Geek of the Week: Textio’s Kieran Snyder has all the right words to describe life as a startup CEO
Kieran Snyder of Textio. In an email back to our new Geek of the Week, who happens to have a PhD in linguistics and once helped build spell-checkers at Microsoft, I…
This stretchy touchpad lets you play the piano – or Angry Birds – on your arm
A researcher uses a stretchy touchpad on the forearm to play Angry Birds. (Kim et al. / Science) If you see gamers poking at their forearms to play Angry Birds…
Shares of Nordstrom soar 10% after retailer beats earnings expectations with $3.6B in revenue
Photo Credit: Nordstrom. Shares of Nordstrom spiked more than 10 percent in after-hours trading after the Seattle retailer beat analyst expectations for its second quarter earnings. Nordstrom posted earnings per…
Microsoft explains why Azure Stack will initially work on only a handful of servers
Vijay Tewari, principal group program manager, Enterprise Cloud Solutions. Microsoft today explained its reasoning for restricting the forthcoming Azure Stack to servers from Dell, HPE and Lenovo — a restriction that…
Amazon bringing 13-episode original series on Playboy’s Hugh Hefner to Prime Video
Hugh Hefner, with Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson in Hollywood in 2007. (Via Starfrenzy / Bigstock) The story of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is coming to Amazon. A…
Interview: Candace Faber, Seattle’s first ‘civic technology advocate,’ on tech for change, and how to save Seattle
Candace Faber, Seattle’s first civic technology advocate. Nine months ago, Candace Faber became Seattle’s first “civic technology advocate,” a job that includes spreading the power of tech to underserved sectors of…
Why the most recent Techstars Seattle class is kicking butt
The Techstars Seattle class at Demo Day in May. They are doing something right over at Techstars Seattle. The 3-month accelerator, part of the Techstars network, graduated its most recent…