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Amazon launches on-demand healthcare clinic for Seattle-area employees

Healthcare is getting the Amazon treatment. The tech giant today launched Amazon Care, a primary care service for its employees… Read More

Geek of the Week: Ben Mussi finds love in creating the Seattle Dating App, a localized tool for singles

Ben Mussi is single in Seattle, and hasn’t been dating much at all lately because he’s been busy building a… Read More

Navigating Cancer raises $26M, aims to change the patient experience for oncology care

Navigating Cancer, a Seattle startup that makes software to help providers and patients manage cancer treatment, landed $26 million in… Read More

Earn some green for greener travel: Transit agency teams with rewards app Miles to target commuters

Commuters looking for a reason to ditch the car and use alternate modes of transportation will be encouraged to do… Read More

Riding a telemedicine wave, docs trade white coats for the tech life, testing the limits of health care

Dr. Michael Grabinski walks into the room, but he can’t talk yet. “I just picked up a patient,” he said.… Read More

Joe Coffee, the mobile app for indie shops, raises $750K as it plans to bring Seattle buzz to L.A.

The buzz around Joe Coffee keeps building. The Seattle startup, which built a mobile order and rewards app for local… Read More

Starbucks teams with new restaurant tech platform, led by coffee giant’s former chief digital officer

Starbucks’ commitment to technology-powered retail solutions took another step forward on Monday as the company announced it is teaming with… Read More

Growing startup Lawn Love comes to Washington with an app intended to make yard work easier

Startups want to do all the driving, select your groceries, bring you your takeout, walk your dog, fold your laundry… Read More

Super concerned with Superhuman: Seattle tech vet takes issue with new email app ‘spying’ on users

Update, Monday, 3 p.m.: Mike Davidson has returned with another personal blog post about Superhuman, calling the startup’s privacy fixes… Read More

Microsoft and Slalom help King County develop new app to make it easier to report noxious weeds

King County residents concerned about noxious weeds have a new gardening tool to turn to when it comes to eliminating… Read More

Startup bets high-tech dog lockers will get shoppers to leave pups outside the grocery store

Yes, those new lockable kennels outside the grocery store really are meant for your dog. And the startup that provides… Read More

Geek of the Week: At 13, Pranav Karthik develops into true tech geek as he earns WWDC scholarship

Pranav Karthik was about 7 years old when he first got interested in coding, watching his mom work and being… Read More

Say what? University of Washington researchers create smartphone app to detect ear infections

Like dirty diapers and sleepless nights, ear infections are just one of those things that come with having a young… Read More

Banana standoff at Amazon used to promote ‘IGIST,’ a sci-fi novel and app created by Axon president

Away from his day job as president of Axon, makers of police body cameras and other products, Luke Larson has… Read More

Team of tech friends attract 55,000 players with their ‘Game of Thrones’ fantasy league app

Plenty of television fans entertain themselves by trying to figure out what might happen week to week on HBO’s popular… Read More

Fancy rentable dog houses with air conditioning and a ‘puppy cam’ arrive in Seattle

The nation’s fanciest dog houses are coming to the most dog-friendly city in the U.S. DogSpot, the maker of shared… Read More

98point6 inks deal with health plan Banner|Aetna, expanding reach of virtual primary care service

Seattle startup 98point6 is bringing its virtual primary care solution to hundreds of thousands of new patients as part of… Read More

This startup wants to bring commercial real estate investing to the masses

Less than a year after selling his telecommunications startup, Flowroute founder Sean Hsieh has embarked on a new venture that… Read More

UW students rely on input from professor’s son to create prototype for app that eases panic attacks

A team of students at the University of Washington had the winning prototype during presentations in the school’s Neural Engineering… Read More

Hospitality startup Hello Alfred launches in Seattle, opens local office

Hello Alfred is ready to do Seattle’s laundry. And groceries. And cleaning. The hospitality startup this week expanded its on-demand… Read More

Off the Record, a startup that helps drivers fight tickets, wins dispute brought by traffic attorneys

A Seattle startup that helps drivers fight traffic tickets is celebrating what it calls “a big win” this week in… Read More

What that meditation app you downloaded (and don’t use) can really do for you — and what it can’t

Jalice May is a busy mom who works almost full-time at her church. On Sundays, she oversees the nursery during… Read More

Get pumped! Safeway releases new app to speed transaction time at some Seattle-area gas stations

Drivers looking to save time at the gas station pump and avoid the hassle of numerous prompts are getting some… Read More

‘Batman’ tech: UW spins out new startup that uses sonar to detect opioid overdoses

An app that uses sonar to detect opioid overdoses is making the leap from research to startup mode with the… Read More

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Week in Geek: Amazon’s delivery robot, the app that helped AOC, and a rough game for the Surface Pro

While we’ve been watching the sky and waiting for drone deliveries from Amazon, the tech giant came at us from… Read More

Seattle startup raises cash for app that gives patients control of their medical records

As part of a growing push to let patients own their medical history, digital health startup Vyrty recently launched a mobile… Read More

New app by Microsoft alumni is a personal sports assistant to manage your athletic match ups

Two Microsoft veterans are building apps to help people put down their mobile devices and engage with others in the… Read More

Is wellness ‘dead’? This Seattle-area company just raised $22M to revive it

Seattle-area health technology company Aduro has landed a $22 million investment to help company employees “be great at anything.” The funding,… Read More

UW app emits sonar from smartphone to detect opioid overdoses by monitoring breathing rate

You may have heard of naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdoses so effective that the U.S. Surgeon General recommended people carry… Read More

The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday

Microsoft, more than any other institution on earth, has shaped how we work and how we think about it. If… Read More