Barack Obama meets Madden NFL: Political ads find a home in video games Don’t be surprised next time you see Barack Obama’s face pop up after your last game of online Battleship —… Read More
Meet the winners of the state’s first-ever app challenge It was the mobile-app version of the Oscars last night at City Hall, as the awards for the first-ever Evergreen… Read More
No borders: Space heroes join together for epic night They were all up on stage when the cosmonaut Valery Kubasov was introduced. With a lapel full of medals he strode… Read More
Senate report says Microsoft sidesteps billions in taxes This could get pretty ugly for Microsoft. A new report out by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found… Read More
Why Madrona’s Matt McIlwain is hanging at the GOP convention in Tampa this week Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain usually spends his days scouring the Pacific Northwest landscape for the hottest startups. But not… Read More
Gubernatorial candidates Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna talk tech (and education) Taxes. Health Care. Jobs. Regulatory reforms. Those were some of the topics on the agenda Tuesday morning as Republican Rob… Read More
Seattle approves plan to lease fiber network to private firms Seattle will now be able to lease unused fiber optic cabling throughout the city to private companies, possibly sparking faster Internet… Read More
47 percent of H1-B Visa requests are in the computer field, and Microsoft leads the pack Requests for H1-B visas, the controversial 22-year-old program that allows skilled workers into the U.S. to complete temporary jobs, are… Read More
Washington state becomes first to offer voter registration via Facebook Facebook just isn’t about browsing photos of friends. A new initiative in Washington state actually might have a higher purpose:… Read More
Seattle mayor touts South Lake Union as an ‘engine for job growth’ Anyone who has stepped foot near Amazon.com’s new headquarters in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood can feel the change happening… Read More
Healthcare Reform: Why today’s Supreme Court ruling is great news for startups No matter which side of the aisle you sit on*, today’s ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable… Read More
Kindle event postponed: Bezos and Clinton’s worlds to now collide at date TBD Well, it looks like, we’re going to have to wait a little bit before we get to hear from Secretary of… Read More
Legislators rally against possible Xbox 360 import ban It’s not often that Congress argues in favor of video game consoles, but it appears all bets are off when… Read More
President Obama recognizes math and science teachers, including 3 from the Pacific Northwest There’s a critical need in the U.S. to make sure that public schools are churning out kids who are strong… Read More
Internet Defense League’s ‘bat signal’ to warn of threats to the Internet Following the online activism that led to the demise of the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, some… Read More
Mayor McGinn convenes startup roundtable: Could these 5 ideas transform Seattle’s startup community? Can the City of Seattle do more to support startups? That was the question raised Tuesday night by Seattle Mayor… Read More
TED curator shoots back at Hanauer, calls out Seattle VC and posts controversial talk The controversy over Nick Hanauer’s recent TED talk about increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans just isn’t going away. Yesterday,… Read More
Too controversial: Why TED won’t post Nick Hanauer’s talk about taxing the rich Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer — an early investor in Amazon.com and aQuantive — certainly has strong opinions on economics… Read More
Texting while walking: Should this be illegal, too? For the launch of Windows Phone last year, a Microsoft commercial poked fun at people walking around with their heads… Read More
Hail to the Master Chief? Halo 4 launching on election day Microsoft announced plans this week to launch Halo 4 on Nov. 6, kicking off a new era for the blockbuster… Read More
The best and worst tax systems in the U.S. for entrepreneurs Washington state has one of the best tax systems in the country when it comes to supporting entrepreneurship and small… Read More
Seattle’s ‘chief geek’ Bill Schrier to step down May 2 Chief Technology Officer Bill Schrier announced his retirement today after more than 30 years of service to the city. “Bill… Read More
Direct Impact buys Crowdverb to bolster ‘grassroots’ campaigns Crowdverb, a Seattle social media monitoring startup led by Todd Herman, Sally Poliak and Cyrus Krohn, has been acquired in… Read More
As new H-1B season begins, Microsoft renews call to loosen rules on foreign workers It’s the start of an annual tradition, and the revival of a perennial debate. Today is the first day for… Read More
Amazon.com dubbed a corporate scrooge by hometown newspaper Amazon.com’s lack of philanthropic involvement in its hometown of Seattle is getting renewed attention as The Seattle Times kicked off… Read More
Next up for Startup Weekend: Making government move at Internet speed You might say it is a bit of an oxymoron. But Startup Weekend is introducing a new event next month… Read More
Obama pledges $200 million for ‘big data’ initiative “Big data” is perhaps the hottest buzzword in technology these days. And now President Obama is jumping on the bandwagon,… Read More
The JOBS Act means different things to different people in the startup community The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act cleared its final legislative hurdle today. It is now on its way to… Read More
AT&T exec blasts FCC over T-Mobile call center closures AT&T appears to still be smarting over its failed $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA, a deal that fell apart… Read More
Coming to Seattle: Picnic shelters with solar panels OK, you can insert whatever Seattle rain joke that you’d like on this one. But during a week that the… Read More
