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Seattle software pioneer Doug Walker dies in New Year’s eve hiking accident on Granite Mountain

Doug Walker, who co-founded the Seattle software company WRQ in 1981 and later went on to become one of the… Read More

This is the smartwatch that President Barack Obama wears

President Barack Obama seems to like his smartwatch. This past March, the commander in chief was spotted wearing a Fitbit… Read More

Customers complain as Uber prices surge near 10X on New Years Eve

Uber prices neared 10 times the normal rate on New Years Eve and early this morning. “Surge pricing,” a controversial technique… Read More

Seattle Yellow Cab expects busier New Year’s Eve despite competition from Uber, Lyft

As ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft implement “surge pricing” during what will surely be a busy New Year’s Eve… Read More

How to compute fireworks: The technology behind the Space Needle’s epic New Year’s show

While pyrotechnics may be imagined and installed by human beings, the design and execution of the Space Needle’s New Year’s… Read More

Report: Seattle-based Black Pixel may be behind the new update to Twitter’s Mac app

Twitter finally updated its official Mac client this week after about a year, bringing GIFs, inline videos and tweet quoting to… Read More

Lyft offers $75K in discounts to Seattle riders, partners with city to curb car crashes

Lyft will offer up to $75,000 in coupons to customers in Seattle over the next year as part of a new city initiative to… Read More

Instacart raises prices by 50%, lays off 12 employees

Instacart is raising its prices and laying off employees. The grocery delivery company laid off 12 recruiters this month, Recode reported.… Read More

Uber offering WiFi-enabled vehicles for CES in Las Vegas

Uber will offer WiFi-enabled vehicles in Las Vegas next week for the big Consumer Electronics Show. The ride-hailing giant is… Read More

Sidecar shutdown leaves Uber and Lyft to battle it out in ride-hailing market

Sidecar, a pioneer in the ride-hailing market, is shutting down its ride and delivery operations on Dec. 31, its co-founders Sunil Paul and Jahan… Read More

Tech hubs dominate ranking of 30 most competitive neighborhoods for home buying

The fast-moving tech industry is driving a significant boom in cities like Seattle, San Francisco, Boston and Portland. So, it… Read More

Lyft on pace to hire 80 for Seattle office in 2016; company names most popular destinations

Lyft is on track to hire up to 80 employees for its Seattle office in 2016. Todd Kelsay, general manager… Read More

Xbox One emulation engine for Xbox 360 games struggles with ‘Halo: Reach’

The hit game Halo: Reach is part of the latest group of backward compatibility titles available on the Xbox One, but it… Read More

Verizon joins other major carriers by offering up to $650 to entice switchers

Early termination fees are now almost officially pointless. Verizon announced today that it will offer new customers up to $650 in… Read More

How to lead a global company: What Tableau’s CEO learned during his year in London

When Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot told his board members that he wanted to work at the company’s satellite office in… Read More

Comcast slowly rolls out DOCSIS 3.1 for 1Gbps speeds over cable infrastructure

Getting the fastest internet speed available typically requires fiber optic cables that transmit data with pulses of light, which can require digging… Read More

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ fastest movie to make $1 billion in record 12 days

The new Star Wars film continues to break records and on Sunday it became the fastest movie to reach $1… Read More

New co-working space to open in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood

Another day, another co-working space in Seattle. Level Office, which rents offices to emerging businesses in Chicago, Dallas, Houston and… Read More

Cord cutting is the new mortgage burning: 1 in 5 young adults have broken up with cable or satellite

If you make money charging people for TV access, here’s the latest set of scary numbers. A new Pew Research… Read More

T-Mobile allegedly throttles YouTube streams, despite absence from Binge On program

If your YouTube videos look a little fuzzy while on the go, T-Mobile may be to blame. YouTube isn’t part… Read More

What a night! Cameras capture SpaceX’s historic Falcon 9 rocket landing

A day after the first-ever fully successful landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, space fans around the world are… Read More

Google bypasses the password with new phone-based authentication program

Passwords are broken. People struggle to make them complicated enough, then struggle to remember them. Or else they’re easily cracked by… Read More

‘Computation’ error at Washington prisons let 3,200 offenders out early

A “computation issue” has allowed more than 3,200 prisoners in Washington state to be released early, the governor’s office said… Read More

Oculus starts shipping Rift to developers ahead of expected early 2016 release

The biggest name in virtual reality is finally shipping its consumer hardware. Just not to consumers. Oculus announced today that… Read More

Flywheel lets taxis replace old hardware with smartphone meter to compete with Uber, Lyft

Taxis in California can now ditch their legacy metering hardware and use smartphone-based technology to calculate fares. Flywheel, the San… Read More

A big internet upgrade: A real-world review of the new 1 Gigabit internet from CenturyLink

CenturyLink has been aggressively rolling out gigabit internet service in Seattle neighborhoods over the past year. I’ve been eagerly awaiting… Read More

The force awakens: Introducing my 6-year-old son to Star Wars

The Force is strong in our household. For the past several months, Star Wars has permeated the life of my… Read More

New stats: Facebook leads mobile app race, but Google dominates top 10 for 2015

When Apple introduced the App Store shortly after the iPhone debuted, many saw a new world opening up with infinitely… Read More

Geek on the Street: How ‘Star Wars’ influences the lives of its biggest fans

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been hotly anticipated for well over a year now, but the Star Wars universe has… Read More

LifeLock will pay a record $100M to settle FTC allegations it didn’t protect customer data

As one of the first journalists to write about the identity theft phenomenon more than a decade ago, people often… Read More