Bellevue IT firm ordered to pay employees $300,000 after violating H-1B visa rules
People Tech Group was ordered to pay 12 employees after the Department of Labor found it was underpaying skilled workers.
Microsoft moving Canadian headquarters into Toronto as it expands
Microsoft is moving its Canadian headquarters to downtown Toronto and plans to add 500 jobs in the country in the next four years.
Undead Labs joining Microsoft, but stays focused on zombies
Microsoft's deal to acquire Seattle independent gaming studio Undead Labs is expected to close this month. Undead will remain “almost completely” autonomous, says Matt Booty,...
Joe Coffee app brings mobile ordering to small Seattle shops
The Joe app lets people skip the lines by using online ordering for small coffee shops.
Amazon touches $1,000,000,000,000. How it rocketed toward the market value milestone.
Far from its beginnings 24 years ago as an online bookseller, Amazon follows Apple, which reached the $1 trillion valuation mark earlier this year. It...
Amazon opens third cashierless Go store in Seattle, this one in South Lake Union
Amazon's third Go store is located at Boren Ave N and Thomas St in South Lake Union.
Microsoft requires contractors to offer paid parental leave
Microsoft will require its vendors to provide contract workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Redmond CEO charged with fraud on more than 100 H-1B visa applications
The Justice Department charged Pradyumna Kumar Samal, the chief executive of Redmond firms Divensi and Azimetry, with using a tactic called “bench-and-switch” to fraudulently get...