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This sonic-powered vibrator uses the sacred power of ‘Om’ to promote rejuvination

Revel Body has a new product that combines modern technology with an ancient spiritual practice. The Seattle-based startup this week debuted… Read More

Migrating north: Techstars Seattle sees huge spike in applications from San Francisco

Are more and more Silicon Valley entrepreneurs looking to Seattle as a place to build their startups? That’s what Techstars Seattle… Read More

Rhapsody tops $42M in quarterly revenue, but loss widens, filing shows

Rhapsody’s quarterly revenue reached nearly $42.5 million in the second quarter — an increase of 22 percent — but the… Read More

Fighting ‘ransomware’: Security researchers offer free fix for Cryptolocker woes

Cryptolocker is one of the most potentially painful pieces of Windows malware floating around the web these days. When the… Read More

Attention high school seniors: Google Street View adds new college campus tours

High schoolers that are making that big college decision may find Google’s Street View feature both fun and informing. Google… Read More

Job search startup Koru teams up with WSU to boost students’ job opportunities

Koru announced today that Washington State University has become the latest educational institution to partner with the Seattle-based startup, helping… Read More

Unmanned surveillance aircraft maker Insitu takes flight with new CEO

Insitu has a new leader at the helm. The Boeing maker of unmanned aircraft systems, including the ScanEagle and Integrator,… Read More

Seattle pet sitting service Rover.com finds perfect mate, acquires Sleepover Rover

Rover.com, meet Sleepover Rover. Seattle-based online pet sitting service Rover.com is acquiring Phoenix-based Sleepover Rover, uniting two companies that are… Read More

Zulily plans new distribution center to keep up with strong sales growth

Zulily said it will be opening a third distribution center next year in order to keep up with the breakneck… Read More

Sidecar has been testing shared rides before Uber, Lyft; CEO says ‘people love this thing’

Uber and Lyft both made headlines today for introducing a new way for people to carpool with others who are riding… Read More

Is the ‘Seattle Freeze’ real? Data from this Tinder-like app for networking says yes

You may have heard of the “Seattle Freeze.” It’s the notion that those from the Emerald City are less friendly… Read More

Zulily sales increase 97% in Q2, active customers top 4M

Zulily, the Seattle e-commerce company, today posted revenues of $285 million on net income of $7.7 million, beating Wall Street… Read More

Boeing enters partnership to turn tobacco into jet fuel

It’s been a few decades since smoking was allowed on airplanes in the U.S., but Boeing is now turning to… Read More

Lawsuit accuses Big Fish of baiting customers into signing up for ‘free’ game memberships that really aren’t

Big Fish is being accused of misleading customers about the true cost of a game membership that’s offered as free, according to a… Read More

Uber, Lyft rolling out ways to share rides with strangers heading in the same direction

Late Tuesday, Uber announced a new way for people to carpool with others who are riding on similar routes called UberPool. Today,… Read More

The Airbnb for boats: We tested out Boatbound and saw Paul Allen’s floating helipad

If you’re looking for some serious return on investment, owning a boat isn’t a great idea. Not only are there storage… Read More

UberPool: A new way to split Uber fares with strangers riding on the same route

There’s UberX, UberXL, UberBlack, UberSUV, UberLUX, and now, UberPool. In what Uber is calling a “bold social experiment,” the company… Read More

Nanostring posts record revenue of $10.9M, up 51% from last year

NanoString Technologies, a provider of life science tools for research and molecular diagnostic products, beat Wall Street’s expectations with a record… Read More

Marchex sees stock rise after posting Q2 profit, beating revenue expectations

Seattle mobile advertising company Marchex today beat expectations with a revenue of $49.7 million during the second quarter. The company also posted… Read More

Groupon shares plunge after Q2 revenue of $752 million falls short of expectations

Wall Street had bigger expectations for Groupon’s second quarter results. While the daily deals leader said revenues grew 23 percent… Read More

CenturyLink fined $31K by Washington state regulators over billing errors

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement with CenturyLink over billing errors related… Read More

Seattle mayor wants to amend rule that’s restricting companies from building high-speed fiber networks

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is getting serious about helping his constituents access faster Internet. In a press conference today announcing… Read More

Battling Uber: Flywheel rolls out scheduled for-hire pickups to Seattle airport

While UberX, Lyft, and Sidecar have been approved by lawmakers to operate in Seattle, for-hire companies are trying to stay competitive… Read More

Rising diamond prices take cut out of Blue Nile Q2 results

Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile said today that its business was materially impacted by fluctuations in the diamond trade,… Read More

New cancer research startup Juno Therapeutics raises $134M to push total funding past $300M

Juno Therapeutics wants to wipe out cancer by rewiring the body’s immune system, and it’s receiving some serious investor backing… Read More

Here’s where CenturyLink is installing its high-speed gigabit network in Seattle

Some Seattle residents will now have access to laser-quick Internet. CenturyLink announced today that it will begin offering broadband upload and download… Read More

Rhapsody acquires two music discovery startups in Exfm, Soundtracking

Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make moves in the online music arena and today acquired two music discovery startups. The first is… Read More

Concur beats expectations with revenue of $178M after inking partnerships with Airbnb, Uber

Bellevue-based travel expense company Concur beat expectations with GAAP revenue of $178 million in its quarterly earnings report today, an… Read More

Get it while it’s hot: Square fuels food delivery frenzy with Caviar acquisition

Update, 10:10 a.m.: Now it’s official: Square announced this morning that it has indeed acquired Caviar. Terms of the deal… Read More

Teague’s electric auto-shifting bicycle wins national contest, will be sold to the public

If you were interested in purchasing that high-tech bicycle we wrote about last week, well, there’s good news this morning.… Read More