Kymeta Corp. — the satellite antenna venture that’s based in Redmond, Wash., and backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — has extended its reach into the service side of the… Read More
Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with patients. The Series A funding round was led by Health… Read More
Seattle-based RBC Signals has forged an agreement with Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, to widen its spectrum of communication services for spacecraft operators. The partnership… Read More
Seattle tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Bard Richmond — a pioneer in the telecom industry who founded Active Voice Corp. in the early 1980s and served as its CEO until its… Read More
Amazon is looking to transform just about every industry. Now, the Seattle tech juggernaut wants to reinvent how you conduct meetings and conference calls. Amazon Web Services today unveiled Chime,… Read More
Scott Lipsky has a long history in Seattle as an entrepreneur and investor who has led a number of startups and successful companies. It’s been five years since he launched… Read More
Kepler Communications, a Techstars Seattle graduate building telecom infrastructure for space, just secured $5 million in seed funding. New York venture capital firm IA Ventures led the round. The Toronto-based startup… Read More
What’s up with WhatsApp? With more than 1 billion users across the globe, the app is by far the world’s most popular messaging tool. WhatsApp allows users to send text messages,… Read More
Amazon’s surprising response to the New York Times has received lots of attention in the tech world this week — coming more than two months after the newspaper’s widely read article about Amazon’s “bruising… Read More
Seattle startup Twisted Pair Solutions has been acquired by Motorola Solutions in a deal of undisclosed size. Twisted Pair’s technology creates an integrated communications system for smartphones, tablets and PCs… Read More
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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
Varolii, which helps airlines, utilities, banks and other companies send automated alerts to customers, has raised $8 million and named Seattle venture capitalist Bill Bryant and former FileNet CEO Lee… Read More
I usually don’t think of mobile software — or Tweets for that matter — as art. But, then again, the definition of modern art often eludes me. Nonetheless, a new… Read More
Mary Jesse has been at the forefront of wireless communications since its early days, serving as vice president of technology at McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless and chief technology officer at RadioFrame… Read More