Toyota makes device to help blind people
BBC: The car company has branched into tech with a new gadget that helps give blind people more mobility.
Verizon to pay $1.35M for tracking customers
NPR: Verizon Wireless settled a $1.35 million fine with the Federal Communications Commission over the misuse of ‘supercookies.’
Thinking Tree Spirits distillery to open in Eugene
The distillery and tasting room will open in the Whitaker neighborhood this summer.
Craft distillers oppose grocery liquor sales
A new trade group, Oregonians against the Takeover, is fighting a measure that would permit liquor sales in grocery stores.
Lake Oswego Google Fiber deal languishes
Council member Jon Gustafson claims Lake Oswego Mayor Kent Studebaker pulled the plug on a plan to make the city’s fiber-optic network the largest city-backed service in the state.
Nike suspends contract with tennis star Maria Sharapova
Nike put its contract with Sharapova on hold after the tennis star failed a drug test investigation.
Universities rethink student jobs in light of minimum wage hike
Thousands of student workers will be eligible for the minimum wage increase, which will cost the state’s universities millions of dollars.
New York Yankees minority owner to sell 1% stake for $24M
BLOOMBERG: Club 9 Sports will handle the sale.
Oregon ranks 21st in nation for tech industry workers
REGISTER GUARD: CompTIA reports that the state has 92,109 tech workers.
