A new coffee vending machine, unveiled today by U.K. coffee company Costa Coffee, will use facial recognition and other technologies to analyze the people using the machine — adjusting the overall experience, advertising and initial coffee options based on the general demographic information it deduces about each customer. Do you look like a teenager? You… Read More…
Calling Windows 8 “probably the biggest porting opportunity in the history of the industry,” Bellevue-based Bsquare this morning launched a new porting service that will adapt existing iOS, Android and legacy Windows apps for Microsoft’s new PC and mobile operating systems. The service, which starts at $10,000, speaks to Microsoft’s need to fill the Windows… Read More…
Revenues at Bsquare tumbled 15 percent during the fourth quarter after the Bellevue company’s third party software sales were hurt by the loss of a significant Microsoft Windows Embedded licensing customer and lower purchasing volumes from several other customers. Bsquare, which helps mobile device makers test their equipment, reported revenues of $23.3 million and a net loss… Read More…
Bsquare, which helps mobile device makers test their equipment, today reported that revenue for the third quarter fell five percent to $24 million. The company also swung to a net loss of $166,000. CEO Brian Cowley said he was disappointed with the results, noting that the company’s recent investments have not quite paid off. The… Read More…
Bsquare is pushing deeper into the European market today with the acquisition of MPC Data, a United Kingdom-based provider of embedded software engineering services. Bellevue-based Bsquare is paying about $4.8 million in cash for the company, which employs 52 people. “We are focused on growing our product and service breadth and the geographies that we… Read More…
Marchex, the Seattle call advertising company, reported net income of $80,000 and revenues of $38.8 million for the second quarter. That compared to a net loss of $3.2 million and revenue of $21.4 million for the same period last year. Marchex CEO Russ Horowitz noted that the performance indicates that its bet on “Digital Call… Read More…
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile network operator, has signed on to use technology from Bsquare that automates the process of testing mobile handsets. The Bellevue-based technology company says China Mobile’s use of its Handset Certification Program will result in fewer glitches while getting devices to market faster. The automated process means mobile operators and… Read More…
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