Uber agrees to pay $40k and include texting opt-out

By Tian DuBelko Uber has agreed to pay $40,000 in an agreement over unsolicited text messages. Bob Ferguson, Washington’s Attorney General, announced the deal last Thursday. The Attorney General’s Office had been investigating complaints from Washingtonians who received unsolicited text messages from the ride-sharing service. Messages intended for Uber drivers found their way to consumers who didn’t sign up […]

Amazon Books coming to Bellevue Square this fall

By Tian DuBelko Amazon Books is bringing its brick-and-mortar bookstore to Bellevue Square this fall. This will be the 10th physical bookstore for Amazon, the Seattle-based tech giant. According to building permits discovered by Recode, the downtown Bellevue Square location will open in later 2017. The Bellevue Square store is the second such brick-and-mortar bookstore to launch […]

Strong Foundations: extraSlice and the Founder Institute Partner to Build a Launch-Pad for Young Businesses

by Nicholas Stacey extraSlice continues making moves to bolster its business ecosystem by partnering with startup launch program Founder Institute, providing entrepreneurs with a place to build their businesses, along with the tools to build them. The partnership comes a few short weeks after extraSlice put the finishing touches on its newly expanded interior, systematically adding services and […]