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Zillow launches new ad campaign touching on the emotional power of home ownership
Zillow is refreshing its advertising, launching a new campaign today that features people telling personal stories about what homeownership means to them. The campaign — simply dubbed “Home” — starts with eight spots that will run...
GeekWire Radio: Snapchat’s new Seattle home, Starbucks’ digital growth, and more of the week’s tech news
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Details on a prominent space entrepreneur’s mysterious next venture, Snapchat finds a Seattle home with room for 50 engineers, and Starbucks makes progress with smartphone ordering. Plus, a new App...
Startup Spotlight: Stylyze is a virtual interior designer that helps with home decor shopping
When people starting thinking about home decor, the web tends to be their first stop. Between retail sites, online magazines, and blogs, there are endless resources — sorting through them can be time-consuming and often results in dead ends. That’s why interior designer Lisa Perrone and entrepreneur...
A decade later, Redfin wins patents on key online home search tools
Founded in 2004, Redfin was an early pioneer in using online tools to find and buy homes. And now the company has the patents to prove it. More than a decade after submitting the initial applications, the Seattle-based company has been quietly winning patents in areas of technology that have...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella selling Seattle-area home at asking price of $3.5M
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s home in Clyde Hill, Wash., was listed for sale this week at an asking price of $ 3.488 million, according to real estate listing sites. Property records show that Nadella paid $ 1.385 million for the house more...
Startup Spotlight: Peel Tech provides on-demand IT support for technical trouble at home
The interconnected, gadget-obsessed world of 2016 can be a daunting place if you aren’t tech savvy. While many can get tech support at work, there’s no go-to place for all of the technical problems that occur at home. That’s a hole Peel...
These two startups want to transform your home into a cocktail lounge or wine bar
LAS VEGAS – Do you wish you could make a variety of cocktails like your favorite bartender does? Or maybe you would love to have the expertise of a sommelier at your next party? Two startups at CES are showing off devices for your home...
Tech hubs dominate ranking of 30 most competitive neighborhoods for home buying
The fast-moving tech industry is driving a significant boom in cities like Seattle, San Francisco, Boston and Portland. So, it should not come as a big surprise that the housing markets in those cities are firing...
Inside Didi Kuaidi: How the Chinese tech giant plans to fend off Uber in its home country
Uber operates in 68 countries, but none may be more important to the $ 62 billion company than China. Travis Kalanick, the 39-year-old CEO of the world’s most valuable private company, has made it clear that expanding his ride-hailing business in the country is a...