Video: Watch Bill Gates explain how technology is reshaping our world, again This is Bill Gates, coming full circle. During a rare appearance last month on the University of Washington campus —… Read More
Q&A: How Comcast is adjusting to our changing TV habits How are people actually using the web and mobile apps to interact with traditional television content? What’s next for the… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens leads daily deal site to meteoric growth Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens likes to move fast, tackling opportunities before the moment passes. And no one, and I mean… Read More
Bezos shows Blue Origin spaceship launching and landing in new videos Jeff Bezos has posted two new videos of his Blue Origin project’s spaceship taking off and landing on a “short… Read More
Jobless rate in Washington state drops to nine percent Washington state’s unemployment rate fell to nine percent during the month of October as employers added 4,600 jobs in education,… Read More
Bain Capital to buy Physio-Control from Medtronic for $487 million After 13 years under the umbrella of Medtronic, Redmond-based Physio-Control is getting a new corporate parent. It was announced this… Read More
Music on your phone bill: Google teams with T-Mobile Google will start selling music tracks and albums through its Android Market, moving beyond apps as part an update and… Read More
Twenty-year Microsoft vet joins online backup startup as CEO Brad Carpenter, a former Microsoft general manager who left the company in October after a 20-year career, has accepted the… Read More
AT&T, Verizon lead U.S. business Internet market, too A new study from comScore Networks breaks down the Internet Service Providers used by large and small businesses across the U.S.,… Read More
McGinn: UW, Seattle want great ideas for unused fiber Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and University of Washington President Michael Young are holding a news conference right now outlining plans… Read More
Cray hooks huge $188 million supercomputer contract with University of Illinois Leaders in the field of supercomputing are arriving in Seattle this week for SC11, one of the biggest confabs for… Read More
Seattle and UW look to light up 500 miles of fiber to help solve broadband woes Mike McGinn has worked hard to bring high-speed Internet access to parts of Pioneer Square. Now, the Seattle mayor is… Read More
LinkedIn, Zillow among the top IPOs of a tough 2011 It was shaping up to be a solid year for initial public offerings. But then things hit a wall in… Read More
Hooked on the ‘now’: Facebook tries — and fails — to move users beyond recency Is there no higher relevance than recency? Facebook changed the way its popular NewsFeed works back in September to prioritize… Read More
Video Flashback: ‘We’re not going to arrest anybody for wearing a blue polo shirt’ Those funny people at the organization “Improv Everywhere” are celebrating their 10th anniversary by releasing remastered videos of their all-time… Read More
Irvine resigns as CEO of Blue Nile Blue Nile CEO Diane Irvine plans to resign as CEO of the Seattle online jewelry retailer effective this Friday. No… Read More
Firefox adds Twitter search, gets Kindle Cloud Reader Mozilla released Firefox 8 this morning, continuing its pattern of small and rapid version updates. In that spirit, one of… Read More
Intellectual Ventures and LG Electronics reach patent deal Intellectual Ventures has just added another big company to its stable of patent licensees, announcing a patent agreement with consumer… Read More
Warner Brothers cuts staff at Seattle-area gaming studios Warner Brothers Games has cut staffing at game studios throughout the Seattle area, according to a report on Joystiq. The… Read More
RIP Andy Rooney: A look back at his classic Bill Gates rant It was a tradition in my family each Sunday night to order a Coccia House pizza and watch “60 Minutes.”… Read More
Microsoft Bing home page marks UW’s 150th anniversary Hey, sometimes it works out pretty well to have a search engine in your own backyard. Microsoft Bing today is… Read More
Gates a better role model than Jobs, says Harvard scholar Following the death of Steve Jobs, much has been written about the Apple co-founder’s impact on the world. But a… Read More
Video: Microsoft ‘Roborazzi’ makes us feel like Lindsay Lohan Yesterday at the Seattle Interactive Conference downtown, I went down to the basement a few times to check in on… Read More
Why Northeastern University chose Seattle, and what the UW’s Ed Lazowska thinks about it In the words of Steve Ballmer, it’s all about “developers. developers. developers.” Seattle needs more of them, and the University… Read More
Marchex rings up revenues on call advertising growth Marchex placed a significant bet two years ago that the phone call wasn’t dead. Now, the Seattle online advertising company… Read More
Amazon’s ‘Flow’ iPhone app: Augmented reality for products Amazon.com’s A9 search subsidiary surfaced today with a new iPhone app, Flow Powered by Amazon, that lets users hold their… Read More
Clearwire shares jump as it nears 10 million subscribers, cuts loss Shares of Clearwire have been on a turbulent course in recent weeks. And the company today saw yet another double… Read More
Meet the 8 companies that just sprouted from Portland Seed Fund The Seattle tech community is gearing up for Thursday’s Demo Day, the high-profile investment pitch session in which 10 companies… Read More
Boston’s Northeastern targets Seattle for new campus, says market underserved for IT Northeastern University of Boston may soon find a home in the Northwest. The private 113-year-old University is planning to establish… Read More
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser: New CEO fits consumer strategy RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser thinks the company has found the right person to lead its business, saying in an interview… Read More
