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Report: Redbox tests another streaming service, two years after axing digital subscription program

Redbox is testing a new streaming service with a small group of customers called Redbox Digital, Variety reported on Thursday. The… Read More

Starbucks touts ‘suggested selling’ app feature for rewards members after earnings miss

Usage of Starbucks’ mobile order-ahead feature continued to increase last quarter as the coffee giant missed revenue expectations for its quarterly earnings. The… Read More

It’s lit: Gemio targets millennials with the perfect party wearable

If it seems puzzling that a friendship bracelet with some high-tech bells and whistles raised over $15,000 on Kickstarter in… Read More

RFID tag maker Impinj prices IPO at $14, shares soar in rare public offering

Wall Street likes what they see in Impinj, a 16-year-old Seattle-based maker of Radio Frequency Identification technology that today went… Read More

Five venture capitalists share feelings on Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and the state of the country amid a charged political season

The country is at a crossroads. Some see the political landscape as soiled, unsalvageable with two presidential candidates who are… Read More

Tinder launches ‘Tinder Social’ for groups — but don’t call it group dating

Tinder has amassed a huge user base by focusing exclusively on one-on-one connections — but there are only so many tech-savvy… Read More

This HQ is for the dogs, and cats: Inside Trupanion’s new Seattle digs

Pet insurance company Trupanion’s more than 450 employees, and their more than 200 pets, will start moving into a new… Read More

Washington State Patrol reports first Pokémon Go-related car crash in state

It was just a matter of time until this happened. The Washington State Patrol said the first Pokémon Go-related car crash in… Read More

City of Seattle and U.S. Chamber face off in hearing over Uber union law

Lawyers representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the City of Seattle met in court Tuesday for the first of… Read More

HomeAway study says its short-term rentals comprise less than 1% of Seattle housing

A new report commissioned by HomeAway says that fewer than 500 properties in Seattle were listed on the short-term rental site… Read More

Joylux raises cash, prepares for U.S. launch of women’s health device vSculpt

Women’s health issues can be embarrassing to talk about, and difficult to treat because of a lack of specialized equipment.… Read More

Nintendo now more valuable than Sony thanks to Pokemon Go phenomenon

Pokemon Go is having a massive impact on Nintendo’s market value. The insanely popular mobile game has helped Nintendo double… Read More

Netflix executives: Rough quarter just a blip, long-term picture remains intact

Netflix blamed a rough second quarter earnings report on churn — or member cancellations related to previously-announced price increases — that… Read More

Home-sharing bookings by business travelers up 56% over last year, Concur report reveals

Concur has released a comprehensive new report on the state of business travel that reveals, among other things, that home-sharing… Read More

Netflix stock plummets 15% after missing Q2 estimates for profit and subscriber growth

Netflix reported its weakest subscriber growth in two years, causing its stock to drop more than 15 percent in after-hours… Read More

Boeing names Greg Hyslop new chief technology officer, to replace company veteran John Tracy

Boeing named Greg Hyslop its new chief technology officer on Monday. The 34-year company veteran will replace John Tracy, who… Read More

Showdown over Seattle’s Uber union law: City asks court to toss U.S. Chamber’s lawsuit

The city of Seattle will ask a federal judge this week to throw out a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber… Read More

Bill Gates: Why young entrepreneurs are Africa’s greatest hope

Bill Gates believes countries throughout Africa can obtain economic prosperity and fairly distributed wealth — but only by mobilizing the… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist Tom Alberg wants to buy even more Impinj stock at IPO

Madrona Venture Group was one of the earliest investors in Impinj, helping to jumpstart the Seattle maker of RFID technology… Read More

Bitcoin startup iPayYou launches ‘Pay-by-Twitter’ service for payments via social network

iPayYou, a Seattle-based bitcoin payment platform, is rolling out a new service that allows anyone with a Twitter account to… Read More

Unify Square raises another $3.9M to help businesses utilize Skype

Unify Square is raising more cash to support its platform that helps clients manage their Skype for Business products. The nine-year-old company just… Read More

Machine learning startup Amplero lands $8M from Salesforce Ventures and others to help boost customer interactions

Seattle startup Amplero has picked up $8 million in fresh capital, money that the spin out from Globys will use… Read More

Valve cracks down on third-party gambling sites using Steam

Bellevue-based Valve announced this week that it is sending cease-and-desist letters to third-party sites that use the company’s Steam gaming… Read More

Trump presidency would be a ‘disaster for innovation,’ tech leaders say in open letter

Donald Trump’s candidacy for president goes against everything the technology sector believes in and the prospect of his presidency would… Read More

Cash shortage: Venture capital investing plummets 61 percent in Washington state

Venture capital investing tumbled dramatically in Washington state during the second quarter as $175.8 million was invested across 24 deals,… Read More

T-Mobile offers free Pokémon data in quest to be the very best, like no one ever was

Good news for Pokémon Go trainers on T-Mobile: no longer will your quest for Bulbasaur result in bulbous bills. As part of… Read More

Employees buy Tesla for CEO who raised their minimum salaries to $70k

Employees of Gravity Payments have chipped in to buy a new Tesla for Dan Price, the CEO who made headlines… Read More

Sears to release next-gen WallyHome sensor technology, letting users monitor open windows and doors

Sears will release the second generation of the WallyHome sensor products in October, building on a technology that traces its roots to a University of… Read More

Facebook pledges $15M to Code.org to promote diversity in K-12 computer science education

Code.org, a Seattle-based non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, secured a $15 million donation from Facebook, to be… Read More

Adobe delivers social media’s verdict on Amazon Prime Day: Less ugh, more yay

Amazon says its second annual Prime Day outdid the first one on the sales front – and although some Twitter users reported… Read More