Amazon.com gets go-ahead for Canada fulfillment center
By Eric Engleman on Monday, April 12, 2010, 1:27pm PDT
Amazon.com's plans for a warehouse in Canada caused a ruckus up north, with some arguing the online retailer's physical presence in the country could harm the domestic bookselling industry. But after a review of Amazon's application, the Canadian government is giving Amazon the go-ahead. As part of the deal, the company has agreed to invest more than $20 million in cultural events and promoting Canada-authored books abroad, according to press reports. | | SPONSORED POST | Seattle University Software Engineering
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By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 12, 2010, 1:18pm PDT
The Internet's influence on journalism was on display in the Pulitzer Prize announcements today as the Seattle Times won one of the prestigious awards for its breaking news coverage of the Lakewood police shootings last year. Also notable, as a sign of the new era, was the award of a Pulitzer Prize to ProPublica, a non-profit investigative journalism service that publishes online and in partnership with traditional print outlets. And on a more personal note, a big congratulations to Kirsten Grind, Jeanne Lang Jones, Al Scott and the rest of our colleagues at the Puget Sound Business Journal for being named Pulitzer Prize finalists in the category of explanatory journalism, for their coverage of the Washington Mutual meltdown and real estate foreclosure crisis. Having overheard much of this work unfold in the office around us, we can say without question that the recognition is well-deserved. | | SPONSORED POST | NAE "Grand Challenges" Summit in Seattle, May 2-3
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By John Cook on Monday, April 12, 2010, 11:21am PDT
The University of Washington has redesigned its home page, adding new interactive features and social networking options. The redesigned home page of the state's largest research institution comes after months of focus groups, surveys and other research, with UW president Mark Emmert saying that it is yet "another platform to share the many incredible accomplishments of our researchers, faculty and students." | | SPONSORED POST | CoreLink Data Centers - Deal of the Decade
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By John Cook on Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:30am PDT
Google today announced a major upgrade of Google Docs, stepping up its attack on Microsoft's core Office business of spreadsheets and word processing software. "You shouldn't have to give up any routine features when you switch to web-based applications, and we're addressing many longstanding requests across Google Docs with this release that were not feasible with older browser technology," the company writes in a blog post today. | Breaking: Microsoft 'KIN' phone
By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:19am PDT
Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to release what it's calling a new type of Windows Phone, dubbed "KIN," loaded with social-networking features and aimed at hyper-connected teens and twenty-somethings. "Their social life is their Priority No. 1," said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, describing the target market during an event in San Francisco this morning. A live webcast of the event is available here. The company says the phones -- the KIN ONE and KIN TWO -- will be available from Verizon Wireless in the U.S. starting in May, and in German, Italy, Spain and the U.K. from Vodafone. | Seattle 2.0 names nominees
By John Cook on Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:02am PDT
Nominees were announced today for the second annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a startup awards ceremony which will take place at the Bell Harbor conference center on May 19. Jonathan Sposato, the former CEO of Picnik, a Seattle online photo editing startup which sold to Google earlier this year, will serve as the keynote speaker for the event. Community voting begins today in the 11 categories, and we've got a full list of the nominees below. (Full disclosure: I served as a judge for the awards again this year, but was prevented from voting in the "Best Event for Startups" category since TechFlash received a nomination). Here are the nominees: | Liberty Dialysis raises funds
By John Cook on Monday, April 12, 2010, 8:55am PDT
A Denver private equity firm has joined with Ignition Partners and Bain Capital Ventures to invest in Liberty Dialysis, the third largest private operator of dialysis clinics in the U.S. The amount of funding from KRG Capital Partners and existing investors was not disclosed. Founded in 2002 by Mark Caputo and Bob Santelli, Liberty now manages more than 100 dialysis clinics throughout the country. | Study: Google, Amazon topping Microsoft in pay for engineers
By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 12, 2010, 8:50am PDT
A report due out today from employment-information site Glassdoor.com looks at the post-recession landscape for compensation in the technology industry, with some promising news for tech workers. According to the site, the average technology salary has risen 3 percent over the past nine months, compared with a 6 percent decline across all industries, based on figures from Glassdoor users. Not surprisingly, the study continues to show a big gap in average pay between Seattle and San Francisco, with Bay Area companies generally paying higher salaries to reflect the higher cost of living. But things get particularly interesting, and maybe a little surprising, when comparing the salaries paid by Google, Microsoft, Amazon.com and others for software engineers of similar experience in the same region. Continue reading for the stats from Glassdoor. Keep in mind that this is based on info from the site's users. Let us know how this matches or conflicts with your own experience at these companies. | Google CEO Schmidt says 'high quality journalism will triumph'
By John Cook on Sunday, April 11, 2010, 11:05pm PDT
The newspaper business has been absolutely decimated over the past decade as many news organizations adapted slowly to the changes brought forth by the Internet. But one of the men partly responsible for helping to usher in the new era of digital media (and advertising) is hopeful about the future of news. And he actually believes companies can make money off it. Google CEO Eric Schmidt -- speaking at the American Society of News Editors annual meeting in Washington D.C. -- reportedly said that high-quality journalism will prevail. Politico's Jake Sherman has a detailed report on Schmidt's remarks, including the high-tech executive's advice for making money off content on the Web. | Iconic Lusty Lady to close; managers blame Internet porn
By John Cook on Sunday, April 11, 2010, 7:56pm PDT
The Lusty Lady, the downtown Seattle strip club which has entertained men and women for more than three decades at its 1st Avenue location, will close in the next two months. Staffers were informed of the news earlier today, with a manager of the club telling The Slog that the economic recession and free Internet alternatives just proved to be too much. "The fact that you can get massive amounts of fairly high-quality pornography for free has had a definite effect," general manager Darrell Davis tells The Slog. The Lusty Lady's marquee is a Seattle institution, ranking alongside other landmarks such as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe and The Space Needle. The classic double entendre phrases which have graced the Lusty Lady's ever-changing marquee over the years have brought laughs to everyone from tourists to bankers to art lovers. | An inside look at SEC filings
By John Cook on Sunday, April 11, 2010, 1:41pm PDT
Here's the latest look at some of the Form D filings from Washington companies submitted to the SEC in recent weeks. In most cases, these are links to the raw filings, and as the SEC notes it has not been determined if they are accurate or complete. MetaJure, which is working on technologies related to the legal industry, said it has raised $75,000 of a $1 million round. The Seattle company's president and CEO is Rich Corbett, who previously founded and served as COO of Applied Discovery. Applied Discovery was sold to Lexis Nexis in 2003 for $95 million. Other MetaJure execs include Dennis Adler -- who previously worked at Microsoft -- and Kirsten Lemke -- the former vice president of shared services at Starbucks Coffee. Quorus, formerly known as Fridge Door, has attracted $350,000 from existing investors. The company is led by Michael Dougherty, who previously co-founded Redfin. | |
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