Articles about Seattle – Page 25 of 51

Seattle police, neighbors use technology to fight vehicle prowls

Erik Karlson was reading the news on his phone on Oct. 15 a few minutes after 1 a.m. when a… Read More

How altruism can help employers attract millennials

“Employee engagement, employee volunteerism is an HR issue,” Ben Reuler told a crowd of professionals and community organizers in downtown… Read More

Guest post: In a divided nation, partnerships between cities can promote unity and prosperity

To Mayor Murray and Director Chris Gregorich, of Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations: Since 1957, our city has built sister… Read More

With support from the tech industry, Seattle’s $54B transit plan speeds toward approval

Seattle-area tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia want to see the region’s transportation infrastructure double over the next 25 years.… Read More

Airbnb partners with the City of Seattle to provide lodging during emergencies and natural disasters

Last year, when The New Yorker exposed the havoc an overdue Cascadia earthquake could wreak on the Northwest, I was immediately… Read More

Bertha passes 1-mile mark: Video shows how Seattle’s tunnel machine is steered beneath city

Spinning and pushing its way beneath Seattle, Bertha the SR 99 tunneling machine moved past the 5,280-foot mark on Thursday… Read More

Amazon bringing In-N-Out Burger to Seattle? Getting to the bottom of this mysterious sign

We knew it was too good to be true almost instantly. The crinkled red paper, the low-resolution type, and the… Read More

Geekoween 2016: Seattle startups get in the spooky spirit with some truly impressive costumes

NASA already won Geekoween with the most impressive display of pumpkin carvery we’ve ever seen but this year’s runner-up is definitely… Read More

Uber and Lyft await ruling in suit seeking to block Seattle from releasing ride data

(Monday at 7:45 a.m. with comments from Uber.) Uber and Lyft are suing the city of Seattle as part of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Venture Kits helps expose kids to entrepreneurship with ‘business in a box’ toy

Most young children don’t say “CEO,” when asked what they want to be when they grow up. Leslie Feinzaig wants… Read More

Seattle bumps Boston as the most expensive U.S. housing market that’s not in California

The battle for most expensive housing market outside of California has been a neck-and-neck affair for the past several months… Read More

Amazon sees potential for up to 2,000 grocery stores in U.S. over next decade, report says

Amazon’s grocery stores under construction in its hometown are just the start of a much larger vision. That’s the word from Business Insider,… Read More

Is Amazon or Microsoft a better place to work? Advice for an MBA student

Competition for tech talent in the Seattle area is fierce, and Amazon and Microsoft are the heavyweights in this fight.… Read More

Report calls Seattle the ‘crane capital of America’ as ongoing tech boom transforms cityscape

If looking up in Seattle has you feeling down — because change is hard — a new report may not make… Read More

Rumors swirl over Lululemon ditching Vancouver — here’s 3 reasons why the yogawear maker should consider Seattle

You may need to put down your pumpkin spice latte for this. Lululemon, the leader in expensive stuff to sweat… Read More

Kanye West is sick of streaming politics, tells Seattle crowd ‘Apple/Tidal bullsh—’ hurts fans

Kanye West has a message for Apple Music and Tidal: Figure out your “bullshit” ’cause I can’t wait much longer.… Read More

Latest Zillow report finds Seattle third in U.S. in home value appreciation, tops in rising rents

Seattle has the third-highest home value appreciation and the highest rent appreciation, year over year, among the 35 largest housing markets… Read More

Make it a Rigged Red — Seattle brewery’s debate-night tap list is worth drinking to

If you’re planning on taking a drink every time Donald Trump says “rigged” or Hillary Clinton does a shimmy during… Read More

What a fine Mess: New report finds Seattle’s Mercer is only 2 seconds faster, despite $74 million in work

Sitting in traffic on Seattle’s Mercer Street affords commuters plenty of time to take in the improvements that have been made to… Read More

Redfin trying to lure Seattle home sellers with new 1 percent listing fee

Home sellers who list with a Redfin agent in the Seattle metro area are going to gain access to a… Read More

4 weeks, $200, 1 idea: This Seattle entrepreneur has an ambitious plan to get more women to launch startups

Avni Patel Thompson had a great idea for a business — a vetted, on-demand childcare service — but like many women… Read More

Restaurant reservation platform Resy set to launch in Seattle

Another reservation platform is launching in Seattle on Monday. Resy is partnering with a handful of Seattle-area restaurants that will use the… Read More

Guest post: Seattle should start looking at homelessness as an innovation opportunity

Profiting from the homeless feels wrong but with more and more people struggling to put a roof over their heads… Read More

Amazon’s secretive drive-up grocery store takes shape in Seattle neighborhood

Workers were busy Saturday morning at Amazon’s future drive-up grocery store in Seattle, working a weekend shift before the rains… Read More

Entre-geography: Five Seattle entrepreneurs pick the place they’d build a company if they weren’t in the great Northwest

If you could pick anyplace to build your company — except for Seattle, of course — where would it be?… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold: ‘Seattle is absolutely the Silicon Valley of saving the world’

Seattle may be known as the birthplace of tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, but its global health and development work… Read More

Architect behind Amazon’s massive ‘biospheres’ says they aren’t for show

In what may come as a surprise to anyone who works downtown in Seattle, the giant “biospheres” under construction at… Read More

Seattle tunnel machine Bertha reaches halfway point — here’s a rare look inside the massive project

The SR 99 tunneling machine has passed the halfway point on its long journey beneath Seattle, and officials stood 10 stories… Read More

PowerPoint to the people! Seattle Mayor uses Microsoft program for first time ever in Chamber speech

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray addressed the Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 134th annual meeting on Friday, and touched on a… Read More

As Seattle police embrace tech tools, privacy advocates raise concerns

A report from The Stranger today accuses the Seattle Police Department of violating the law and infringing on citizens’ privacy by… Read More