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Investor group to buy BlackBerry for $4.7B

Ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry has finally found a buyer. Fairfax Financial Holdings, which has a 10 percent stake in BlackBerry,… Read More

The next wave of news: Peer-to-peer livestreaming

Twitter enabled any person to reach anyone in the world directly with 140 characters of text. And, of course, you… Read More

Apple adds ability to stream content to Apple TV straight from iCloud

As if the launch of two new phones wasn’t enough to keep Apple busy, the company rolled out an update… Read More

Carena signs another deal, offers $35 virtual doctor visits to millions in Kentucky

Another day, another healthcare deal for Carena. Seattle-based Carena is now partnering with KentuckyOne Health, the largest healthcare system in… Read More

Seattle may shut down ride-sharing companies as it establishes regulations

Startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar cleared a monumental hurdle on Thursday after the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to… Read More

Microsoft’s revamped financials reveal the new (and difficult) road ahead

Microsoft has overhauled its financial reporting structure to go along with its “One Microsoft” reorganization. As expected, the new approach… Read More

Underwater lab: UW researchers install 14 miles of cables, cameras, sensors on ocean floor

Resting on the sea floor 300 miles west of the Oregon Coast are corals, fish, crabs, and now — thanks… Read More

Are you freaked out yet? Tech execs debate business opportunities in privacy

Listening to the speakers at this year’s Privacy Identity Innovation conference — experts with years of experience on the front… Read More

Judge rules in favor of Pandora in important licensing case

Brian McAndrews, former head of aQuantive and Pandora’s new CEO got some good news today from the company’s law firm:… Read More

Beauty and the Geek: Watch Bill Nye dance with beakers

OK, so the judges weren’t all that impressed with Bill Nye’s dancing debut on Dancing With The Stars Monday night.… Read More

Hey, lady coders: Ada Developers Academy wants to turn you into an all-star programmer — for free

If you’re a female who wants to learn how to code but aren’t quite willing to shell out the dough… Read More

F5 looks to wipe out cybercrime with acquisition of Versafe

F5 Networks is strengthening its Internet security offerings, announcing today that it is buying Tel Aviv-based Versafe in a deal… Read More

Amazon Fresh competitor Instacart expands to Chicago

In the continuing game of Risk between grocery delivery services, Instacart, the San Francisco-based competitor for Amazon Fresh, has begun… Read More

This tool tells mobile advertisers where their customers hang out the most

Geo-fencing allows advertisers to send a push notification to mobile device owners when one enters a specific space. But a… Read More

Pandora offering 14 million shares days after hiring new CEO

New Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews may soon have a good chunk of cash to work with, just days after taking… Read More

Shakeup: Rhapsody cuts 15% of workforce, president out as new investor arrives

Seattle-based Rhapsody International is cutting 15 percent of its workforce, and its president Jon Irwin is stepping down with the… Read More

Safe driving: Apple urged to let iPhone auto-reply to texts

If you’ve ever driven anywhere during rush hour, you know that texting while driving turns people into a menace on… Read More

Feeling sick? Washington health system now offers virtual doctor appointments for $35

If you’re feeling under the weather and need to see a doctor, often times you’ll have to hop into your… Read More

Box jumps into document creation, nipping at the heels of Microsoft and Google

Box this morning launched Box Notes, a collaborative document creation and editing feature with a social twist but (so… Read More

Tech Moves: Flowboard picks Swype vet as CFO; Kuglin joins SocialNewsDesk; etc.

—Loreen Milbrath, a former finance exec at Swype, Melodeo and Tegic, has been named Chief Financial Officer at Flowboard. Milbrath… Read More

Staples picks Seattle for new e-commerce and engineering center

It’s not just tech giants with names like Google, Facebook and Groupon which are expanding their operations in Seattle. Here… Read More

GoDaddy CEO: ‘Our outcome would be very good if we went public today’

GoDaddy is bringing in $1.4 billion in revenue this year and has more than 12 million paying customers, but the online… Read More

Breaking: Twitter files for IPO, makes announcement with tweet

Twitter just filed for an IPO and made the announcement with — what else — a tweet: We’ve confidentially submitted… Read More

Are brick and mortar stores going away? Not if people are still having sex

More and more people are shopping online, and that’s not good news for brick-and-mortar retail stores. In response to that movement,… Read More

HBO content isn’t coming to non-cable subscribers anytime soon

It doesn’t look like you can watch HBO without a cable subscription anytime soon. HBO CTO Otto Berkes, our first… Read More

A giant tech bet: $2.3 billion real estate project set to begin outside of Seattle

Demolition will start next week for the first phase in a giant real estate project in Bellevue, Wash. — ultimately… Read More

Wave acquires Spectrum Networks, CondoInternet to bolster broadband reach

WaveDivision Holdings, the company behind Wave Broadband, today announced the acquisition of Seattle-based Spectrum Networks and its subsidiary, CondoInternet. Wave, headquartered… Read More

Meet new Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews: A Bruno Mars fan with some big-time advertising chops

Newly-named Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews is well known in technology and media circles as an online advertising whiz. But, let’s… Read More

Contour’s court-appointed receiver sets auction, says brand may still survive

A company working on behalf of the court-appointed receiver for action-camera maker Contour Inc. said today that it’s accepting solicitations… Read More

Marissa Mayer: new Microsoft CEO needs to understand enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO – It seems everyone has an opinion on who Microsoft’s next CEO should be, but if Marissa Mayer… Read More