CNET reports that Microsoft is unloading its low-end Nokia phone operations for $350 million to a Finnish startup and a unit of Taiwan’s manufacturing giant Foxconn,. U nder Steve Balmer, Microsoft bought Nokia’s mobile devices business for $7.2 billion (yes, billion) in 2014. Balme[...]
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May 15th, 2016 - 8:54 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Is UW Outsourcing Genetics to China?
BGI and UW Medicine to collaborate on precision medicine development One of world’s leading genomics organizations and UW Medicine sign memorandum of understanding to advance biomedical technology UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES/UW MEDICINE BGI, one of the world’s largest genomi[...]
May 12th, 2016 - 8:14 am § in The Ave Scene
Sawant’s Hate Mongering; Will ahātmā Sawant Apologize?
Seattle’s self proclaimed version of Leon Trotsky, “Socialist Alternative” City Council Woman Kshama Sawant jumped to a conclusion and promoted idea of rampant Islamophobia. Mean while since winning her election our wannabe has not had a single meeting with her District. SPD rep[...]
May 9th, 2016 - 11:08 am § in The Ave Scene
It’s rather ridiculous to name something as phallic as a tunnel boring machine after a woman.
Over at Crosscut, Knute Berger writes abut the role of the Washington State Department of Transportation We have another candidate for a Knowsitall award. Knute Berger is the self appointed guru of Seattle journalism, a relic actually of the glory days when David Brewster fostered good writing as [...]
May 6th, 2016 - 10:13 pm § in The Ave Scene
Erica C Barnett on Homelessness
Erica C. Barnett My latest piece at The C Is for Crank explores two responses to homelessness, and finds both of them lacking. The standard neighborhood response–offer services but lock up or sweep away those who refuse to go to treatment or shelter–accepts that we need systemic solution[...]
May 4th, 2016 - 1:15 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Seattle Spoils System
Eight of nine Seattle City Council members voted Monday to hire an additional aide for each Councilor. That makes four aides to serve the voters! The increase was supposedly because the new system makes seven Councilor into DISTRICT councilors. So, supposedly the Districts will now be better se[...]
Revenge time at WA Auditor’s Office
Troy Kelley, Washington’s elected state auditor, walked out of court a free man last month. A federal jury acquitted him of 1 charge of “making a false statement.” But the jury couldn’t agree on 14 other charges, which included theft, money laundering, and tax evasion. While[...]