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Seattle Public Library’s free WiFi hotspot program receives city funding, 450 more devices

Earlier this year, Google and the Seattle Public Library teamed up to provide free mobile WiFi hotspots to anyone with… Read More

Uber gives drivers color-coded windshield LEDs to help riders find the right vehicle

Uber wants to make it easier for riders to find their drivers. The ride-hailing giant today announced Uber SPOT, a… Read More

Seattle online news site Crosscut merges with KCTS 9, forms new ‘multiplatform’ non-profit Cascade Public Media

Two Seattle-based non-profits are joining forces in an effort to create a new media entity that the organizations say will… Read More

Your coffee is here: Starbucks and Postmates launch delivery in Seattle, and this is what it’s like

Starbucks seems to be on every corner sometimes, but what about every doorstep or desk? The coffee giant, which popularized the notion of a… Read More

Report questions Gravity CEO’s motive for $70k salaries; Dan Price denies allegations of abuse

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price, who gained worldwide fame for boosting employee salaries to a minimum of $70,000, is facing new questions… Read More

Adobe ditches ‘Flash’ name as it tries to catch up with a web built on open standards

Adobe is getting rid of Flash, at least in name. The company announced today it’s changing the name of its Flash… Read More

On Giving Tuesday, help our Geeks Give Back campaign reach its goal

How was your holiday weekend, geeks? Did you indulge in turkey, football, and shopping? We hope you got your fill… Read More

For online diamond seller Blue Nile, brick and mortar stores may be key to millennials’ wallets

Blue Nile’s foray into brick and mortar stores has officially graduated from “experiment” to “initiative,” according to Harvey Kanter, CEO… Read More

As pollution in Beijing reaches extreme levels, here’s what Microsoft Research is doing to help

When I was traveling through Beijing earlier this month on a GeekWire reporting trip, my throat became itchy with mucus and my… Read More

Avalara tax software problems cause trouble for e-commerce sites on Black Friday

Tax automation software probably isn’t something the average consumer thinks about while making online purchases, but it caused some frustration… Read More

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and other tech titans form the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to invest in zero-carbon energy technologies

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful individuals are forming a new organization known as the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to… Read More

Uber pays for TV ads in Seattle to recruit drivers

Uber’s newest marketing tactic in Seattle: TV ads. The ride-hailing giant is running commercials in the Seattle market to recruit more drivers… Read More

Radar scans add to evidence of hidden chambers in King Tut’s tomb, hinting at ‘enormous’ discovery

Radar scans have turned up fresh evidence of hidden chambers beyond the walls of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in Egypt’s Valley… Read More

Taser lands big order from London Police for 22K body-worn cameras

Taser announced today that it will ship 22,000 body-worn cameras to the London Metropolitan Police. The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More

Uber recruits safety experts to review company, make security recommendations

Uber’s new safety advisory board will meet for the first time next week, as a group of experts on everything… Read More

Meet ‘Joule’: Top chefs develop high-tech cooking device, aiming to spark a revolution in the kitchen

Measuring just 11 inches tall and 1.85 inches in diameter, with no digital display of its own, the cylindrical white device may not look revolutionary.… Read More

Teen who was arrested for bringing clock to school threatens $15M lawsuit

View image | gettyimages.com The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested when a clock he built… Read More

History is made: Jeff Bezos tweets for the first time

The flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship on an uncrewed trip to space and back may be history-making,… Read More

T-Mobile starts rolling out holiday deals, promises ‘special gifts’ for Sprint, AT&T, Verizon customers

T-Mobile today announced the first of its new holiday deals. The Bellevue-based wireless carrier will give out three months of… Read More

CenturyLink fiber Internet goes down in Seattle, unclear when service will be restored

Some CenturyLink fiber Internet customers in Seattle have been without a connection since Sunday afternoon. Several Seattle residents took to Twitter… Read More

Why Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi isn’t worried about competition from Airbnb

Expedia may be about to plop down $3.9 billion to acquire an Airbnb competitor, but Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi insists that has… Read More

Multi-level marketing mobile service provider Solavei shuts down due to ‘competitive landscape’

Solavei is done. The Seattle-based startup, which used multi-level marketing tactics to win customers for its mobile phone service, announced that… Read More

Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy

Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly… Read More

Expedia cuts staff from Orbitz, two months after $1.6B acquisition

Expedia is cutting jobs at Orbitz two months after acquiring the travel booking website for $1.6 billion. A company spokesperson confirmed… Read More

Uber sued by former worker seeking at least $44M on behalf of all Washington state Uber drivers

A former Washington state Uber driver has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully classified as an independent contractor by the ride-sharing… Read More

New Groupon CEO says company is misunderstood by analysts, media, consumers

You don’t understand us. That’s the message from new Groupon CEO Rich Williams, who penned a blog post on Thursday… Read More

Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine said some very dumb things about women and music today

If you’re a woman, you know how frustrating it is to talk music with some guys. The presumption is, because… Read More

Square’s stock jumps 45 percent in opening hours as the IPO-weary tech world watches on

All eyes were on payments company Square on Thursday morning, as one of the Silicon Valley’s many so-called unicorns ventured… Read More

Get ready for live-streamed extreme sports: Seattle startup Sioeye adds 4G connection to action cam

The history of people doing crazy stunts on camera is full of notable achievements. Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel jumped over… Read More

Self-driving cars on highways in four years? Ford CEO Mark Fields aims to make it happen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aMWseMsqMk Have you ridden a self-driving Ford lately? They’re not on the market yet, but Ford President and CEO Mark Fields… Read More