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Feb 13, 2013, 10:06 AM

FareBot tracks your public transit card history, raises privacy issues

Your ORCA card probably contains a lot more publicly accesible information than you think. Crosscut is out today with a story… Read More

Feb 13, 2013, 9:51 AM

American Express links with Twitter: Will security risks sink this buy-by-Tweet experiment?

Social commerce is about ease. And what’s easier than using a hashtag to make a purchase? Today American Express, in… Read More

Feb 13, 2013, 8:39 AM

A high-tech governor? It’s time for Inslee to take innovation message on the road

Governor Jay Inslee was sworn into office less than a month ago. Is it time for him to take a… Read More

Feb 12, 2013, 1:52 PM

SpaceCurve claims Big Data record after processing petabytes of data per day

Seattle big data startup SpaceCurve announced today that it has set a real-time Big Data performance record for ingesting streaming data and… Read More

Feb 12, 2013, 12:38 PM

As 787 tests continue, Boeing announces leadership changes

While Boeing continues to conduct test flights of the 787 Dreamliner, the company announced some leadership changes today. Greg Hyslop,… Read More

Feb 12, 2013, 9:42 AM

3 ways to enhance your State of the Union viewing experience

President Barack Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address tonight at 6 p.m PST with Apple CEO… Read More

Feb 11, 2013, 4:30 PM

Gas Powered Games cancels Kickstarter for ‘Wildman’

Gas Powered Games unplugged its Kickstarter campaign for ‘WIldman‘ this afternoon with four days left and more than $500,000 to raise. We’ve… Read More

Feb 11, 2013, 4:11 PM

World championship-bound robotics team learns life skills by designing and programing world-class robots

A local team is headed to a world championship later this year, but we aren’t talking football, basketball or baseball.… Read More

Feb 11, 2013, 3:46 PM

Intellectual Ventures sues AT&T, CenturyLink and Windstream over DSL patents

Intellectual Ventures has filed suit against AT&T, CenturyLink and Windstream Communications, alleging that their DSL Internet services violate some of… Read More

Feb 11, 2013, 10:05 AM

Northwest Energy Angels invest record $4.7 Million in 2012

Despite decreasing overall venture capital investments in cleantech worldwide, Northwest Energy Angels announced today that its members invested $4,696,500 in 15 clean technology… Read More

Feb 7, 2013, 5:58 PM

Seattle mayor pulls plug on controversial drone program

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is ending the controversial unmanned aerial vehicle program — before the drones ever took official flight.… Read More

Feb 7, 2013, 2:39 PM

VIDEO: Boeing’s badass Phantom Eye spy plane completes taxi tests

Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered high altitude autonomous Phantom Eye plane is inching closer toward flight again. The Phantom Eye completed taxi… Read More

Feb 6, 2013, 10:33 AM

Scientists crowdsource atmospheric data from smartphones to improve weather forecasts

Meteorologists may become better at their jobs thanks to your smartphone. Atmospheric scientists at the University of Washington are collecting data… Read More

Feb 6, 2013, 10:25 AM

Obama picks REI exec Sally Jewell as Interior secretary

Big news out today in the world of politics with President Barack Obama announcing that he’s chosen former REI Chief… Read More

Feb 5, 2013, 2:29 PM

Adult app store and streaming service MiKandi reaches 1M registered users — no ads required

Mikandi, the Seattle-based adult app store and streaming video service, today announced that it has reached 1 million registered users,… Read More

Feb 5, 2013, 1:34 PM

Expedia revenue hits $975M on strength of hotel business

Expedia is flying high again. The Bellevue-based online travel giant today posted fourth quarter revenue of $975 million, a 24… Read More

Feb 5, 2013, 9:52 AM

Citing favorable tax rates, Flowroute moves HQ to Seattle from California

Flowroute, which provides wholesale voice-over-Internet services to businesses, has moved its headquarters from Southern California to Seattle. The company cited… Read More

Feb 5, 2013, 9:02 AM

OncoGenex finance chief resigns after ‘personal relationship’ develops with CEO

Michelle Burris, the chief financial officer at Bothell biotechnology company OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, has resigned from her post after disclosing a “developing… Read More

Feb 4, 2013, 10:27 AM

A big win for BC: Annual TED conference headed to Vancouver

TED is heading north of the border. To mark the organization’s 30th anniversary, it just announced today that it plans… Read More

Feb 1, 2013, 4:18 PM

Why this retiring sportswriter thinks newspapers should eliminate reader comments

Many believe that allowing online reader comments are beneficial for a news organization. Steve Kelley certainly does not think so. Kelley,… Read More

Feb 1, 2013, 1:24 PM

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff on why they’d be able to withstand a Google threat

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff faces all sorts of competition, but how would they fend off a potential challenge from Google?… Read More

Feb 1, 2013, 8:56 AM

Welcome to Washington: The best place in the U.S. to be rich (and the worst to be poor)

Washington state is a great place to live if you’re wealthy. But the state’s tax system — which does not… Read More

Jan 31, 2013, 3:52 PM

This Chrome add-on puts your Gmail, social media notifications all in one place

For those who can’t keep track of Gmail and social media channels, here’s a neat new add-on for Google Chrome… Read More

Jan 31, 2013, 2:15 PM

Mark Cuban thinks “dumbass patents are crushing small businesses”

Mark Cuban is never one to shy away from his beliefs. Now, to show his disdain for patents, he’s created… Read More

Jan 31, 2013, 11:47 AM

Seattle rocker Chris Ballew needs your childhood memories for a new song

We all have childhood memories — some good, others bad. Seattle native Chris Ballew wants yours for a new song… Read More

Jan 31, 2013, 9:12 AM

nFluence scores $1.6M to help brands figure out what consumers really want

nFluence Media, a Seattle and London startup that allows big consumer brands to collect data on users, has raised an… Read More

Jan 30, 2013, 2:36 PM

Superman, where you at? Emerald City Comicon website hacked

Maybe it was Joker. Possibly Lex Luthor. Could have been Bane. It’s unclear exactly which villain hacked the Emerald City Comicon’s website… Read More

Jan 30, 2013, 1:57 PM

Concur boss Steve Singh touts ‘solid momentum’ as revenues rise 22 percent

Concur, the maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, today posted quarterly revenue of $122.8 million, a 22 percent… Read More

Jan 29, 2013, 2:31 PM

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor pessimistic about Kickstarter outcome

Last week, we reported on the odd story of how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go… Read More

Jan 29, 2013, 11:12 AM

Tolls on I-90: Here’s your chance to comment

Tolling of the Interstate 90 is inching toward reality, with the Washington State Department of Transportation saying that it is… Read More

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