Tech

Sep 17, 2014, 3:27 PM

King County Councilmember wants police to wear body cameras for ‘transparency and accountability’

King County sheriff’s deputies may soon be wearing body cameras if a new measure introduced this week is approved. Councilmember Dave… Read More

Sep 17, 2014, 2:55 PM

Ali Partovi resigns from Hampton Creek after only a week on the job

Ali Partovi has abruptly resigned from Hampton Creek, roughly a week after he joined the San Francisco food alternatives company.… Read More

Sep 17, 2014, 2:52 PM

Lost forever? Archive Team says TwitPic is blocking photo downloads before shutdown

A volunteer group that saves data at risk of disappearing when web sites die says the founder of TwitPic is blocking their… Read More

Sep 17, 2014, 1:45 PM

Airbnb to collect 14% hotel tax from San Francisco renters; no word yet on Seattle

Airbnb announced today that it will begin charging a 14 percent hotel tax to renters in San Francisco beginning next month.… Read More

Sep 17, 2014, 12:05 PM

Blast-off for Bezos: Blue Origin wins deal to develop new U.S. rocket engine for Boeing joint venture

Boeing and SpaceX were the big winners of the nearly $7 billion NASA contract to take U.S. astronauts to the… Read More

Sep 17, 2014, 1:08 AM

Crazy footage: GoPro captures attempted gunpoint robbery, helps identify suspect

When you think of capturing unique GoPro footage, skydiving may come to mind. Or lions. Or sharks. But what about filming… Read More

Sep 16, 2014, 3:55 PM

Denver Police will train officers on Uber law following ‘inappropriate’ incident with Seattle driver

The Denver Police Department has established a new training program for its officers following an incident involving an officer who told a… Read More

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Sep 16, 2014, 1:43 PM

Tableau stock rises after Credit Suisse raises rating

Tableau’s stock rose almost 3 percent in trading on Wall Street today to $73.39 a share, putting the company’s market… Read More

Sep 16, 2014, 12:34 PM

Social media analytics company Visible sold after raising more than $80M in VC

Bellevue-based social media analytics company Visible Technologies has been sold to Vocus and Cision, a newly-merged company that makes software… Read More

Sep 16, 2014, 9:44 AM

Prototype ‘Purple’ locket brings classic jewelry into digital age

We can carry thousands of everyday pictures on the smartphones in our pockets, but what about the traditional notion of a… Read More

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Sep 16, 2014, 9:15 AM

Cray lands $13M contract for Swedish supercomputing

Cray announced today that the company has been awarded a $13 million contract from the PTC Center for High Performance… Read More

Sep 16, 2014, 6:00 AM

Paper drawing app for iPad gets new artistic collaboration service

FiftyThree, the company behind the Paper drawing app for iPad and the Pencil stylus, announced today that it’s launching a… Read More

Sep 15, 2014, 10:58 AM

Veteran Seattle software company Attachmate acquired by Micro Focus for $1.2B

Attachmate, a 30-year-old enterprise software company based in Seattle, announced today that it has been acquired by Micro Focus International.… Read More

Sep 15, 2014, 9:15 AM

Sidecar raises $15M to build ‘world’s largest transportation marketplace’ as Richard Branson hops on as investor

Sidecar may not make quite as many headlines as Uber or Lyft, but the transportation startup is certainly still finding… Read More

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Sep 15, 2014, 6:48 AM

Getty Images sets new pricing for iStock, takes swipe at Shutterstock

iStock, the digital image company owned by Getty Images, today announced a series of changes in pricing that includes subscriptions… Read More

Sep 12, 2014, 1:56 PM

Sprint leveraging former Clearwire spectrum in bid to rebound

Sprint’s stock has been on the rise this week following the unveiling of the iPhone 6, thanks in part to… Read More

Sep 12, 2014, 1:19 PM

Reasons To Be Skeptical of Jibo, the Overly Cute Robo-Servant

There’s been quite a bit of press recently about a new “family robot” called Jibo. The squat, Pixar-esque robo-assistant has… Read More

Sep 12, 2014, 7:19 AM

Paul Allen paid $2.5M for this German tank, says seller refuses to deliver

Paul Allen is finding it very difficult to acquire this tank. The 28-ton Panzerkampfwagen IV, better known as the Panzer… Read More

