Asteroids Loom As the New Klondike for Seattle Region’s Space Industry

GeekWire | Alan Boyle | Aug. 28
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/asteroids-loom-as-the-new-klondike-for-seattle-regions-space-industry/

“Seattle could profit from the rush for resources in outer space much as it did during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s: by selling goods and services to the fortune-seekers. At least that’s the vision laid out by entrepreneurs who are laying the groundwork in Seattle — and in space — for what they hope will be a multitrillion-dollar asteroid mining industry.”

 

Microsoft: 1.5 Million Devices Now Running Windows 10 Enterprise

Puget Sound Business Journal | Greg Lamm | Aug. 28
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/08/microsoft-1-5-million-devices-now-running-windows.html

“Microsoft said Friday that 1.5 million enterprise business devices are running the Windows 10 operating system. The Windows 10 enterprise update follows Wednesdays tweet from Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s vice president of marketing for Windows and Devices, announcing that Windows 10 had been installed on 75 million devices a month after the upgraded operating system had been released.”

 

Obama Administration Teams with Apple, HP, Boeing on New Wearable Tech Hub in Silicon Valley

VentureBeat | Ken Yeung | Aug. 28
http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/28/obama-administration-announces-171m-manufacturing-innovation-hub-in-silicon-valley/

“The Obama Administration will make an announcement later today that it will establish a new flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing innovation hub in Silicon Valley. More than $171 million will be invested in the “manufacturing innovation institute,” marking the first time such an organization has been headquartered on the West Coast.”

 

WTIA Launches ‘Game Changer’ Health Plans to Help Small Tech Companies Compete with the Giants

Puget Sound Business Journal | Annie Zak | Aug. 25
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2015/08/wtia-launches-game-changer-health-plans-to-help.html

“Small- and mid-sized tech companies can’t always compete with tech giants such as Microsoft when it comes to offering luxurious health care and benefits packages. That can make it tough for those smaller companies to attract and retain key talent. Now, the Washington Technology Industry Association is building a new set of health care plan offerings in partnership with Mountlake Terrace-based Premera Blue Cross to remedy that.”

 

New Federal Grant Will Fund Scholarships at Kirkland Technology Institute

Sun Times | Nader Ihmoud | Aug. 25
http://seattle.suntimes.com/sea-news/7/79/190631/kirkland-grant-scholarships

“The National Science Foundation gave a $580,000 grant to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology that will allow it to offer scholarships to low-income, nontraditional students in areas of science, technology, engineering and math.”