These Guys Sold T-Shirts To Turn Their Hobby Into One Of The Hottest Web...
Seattle company Groundspeak started off as a hobby -- cofounders Bryan Roth, Jeremy Irish, and Elias Alvord were working at a dot-com in 2000. They were big into geocaching and thought it would be...
View ArticleZulily Scores Huge Round At $750 Million Valuation
Seattle-based private sales site Zulily, which is like a Gilt Groupe for moms buying kids' gear, has raised $43 million in a round that values it at a whopping $750 million. John Cook of Geekwire...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street Is Now In Eight More Major Cities, And They're Preparing...
While New Yorkers were focused on what happened on the Brooklyn Bridge this weekend, people in cities across the U.S. started their own Occupy protests. They're all being organized separately, but...
View ArticleThe Wall Street Protesters Are Now In 15 Major Cities Across The Country
It's time for us to check in with occupations in major cities across the country. Demonstrations launched in New Orleans, Portland, and Austin (to name a few) yesterday. And as a sign that this whole...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Seattlites Spend More Than Double The National Average On Coffee...
Seattle is home to some of Zaarly’s employees and although we each love where we’re living – we get a little envious of our Seattlites. Some days we just want to be browsing for fresh fish at Pike...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Promising New Startups Coming Out Of Seattle
Seattle is home to a lot of great startups including Zulily, Swype, Redfin and PayScale. Techstars found ten promising new startups and will be holding Demo Day Seattle this Thursday, November 3. The...
View ArticleThe Protesters Tried To Do WHAT?! To Jamie Dimon Wednesday Night? (JPM)
Last night, Occupy movements across the country took to the streets for a General Strike. In Oakland, things got totally out of control, multiple banks and businesses were targeted, and the port of...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: An $18.9 Million Mansion On Mercer Island With A Private...
This stunning mansion on Mercer Island, near Seattle, has seven bedrooms and eight baths, and is listed at $18.9 million. The home sits on 1.6 acres of property, with a beautiful limestone entrance....
View ArticleWATCH: Snow In Seattle Brings Out The Dumbest Drivers In The World
While some winter driving boils down to luck, a bigger part is being properly prepared and then using common sense to correctly judge conditions. In snow, which wheels are driven always takes a back...
View ArticleSeattle Is Hoping To Poach An NBA Team From Another City As Early Next Season
Seattle has been without an NBA franchise since the 2008-09 season when the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City. But recently unveiled documents show that the city and an investor have been working behind...
View ArticleThe Five Greenest Cities In America
From the Golden Gate Bridge to the Big Apple, many of America's major cities are being recognized as trailblazers in the push to go green. "Cities that rank high in any sustainability rating due so...
View ArticleCheck Out The Humongous Angry Bird That Attacked Seattle's Space Needle...
For the launch of Angry Birds: Space yesterday, Rovio hung an enormous Angry Bird and slingshot from the Space Needle in Seattle. Here are the best pictures we've been able to find of the stunt,...
View ArticleAmazon Wants To Build Three Huge New Towers In Downtown Seattle (AMZN)
Amazon is planning three new headquarters buildings in downtown Seattle. The buildings could be 37 stories tall and have up to 3.3 million square feet of space -- the largest development ever proposed...
View ArticleZynga's Engineering VP Has Resigned (ZNGA)
Neil Roseman, Zynga's VP of Engineering, has resigned after 15 months with the company, reports All Things D. He last oversaw the launch of Zynga's games platform at Zynga.com, internally codenamed...
View ArticleMicrosoft Just Picked 11 Startups To Build Amazing Apps For Kinect (MSFT)
Microsoft and TechStars have picked 11 startups out of 500 applicants to participate in Microsoft's Kinect Accelerator program. The accelerator is based in Seattle and will run from April to June....
View ArticleFacebook Just Moved Into A Big New Office In Seattle (FB)
A year and a half ago, Facebook opened a Seattle office. Since then, a lot of other companies, like Zynga and Salesforce, have followed suit. But Facebook ran out of space as the Seattle outpost grew...
View ArticleA Man Punched A 10-Year-Old Boy In The Face For Being Too Noisy In A Movie...
A Washington state man fed up with a group of noisy moviegoers behind him stepped over the seat and punched a 10-year-old boy in the face. The man, who told police he thought the person he hit was a...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: The Best Cities For Young Professionals
College grads dream of moving to a big city, starting a career, and enjoying the nightlife scene. It turns out the best place for young professionals to thrive is actually Seattle, according to a new...
View ArticleFour People Killed In Two Shootings In Seattle
KIRO 7 is reporting that three people were killed and two others were seriously wounded in a shooting around 11 a.m. at the Cafe Racer in Seattle's University district. The gunman killed himself as...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Restaurants In America, According To Travelers
The U.S. is a top contender when it comes to fine dining. But which restaurants are the best of the best? TripAdvisor just released its first annual Diners' Choice awards, looking at hundreds of...
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