Voyager’s Odyssey
Voyager Capital didn't invest in the Internet's sexiest sectors. And in retrospect, that turned out to be a good thing. Instead, this ...
Online Merchants’ Little Helper
When people go to a store, they usually buy something. Not so on the Internet. Only 2% of online shoppers actually become customers....
Amazon Studios. Calling All Auteurs. Test Movies Wanted.
With a concept of cinematic grandeur combined with a bookseller's pragmatism, Amazon.com has thrown open the gates of Amazon Studios, part film laboratory, part...
A Conversation with Google’s Webmaster Central
Google's Vanessa Fox and Amanda Camp are blazing a cyber-trail here in the Emerald Forest that connects Website owners from around the...
Crunching the Numbers: From USAFacts to OED’s Business Decision Engine
In an era of government where words seem to have become estranged from their literal meaning, where “alternative facts” and "fake news" hang like...
Gov. Jay Inslee Promises State Action to Protect Net Neutrality
Should the Federal Communications Commission complete its ill-guided mission to undo the country's net-neutrality rules, Washington Governor Jay Inslee has announced that he and...
A Browser with Wheels?
If there isn't yet a "killer application" for the wireless Internet, there is definitely a "killer statistic." And here it is: In the...
The PR #for Which WE Stands
Sally Ride had just become the first American woman in space. Motorola introduced the first mobile phones to the United States. Microsoft launched Word,...
Licensing Microsoft’s IP Microsoft is looking for a few good homes...
The Seattle area’s largest "A round" last year went to the first licensee of a new effort to more ambitiously license ...
Prime, Choice or Select? Amazon Raises the Steaks in Grocery...
Inside the Amazon-Whole Foods Acquisition
If Alexa can order it, AmazonFresh can deliver it, or you can pick it up at “Will-Call” or zip through the automated, express...
