InfoSpace has hinted at plans to go on a buying spree. And with $263 million in cash and cash equivalents on the books, the Bellevue Internet search company is poised… Read More
MSN China has signed an agreement with the social networking site Renren in China to connect features across the two sites. The deal was announced this morning. It’s the latest… Read More
Microsoft tonight showed a new approach to copying and moving files in Windows 8, the next version of its PC operating system — aiming to clean up, clarify and consolidate… Read More
Cheezburger has added to its line-up of weird and wacky sites. Introducing “Bronies.” Men and boys who love the animated series “My Little Pony.” Aviation High School — where the next… Read More
Sprint will become the third U.S. wireless carrier to offer the iPhone, starting with the release of the iPhone 5 this fall, according to a Wall Street Journal report today.… Read More
I popped into my local Starbucks this morning, not to buy an iced Latte or vanilla bean Frappuccino. Nope, I was there for the singular purpose of installing a free… Read More
Bungie Aerospace, a new effort by the creators of the blockbuster “Halo” franchise to partner with independent game developers, will preview the first fruits of that initiative at the Penny… Read More
Sure, there was an earthquake on the East Coast just a little bit ago, but did you hear the big news today? You’ll soon be able to approve or reject… Read More
Contour CEO Marc Barros is moving just as fast as one of the snowboarders who use his company’s helmet-mounted 3-D cameras. And that speed is being rewarded with Contour being… Read More
See who’s signed your guestbook! Classmates.com users will be splitting $2.5 million among themselves in the latest proposed legal settlement over those email marketing tactics used by the Seattle-based social… Read More
The battle over online sales tax collection in California continues to heat up. Bloomberg News reports that Amazon.com has added another $2.25 million to a campaign to overturn a law… Read More
Vertafore might be one of the biggest software companies in the Seattle area that you’ve never heard of. And the Bothell maker of insurance-related products is getting a little bigger.… Read More
Munitio earphones are made out of 9mm bullet casings, and they are built to provide mind-blowing sound. Now, the high-end earphones have landed in the hands of a Seattle area… Read More
Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. plan to work together develop and sell cloud cloud computing technologies in the country. The companies announced the agreement last night. China Standard Software, also… Read More
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It might seem like the market for television shows and movies has already been turned upside down, with many of us circumventing traditional channels in favor of online video sites,… Read More
Datacastle, a Seattle company that helps organizations securely protect data as employees access corporate resources via the Web and mobile devices, has named Craig Blessing as vice president of sales… Read More
Amazon Web Services this morning made a new pitch for running web apps on its cloud computing platform, introducing a feature called ElastiCache that promises to improve the performance of… Read More
Here’s a rare bit of good news for Seattle’s jilted NBA fans: The Glove, The Reign Man and even Detlef are back in green and gold — at least in… Read More
News and notes from the Microsoft beat … Microsoft and Motorola are squaring off starting today in front of the International Trade Commission — one of the key battlegrounds in… Read More
If Google can’t lure prospective employees with high salaries and stock grants, maybe it will convert them with the chocolate chip cookies. Jason Wilson, the world-renowned chef who founded Seattle’s… Read More
A new ranking by Scientific American magazine names Seattle the top city for technology in the country — ahead of other tech meccas including San Francisco, Boston, New York City… Read More
Microsoft this morning showed a new way share game content across Xbox 360 and Windows Phone. One Microsoft executive described it as an example of a larger strategy to use… Read More
How do you drive interest in your consumer electronics gadget? Well, you discontinue it, of course. Engadget notes that HP’s heavily-discounted TouchPad — a tablet computer that’s being phased out… Read More
New research out today from the NPD Group shows that Google’s mobile operating system, Android, now accounts for 52 percent of smartphone sales in the U.S. That’s well ahead of… Read More
Bids for the online video service Hulu are expected Wednesday, and The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon.com, Google, Yahoo and DirecTV are considering offers. Amazon could be an interesting… Read More
A new partnership announced between Ford and Toyota this morning is attracting lots of attention, primarily focused on the companies’ plans to collaborate on a new hybrid-electric system for light trucks… Read More
Everything Amazon.com does these days is being scrutinized for ties to its expected Android tablet launch, a possible offshoot of its Kindle e-reader. Over the weekend we spotted Amazon’s trademark filings… Read More
Ryan Wuerch has stepped down as CEO of Motricity, the publicly-traded Bellevue mobile software company that he’s run for a decade. The 43-year-old executive, who founded the company in 2001,… Read More
Inrix, the provider of real-time traffic information, just got a lot bigger. The Kirkland company said that it has completed its acquisition of UK-based ITIS Holdings, which bolsters Inrix’s already… Read More