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Monthly Archive for June, 2015
: June, 2015
How to get started with Apple Music
By seattlepi.com staff	on June 30, 2015 at 4:12 PM
Apple Music is here. Announced last month during Apple's annual developer conference, WWDC, the music service is taking on companies like Spotify and Pandora with music streaming, a new radio station, and an opportunity for fan to connect with artists through exclusive photos, videos and more. Apple Music is free for the next three months, …
Tech executives cheer same-sex marriage decision
Executives at Bay Area tech companies took to social media on Friday to share their reactions to the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has been an advocate for gay rights and came out as gay in a Bloomberg Businessweek essay last year, said on Twitter, "Today marks a victory for equality, perseverance and …
Google celebrates same-sex marriage decision with #ProudToLove video
By seattlepi.com staff	on June 26, 2015 at 12:18 PM
Google and YouTube celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage on Friday with a video montage called "#ProudToLove." The video combines more than 50 clips, starting with shots of people preparing to come out on YouTube. "I've been wanting to do this for a long time, I just felt like I couldn't," YouTube user …
Reforms prompt AT&T service to Mexico
By Lynn Brezosky	on June 25, 2015 at 6:29 PM
Reforms in Mexico's telecommunications sector are allowing AT&T to extend its high-speed mobile Internet network south of the border. That's according to a news release the company sent today from …
Qinmin Liu painted a 328-foot line of code inspired by San Francisco
You've probably never seen code like this before. The artist Qinmin Liu just spent 10 days at the Twitter building on Market Street working on a new project called "Coding." For the project, she worked eight-hour shifts at the office of Runway, a startup office space, painting a 328-foot scroll of paper spread out along …
Have these 15 technologies changed the world?
By seattlepi.com staff	on June 25, 2015 at 6:00 AM
Changing the world is a high bar. It's a lot to ask from one company or one idea, even if its founder is promising nothing less. But some technology truly does change the way we interact with the world around us. Four years ago, a Quora user sought predictions about the future, our present, asking, "What technology …
Yahoo executive jumps to Facebook
Yahoo's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, said Wednesday that he's leaving the company to serve in a similar position at Facebook. "There is no company in the world that is better positioned to tackle the challenges faced not only by today's Internet users but for the remaining (two-thirds) of humanity we have yet to …
Lexus says it's built a rideable hoverboard
UPDATED: Has Lexus really taken us back to the future with a hoverboard? Toyota's luxury auto brand claims in a news release posted Wednesday that it has combined magnetic levitation technology with a blend of high-tech materials and bamboo to create "one of the most advanced hoverboards ever developed." As you can see from this …
Yahoo's Marissa Mayer gets grilling from shareholders
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said Wednesday at the company's annual shareholders meeting that she wants the tech giant to be known as a "guide to the World Wide Web." But she has her work cut out for her in the eyes of some company shareholders. A presenter for shareholder proposals at the meeting complained that …
AT&T takes top Houston LTE spot in PCMag's 2015 carrier test
By Dwight Silverman	on June 24, 2015 at 8:06 AM
Each year, PC Magazine takes to the nation's highways, testing the speeds of mobile networks in cities and rural areas. The results from the 2015 survey are in, and in Houston, the crown for fastest LTE service has once again changed hands. …