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Netflix dominates Golden Globe nods for streaming services, but others gaining ground

Streaming continues to announce its presence in Hollywood when it comes to providing blockbuster, high-quality entertainment — and this year’s… Read More

Seattle is tops when it comes to ‘Star Wars’ appearing in Match dating profiles

Virginia may be made for lovers, but Seattle is apparently for Star Wars fans. MyNorthwest.com reports today that the Emerald City… Read More

Nancy Drew learns to code: New mobile game focuses on coding for a younger crowd

Nancy Drew is one of the most beloved role models for young sleuths, especially young girls, so it makes sense… Read More

Donald Trump advocates ‘closing up the Internet,’ wants to get Bill Gates on that

If ridiculous passed ridiculous well into ludicrous land, well, that wouldn’t even come close to where Donald Trump is living… Read More

Facebook posts incredible video recap of the most-talked about events of 2015

2015 Year in Review from Facebook on Vimeo. Wow, what a ride. Facebook has posted a video and accompanying lists encapsulating… Read More

Amazon releases the top-selling books from 2015

While the Amazon editors and Bill Gates have both revealed their top books of 2015, what did Amazon readers choose? Amazon released… Read More

Dominos rolls out new high-tech delivery vehicle, complete with built-in warming oven

What happens when a pizza chain crowdsources the design for its new high-tech delivery vehicle? You get a souped up ride… Read More

Emojis are ‘all over’ brands on Instagram for 2015

Emojis ruled this year, not only as the “word” of the year, but also in branding. Seattle-based Simply Measured found that… Read More

New Oxford study: Digital economy creating jobs for a few, leaving many behind

It’s difficult to imagine that the digital economy is not creating the wealth of jobs it is promising with our… Read More

The latest ‘Back to the Future II’ gear to come to life? A self-drying jacket

Perhaps there is no better day than today, with epic rainstorms taking over the Pacific Northwest, than to talk about… Read More

New report: A fifth of Americans are now online ‘almost constantly’

Do you feel that you’re constantly staring at a screen? You might be. Look around. A little over a fifth,… Read More

Go inside this Portland man’s Boeing 727 home in the woods

“Jetliners are basically flying homes.” This video from Great Big Story introduces us to Portland aeronautics enthusiast Bruce Campbell. Campbell… Read More

UW researchers’ face-modeling software can turn Bush into Obama … or Tom Hanks

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a face-modeling algorithm that turns photos from the Internet into a digital… Read More

Zulily to make its first appearance on QVC tonight

For the first time ever, Zulily will be making an appearance on QVC. It makes perfect sense that the Seattle-based… Read More

Bill Gates reveals his favorite books of 2015

We should all know by now that Bill Gates is an avid reader with taste that tends to lean toward… Read More

HBO ad delivers 3 glorious seconds from ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aWQEeMToj0 For Game of Thrones fans, uncovering details about season six has been about as fruitful as searching for water in the Red Waste.… Read More

Darth Vader would make a terrible cop

If you don’t think many police officers have a sense of humor, check this out. The Fort Worth Police Department… Read More

Airbnb report says it isn’t affecting the rental market in Seattle

Airbnb rentals throughout the Seattle area shouldn’t be affecting rents or the availability of new housing, according to new data… Read More

Halo on the Microsoft HoloLens runs fast and looks awesome

HoloLens project manager Varun Mani uploaded a video of himself playing Halo with the augmented reality device this past week.… Read More

Anthology reports that Seattle ranks second when it comes to cities where techies want to live

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Seattle-based career matchmaking service Anthology (formerly Poachable) did a survey of 15,000 of its… Read More

Unify Square makes funny rap video, telling you to ‘put your Skype in the air’ already

Unify Square is the latest company of techies to bust a rhyme. In this new video, “MC Cloud” raps about… Read More

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler awaken ‘the Farce’ in this new promo for ‘Sisters’

Opening a movie on Dec. 18 this year might just be suicide. Or brilliant. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s new… Read More

Washington state schools connectivity good, but still not great: 88 percent meeting FCC’s speed goal

To compete in our digital world, students needs access to high-speed Internet, but as this latest report from Education SuperHighway… Read More

HBO’s new trailer for ‘Game of Thrones’ is a trippy ride

It’s not back on until April, but HBO is ramping up the publicity machine for Game of Thrones. Today, it’s… Read More

Enhance any holiday gathering with Nick Offerman drinking whisky by the fireplace

In the ridiculous things that need not exist (but we’re glad they do) category, proud American and manly man Nick Offerman has… Read More

Analysis shows which streaming service has the best original content and it’s not Netflix

It seems everyone is in the game of creating original content for streaming now, but who is making the best… Read More

New ‘Batman v. Superman’ trailer has a wonderful surprise at the end

Wowser, does this movie look like a winner. Of course, it’s Batman (Ben Affleck) vs. Superman (Henry Cavill), and there… Read More

Amazon’s first major film, Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ getting panned and praised by critics

It seems that critics are either loving or hating Spike Lee’s new movie Chi-Raq. In a review titled, “F**k you,… Read More

Meet Yondr, the company that wants you to put your phone away and enjoy the show

In the near future, if you’re attending a concert, comedy show or performance, you might be required to put your… Read More

Rover’s top dog names and other fun data from 2015 in one handy infographic

While people take inspiration from Instagram to name their kids, Seattle-based Rover released its own round-up of what’s going on… Read More