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How tax automation startup Avalara recovered from its Black Friday blip and posted record numbers
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For many employees in America, Thanksgiving weekend was a time for relaxation, a chance to take a brief break from work. This year, though, that wasn’t so much the case for engineers at Avalara. During the midst of what it calls the “Super Bowl of online shopping,” the Seattle tax automation startup suffered technical problems this past Friday that forced some retailers...
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Steve Ballmer criticizes Microsoft cloud disclosures and app plan from cheap seats at annual meeting
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dealt with his fair share of grumbling from investors during his 14 years at the helm, but now the tables have turned. While his successor, Satya Nadella, was busy fielding questions from investors during the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, Ballmer was in the audience speaking critically of one of...
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R2-D2 Dreamliner jet flies in from Tokyo, sets Seattle abeep-boop-beep
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All Nippon Airways’ R2-D2 Dreamliner jet touched down today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the first time, two and a half months after the 787 rolled out of Boeing’s Everett factory. The airliner – decorated in a blue, black, gray and white scheme modeled after the adorable Star Wars robot – is taking on several Seattle-Tokyo flights this month. The timing...
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How to be a tech security Jedi: 5 lessons from the original ‘Star Wars’ movies
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A short time ago, in a city not far from Seattle, I began frantically encouraging (forcing) my pre-teen daughter to watch the original Star Wars trilogy. This, of course, was in preparation for the newest film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As we watched, it dawned on me that there are tons of subtle parallels between information...
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Taser lands big order from London Police for 22K body-worn cameras
Taser founder Rick Smith (right) and Axon general manager Marcus Womack.
Taser announced today that it will ship 22,000 body-worn cameras to the London Metropolitan Police. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser recently completed a pilot program with the London Police that helped the department reduce its officer complaints by 33 percent. Shares of...
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Expedia cuts staff from Orbitz, two months after $1.6B acquisition
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Expedia is cutting jobs at Orbitz two months after acquiring the travel booking website for $ 1.6 billion. A company spokesperson confirmed the layoffs on Friday but did not provide details on how many positions were cut, nor in what areas. “I can confirm we shared people decisions with OWW employees,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “As we...
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Why these innovators from the University of Washington just made a trip to China
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The University of Washington is committed to partnering with China’s leading technologists and innovators. That much was clear last week in Shanghai, where the UW held its inaugural Innovation Summit this past Friday in China’s second-largest largest city. The four-hour long event at a hotel in downtown Shanghai included a handful of presentations from top innovators with some connection to the...
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