Sep 11, 2014, 2:36 PM

Comcast admits it sent erroneous ‘bot’ warnings to Xfinity Internet customers

If you received a warning from Comcast last weekend that one or more of your home computers connected to Xfinity… Read More

Sep 11, 2014, 2:27 PM

IPO-bound, Bay Area-based Nutanix to open engineering office in Seattle

Another large tech company is opening up an engineering office in Seattle. The latest is Nutanix, a San Jose-based data… Read More

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Sep 11, 2014, 1:27 PM

Kindergarten coders: Code.org launches open source Code Studio to boost kids’ learning of computer science

Code.org announced the launch of its new Code Studio today – an open source product designed to make it easy… Read More

Sep 11, 2014, 10:55 AM

Here’s why Zulily is different from Amazon, eBay and other retailers: They don’t want to be ‘the everything store’

The rise of Zulily — the online retailer that specializes in products for kids, moms and the home — is… Read More

Sep 11, 2014, 10:29 AM

Study: Uber makes 12X more revenue than Lyft, while growth rates for both declining in the U.S.

Uber is beating Lyft in the U.S. — at least in terms of revenue numbers. A new study from FutureAdvisor that analyzed… Read More

Sep 10, 2014, 9:56 PM

Court revives Paul Allen’s patent suit against AOL, Google, Apple, Yahoo

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s patent suit against AOL, Google, Yahoo and Apple has been brought back to life by a… Read More

Sep 10, 2014, 6:59 PM

How naked baseball players and the power of data inspired Michael Lewis to write ‘Moneyball’

More than a decade ago, Michael Lewis was standing in the Oakland Athletics clubhouse one evening when he noticed naked ballplayers… Read More

Sep 10, 2014, 1:59 PM

Fast-growing Zulily to open massive 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Pennsylvania

Zulily, the fast-growing e-commerce powerhouse, isn’t slowing down. The Seattle company announced today that it plans to open an 800,250… Read More

Sep 10, 2014, 1:49 PM

T-Mobile announces “Personal CellSpot” WiFi router to boost call coverage

T-Mobile made a new move to boost its network performance this afternoon, announcing a new “Personal CellSpot” WiFi router that… Read More

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Sep 10, 2014, 12:54 PM

King County Councilmember wants police to wear body cameras for ‘transparency and accountability’

Ali Partovi resigns from Hampton Creek after only a week on the job

Lost forever? Archive Team says TwitPic is blocking photo downloads before shutdown

Blast-off for Bezos: Blue Origin wins deal to develop new U.S. rocket engine for Boeing joint venture

Crazy footage: GoPro captures attempted gunpoint robbery, helps identify suspect

Denver Police will train officers on Uber law following ‘inappropriate’ incident with Seattle driver

Tableau stock rises after Credit Suisse raises rating

Social media analytics company Visible sold after raising more than $80M in VC

Prototype ‘Purple’ locket brings classic jewelry into digital age

Cray lands $13M contract for Swedish supercomputing

Paper drawing app for iPad gets new artistic collaboration service

Veteran Seattle software company Attachmate acquired by Micro Focus for $1.2B

Sidecar raises $15M to build ‘world’s largest transportation marketplace’ as Richard Branson hops on as investor

Getty Images sets new pricing for iStock, takes swipe at Shutterstock

Sprint leveraging former Clearwire spectrum in bid to rebound

Reasons To Be Skeptical of Jibo, the Overly Cute Robo-Servant

Paul Allen paid $2.5M for this German tank, says seller refuses to deliver

Comcast admits it sent erroneous ‘bot’ warnings to Xfinity Internet customers

IPO-bound, Bay Area-based Nutanix to open engineering office in Seattle

Kindergarten coders: Code.org launches open source Code Studio to boost kids’ learning of computer science

Here’s why Zulily is different from Amazon, eBay and other retailers: They don’t want to be ‘the everything store’

Study: Uber makes 12X more revenue than Lyft, while growth rates for both declining in the U.S.

Court revives Paul Allen’s patent suit against AOL, Google, Apple, Yahoo

How naked baseball players and the power of data inspired Michael Lewis to write ‘Moneyball’

Fast-growing Zulily to open massive 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Pennsylvania

T-Mobile announces “Personal CellSpot” WiFi router to boost call coverage

Mojio partners with Glympse to enable location sharing technology for connected car devices

Clogged cell networks during big events: Examining potential solutions to a serious problem

Flextivity helps small businesses monitor employee computer use, but CEO says it’s not a ‘spying device’