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Mayor Murray: Will Seattle’s technology-driven economy promote equity, or break us apart?

Seattle is growing faster than most other cities in the U.S., in large part due to the region’s booming technology… Read More

Windows 95 architect launches open-source, media-rich document creation platform for mobile devices

PowerPoint is fine for your business presentation, but getting your message across with a few pictures and text alone may… Read More

Physio-Control acquired for $1.3 billion by medical device maker Stryker Corp

Physio-Control Inc. is getting a new corporate parent — again. The Redmond-based maker of defibrillators will be purchased by publicly-traded medical device… Read More

CBS All Access customers complain about poor live stream of Grammy Awards

Cord cutters who subscribe to CBS All-Access were frustrated Monday evening when their Grammy Awards live stream would not work properly.… Read More

Grass greener, Internet faster? Why Seattle is mapping broadband speeds across the city

The City of Seattle has announced an online broadband speed test that will create a map of internet speeds and prices across different Seattle… Read More

Zillow launches new ad campaign touching on the emotional power of home ownership

Zillow is refreshing its advertising, launching a new campaign today that features people telling personal stories about what homeownership means… Read More

Uber execs dodge bullet in France but criminal case reveals flaws in expansion strategy

PARIS — During a two-day trial last week, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty and Thibaud Simphal, the Uber executives facing criminal charges here,… Read More

PlayStation 4 continues to outsell Xbox One in January, but hardware sales slow across the board

Consoles sales are slowing after a record-breaking holiday season, down 15 percent year-over-year to $157 million in January, according to the latest data from… Read More

Scammers love online dating apps, warns data protection company iovation

Just in time to cast a pall on Valentine’s Day, iovation — the Portland-based data authentication and fraud protection startup —… Read More

Facebook and Nate Silver’s interactive map tracks likes for each presidential candidate; number and location

Facebook has built an interactive map for users to track the number of likes for each of the candidates for… Read More

Pandora stock halted briefly after spiking on news of potential sale

Pandora is meeting with potential buyers after its stock plummeted 60 percent since October, according to a report in the New… Read More

Expedia’s new bidding program lets hotels buy better placement in search results

Expedia is letting hotels buy their way toward the top of some search results through a new bidding program. The “Expedia… Read More

Pay for your cosmo with cryptocurrency: Discount drink app Hotspot adds Bitcoin support

Bitcoin advocates have long tried to ditch the cryptocurrency’s reputation as a means to untraceably pay for illegal mind-altering substances.… Read More

Report says investors should fund untapped entrepreneurial talent: black women

The tech industry should seek to add more minorities to their ranks for many reasons, not the least of which… Read More

Despite record sales of cancer drug, Seattle Genetics shares fall 7 percent

Despite posting record sales of its cancer drug and beating analyst expectations for its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday, shares… Read More

Boeing plans to ‘reduce employment’ as it looks to cut costs

Boeing Commercial Airlines is planning to slash jobs. The airplane manufacturer confirmed today that will cut its workforce in order… Read More

Expedia reports $12.5M loss in Q4, but sees strong future thanks to recent acquisitions

Expedia posted $1.7 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015, up 29 percent, and saw bookings rise 39 percent,… Read More

Twitter shares dip 7% after Q4 earnings show stalled user growth; company lays out 2016 priorities

Twitter is no longer adding users. In its fourth quarter earnings report posted today, the social media giant said it… Read More

Better late than never, Apple Music arrives on Sonos starting today

Sonos, the maker of high-end, connected stereo systems loved by discriminating audiophiles everywhere, finally offers Apple Music starting today. The… Read More

RealNetworks posts $82M annual loss in 2015, CEO Rob Glaser dubs it a ‘transition year’

RealNetworks, the personal digital media company founded by entrepreneur Rob Glaser 22 years ago, closed 2015 with an $8.4 million… Read More

‘Oculus Ready’ PC bundle preorders start next week with $1,500 base price

After what seemed like an eternity, Oculus finally opened preorders for the consumer version of its Rift last month. But the… Read More

Amazon to compete with Fedex, UPS and Alibaba with secret ‘Dragon Boat’ plan, report says

Despite Amazon’s dismissal of the speculation that the company plans to compete directly with UPS and Fedex, Bloomberg says it… Read More

Hacker embarrasses US by releasing contact info for 20,000 FBI personnel

A hacker has extracted contact information belonging to 20,000 FBI employees and published via the Internet on Monday, according to… Read More

Avvo launches service that lets you buy full legal services for business, immigration, divorce issues

Avvo wants to make it even easier to find a lawyer online. The Seattle-based company today unveiled a new product… Read More

NASA’s updated 360-degree view from Mars offers clear look at giant Namib Dune

Taking a virtual tour of Mars with the help of NASA’s 360-degree view apparently left a lot to be desired… Read More

Infoblox pays $45M to acquire Tacoma-based cybersecurity company IID

Publicly-traded network services company Infoblox today announced a $45 million acquisition of Tacoma-based cybersecurity company IID. The deal will help… Read More

Tableau shares continue to sink as Wall Street analysts turn negative

Shares of Tableau Software continued to fall on Monday morning following a devastating fourth quarter financial report in which executives… Read More

Top BitTorrent sites adopt streaming, and Hollywood should be worried again

It was only a matter of time — make that Popcorn Time — before some of the top BitTorrent services… Read More

Microsoft, GoPro enter patent licensing deal related to ‘wearable technologies’

Microsoft is licensing a set of patents based on “file storage and other system technologies” to GoPro, the Redmond-based software… Read More

Some Morgan Stanley customers willing to invest big money in Uber without seeing books, report says

In what could be seen as either a vote of confidence or a foolish bet, a group of investors are… Read More