Code.org, the non-profit created by entrepreneurs Ali and Hadi Partovi, continues to gain momentum around its public relations campaign stressing the importance of computer science education. The short film — directed by Lesley Chilcott, the producer of Waiting for Superman and An Inconvenient Truth — has been viewed 12 million times since its release two weeks ago. Hadi Partovi also… Read More…
Portland-based startup Your Brandlive formally launched today, announcing a new video social commerce platform designed to help make the retailer-customer relationship more personal. Essentially, Your Brandlive is a project of Cascade Web Development, connecting online retailers with online shoppers through live video chat. One sales person is able to communicate with hundreds of customers at once. “The… Read More…
When his dream of becoming a professional baseball player didn’t pan out, Seattle native Bryce Anderson decided to switch his career path to business. But year after year, spreadsheet after spreadsheet, the 24-year-old began to grow weary of his work in insurance and real estate. One day in the office two summers ago, Anderson turned off… Read More…
DailyCred co-founder Dave Mathews wants to solve really big problems. The latest Internet foe he’s facing off against: The user login field on your website. Website owners are spending time and energy creating sign-in fields, but none of that work “computes back to the core product,” Matthews says. “That’s not why someone came to your website.”… Read More…
Amazon.com this morning released an update for its Instant Video app for iOS that expands its footprint beyond the iPad to the iPhone and iPod touch. The free app works via a standard Amazon account. Amazon Prime subscribers can use the app to watch the library of Prime Instant Video content (movies and television shows… Read More…
Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel isn’t wasting much time taking on new roles. Patel, who announced late last month that he plans to step down from the storage company he created 12 years ago, has joined the board of Portland startup Elemental Technologies. A previous angel investor in the company, Patel said he’s excited to lend… Read More…
Carly Foulkes has been the public face of T-Mobile for a few years now, but the motorcycle-riding Carly is now getting a little competition in the form of Seattle uber geek and video blogger Chris Pirillo. Pirillo, who has run the site LockerGnome since 1996, is the star of a 3-minute ad for the Bellevue-based carrier…. Read More…
Some Nextcast guests have seen it all, and Ron Erickson is among them. Starting out in public policy and law, Erickson made waves in a few fields (including selling zucchini squash at the age of six) before settling in technology and entrepreneurship. Now, the former Egghead, eCharge and Blue Frog Mobile executive is leading the team at… Read More…
Tableau Software is one of Seattle’s rising tech stars, and we’ve speculated in the past that the fast-growing maker of visual analytics software could be a candidate to go public at some time in the near future. But just how is Tableau doing? At an open house Thursday night at Tableau’s headquarters in Fremont, we got… Read More…
A popular theory right now is that Amazon is moving toward same-day delivery of products, potentially posing a bigger threat to traditional retailers. But could Jeff Bezos & Co do even better? For your mid-day entertainment, check out out the spoof above by Ben Stadler and collaborators, envisioning the Seattle company’s next possible innovation. We’ll be on… Read More…
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