TriMet announces light rail opening date
TriMet announced the opening date for the $1.49 billion Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail line will be Sept. 12, 2015.
Year: 2013
Apple named ‘brand of the year’
PCMag: The company is still the top technology brand, based on the 2013 Harris Poll EquiTrend study, released Friday.
Pepsi no longer to call Naked Juices ‘natural’
AP: PepsiCo Inc. says it will no longer label its Naked juices as being “all natural,” after a lawsuit complained that the drinks contain ingredients that don’t fit that bill.
Scientists implant fake memories into mice
BBC News: Mice were fooled into confusing a pleasant environment with an unpleasant one by a team of scientists that inserted false memories into the mice brains.
Dolphin escapes captivity; reunites with its pod
Treehugger: A dolphin in South Korea escaped captivity after four years of performing tricks, and found members of her original pod.
New TriMet buses replace older fleet
TriMet’s six new buses unveiled this week are the first of 70 diesel buses it will get this year.
Portland office market tight, second only to San Francisco
The Portland metro area has one of the lowest office vacancy rates in the country, allowing landlords to push rents higher.
Biohabitats opens Portland office
Baltimore-based design and planning firm Biohabitats opened an office in Portland’s Old Town.
Facebook putting older photos into cold storage
82% of Facebook’s traffic is focused on only 8% of its photos, so the company plans to put older images into cold storage, like one data hall under construction now in Prineville.
Mercy Corps launches Gaza Sky Geeks
Portland-based Mercy Corps founded Gaza Sky Geeks, a new startup accelerator that is the first in its area.