Seattle's most favorite trademark isn't ashamed to take major sponsorship dollars. The Space Needle, a beacon of technology, and a picturesque landscape to any in the Pacific Northwest, has been lit up different colors over the year for major events, holidays and even product launches. In 2006 when Clearwire brought it's "wi-max" service to Seattle, [...]
By now everyone knows that Target customer credit and debit card data was compromised from November 27-December 15th. This past weekend Target tried to make amends by giving every customer 10% off their total purchase, but according to many news sources that may not have been enough to get shoppers back in the holiday spirit [...]
Transportation apps are catching on like wildfire. Hailo, Taxi Magic, and Uber have become household names in the markets they serve. Uber has been front and center with some great promotions, delivering everything from cats, to Christmas trees to ice cream. They've equally made headlines by price gauging, something that Uber CEO Travis Kalanick rigorously [...]
What started as a routine traffic stop in New York City wound up revealing a heist of over $20,000 in Apple products. The Wall Street Cheat Sheet reports that New York Police recently discovered the Apple products when they pulled a car over for running a red light. The suspects ended up having their car [...]
Google has updated their music app on iOS 7 again. Now, loyalists who are actually paying for the service, get another refreshed UI as well as a new "I'm Feeling Lucky Radio" feature. Like the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on Google.com, this new radio feature promises to generate a randomly selected playlist based off your [...]
Earlier this month we reported that Bitcoin, the virtual currency, received a vote of confidence in a recent report from Bank Of America. While that didn't start a huge surgence of Bitcoin commerce on a general public level, hearing about new companies accepting Bitcoin has become a weekly ritual. Just before the Bank Of America [...]
LG is apparently looking to capitalize on the fact that Blackberry, the one time king of the enterprise space, continues to bleed customers. In a move that was praised by Blackberry, LG announced that several of their smartphones will feature Blackberry's proprietary BBM (Blackberry Messenger) service. The service was widely adapted by Blackberry users in [...]
State owned China mobile has over 750 million subscribers. That's a lot of people using wireless phones on one carrier. A lot of people, that until now, couldn't use an iPhone. Needless to say China Mobile has been a huge target for Cupertino based Apple. Apple devices are extremely popular in China (as they are [...]
While the masses are still well entrenched in the Phil Roberston Saga, the techies and PR folks moved onto a new crisis dujour on Friday. If you don't know the name Justine Sacco, she'll probably make the late night comedy circuit come Monday evening. Sacco, by all accounts, before boarding a flight to Cape Town [...]
Most of the top engineers in the world admit that as kids they started their enormous love of engineering with Lego's. No other toy has had such a profound impact on an industry as the little snap together blocks that help embrace ones imagination and creative problem solving. Every year thousands of people build enormous [...]
