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Domain registration service Rightside spins off from Demand Media, trading on Nasdaq under ticker ‘NAME’

Meet the latest publicly-traded company from the Seattle area. Kirkland-based Rightside Group, a domain name service, today completed a spin… Read More

‘Yelp for marijuana’ startup Leafly places full-page ad in Sunday New York Times

Welcome to 2014, where you can buy legal marijuana and pot-related startups are advertising in the New York Times. Seattle-based Leafly, a… Read More

Outerwall blames Hollywood for lower Redbox sales

Outerwall, Inc., the Bellevue-based company that operates the popular Redbox video rental kiosks, said in its earnings press release that… Read More

Tableau Software continues to grow, tops 1,500 employees

Tableau Software is bursting at the seams at its Fremont headquarters, growing so fast that it even plans to move… Read More

Expedia shares up 4% after posting Q2 revenue of $1.5B

Shares of Expedia rose Thursday after the Bellevue online travel giant beat analyst expectations with its second quarter earnings. The… Read More

Tableau shares up 3% after earnings beat expectations with $90M in revenue

Shares of Tableau Software were up 3 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the company beat analyst expectations in its… Read More

Nordstrom buys men’s clothing service Trunk Club

Nordstrom is buying Chicago-based Trunk Club, a shopping service that helps men find the perfect outfit. Terms of the deal… Read More

Once foes, now friends: Uber, for-hire drivers team up for ‘Driver Appreciation Day’

Earlier this year, drivers from for-hire companies in Seattle would attend City Council meetings and publicly voice their displeasure with new startups like… Read More

Rob Glaser

Rob Glaser is officially back as RealNetworks CEO, shedding ‘interim’ title after two years

More than two years after returning as the interim CEO of RealNetworks, founder Rob Glaser was named the company’s permanent chief… Read More

What it will be like to take a Sound Transit train from Seattle to Redmond in the year 2023

Hey, Seattle area commuters. It is going to get a bit easier to cross Lake Washington — in about nine… Read More

Amgen to shutter giant Seattle waterfront campus

Biotech giant Amgen says it will close its facilities in the Seattle region — including its 40-acre waterfront campus on Elliott Bay, inherited… Read More

Cray shares down 3% after Q2 earnings beat expectations with $85M in revenue

Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray beat Wall Street’s expectations with its second quarter earnings report, posting $85.1 million in revenue and… Read More

Twitter stock surges by 30% after Q2 earnings beat expectations

Twitter shares are up more than 30 percent in after-hours trading after the social media giant posted better-than-expected second quarter earnings.… Read More

This battery-powered, auto-shifting bicycle may convince you to sell your car

Replacing your car with a bicycle is a difficult, and for some of us, an impossible transition. The safety and… Read More

Uber unveils new expense tools for business travelers, inks partnership with Concur

It’s been a pretty solid week thus far for Concur. The Bellevue-based travel expense company first inked a partnership with… Read More

Rhapsody tops 2 million paid subscribers, expands music service overseas with mobile deals

Rhapsody — one of the pioneers in the online music arena — said today that it has topped two million… Read More

Judge approves Steve Ballmer’s $2B purchase of Los Angeles Clippers

It looks like Steve Ballmer is set to own the Los Angeles Clippers. A judge today ruled against current Clippers… Read More

City of Seattle sues Gigabit Squared for unpaid bill of $52,250 after botched broadband deal

Not only did Gigabit Squared fail on its promise to bring ultra-fast broadband to Seattle last year, but the company also… Read More

LightInTheBox streamlines workforce at Ador following acquisition

Ador, the Seattle-based online fashion startup formerly known as Lockerz, has streamlined its staff following an acquisition earlier this year by… Read More

Airbnb targets business travelers, inks partnership with Concur

Airbnb wants to reach more business travelers and today announced a new partnership with Bellevue-based travel expense company Concur. Business… Read More

Cool hack: Here’s how to find your Uber passenger rating

One unique part about companies like Uber and Lyft is the ability for riders to rate their drivers, and vice… Read More

Uber now charging drivers $520 per year to lease company iPhone

It looks like UberX drivers won’t be making quite as much money anymore. The Uber Seattle team sent out email notices today… Read More

Capitol Hill Block Party: Experts discuss the future of technology and music

Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party — a three-day neighborhood music festival — kicks off today with live music from acts such as… Read More

Video: Amazon employee uses drone to capture awesome footage of Space Needle

When you fly a drone with a camera past the Space Needle, it turns out you can capture some pretty… Read More

Cancer research company Immune Design raises $60M in IPO

Trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker IMDZ, Seattle biotech company Immune Design today priced its initial public offering at… Read More

Oracle to hire 100+ engineers in Seattle for new cloud infrastructure center

Seattle’s status as a cloud engineering hub just went up another notch with Oracle’s announcement that it’s opening a new Cloud Infrastructure… Read More

Car2go for bicycles: Here are the proposed stations for Seattle’s bike-sharing program

In about two months, a fleet of 500 rentable blue and green bikes will arrive in the Emerald City. Pronto! Emerald… Read More

A tasty trend or a bubble? Why investors and entrepreneurs are so bullish on food delivery

Back in 2011, when Scott Stanford and Shervin Pishevar led separate investments in Uber’s $37 million Series B round back… Read More

Why Comcast just added a $1.50 ‘Broadcast TV Fee’ to your monthly bill

At the beginning of this year, Comcast began charging customers a controversial new fee of $1.50 to cover the costs… Read More

Food on demand: We tested 7 meal delivery services, and here’s who came out on top

The process of delivering food isn’t rocket science, nor is it novel. Someone orders a meal, and another person delivers it.… Read More

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