Week in review

Monday

Selling your old cell phone once you upgrade to a fancier model can be like handing over your diaries; all sorts of sensitive information piles up inside a cell phone, and deleting it can be more difficult than you think.

Tuesday

A Spokane couple has opened a second Drop in and Play business, this one in the Spokane Valley Mall. The business offers short-term child care for kids ages 2 to 11. The couple, Chad and Noelle Wilson, also operate a Drop in and Play at NorthTown mall.

Wednesday

In a surprise announcement, Ford Motor Co. announced that top Boeing executive Alan Mulally will replace Bill Ford as chief executive of the struggling auto manufacturer. Mulally was widely praised for turning around Boeing Co.’s commercial airplane unit. Boeing named Scott Carson to succeed Mulally.

“The state of Washington became the first in the nation to offer a checklist for businesses to help them comply with new sexual orientation provisions of the Washington Law Against Discrimination.

Thursday

“Soft adventure” has hit the 73-mile Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, with a Montana company bringing groups of inline skating enthusiasts for five-day tours. Participants paid $1,500 each to take part.

“Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn came under scrutiny from business and ethics experts after the company admitted she oversaw an invasive and possibly illegal effort to snoop into the home phone calls of fellow HP board members.

Friday

The wireless technology company formerly known as Vivato — once a darling among techies in Spokane — has been resurrected and renamed. It’s now under the ownership of a Portland investor group and is called Vivato Networks. The company will continue selling long-distance wireless panels.