by Beth Holmes | Aug 11, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Rebranding Twitter as X is never going to catch on, despite Elon Musk’s recent and half-hearted efforts. Elon Musk has some kind of obsession with the letter X. He owns SpaceX, and there’s a Tesla Model X. He even named his son X Æ A-12 (pronounced either...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Companies, News, Profiles, Technology
Neutrality for Microsoft in the unionization of Activision Blizzard, even though the tech giant is in the process of buying the video game company. On Monday, officials at Microsoft announced the company has signed a labor neutrality agreement with Communication...
by Admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Companies
Back in March, when Microsoft sent the vast majority of their workforce to work from home, commuter traffic in cities like Bellevue and Seattle became eerily light. Only a small percent of the tech giant’s workforce has come back to the office since then, and...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Companies, News
In 2018, the major employers in Washington fought viciously against the so-called “head tax,” a tax on large employers meant to address Seattle’s rising homelessness crisis. Amazon, the state’s third largest private employer, went so far as to threaten to abandon...
by Admin | Dec 19, 2018 | Companies, News
When people think of the world’s most successful tech companies in the 21st century, their minds often go first to companies that have succeeded in the mobile industry, like Apple, or in social media, like Facebook or Twitter. Microsoft is often forgotten in this...
