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Beat the heat: Uber offers ice cream delivery Friday

It’s supposed to top 80 tomorrow in Seattle, but if you’re feeling the heat, you can get ice cream delivered… Read More

You can now use your phone to pay for street parking remotely in Seattle

It can be really annoying and frustrating to leave a meeting, meal or similar occasion to go refill your parking… Read More

British authorities blame 787 fire on emergency system

The culprit in the July 12 fire onboard an empty 787 at Heathrow would appear, rather ironically, to be a… Read More

HTC announces new One Mini: similar design, bigger compromises

HTC today announced the new One Mini, a more petite Android phone with a similar design to its flagship design,… Read More

Tableau looks to help clients mash-up data with new cloud-based Tableau Online

Fresh off its initial public offering, Seattle-based Tableau Software today is unveiling a new cloud-based product called Tableau Online which… Read More

Brooks Running starts online community with help from MapMyFitness

There are all kinds of ways companies today try to encourage people to exercise, be it through gift certificate incentives… Read More

MIT study analyzes deceptive online reviews written by loyal customers

“Cyber-shilling” is already well-known in the online review space, when people are paid to write faux reviews for products or… Read More

Free travel forever along I-5: Tesla expands supercharger stations

Tesla is promising “free travel forever” for Model S drivers along Interstate 5, opening two new “supercharger” stations Thursday in… Read More

Eye-tracking technology could replace passwords — if we want it to

Staring into a screen and moving your eyes around a couple times seems a lot easier and more secure than… Read More

GoldieBlox is ‘disrupting the pink aisle’ at Toys ‘R Us

GoldieBlox, the toy designed to get girls interested in engineering, has made it to Toys ‘R Us. A cross between… Read More

Concur continues to bet on the cloud, buys TRX and GDSX

Bellevue-based Concur is making some new buys, announcing today that the maker of travel and expense management has acquired technology… Read More

Donuts to administer Chinese domain name for ‘games’

Bellevue startup Donuts has received approval from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to administer .游戏, an internationalized domain name… Read More

Bucking print trend, publisher plans to launch Allrecipes as a magazine

The print magazine business is in a bit of disarray, with titles pulling the plug nearly every month. But magazine… Read More

Board battle: Flipboard accuses Flowboard of trademark infringement

Flipboard and Flowboard are two companies with names that start with “F,” and end with “board,” but the comparisons pretty… Read More

Hulu no longer for sale as owners pour in $750M to spearhead growth

Streaming media company Hulu was set to be sold, but now its current owners have had a change of heart.… Read More

Eyez: One of Kickstarter’s biggest busts is trying to come back from the dead

One of Kickstarter’s biggest pieces of vaporware may be closer to reality — despite so far failing to deliver on… Read More

Tech Moves: Avalara hires new CIO and engineering VP: Rivet & Sway taps CEO; etc.

—Avalara, the fast-growing maker of sales tax and compliance automation software, is bolstering its executive ranks with two key hires.… Read More

Here’s your chance to help set a record for the world’s largest water balloon fight

Neil Bergquist wants Seattleites to set another Guinness World Record and raise money for charity, but this time it’s all… Read More

These students 3D-printed a race boat with plastic milk jugs

Just last month we reported on University of Washington engineering students building bad-ass, award-winning Formula race cars. Now the latest… Read More

These are the keys to social business, according to Eventbrite’s VP of Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO — For Eventbrite, social media is a key component of its business plan. According to Tamara Mendelsohn, its… Read More

Peace out, PCs: Shipments of personal computers dip for 5th consecutive quarter

The popularity of the personal computer continues to fade away, as the latest numbers from market researcher Gartner show worldwide PC shipments… Read More

Wages increase in Q2 after slight dip, but tech salaries cool off

U.S. salaries are back on the uprise after a slight dip last quarter, according to Seattle-based salary data company PayScale, which found that… Read More

Dropbox strengthens ties to third-party apps with new API, developer tools

SAN FRANCISCO — Your Dropbox just got more useful. The cloud storage company held its first DBX developer conference today… Read More

Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch out; Sprint ‘assessing’ needs of others

Now that Sprint has finally gobbled up Clearwire, we’ll have to wait to see what the country’s third largest carrier… Read More

Yep, now Yelp is getting into the food delivery business

Starting today, if you like the look of a restaurant on Yelp, you’ll be able to order food and get… Read More

Skin sensors and smartphones: Samsung exec sees big potential for wearables

SAN FRANCISCO — When Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn took the stage at the MobileBeat conference this morning, he… Read More

Paul Allen’s latest bet: Sonic-powered toothbrushes and water flossers

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. has joined an investment group that has acquired Water Pik, the Fort Collins, Colorado maker of… Read More

Vancouver startup to offer ridiculously fast gigabit Internet for cheap

Laser-quick Internet is already arriving in Seattle soon, and now, our northern neighbors across the border can say the same.… Read More

The wait is over: Sprint consumes Clearwire after long bidding war

After more than six months of back and forth, Clearwire is officially a part of Sprint. Sprint closed its acquisition… Read More

Barnes & Noble CEO resigns as bookseller looks to find footing

Can Barnes & Noble find its path forward? Well, if the bookseller does so, it will be under the guidance… Read More