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Rhapsody International taps Mike Davis as first-ever CEO for streaming music company

Seattle-based Rhapsody International — composed of music streaming services Rhapsody and Napster — announced Mike Davis as the first CEO in… Read More

Starbucks mobile order-ahead usage doubles from last year, now up to 8M transactions per month

Starbucks said today that usage of its mobile order-ahead feature doubled year-over-year during the most recent quarter. The company’s Mobile… Read More

Sirqul raises another $3M as it expands IoT solutions to China

Sirqul, the Seattle startup focused in part on improving the Internet of Things, is looking to expand its services in… Read More

PayScale makes first acquisition in history, buys compensation expert MarketPay

Seattle-based PayScale is pushing deeper into compensation analytics with the purchase of MarketPay, a 16-year-old Colorado-based company that helps companies… Read More

Taking on Tuberculosis: $1M Gates Foundation grant funds researchers in Seattle and South Africa

According to the World Health Organization, Tuberculosis is one of the top killers among infectious diseases: 1.5 million people died from… Read More

Seven months later, Allrecipes’ millennial-focused redesign attracts new users — and critics

Allrecipes spent most of 2015 cooking up what it calls “Dot Next,” a redesign with an emphasis on social features,… Read More

VC Bill Gurley warns unicorns of ‘dirty’ fundraising terms; Rich Barton hopes for more IPOs

Top Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley published a massive 5,700-word post Wednesday evening that’s the talk of the tech… Read More

Argh, where’s the cable technician? On a map, thanks to Glympse’s new deal with Time Warner Cable

Say goodbye to the days of waiting hours around the house for the cable technician to show up at an… Read More

F5 Networks announces $1B stock buyback, as patent verdict hits bottom line

F5 Networks released its second quarter earnings for 2016 today. The Seattle-based company announced a 2 percent increase in revenue year… Read More

Shakeout looms for coding bootcamps: Who will survive when the bubble bursts?

Every week, it seems, there’s a new announcement about a coding school opening, expanding, or graduating a class of students.… Read More

Varsity Tutors taps former Amazon and Sears exec Ian Clarkson to lead new Seattle product office

Varsity Tutors, a St. Louis-based company that connects instructors with students for online and in-person tutoring sessions, is setting up… Read More

Intel to lay off 12K employees, 11% of workforce, as it shifts from PC business

Intel today announced a huge round of layoffs, with the tech giant set to slash 12,000 positions — 11 percent of… Read More

T-Mobile is convincing customers to switch carriers at ‘astonishing rate,’ research group says

T-Mobile’s marketing pitches are working. A new study conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released today found that T-Mobile “dominated”… Read More

Porch teams with home decor retailer Wayfair to integrate buying and installation

Seattle startup Porch, the home services platform that connects customers with home improvement professionals, today announced that it is teaming up with… Read More

How Washington state became the ‘Wild West’ for drone use by law enforcement

Last year, the FBI flew a fleet of small airplanes over Seattle and other cities. They were equipped with cameras… Read More

For Twitter users: This service helps you create and share lists easily

It seems Twitter has all but abandoned lists. You have to click three times to get into a list from… Read More

Netflix CEO on competitors like Amazon: ‘Their growth doesn’t take away from us’

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings doesn’t seem too concerned with Amazon’s new monthly Prime video membership program. After his company posted… Read More

Nordstrom to cut up to 400 more jobs, just one month after slashing 130 tech-related positions

One month after cutting 130 technology-related positions, Nordstrom announced today that it will lay off another 350-to-400 employees as the… Read More

Former F5 leader Manny Rivelo lands new CEO job at Texas company

Manny Rivelo, who resigned as CEO of Seattle-based F5 Networks in December due to unspecified “personal conduct matters,” has landed… Read More

Bill Gates: This is what the U.S. presidential candidates should really be focusing on

With an eye toward presidential politics and what’s been lacking in the run-up to the November election, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates… Read More

Alibaba inks deal with Paramount to produce new Star Trek and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies

Alibaba’s film arm on Monday announced a new deal with Paramount Pictures, with the Chinese tech giant helping fund two new… Read More

Amazon takes on Netflix with new $8.99/month Prime Video streaming membership

Amazon will offer a monthly version of its Prime membership program in a move that challenges rival Netflix and gives customers new subscription options.… Read More

Commentary: KPLU’s proposed acquisition by KUOW puts a global online audience at risk

The clock is ticking in the campaign to save a beloved media institution based in the Seattle area. With 24-hour jazz and… Read More

One month with the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: Can the gimmicks help set this phone apart?

The smartphone market is getting boring. Great cameras, killer screens and powerful processors abound, making it easy to find a… Read More

Ruling on University of Washington building paves way for computer science program expansion

A King County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the University of Washington is exempt from a City of Seattle law… Read More

Discuss.io raises $1.4M round, led by Unilever Ventures, to build up webcam focus group platform

Getting feedback on a new branding choice or potential product is an important step for companies before embarking on a… Read More

Conversational AI developer Next IT raises new funding as chatbots take off

The world of chatbots is growing quickly. Microsoft and Facebook both have frameworks to let third parties build bots into their chat services.… Read More

Roblox launches on Oculus Rift, bringing user-generated, social gaming to virtual reality

Virtual reality is all about letting users get immersed in worlds that have never been seen before, but they are… Read More

How Nordstrom targeted colleges and boosted its Snapchat follower count by 60 percent

If you’ve ever used Snapchat, you probably know that it doesn’t work like most social media platforms. Instead of making public… Read More

Transportation startups GlobeSherpa and RideScout combine in U.S. expansion for Daimler’s Moovel

Cities are getting crowded and public transit agencies are struggling to keep up, but taking a train is often the… Read More