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Can Amazon recover from its disastrous Fire Phone launch?

Now that Amazon has admitted its first smartphone was not all it had hoped for, what happens next? Will Amazon iterate… Read More

FBI created fake Seattle Times news story in scheme to implant spyware on bomb-threat suspect’s computer

Should the FBI be permitted to impersonate the news media in order to nab criminals? That’s the question being raised… Read More

Cray wins $128M contract with U.K. weather agency, largest international deal in company history

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray Inc. today announced that it has received a contract spanning multiple years from the Met Office in… Read More

Twitter shows growth over fall quarter, but guidance disappoints

Twitter brought in $361 million in revenue this past quarter, the company announced today. That’s an increase of 114 percent… Read More

Deliv launches same-day delivery service in Seattle, partners with mall retailers

Deliv, a startup that partners with shopping mall retailers to offer a same-day delivery service, has launched in Seattle. The… Read More

Meet Dolly: A new way to move bulky items (without bugging friends for pickup trucks)

You’ve been there before. An unwieldy mattress or dresser needs moved out of the house, but you don’t own a… Read More

These 11-year-old twins and their dad just launched a Kickstarter for an innovative dog poop bag

Bob Crimmins just wanted to teach his 11-year-old twin daughters about entrepreneurship, but what has evolved over the past 18… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s sister Jody Allen is leaving top post at Vulcan

Jody Allen, the sister and long-time confidante of billionaire Paul Allen, is leaving the CEO post at Vulcan, the investment,… Read More

Yahoo chief marketing officer Kathy Savitt named to Alaska Airlines board

Alaska Airlines is getting a little more geeky in the board room. The Seattle airline today announced the appointment of… Read More

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Microsoft working on Windows Server for ARM processors, report says

Microsoft is testing a version of Windows Server for ARM processors, according to a Bloomberg News report this morning, citing… Read More

To meet demand, University of Washington moves forward with plans to build new computer science building

Demand for computer science education at the University of Washington is reaching record levels, and now the school is taking action… Read More

New ‘Cambia Grove’ health-care innovation center in Seattle will link tech startups with big players

Cambia Health Solutions, the parent company of Regence and other health-care companies, plans to open a new 9,000-square-foot health care innovation… Read More

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donating $100 million to Ebola fight

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is pledging $100 million to fight Ebola, the deadly disease that’s killed nearly 5,000 people in… Read More

Why Zillow’s Rich Barton loves businesses that rely on the ‘magic’ of user-generated content

Don’t ask Rich Barton to invest in your enterprise software company. The Zillow co-founder and former Expedia CEO just doesn’t… Read More

From Batman to Apple: Christian Bale to play Steve Jobs in new biopic

#469856115 / gettyimages.com It didn’t take Aaron Sorkin much convincing to decide who should play Steve Jobs in his upcoming biopic… Read More

First kittens, now flu shots: Uber delivering vaccines via UberHealth

Santa Claus, kittens, lunch, drug store items, and now, flu shots. Yep, that’s right — Uber is riding around town in… Read More

Rhapsody names interim CEO, looks to bolster music service worldwide

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music streaming service that’s battling the likes of Apple, Spotify and Pandora for the eardrums of consumers,… Read More

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University of Washington researchers land $1.5M grant to build more efficient solar cells

A group of University of Washington researchers was awarded $1.5 million today as part of a national grant to reduce the… Read More

Microsoft alumni group giving $175k to former employees’ nonprofit ventures

The Microsoft Alumni Foundation has announced new grants and matching funds totaling $175,000 for former employees whose philanthropy and nonprofit work has been… Read More

Outerwall to receive $16.8 million payment as money-losing Redbox Instant joint venture winds down

Redbox Instant just couldn’t make it in the streaming video world against Netflix, Amazon and others, and that’s why Bellevue-based… Read More

Jukebox hero? Pandora offers musicians stats on how often they get played

Pandora has started offering musicians more details about how users on its online radio service are interacting with the songs… Read More

Hardware accelerator Highway1 moves to rolling admissions for future classes

Highway1, a San Francisco-based startup accelerator for hardware companies, just opened its next round of applications. But this time, there’s… Read More

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Venuelabs unveils AboutLocal to help merchants monitor social media chatter

Seattle startup Venuelabs today unveiled AboutLocal, a new service that helps merchants listen to what is being said about them… Read More

Comcast Ventures leads $7M investment in marketing upstart Lytics

Portland-based Lytics, a marketing software startup that helps companies boost brand loyalty and increase conversion rates, raised $7 million in… Read More

Groupon rolls out local listings for all merchants — coupons or not

Groupon is officially unveiling a Yelp-like listings service today called Groupon Pages that aims to make the company a go-to destination… Read More

Yahoo beats expectations, promises to give some Alibaba cash back to shareholders

Yahoo’s financials this quarter have blown past expectations set for the company by Wall Street at a time when there… Read More

Nokia’s HERE maps app hits wide release on Android

Nokia launched a version of its HERE maps app for Android today that can be installed on most Android devices.… Read More

TableSafe raises $2M to help restaurant patrons pay bills quickly and securely

TableSafe is looking to transform how you pay restaurant bills. The Seattle company — maker of the RAIL bill paying… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $26M for Snowflake, a data warehousing startup

Bob Muglia is floating in the clouds, or should we say on some snowflakes. The longtime Microsoft veteran — who… Read More

Smells like STEAM spirit in Seattle

With Microsoft, Amazon and T-Mobile in Seattle’s backyard, it’s not surprising to find technology making its way into the region’s… Read More

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