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Paul Allen hates listening to the ocean, sells $28M Malibu home to CBS president

Some people really love the sound that an ocean makes. Paul Allen is not one of those people. The New York… Read More

Seattle’s ride-sharing rules headed for city-wide vote — with one potential roadblock

The fate of app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar may soon be decided by the people of Seattle.… Read More

Oops! Washington state disposes of old computers without wiping medical records, tax forms and other confidential information

Medical records. Social Security Numbers. Employee performance evaluations. Those were just some of the confidential records found on old computers… Read More

Amazon already designing 8th generation of delivery drones

Amazon’s plan to deploy fleets of aerial drones has been met with skepticism even inside the technology industry, but CEO… Read More

Future faces: Software lets parents see what their kids will look like in 50 years

It’s fun going through baby pictures and seeing what you used to look like back in the golden days. But… Read More

T-Mobile exec: ‘Our competitors know that we cleaned their clocks in Q1’

It’s not officially the “Uncarrier 5.0” rollout, but T-Mobile is resurfacing this week with a series of new initiatives that… Read More

Seattle Mayor: ‘We should not allow our Internet access to be managed by a private monopoly’

Seattle citizens need better and more affordable Internet. That’s the vibe from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s blog post this morning,… Read More

T-Mobile targets industry’s ‘predatory bait-and-switch schemes’ with $40/month plan, without overages

Taking another jab at its wireless rivals, T-Mobile is launching a new monthly “Simple Starter” plan that will cost $40… Read More

Boeing bans headphones, forces employees to stand still while answering phone calls

Boeing employees have a new rule to follow while working: No more headphones. New safety measures implemented later this month… Read More

Tableau’s cloud-based analytics platform now its fastest-growing product

Tableau Software is growing fast, thanks in some part to a new cloud-based solution that has become the company’s fastest-selling… Read More

Ingram Micro invests in Parallels, in new alliance

Technology distributor Ingram Micro, one of the quiet giants of the industry, is making an equity investment in virtualization and… Read More

Rhapsody, Napster top 1.7M subscribers, up 63%: ‘It’s us and Spotify and everyone else’

The combined subscriber base of the Rhapsody and Napster music services has grown to more than 1.7 million globally, achieving… Read More

SweetLabs wants to take the crap out of crapware with app distribution platform

It might seem like the company that brought the Start menu back to Windows 8 would be quaking in its… Read More

Lyft cuts prices nationwide by 20%, temporarily stops taking commission from drivers

If you use Lyft to get around town, your rides are about to cost a little less. Just one week… Read More

Healthcare software startup Edifecs moving to larger Bellevue office

Edifecs, an 18-year-old company building software solutions for the healthcare industry, is moving into a larger office in west Bellevue.… Read More

Need an item delivered? Uber launching courier service

Uber is no longer only helping people move around town. Now, the San Francisco-based startup is testing out its own… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen looks to rock the vote, sinks $40 million in online voting company

Scytl, a Barcelona-based online voting company, announced today that it received a $40 million investment from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital… Read More

Seattle names veteran government employee as interim technology chief

The City of Seattle has named Sabra Schneider, who previously served as the City’s Director of Electronic Communications, as its… Read More

Automotive expert: Lyft’s pink mustache could damage cars

One of the reasons why Lyft, the app-based transportation company that’s up in arms over regulations set by the Seattle City Council, encourages its… Read More

Washington Gov. vetoes bill that would have regulated use of surveillance drones

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee vetoed a bill today that would have regulated government use of surveillance drones amid concerns… Read More

As Box preps for IPO, CEO Aaron Levie brings his road show home — with some tough love for Seattle

As Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie took the stage Thursday afternoon at the Box World Tour road show in his… Read More

Nest halts sales of high-tech smoke detector, cites fire alarm glitch

Nest is halting sales of its Nest Protect fire alarm and smoke detector, citing a problem with the hand-waving feature… Read More

Intellectual Ventures spins off new ‘Coffee Flour’ startup

A new Seattle-area startup called CF Global has been spun out of Intellectual Ventures, aiming to develop a market for… Read More

Windows leaker pleads guilty, faces 3 months in prison

A former Microsoft software architect has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets, including parts of the Windows 8 source code.… Read More

Seattle ranks second for salary growth in Q1, national IT wages up slightly at 1.1%

National wages were up 0.5 percent year-over-year during Q1 of 2014 and Seattle saw the second-highest wage growth of any… Read More

Lyft raises $250M Series D round, eyes international expansion

Lyft may be battling city governments for the right to conduct business, but that isn’t stopping investors from putting millions… Read More

Turn old gift cards into cash: Outerwall plans expansion of Coinstar Exchange kiosks

If you’re like most Americans, you’ve got a healthy supply of gift cards piled up in your purse, wallet or… Read More

Study: Americans spend 162 minutes on their mobile device per day, mostly with apps

162 minutes — that’s how much time the average American spends on his or her mobile device per day. That’s… Read More

Food ordering service GrubHub to feed hungry investors by raising IPO expectations

With more companies going public in the first quarter of 2014 than in any other year since the dotcom heyday… Read More

Asiana Airlines places partial blame on aircraft software for last year’s crash at SFO: Boeing cites pilot error

Pilot error? Software issue? Or a combination of both? Those are the questions lingering after Boeing and Asiana Airlines submitted… Read More