7:33 PM

Supercomputer maker Cray goes to the mall, leases 87,500sf in Mall of America office building

Supercomputer maker Cray is moving its St. Paul, Minn. offices to a new office complex on the Mall of America… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 2:40 PM

Jon Zimmerman, CEO of Seattle startup Front Desk, passes away suddenly at 47 years old

Jon Zimmerman, the CEO of Seattle startup Front Desk, passed away suddenly Monday of unspecified causes, according to a statement issued… Read More

Twitter
Apr 26, 2016, 1:23 PM

Shares of Twitter fall 10% after Q1 revenue miss, but user growth beats expectations

Shares of Twitter dipped more than 10 percent on Tuesday after the company missed analyst expectations for quarterly revenue. Twitter reported… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 12:00 PM

Seattle startup looks to extinguish cigarette smoking, raises $500,000 for SmartQuit smoking cessation app

Helping people to quit smoking can result in a huge benefit for employers. Not only are users healthier and more… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 10:59 AM

LiveJournal creator Brad Fitzpatrick details his open-source digital life backup system

The amount of digital data we are creating every day is mind-boggling. But the photos we take, tweets we send,… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 10:54 AM

Code.org lands $23M as U.S. business leaders implore Congress to fund computer science education

Code.org, the non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, has secured $23 million in donations from Microsoft, Infosys, Google, Mark… Read More

Car accident
Apr 26, 2016, 9:00 AM

Lawsuit targets Snapchat for 107-mph crash, alleges teen was using app to boast about speed

A new lawsuit blames Snapchat, along with a teenager who was allegedly using the popular messaging app to share how fast she was driving,… Read More

Brain tissue
Apr 26, 2016, 8:00 AM

Seattle researchers join forces to study brain injury, aging and dementia

Scientists from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science, the University of Washington and Group Health Research Institute have put together… Read More

John Legere
Apr 26, 2016, 6:57 AM

T-Mobile adds 2.2M more customers, posts $479M profit, CEO John Legere says they ‘nailed it’ again

T-Mobile added a net total of 2.2 million customers in the first quarter, beating Wall Street’s expectations with $8.6 billion… Read More

Uber logo
Apr 25, 2016, 4:29 PM

Uber uses Seattle again as a testing ground for new ideas, this time for driver appeals process

Uber is using the Seattle market to test another new idea. As a result of its recent $100 million settlement with… Read More

Apr 25, 2016, 12:31 PM

Intel layoffs to bring big cuts to chip giant’s Wash. state workforce

Intel’s latest round of layoffs may see the company vastly reduce its Washington state presence. The Oregonian is reporting that the chipmaker… Read More

Apr 25, 2016, 10:56 AM

Amazon director of engineering Robert Parker departs for Samsung’s smart home arm

Robert Parker, most recently director of engineering at Amazon for the past five years, has taken a new job with Samsung’s… Read More

Apr 23, 2016, 9:15 AM

Former Microsoft engineer founds parent-focused social network Bloom

Tips on pregnancy abound online, from the food you should eat to what that weird pain in your foot means… Read More

Apr 23, 2016, 9:14 AM

Students: Here’s what Expedia and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton says you should study

Given that he started companies like Expedia, Zillow, and Glassdoor, Rich Barton understands the value and power of data. That’s why he… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 1:40 PM

Fexy Media adds Simply Recipes to portfolio of food sites targeting millennials

Food media is a competitive market and everyone has their eyes set on millennials. Like Hanzel and Gretel before them,… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 10:22 AM

Here’s what Uber’s $100M settlement means for drivers, who will remain independent contractors

Uber agreed on Thursday to settle two class action lawsuits and will pay as much as $100 million to 385,000 drivers… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 8:21 AM

Rhapsody International taps Mike Davis as first-ever CEO for streaming music company

Seattle-based Rhapsody International — composed of music streaming services Rhapsody and Napster — announced Mike Davis as the first CEO in… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 2:48 PM

Starbucks mobile order-ahead usage doubles from last year, now up to 8M transactions per month

Starbucks said today that usage of its mobile order-ahead feature doubled year-over-year during the most recent quarter. The company’s Mobile… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 2:43 PM

Sirqul raises another $3M as it expands IoT solutions to China

Sirqul, the Seattle startup focused in part on improving the Internet of Things, is looking to expand its services in… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 1:21 PM

PayScale makes first acquisition in history, buys compensation expert MarketPay

Seattle-based PayScale is pushing deeper into compensation analytics with the purchase of MarketPay, a 16-year-old Colorado-based company that helps companies… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 12:38 PM

Taking on Tuberculosis: $1M Gates Foundation grant funds researchers in Seattle and South Africa

According to the World Health Organization, Tuberculosis is one of the top killers among infectious diseases: 1.5 million people died from… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 10:58 AM

Seven months later, Allrecipes’ millennial-focused redesign attracts new users — and critics

Allrecipes spent most of 2015 cooking up what it calls “Dot Next,” a redesign with an emphasis on social features,… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 10:50 AM

VC Bill Gurley warns unicorns of ‘dirty’ fundraising terms; Rich Barton hopes for more IPOs

Top Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley published a massive 5,700-word post Wednesday evening that’s the talk of the tech… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 8:47 AM

Argh, where’s the cable technician? On a map, thanks to Glympse’s new deal with Time Warner Cable

Say goodbye to the days of waiting hours around the house for the cable technician to show up at an… Read More

Apr 20, 2016, 3:12 PM

F5 Networks announces $1B stock buyback, as patent verdict hits bottom line

F5 Networks released its second quarter earnings for 2016 today. The Seattle-based company announced a 2 percent increase in revenue year… Read More

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