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Simply Measured cuts 10% of staff in ‘course correction’ to set up next phase of growth

Seattle social media analytics startup Simply Measured cut 15 employees, or 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a restructuring… Read More

Bill & Melinda Gates give $1M to gun law; Nick Hanauer pours in another $1M

Bill & Melinda Gates had already donated $50,000 to the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, a coalition that wants to require background checks… Read More

California lawmaker votes to restrict Uber, then gets caught drunk driving

California Senator Ben Hueso may not like how transportation companies like Uber and Lyft are operating in his state, but… Read More

Seattle startup vet Kelly Smith heading to Shanghai to lead Starbucks digital push in China

Seattle startup vet Kelly Smith is headed to Shanghai. But Smith — the founder of RocketVox (sold to ThePlatform), ImageKind… Read More

Meet Purewatercraft: This startup is building the ‘Tesla for boats’

Tesla has already changed the way we think about electric cars. Now one Seattle startup vet wants to do the same… Read More

The end of airport check-in? Hawaiian Airlines testing pre-printed bag tags in Seattle

The Internet and smartphones have made it easier to skip lines at airports by checking in and bringing a boarding pass in… Read More

Majority of Americans download zero smartphone apps every month

There are millions of mobile apps available to download, but it appears most smartphone owners aren’t taking the time to check… Read More

Immusoft raises cash from Tim Draper, others to program human cells that fight diseases

Applying computer science principles to human anatomy may end up producing a medical breakthrough if one Seattle startup has its way.… Read More

Project management company Daptiv sells to Changepoint

Daptiv Solutions, a Seattle-based project portfolio management company, has been acquired by Changepoint, a Toronto company that builds professional services… Read More

This sticker is a beacon: Estimote launching tiny ‘Nearables’ sensors

Estimote, a startup that has made its mark with small beacons that communicate wirelessly with smartphones, is unveiling a new product… Read More

Swipe right to move in: Estately launches Tinder-style app for home buyers

Swiping right in the Tinder dating is an interesting and fun way to to create a connection between two people, but could… Read More

Professor Ballmer! Ex-Microsoft CEO to teach Stanford MBA class ‘Leading Organizations’

Steve Ballmer certainly learned a lot from leading Microsoft for 14 years. Now, he’ll pass on that knowledge to MBA… Read More

Can Samsung save the Nook? Barnes & Noble unveils new co-branded Galaxy Tab

Hitting the reset button on its Nook tablet business, Barnes & Noble this morning unveiled its new Galaxy Tab 4 Nook… Read More

At Seattle event, Unity touts ‘mind-blowing’ growth and announces Tsugi acquisition

More than a thousand video game developers are in Seattle today, but nope, it’s not for the Penny Arcade Expo or Emerald City Comicon.… Read More

Know your Linux! New Linux Foundation certification aims to boost Linux job market

Linux has been expanding its reach — powering Google, Facebook and other major platforms — and hiring managers say they’re in need… Read More

UW football coach who once banned his players from Twitter joins social network

University of Washington head football coach Chris Petersen is finally on Twitter, but don’t expect the 49-year-old to be posting… Read More

CenturyLink faces potential $170k fine over San Juan Islands outage

Staff members with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission today recommended that CenturyLink pay more than $170,000 in penalties over… Read More

Farmstr now delivers organic farm food, testing partnership with Uber

Surprise, surprise — there’s another food delivery service in Seattle. This time it’s Farmstr, the new organic food marketplace that connects… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures cuts 140 employees from its patent-buying workforce

Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based patent holding firm run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, has laid off 20… Read More

Obama adviser David Plouffe joins Uber to move company beyond challenges of ‘big taxi cartel’

Uber is adding some political muscle to its operations as it continues to engage in a regulatory battles across the… Read More

UW computer science professor Shyam Gollakota named top innovator under 35 by MIT

The University of Washington is certainly not lacking in the innovation department. The MIT Technology Review has named UW researcher Shyam… Read More

GeekWire Sounders Day: What to know if you’re coming to the sold-out rooftop party

OK, Sounders fans. Match day is almost here. The second annual GeekWire Sounders Day — hosted on the amazing rooftop… Read More

Paul Allen donates $500K to gun law, joining Ballmer, Gates and others

First Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, and Nick Hanauer showed their support for a new law that would require stricter background… Read More

Verizon tops rivals in new RootMetrics wireless report, but T-Mobile gains in cities

Verizon comes out ahead of rivals AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in nearly every category of performance — including reliability, data speeds and phone… Read More

Betting on biotech: Big new lab building set to break ground in Seattle, despite Amgen’s exit

Biotech giant Amgen’s decision to close down its waterfront campus in Seattle isn’t stopping one real estate company from forging… Read More

Watch Steve Ballmer scream and go insane at Clippers rally

To say Steve Ballmer is excited to own the Los Angeles Clippers would be quite the understatement. The former Microsoft… Read More

Makerhaus geek workshop closing in Seattle

Makerhaus, a 10,000 square foot space in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood that caters to electronics, 3D printing, CAD design and other… Read More

Sen. Wyden: Congress needs to reform old privacy laws to ‘reflect public expectation’

Whether it’s a Facebook message you send or important information stored in a Google Doc, Ron Wyden thinks Americans deserve more individual privacy… Read More

Tech scribe Kara Swisher: ‘Journalism has never been less influential’

Kara Swisher is one of the most trusted and feared technology journalists on the planet, with a massive social following… Read More

Meet Expedia’s new tablet experience, coming this fall

SAN FRANCISCO – Finding and booking a vacation can feel like a chore, but what if choosing your next travel… Read More