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Seattle is First With Net-Enabled Bikeshare. Go for a SPIN!
Bikesharing has been around for a while, but it always seemed silly to the founders of Spin that you could only ride to and...
Where do Seattle’s Mayoral Candidates Stand on Tech?
For the first time in its 33 year history, the Washington Technology Industry Association has evaluated and ranked the candidates who are vying to become...
Seattle’s Civic Playbook: 101 Plays for a FullConTech Game Plan
Join WTIA in Achieving Civic Goals
Washington's high technology trade association, the WTIA, held its own version of an NFL pre-season “OTA" in May and like...
Too Much Data, Too Little Time: The Pitfalls to Avoid When Rolling Out a...
by Lee Johnson, Director of Global Marketing, NetMotion Software for Advisor-X
Most IT departments today, may not realize it, but they are flooded with mobile data....
Blogging in China and Seattle, Dr. Richard Saint Cyr Contrasts East and West Healthcare...
Having spent 10+ years as a board-certified, family medical doctor in Beijing, China, including multiple years as a health care correspondent for The New...
Net Neutrality Day Rallies the Web’s Biggest Players
July 12th, 2017 may live in history as the day when the world’s biggest Internet companies and activist groups came together to protest the FCC’s...
Net Neutrality Under Fire — Here’s How to Act Now!
Last week, Senator Maria Cantwell held a Seattle Town Hall meeting with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, the only Democrat currently serving on the commission,...
Mostly Cloudy, Microsoft Re-Org Could See Up to 3,000 Pink Slips
Microsoft is downsizing, or should we call it cloud-sizing? It's rain that comes down from the dark clouds in these climes, sometimes in a...
How to Safeguard Against Ransomware Attacks
The latest ransomware outbreak dubbed "Petya" or "GoldenEye,” which experts feel originated, albeit unknowingly, from a supply chain vendor in the Ukraine or Russia, poses...
Nordstrom Creates High Tech Circuitboard Pop-In Shop — You’re the Pulse!
A new "Pop-in" shop at eight Nordstrom department stores across the national electronic gridiron creates a "Tron-like" shopping environment where you are the human...