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Feb 22, 2016, 4:24 PM

Bill to ban non-compete deals stalls in Washington state after opposition from business groups

Legislation is delayed until at least next year on banning non-compete provisions from employment agreements in Washington state. The Washington House… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 3:58 PM

Email is still hard: InboxVudu shutting down, and our inboxes are about to get a lot messier

Email is here to stay, but apps trying to make it better might not be doing so well. Last year,… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 2:50 PM

CenturyLink fined another $2.85M for 2014 statewide 911 outage

A six-hour 911 outage that took place in April 2014 is costing CenturyLink another $2,854,750. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission… Read More

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Feb 22, 2016, 2:12 PM

Starbucks tweaks Rewards program: Customers will get stars based on spending, not visits

Starbucks is tweaking its program aimed at loyal customers as the My Starbucks Rewards program simply becomes Starbucks Rewards and… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 1:11 PM

Cyanogen enables deeper integrations with new “MOD” platform for apps

Android’s appeal has always been tied to customization. However, while users can do a lot of low-level tinkering by loading up… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 11:46 AM

Google Fiber tries new approach in Alabama: piggyback on muni network

What would a city government do to obtain internet speeds 100-times faster than those offered in most of the country?… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 10:57 AM

Smartphones are still cool: What’s new at Mobile World Congress 2016

The 2016 Mobile World Congress started this weekend, bringing a wealth of new products from today’s top mobile manufacturers. So… Read More

Feb 21, 2016, 10:37 AM

HTC Vive virtual reality headset will cost $799 and ship this April

HTC today announced that its Vive virtual reality headset will be available for $799 this April. The consumer version of HTC’s… Read More

Feb 21, 2016, 10:05 AM

Whitepages partners with Samsung to pre-install caller ID software on Galaxy S7 smartphones

Samsung is partnering with Whitepages to offer customers a spam-blocking caller ID feature for its new Galaxy S7 smartphone. Seattle-based Whitepages… Read More

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Feb 19, 2016, 8:47 PM

After a rough 16 months, SpaceShipTwo rollout generates positive vibrations

MOJAVE, Calif. – This time around, Virgin Galactic took no chances with the weather. When the first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was… Read More

Feb 19, 2016, 2:00 PM

Seattle city officials talk tech access, drones and strategize for digital equity initiative

Members of the technology community met with city officials last week to discuss the future of drone policy in Seattle… Read More

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Feb 19, 2016, 1:14 PM

Paul Allen giving $2 million in effort to help fight Zika virus outbreak

Paul Allen announced $2 million in grants on Friday aimed at combating the spread of the Zika virus, which the World… Read More

Feb 19, 2016, 12:35 PM

Review: Sensoria’s wearables provide a lot of data, but you may still need a real running coach

It’s now more than month and a half into the New Year, and many resolutions are starting to get left… Read More

Feb 18, 2016, 9:59 PM

Seattle councilman defends his Uber union law: ‘Everyone should benefit’ from company’s success

The second floor meeting space at Galvanize in Seattle felt like City Hall for a few minutes on Thursday afternoon.… Read More

Feb 18, 2016, 3:22 PM

S.F. startup CEO asks police to remove ‘riff raff’ from the city, sparking backlash

San Francisco and Seattle are facing unprecedented social stratification, thanks in large part to their booming technology industries. The mayors of… Read More

Feb 18, 2016, 1:32 PM

BMW tests car-sharing service in Seattle, taking on Car2Go in first U.S. move since halting S.F. pilot

BMW appears to be expanding its DriveNow car-sharing service in Seattle, taking direct aim at Car2Go in one of its most successful… Read More

Bullet holes were filled with flowers at one of the restaurants involved in the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. (Credit: Greg Sandoval)
Feb 18, 2016, 8:11 AM

Apple debate raises question: Did encryption prevent NSA from breaking up Paris attacks?

How lucky for Yahoo. Michael Rogers, National Security Agency (NSA) director, sits down for an interview and provides the perfect… Read More

Feb 17, 2016, 9:01 PM

Verizon dominates RootMetrics’ mobile network tests; T-Mobile CEO says RootMetrics should be ‘banned’

Verizon continues to be have the best overall performance in the U.S. wireless industry, according to a new study by RootMetrics covering… Read More

Feb 17, 2016, 2:40 PM

Twitter adding GIF button and native support with help from Giphy and Riffsy

GIFs may be a holdover from the earliest days of the internet, but the ability to easily share little silent,… Read More

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Feb 17, 2016, 1:31 PM

Yahoo shutting down several digital magazines, but Tech site will survive

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it was phasing out a number of its digital magazines in an effort to refocus its… Read More

Feb 16, 2016, 10:06 PM

Hulu quietly purchases assets from Seattle video startup Vhoto, hires most of the team

Vhoto, which developed a computer vision technology that scanned mobile videos in order to extract the very best still photographs,… Read More

Ed Murray at Startupday 2015
Feb 16, 2016, 4:38 PM

Mayor Murray: Will Seattle’s technology-driven economy promote equity, or break us apart?

Seattle is growing faster than most other cities in the U.S., in large part due to the region’s booming technology… Read More

Feb 16, 2016, 11:58 AM

Windows 95 architect launches open-source, media-rich document creation platform for mobile devices

PowerPoint is fine for your business presentation, but getting your message across with a few pictures and text alone may… Read More

Feb 16, 2016, 9:08 AM

Physio-Control acquired for $1.3 billion by medical device maker Stryker Corp

Physio-Control Inc. is getting a new corporate parent — again. The Redmond-based maker of defibrillators will be purchased by publicly-traded medical device… Read More

Feb 15, 2016, 5:46 PM

CBS All Access customers complain about poor live stream of Grammy Awards

Cord cutters who subscribe to CBS All-Access were frustrated Monday evening when their Grammy Awards live stream would not work properly.… Read More

Feb 15, 2016, 12:58 PM

Grass greener, Internet faster? Why Seattle is mapping broadband speeds across the city

The City of Seattle has announced an online broadband speed test that will create a map of internet speeds and prices across different Seattle… Read More

Feb 15, 2016, 7:56 AM

Zillow launches new ad campaign touching on the emotional power of home ownership

Zillow is refreshing its advertising, launching a new campaign today that features people telling personal stories about what homeownership means… Read More

Feb 15, 2016, 3:15 AM

Uber execs dodge bullet in France but criminal case reveals flaws in expansion strategy

PARIS — During a two-day trial last week, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty and Thibaud Simphal, the Uber executives facing criminal charges here,… Read More

Feb 12, 2016, 10:30 AM

PlayStation 4 continues to outsell Xbox One in January, but hardware sales slow across the board

Consoles sales are slowing after a record-breaking holiday season, down 15 percent year-over-year to $157 million in January, according to the latest data from… Read More

Feb 12, 2016, 8:50 AM

Scammers love online dating apps, warns data protection company iovation

Just in time to cast a pall on Valentine’s Day, iovation — the Portland-based data authentication and fraud protection startup —… Read More

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