Ooooh coool: My first trip to Reddit, guided by a few locals Every now and then you get tired of hearing so much about something you know nothing about. This week I… Read More
Yo, Sounders fan in that Xbox shirt! Be honest, what’s your favorite game console? Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is the title sponsor of the Seattle Sounders FC soccer team — which means that fans show… Read More
Friday Night Lights, Zombie-style: DigiPen students battle with week-long finale Forget footballs – this is Friday Night Lights, zombie-style. Students at Redmond’s DigiPen are loading up their nerf guns and strapping… Read More
Tech workers making more money, new research shows Last week, we wrote about how tech salaries are expected to increase in 2013, and another study is out today… Read More
Modernist Cuisine vets cooking up online culinary school The natural light in this place is amazing. That thought kept running through my mind last week as I checked… Read More
Explosion destroys home of Amazon.com Vice President The Laurelhurst home of Amazon.com Vice President of Product Management Adam Selipsky exploded in flames today, sending one of the… Read More
Seattle vs. Silicon Valley: The debate continues (but this time with outsiders weighing in) We’ve heard a lot of discussion — even sparked some of it on occasion ourselves — about the differences between… Read More
A police scanner for the Twitter generation: Seattle PD introduces ‘Tweets by Beat’ Whenever there’s a disturbance in my Seattle neighborhood, I fire up the online police scanner or visit the hyperlocal news blog… Read More
Videos: Why Seattle’s tech community is so awesome (in the words of Seattleites) Nearly every week there’s a new survey or study out showcasing how Seattle’s technology community ranks among the top in… Read More
Inside story: How Facebook decided to go native on iOS Facebook’s new app for iPhone and iPad has made an impression on users with a significant improvement in speed and… Read More
Seattle’s design review board gives nod to ambitious Amazon.com towers Amazon.com’s proposed 3.3 million square foot downtown Seattle campus is one step closer to reality after the Downtown Design Review Board… Read More
Attachmate moving HQ to Seattle’s Union Station One of Seattle’s oldest technology companies is moving to one of Seattle’s oldest neighborhoods. Attachmate announced today that it plans… Read More
Seattle vs. Portland: Which city is more hip? UPDATE, Sept.25 1 p.m.: Forbes.com listed Portland’s Pearl District as the fifth-most hip neighborhood and Seattle’s Capitol Hill as the eighth-coolest.… Read More
Images: Amazon’s colorful new towers will put a bold stamp on Seattle’s skyline Architects for Amazon.com have submitted updated drawings for the company’s proposed campus on the edge of downtown Seattle — showing… Read More
The ‘gig city’ of Chattanooga looks to lure tech geeks with $10,000 relocation program When you think of tech hubs, Chattanooga doesn’t usually come to mind. But the historic Tennessee town of 150,000 is… Read More
Microsoft expects 15,500 in Seattle today for big meeting Microsoft is holding its big employee meeting in Seattle this morning, bringing an estimated 15,500 people to KeyArena for annual… Read More
Mayor McGinn: Seattle’s economic picture brightens Things are looking up in Seattle, and Mayor Mike McGinn is touting the improvements. In a press release today, McGinn… Read More
Facebook taking product design beyond HQ for 1st time with new Seattle jobs It’s not unusual for Facebook to be hiring at its Seattle engineering outpost, but some of its latest job openings… Read More
Seattle’s tech office market is red hot, but rents aren’t rising like the Valley or NYC We’ve been covering a number of high-tech office expansions in the Seattle area in recent months, from Google’s plans in… Read More
Seattle ranks No. 1 for startup-loving Gen Y workers Seattle is the best place in the nation for workers in the age range of 18 to 29, according to… Read More
‘Cloak’ protects Apple devices from snooping, developed by Microsoft vets One of our more interesting finds at last night’s gdgt live Seattle event was a service called ‘Cloak’ that protects… Read More
Photos: The geeks descend on gdgt live in Seattle Seattle has become one of the annual stops for tech reviews and recommendations site gdgt, and for me at least,… Read More
Launch Pads: Groundspeak, center of the geocache universe It’s a big month for Groundspeak, the Seattle company in the middle of the geocaching boom. On Saturday Aug. 18,… Read More
Curiosity packs the house for a perfect landing on Mars Will you remember where you were when Curiosity landed? I know I will! I was among more than 600 people… Read More
PayByPhone coming to Seattle: Refill the parking meter without leaving the office or movie It has happened to all of us at one point or another. You’re sitting in a meeting, a restaurant or… Read More
Fast-growing storage upstart Box unpacks $125 million in funding Box, the file sharing and data storage startup founded seven years ago by Mercer Island High School grads Aaron Levie… Read More
From Seattle to Portland, BoltBus feels like a beta I was only ten minutes into my BoltBus trip to Portland for the annual convention of the National Puzzlers’ League… 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
Biodiesel: A vision for Jamaica, a boost from Seattle A group of Jamaicans made an extended trip to Seattle this summer — talking with locals, learning about the region,… Read More
Microsoft adds thousands of jobs in 2012, mostly overseas Microsoft’s fiscal 2012 is officially in the books, with the company reporting results yesterday for the year ended June 30.… Read More
