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GoPro rival Contour merges with iON Cameras to attract action sport fans

There’s yet another chapter in the long and twisting history of Contour — the one-time Seattle company and GoPro rival… Read More

Code.org partners with College Board to get computer science into more high schools

Code.org wants more high schools to offer computer science courses, and now it’s getting help from the College Board to… Read More

Rogue OrderAhead websites altered to look less like official restaurant sites

Rogue restaurant websites linked to the OrderAhead delivery service have been quietly getting makeovers, causing them to look considerably less like official restaurant sites… Read More

Smartsheet co-founder Brent Frei: How hitting the reset button on design led to success

Smartsheet co-founder Brent Frei described his company’s rocky path to success today at the 9Mile Labs Demo Day event, retelling… Read More

On-demand valet service Luxe launches in Seattle, offers alternative to Zirx

Smartphone-equipped Seattleites that dislike parking now have another option to hail an on-demand valet service. Luxe, a San Francisco-based startup that… Read More

Wireless home speaker company Sonos establishes Seattle office

Another tech company is opening an office in Seattle. This time it’s Sonos, the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company that makes… Read More

Municipal broadband in Seattle? New group lobbies city for public Internet

Karen Toering was at the Rainier Beach Public Library in Seattle one year ago when a man came to the… Read More

Museum’s ‘Flight Team’ aims to fill age gap, fuel aerospace economy, and launch new leaders

The leaders of Seattle’s Museum of Flight see the institution not just as a place for historical artifacts, but as a… Read More

Comcast alternative: CenturyLink launches Prism TV in Portland; Seattle could be next

Portlanders have a new cable TV option. CenturyLink today launched its Prism TV service, an alternative to Comcast that’s delivered not via… Read More

Seattle startup will use Samsung’s new Artik chips to turn ordinary sneakers into smart shoes

Reflx Labs, the Seattle startup behind the Boogio bionic foot sensor, is one of the first companies using Samsung’s Artik chips — leveraging a new… Read More

How Penny Arcade manages PAX ticket sales — and why your crazy idea to fix them won’t work

Tickets to PAX Prime are becoming increasingly hard to come by. Two years ago, the Seattle event sold out in… Read More

FiftyThree’s Paper iPad app adds Think Kit productivity tools for enterprise, education users

FiftyThree today added a new set of productivity tools to its Paper app that are targeted toward education and enterprise… Read More

Zillow hits $162M in Q1 revenues, nears 140M monthly visitors after blockbuster Trulia purchase

In its first earnings report since acquiring rival Trulia for $2.5 billion, Zillow today reported pro-forma revenue of $162.5 million… Read More

Paul Allen’s Artificial Intelligence Institute launches startup incubator with top minds in AI

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence has established a new startup incubator at its offices in Seattle, recruiting two high-level… Read More

Foxconn invests in Cyanogen as part of Android OS maker’s $80M round

Contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has invested in Cyanogen as part of the Android OS maker’s $80 million Series C investment… Read More

Q&A: How Sidecar is turning into a delivery company by combining people with packages

Sidecar is turning into a delivery business. Up until the beginning of 2015, the San Francisco-based startup was primarily focused… Read More

Sidecar now delivers medical marijuana thanks to partnership with ‘Uber for weed’ startup Meadow

When asked if he thought Sidecar would be delivering weed in its third year of existence, Sunil Paul lets out a… Read More

Verizon’s $4.4B AOL deal turns telecom giant into media behemoth

Verizon’s deal to acquire AOL for $4.4 billion promises to transform the telecom giant into an end-to-end media and technology company — from content creation… Read More

Electronic signature company DocuSign raises $233M in monster funding round

DocuSign, the company known for enabling electronic signatures online, has raised an impressive $233 million to continue fueling its plans for rapid… Read More

Can Sears innovate? Retailer aims to reinvent home services at new Seattle tech center

Just because the repair technician shows up at your house doesn’t mean your broken washing machine will be fixed. The technician might not have the right… Read More

FTC says ‘It’s not just about Tesla,’ rails against laws that block any direct car sales

The Federal Trade Commission has once again called on states to ease off on laws preventing car manufacturers from selling… Read More

The 5 key ingredients of successful ‘intrapreneurship’

Canadian businessman Colin Sprake is looking to unleash entrepreneurial energy within big companies, and he’s partnered with informercial creator and… Read More

Juno Therapeutics pays $59M for Stage Cell Therapeutics, continues to burn cash in search of cancer treatment

Juno Therapeutics has paid $59 million to acquire Stage Cell Therapeutics, a privately held biotech company based in Germany. Stage… Read More

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Hackers steal money from Starbucks mobile customers using linked credit cards

The 16 million Starbucks customers who use the company’s mobile payment service may want to strengthen their log-in credentials and… Read More

Investors seek major protections to ensure ‘unicorns’ are not as risky as they sound

View image | gettyimages.com Are billion-dollar ‘unicorns’ more risky for investors? Not necessarily, according to a new report by Silicon Valley… Read More

Nextdoor tests dedicated Comcast Xfinity support ‘concierge’ in Seattle area

If you’re a Nextdoor user in Seattle, your new point person for Xfinity customer service is Shelli. Maybe you’ll bump into her at the… Read More

SherpaShare launches app to help Uber, Lyft drivers maximize earnings and track mileage

A new San Francisco-based startup wants to help drivers who work for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, Postmates, and other on-demand companies… Read More

Zulily shares soar after Alibaba discloses 9.3 percent stake

Shares of Zulily are soaring Monday morning after Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba disclosed a 9.3 percent stake in the company.… Read More

A peek inside Battelle: The quiet R&D giant behind copy machines, compact discs and barcodes

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Battelle is an innovation powerhouse. Since it was founded in Columbus in 1923, the nonprofit research organization… Read More

Alibaba takes big stake in battered e-commerce retailer Zulily

Alibaba, the giant Chinese e-commerce retailer, has taken a large equity stake in Seattle-based Zulily, according to SEC filings. “We… Read More

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