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Seattle city leaders sound off on ride-sharing dilemma — who do you agree with?

Tensions were high Thursday evening at Seattle City Hall as councilmembers debated how to regulate new app-based transportation companies like… Read More

City of Seattle to contact Uber about ‘illegal’ marketing tactics

Uber is trying to convince Seattle’s city leaders that its app-based UberX transportation service should be allowed to operate freely,… Read More

Nobody is happy with Seattle’s cap on ride-sharing drivers

From an Uber general manager to representatives for the taxi industry, it seems no one is happy with Seattle’s decision… Read More

Seattle set to cap ride-sharing drivers that are ‘active’ at any given time

Seattle is set to regulate the number of drivers that companies like UberX, SideCar and Lyft have active on their… Read More

Live blog: Seattle City Council votes on controversial regulations for Lyft, UberX, Sidecar

Follow-Up Posts  Nobody is happy with Seattle’s cap on ride-sharing drivers Seattle set to cap ride-sharing drivers that are ‘active’… Read More

Maveron’s Dan Levitan to step down from Zulily board as stock soars to new heights

Early Zulily investor Dan Levitan, the Maveron co-founder and partner, will not seek re-election to the company’s board of directors, and will… Read More

Uber turns on marketing engines to pressure Seattle city leaders: Illegal posters, robocalls, giant billboard trucks

Seattle city officials say Uber and other alternative transportation networks are operating outside of city law by offering rides to… Read More

Glenn Walcott steps down as DoubleDown president, gets knighted as ‘Defender of Seattle Fireworks’

The man who brought the Seattle tech community raining dollar bills, “Gangnam Style” dances and Chewbacca impressions is saying goodbye to the Emerald… Read More

Former Washington State Investment Board chief Joe Dear dies at 62

Joe Dear, the former head of the Washington State Investment Board and past Chief of Staff for Washington State Governor Gary… Read More

wally hub & sensors

Review: At home with Wally, a new sensor network for detecting water leaks

My home may be 114 years old, but I remain on a quest to outfit it with the latest in… Read More

Walmart acquires Seattle-based Yumprint to add recipe tech to grocery delivery

@WalmartLabs, which operates as the tech brains behind the big-box retailer, has acquired Yumprint of Seattle. Walmart plans to use… Read More

Code.org lets kids develop their own Flappy Bird game in 15 minutes

The Flappy Bird craze isn’t quite over yet. To celebrate a few milestones, Code.org today released a “Make Your Own… Read More

This Seattle tech exec saw his net worth skyrocket $500 million today

Zulily’s shares jumped more than 35 percent today after Wall Street applauded the Seattle online retailer’s fourth quarter earnings, which… Read More

World famous rapper Macklemore joins the fight to save UberX in Seattle

Seattle is on the verge of capping the number of total UberX, Lyft and Sidecar drivers in the city to… Read More

WordPress.com launches integrated e-commerce tools for online storefronts

WordPress.com is releasing new e-commerce tools today, which will help millions of people using its blogging platform monetize their content… Read More

Mad Money Cramer says Zulily can ‘beat’ Amazon; stock soars 40% after big earnings release

CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer was extremely bullish on Zulily this morning, even calling the Seattle-based daily deals site for… Read More

John Legere

Growing T-Mobile tops $6.8B in revenue, with a $20M loss

T-Mobile’s revenue continued to climb in the fourth quarter, topping $6.8 billion as the Bellevue-based wireless company’s “UnCarrier” strategy resulted… Read More

Here’s how taxi drivers in Seattle avoid paying higher credit card processing fees

Taxi drivers, at least from my experience, typically don’t like it when riders ask to pay with credit card and… Read More

Zulily takes aim at Fab.com, plans big expansion in home products category

Zulily just posted blow out numbers for its fourth quarter, reporting a 100 percent rise in fourth quarter sales to… Read More

Zulily reports stellar Q4 results with sales up 100%

Zulily did not let down its investors, who sent shares higher today, in anticipation of a strong holiday quarter. In… Read More

Hate surge pricing? Soon, Uber will tell you when things get cheaper

SAN FRANCISCO– Uber Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick knows that the ride-sharing company’s infamous surge pricing is a hard sell,… Read More

Oracle agrees to buy big data marketing platform BlueKai

BlueKai, which operates a large repository of customer data that allows advertisers to better target messages to specific audiences, has… Read More

Nokia says its new Android phones will create a ‘gateway to Microsoft’

Nokia tonight confirmed plans to release its own phone running Google’s Android mobile operating system, expanding beyond Microsoft’s Windows Phone… Read More

Photos: Check out Fathom, Seattle’s newest 3D printing production center

Fathom, one of the nation’s top 3D printing companies, has had a sales office in Seattle for the past five… Read More

Patent giant Intellectual Ventures launches new PAC to lobby legislators

It seems like talk of more federal patent regulation has spooked Intellectual Ventures. The company recently submitted a filing with… Read More

Taxi association says new Sidecar pricing policy will let drivers ‘gouge passengers’

Sidecar introduced a unique pricing structure earlier this week that allows drivers to set their own prices for rides. Now,… Read More

Here’s your chance to test out Seattle’s new parking meters

The parking meters that line Seattle’s streets aren’t exactly high-tech. Payment processing time can often take not just a few… Read More

White House moves forward with plan for patent reform

The U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to curb the practices of patent holding firms and on Thursday announced… Read More

The footnote that roared: MicroVision surges on news of Sony’s pocket-sized projector

Sony’s announcement on Thursday that it is developing a laser-based, high-definition, pocket-sized projector didn’t mention MicroVision until the third footnote… Read More

WhatsApp: What’s that? College students say ‘whatever’ to Facebook’s new $19B app

The big news out of the tech world on Tuesday was Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of the WhatsApp messaging service. The acquisition is Facebook’s… Read More

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