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iPad presentation startup Flowboard moves to desktop with Mac product

Most tech companies make the move from desktop to mobile. Flowboard is doing the opposite. The Seattle startup has spent the… Read More

Concur partners with United Airlines for integrated travel booking

Bellevue-based travel expense company Concur today announced a new partnership with United Airlines that will enable direct corporate travel bookings on United.com and… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray lands $174M contract to help protect U.S. nuclear stockpile

Shares of supercomputer maker Cray Inc. soared more than 13 percent Thursday after the Seattle company announced that it had… Read More

The honeymoon is over: Expedia and Groupon no longer co-branding travel deals

Groupon and Expedia are scaling back a 3-year-old partnership that focused on selling heavily discounted travel deals together. A Groupon spokesman… Read More

Want to register chickens.wtf? Now’s your chance

The new top-level domain land-grab rolls on this month, with Bellevue-based domain registrar Donuts announcing that it will launch 29… Read More

Summer interns at tech giants make more than U.S. median household income

It’s no secret that tech giants are offering up crazy perks and nice paychecks to attract young talent to their companies.… Read More

Urban Airship CEO takes leave of absence amid sexual assault allegations

Urban Airship CEO Scott Kveton will be taking a leave of absence from the company, following allegations that he sexually… Read More

Uber agrees to cap ‘surge pricing’ during disasters, donate its share to Red Cross

Critics of Uber have often criticized the transportation company’s use of “surge pricing” to up the price of its service… Read More

Funded by Bill Gates, this remote-controlled contraceptive chip could be available in 2018

Imagine pushing a button on a remote control and having a computer chip disperse a hormonal birth control drug through your… Read More

Marijuana delivery services fill gap amid legal pot shortages

Buying recreational marijuana is officially legal today in Washington state, but your chances of snagging some affordable pot — legally —… Read More

MicroGreen gets even greener, raising $17m in capital for earth-friendly food containers

MicroGreen Polymers, which has come up with a way to turn disposable water and soda bottles into durable and light-weight coffee cups, has… Read More

Top cities for tech jobs: New study ranks Seattle #2, ahead of San Francisco

A new report by NerdWallet ranks the Seattle region second in the nation for people in science, technology engineering and math… Read More

Seattle City Council repeals law that capped UberX, Lyft and Sidecar drivers

Earlier this year when the Seattle City Council set initial regulations for Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, it seemed nobody was happy… Read More

Box picks up $150M in funding, at $2.4B valuation, prior to IPO

Box, the cloud data storage company started by a pair of Mercer Island High School grads, has picked up an… Read More

TSA prohibits some passengers from flying with powerless electronic devices

Having low or no battery life on your smartphone is already a stressful problem. But now, a lack of juice may… Read More

Growth market: Legalized marijuana creates ‘huge possibilities’ for startups

Want weed? Welcome to Seattle. Tuesday is opening day for Washington’s first recreational marijuana shops. Yep, that’s right — anyone 21 years… Read More

Seattle City Council set to repeal law that capped UberX, Lyft and Sidecar drivers

The Seattle City Council is expected to vote today to repeal the ordinance that capped the number of active UberX, Lyft and… Read More

Windows to outpace Mac/iOS through 2015, as Android’s lead reaches 1 billion units

The lines between PCs, notebooks, tablets and smartphones are getting blurrier by the day, which makes a new forecast from Gartner… Read More

Pet health insurance company Trupanion sets IPO terms, plans to raise up to $122 million

Seattle pet health insurance company Trupanion on Monday set the terms for its upcoming initial public offering, with plans to… Read More

Expedia buys Australian travel firm for $658M, tamps down ‘inaccurate’ eLong rumors

Expedia is making waves overseas. The Bellevue-based online travel giant announced Monday morning that it plans to buy Australian online… Read More

5 tech tips for your Fourth of July weekend

In terms of technology, a lot has changed since July 4, 1776. We have radios. We have TVs. We have… Read More

WTF, FTC? T-Mobile’s John Legere says ‘cramming’ charges are sensationalized and exaggerated

T-Mobile CEO John Legere says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sensationalizing and exaggerating claims that T-Mobile improperly billed customers for… Read More

Survey: 17% of Americans would give up best friend for smartphone

Some Americans are so attached to their smartphones that they’d rather temporarily lose a best friend than have their device taken away.… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineers launch social network app built on long-form visual storytelling

“Snowfall” quickly became a well-known phrase in online media circles after the New York Times published a unique multimedia feature in 2012. Rather… Read More

IPO market for venture-backed companies remains strong, but M&A deals slow

It’s still a good time to go public. Twenty-eight venture-backed companies completed initial public offerings during the second quarter, raising… Read More

Men’s clothing retailer Bonobos raises $55M from Nordstrom and others to open ‘Guideshops’

Bonobos started in 2007, selling flashy men’s apparel online. Now, the New York-based company has scored $55 million in fresh capital —… Read More

Bill Gates: Eradicating polio easier than fixing U.S. education system

Fixing the U.S. education system is harder than eradicating some of the world’s worst diseases. That’s what Bill Gates said on… Read More

FTC goes after T-Mobile over cell phone bill “cramming”

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile, alleging that the Bellevue-based wireless carrier made millions of dollars… Read More

‘Magical Butter’ marijuana machine helps make pot-infused edibles

Garyn Angel learned a simple lesson while working in the finance world for 14 years: The easiest way to ensure… Read More

McGraw-Hill opening digital education hub in Seattle

McGraw-Hill Education has opened a new office in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood that will serve as a hub of the… Read More