When the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the Cascades on Sunday afternoon, a lot of Seattle-area smartphone owners received an alert that was long on drama and short on details. The alerts came in various shapes and forms but were confusing to people who looked out the window and saw rain and… Read More…
The last time we caught up with software pioneer Ray Ozzie, he was talking about the power of one’s connections in making startups a success. Well, Ozzie certainly is one of the most connected entrepreneurs we know, having succeeded Bill Gates as chief software architect at Microsoft and, before that, founding Lotus Notes and Groove… Read More…
The world is becoming a smaller place, yet even with communications and social media technologies you can still feel cut off from the experiences, fears and desires of those living in far-flung places. Härnu, a six-month-old Seattle startup led by former employees of aQuantive, DS-IQ and StartupRocket, are looking to bring people closer together through… Read More…
The blog Dad Hoc brings us the story of a custom-developed Kinect-powered email system, which was built for a stroke victim who suffers from aphasia, a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that process language, making it difficult to read, speak or write. My mom has lived with aphasia ever since she suffered… Read More…
CoCo Communications has nailed down $9 million in fresh financing, money that the 10-year-old Seattle company will use to enhance products that allow the military or first responders to easily set up mobile mesh networks. The technology has not yet been deployed in a battlefield scenario, but CEO John DeFeo said a number of branches… Read More…
Firefighters rely on real-time communication when responding to emergencies, so having a robust wireless system could mean the difference between life and death. Working in conjunction with In Motion Technology, the City of Seattle Fire Department has rolled out a new onBoard Mobile Networking System that’s designed to improve response times to incidents. (The Seattle… Read More…
A few weeks ago, we told you about Zipwhip’s new Textspresso machine, an amazing invention that allowed coffee lovers at the cloud-based texting company to send a text to a coffee maker and have a cup of joe brewed automatically while they traveled to the office. The story was one of the most popular on… Read More…
We almost take Bluetooth for granted, as it zips our data through the air, letting us make hands-free phone calls and sync media between devices, among countless other applications enabled by the short-range wireless technology. The industry consortium that has encouraged the growth of the technology happens to be based in the Seattle region, in… Read More…
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have concluded that text messaging leads people to be more deceitful than other modes of communication, including face-to-face interactions and video chat. “People are communicating using a growing range of methods, from Twitter to Skype,” says professor Ronald Cenfetelli, co-author on the paper. “As new platforms of communication… Read More…
People have been jibber-jabbering for decades. Now, Dave Ferguson hopes folks will give Gibberin a shot. That’s the name of a new service and technology from the 43-year-old entrepreneur which is launching this week after several months in stealth mode. We’ve been tracking the company’s progress over the past few months, wondering what the 5-person… Read More…
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