Following the news that Alaska Airlines has begun testing Internet service, Glenn Fleishman provides an in-depth overview of how each airline is approaching wi-fi in the sky. Fleishman asks: "...What if having a flying office merely drives us insane?"

Mike Koss offer his take on the four presentations from last night's Seattle Tech Startups meeting, including CueSense, Valu Valu, Six Slice Studios and Vittana.  "Seattle's startup community is alive and well - producing innovative new companies, even during a recession," Koss writes.

Seattle-based Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, which is developing treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, has named former Icos Vice President Clifford J. Stocks as Chief Business Officer. During his 15 years at Icos, Stocks played a key role in the joint venture with Eli Lilly to develop Cialis.

BlueKai is taking issue with a story in The New York Times that says "Google will be the first major company to give users the ability to see and edit the information that it has compiled about their interests for the purposes of behaviorial targeting." Bellevue's BlueKai says it was the first, setting up its "polite data exchange" in September 2008 that allows consumers to see what information has been collected about them.

Just in time for Spring Break. Expedia's shares gained this morning after the Bellevue online travel company announced a new promotion called "Free Nights and No Fee Flights" that gives travelers one free night stay at more than 700 participating hotels for stays of more than three nights. It is also waiving booking fees on flights until May 31.

Tacoma data encryption software provider Vadium Technology has named Jose Antonio Rios as chief executive. He is the former international president of Global Crossing and former CEO of Telefonica Media.

Nintendo said it has sold more than 100 million handheld DS devices since its debut in 2004, according to VentureBeat.

Following Rob Elam's guest post on how far behind Washington state is in clean tech, Xconomy reports on similar remarks from a panel of experts at yesterday's  WTIA event "Harnessing IT for Energy." “We’re well behind,” Cascadia Capital's Michael Butler said. “Not only California and Massachusetts, but we’re well behind Colorado and Texas, and I fear we’re behind states like Michigan and Pennsylvania.”

Insights from Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on "After the Great Recession: What Will The Internet Look Like?"