Tech

Apr 21, 2014, 6:55 AM

Blucora paying $45M to purchase HowStuffWorks, the Internet’s how-to guide with 38 million monthly visitors

Blucora continues to expand through acquisitions. The Bellevue company today announced that it’s buying HowStuffWorks from Discovery Communications, paying $45… Read More

Apr 20, 2014, 8:30 AM

Watch Paul Allen make a Kickstarter pitch for new NBA jerseys in ‘Portlandia’ cameo

Paul Allen’s acting skills — or lack thereof — were on full display in a “Portlandia” episode earlier this month. During this… Read More

Apr 19, 2014, 8:15 PM

New UW football coach lifts Twitter ban for players, brings in social media advisor

During his previous coaching stint with Boise State University, Chris Petersen made sure to keep his players off Twitter. But now,… Read More

Apr 18, 2014, 6:50 PM

Nike reportedly cuts majority of its FuelBand team, steps back from wearable hardware

Owners of a Nike FuelBand may soon have a relic on their hands. The company has laid off 70 to… Read More

Apr 18, 2014, 6:24 PM

Seattle will issue cease-and-desist to ride-sharing companies if deal can’t be reached

Seattle will issue a ceast-and-desist letter to app-based transportation startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar if an agreement between the companies,… Read More

Apr 18, 2014, 5:28 PM

Q&A: Rick Johnson on working at Valve, Facebook’s Oculus deal, and the future of augmented reality

Rick Johnson thinks that the future includes a world where people can take an augmented view of the world around… Read More

Apr 18, 2014, 3:38 PM

Ready for Webvan 2.0? Grocery service’s founder is taking another bite at the apple

Nobody would blame Webvan co-founder Louis Borders for staying away from the grocery delivery business. His company saw a meteoric… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 9:35 PM

More than 600 Seattle U students had information exposed because of bad security settings

Sometimes, bad security breaches don’t even require specialized code or software bugs. Case in point: Seattle University, which accidentally left… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 6:39 PM

Avalara unveils TrustFile, a free cloud-based sales tax service for small businesses

There’s a whole maze of state and local laws governing sales tax collection, and it can be hard for a… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 5:03 PM

Seattle ride-sharing regulations suspended; Mayor wants to negotiate with stakeholders

Seattle’s ride-sharing controversy just took an unexpected turn. A coalition group has collected enough signatures to suspend a newly-passed ordinance regulating companies like… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 1:48 PM

Amazon Fire TV voice search will soon work with Hulu, Crackle, Showtime content

Amazon announced today that it is expanding voice search capability for its Fire TV set-top box to include Hulu Plus, Crackle… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 12:58 PM

Intellectual Ventures’ licensing chief resigns, leaving deputies in charge

Intellectual Ventures’ top licensing executive, Andy Elder, has resigned his post for personal reasons and will depart at the end of… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 10:00 AM

Lyft launches community program ‘Lyft for Good’ to help improve cities

Last month, Lyft called out Seattle’s city leaders for their decision to regulate the number of cars it could have… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 9:26 AM

Nokia suspends sales of Lumia 2520 tablet in Europe over faulty chargers

Nokia today told users of its Lumia 2520 Windows 8.1 tablets to discontinue use of travel chargers purchased in several countries,… Read More

Apr 16, 2014, 4:00 PM

UberX adds $1 ‘Safe Rides Fee’ for passengers, reinstates 20% commission fee for drivers

UberX customers, take note: Your rides are about to cost a little more. In an email sent to UberX Seattle… Read More

Apr 15, 2014, 4:11 PM

What Snapchat teaches us about the way teens define privacy

When it comes to the generational differences between today’s youth and their parents or grandparents, there are the obvious ones:… Read More

Apr 14, 2014, 3:23 PM

Chase Jarvis named CEO of CreativeLive, Mika Salmi moves to board role

Mika Salmi is stepping down as CEO of fast-growing online education company CreativeLive, handing the reins to co-founder Chase Jarvis.… Read More

Apr 14, 2014, 10:37 AM

Angry Uber drivers complain about company: ‘We’re treated a little better than slaves’

Uber, the fast-growing San Francisco app-based transportation startup, has another problem to deal with in Seattle: Angry drivers who say… Read More

Apr 14, 2014, 7:59 AM

Zillow’s Rich Barton on why he prefers Seattle to Silicon Valley

Rich Barton may not be quite as well known as the tech superstars of Silicon Valley. But the Expedia and… Read More

Apr 11, 2014, 3:11 PM

Paul Allen hates listening to the ocean, sells $28M Malibu home to CBS president

Some people really love the sound that an ocean makes. Paul Allen is not one of those people. The New York… Read More

Apr 11, 2014, 2:20 PM

Seattle’s ride-sharing rules headed for city-wide vote — with one potential roadblock

The fate of app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar may soon be decided by the people of Seattle.… Read More

Apr 11, 2014, 8:07 AM

Oops! Washington state disposes of old computers without wiping medical records, tax forms and other confidential information

Medical records. Social Security Numbers. Employee performance evaluations. Those were just some of the confidential records found on old computers… Read More

Apr 10, 2014, 9:18 AM

Blucora paying $45M to purchase HowStuffWorks, the Internet’s how-to guide with 38 million monthly visitors

Watch Paul Allen make a Kickstarter pitch for new NBA jerseys in ‘Portlandia’ cameo

Nike reportedly cuts majority of its FuelBand team, steps back from wearable hardware

Q&A: Rick Johnson on working at Valve, Facebook’s Oculus deal, and the future of augmented reality

Ready for Webvan 2.0? Grocery service’s founder is taking another bite at the apple

More than 600 Seattle U students had information exposed because of bad security settings

Avalara unveils TrustFile, a free cloud-based sales tax service for small businesses

Amazon Fire TV voice search will soon work with Hulu, Crackle, Showtime content

Intellectual Ventures’ licensing chief resigns, leaving deputies in charge

Nokia suspends sales of Lumia 2520 tablet in Europe over faulty chargers

What Snapchat teaches us about the way teens define privacy

Chase Jarvis named CEO of CreativeLive, Mika Salmi moves to board role

Zillow’s Rich Barton on why he prefers Seattle to Silicon Valley

Paul Allen hates listening to the ocean, sells $28M Malibu home to CBS president

Oops! Washington state disposes of old computers without wiping medical records, tax forms and other confidential information

Amazon already designing 8th generation of delivery drones

Future faces: Software lets parents see what their kids will look like in 50 years

T-Mobile exec: ‘Our competitors know that we cleaned their clocks in Q1’

Seattle Mayor: ‘We should not allow our Internet access to be managed by a private monopoly’

T-Mobile targets industry’s ‘predatory bait-and-switch schemes’ with $40/month plan, without overages

Boeing bans headphones, forces employees to stand still while answering phone calls

Tableau’s cloud-based analytics platform now its fastest-growing product