Articles from 2011 – Page 46 of 107

Salesforce.com CEO Benioff: Beware of false clouds and Windows Phones

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is in classic form this morning during the keynote at the company’s Dreamforce conference in San… Read More

Blindsided by DOJ suit, AT&T says it will fight for T-Mobile

Updated below with statements from DOJ and Sprint. AT&T just issued a statement saying it’s “surprised and disappointed” by the… Read More

Justice Department sues to block AT&T’s $39B purchase of T-Mobile

The U.S. Justice Department has filed suit to stop AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, saying the deal… Read More

Urbanspoon nibbles on 25,000 Zagat reviews

Zagat corned the market on restaurant ratings in the 1980s and early 1990s, tapping the power of user-generated content before… Read More

AT&T vows to return 5,000 call-center jobs to U.S. in T-Mobile deal

AT&T, seeking U.S. regulatory approval for its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, tonight said it would bring 5,000 “good-paying”… Read More

New Kindle ‘@author’ feature lets readers ask writers questions from inside their books

Amazon.com today unveiled a new Kindle feature, @author, that will let readers ask questions of authors while reading their books.… Read More

Tech vets look to transform how you pay restaurant bills, raise cash for Viableware

Dishonest waiters have been ripping off restaurant goers for years using a technique known as credit card “skimming.” Now, a… Read More

Nokia asks: What should we call our Windows Phones?

Here’s an unusual one: The head of developer marketing for Nokia in North America has put up a poll asking,… Read More

How The New York Times is reinventing your morning read with Microsoft Surface

I’d love to get this in my kitchen nook. Megan Garber of the Nieman Journalism Lab gets an inside look… Read More

Gnomedex back from another near-death experience

Fans of Chris Pirillo’s Gnomedex conference will be happy to hear that it’s coming back for at least one more… Read More

Microsoft loses ground in mobile as Google Android continues to soar

The latest comScore report on mobile market share doesn’t paint a very good picture for Microsoft. The software company, which… Read More

Amazon.com mum on latest employee meeting at KeyArena

Amazon.com is holding a sizable meeting of employees today at KeyArena in Seattle, triggering traffic alerts for the surrounding neighborhood.… Read More

UW football’s secret weapon: Helmet-mounted QB cams

College football season is just around the corner, with The University of Washington set to kick off their home opener this… Read More

Tech Moves: Ayush Agarwal lands at Google; JJ McKay’s board role

Ayush Agarwal made a name for himself in the Seattle area helping startups as a venture associate at Madrona Venture… Read More

Maritz sees Windows PCs below 20% in era of cloud, devices

Paul Maritz is now the CEO of VMware, but he was previously the longtime chief of Microsoft’s platforms group —… Read More

Zillow nears $1B valuation after bullish analyst report

Shares of Zillow surged today after Citigroup Global Markets analyst Mark Mahaney said that the Seattle online real estate company’s growth… Read More

Cell imaging company Amnis acquired by EMD Millipore

Amnis, a 12-year-old Seattle company which provides high-speed cell imaging instruments, has been sold to EMD Millipore for an undisclosed… Read More

In the world of eReaders, women dominate

Women are increasingly using electronic reading devices like the Kindle, while men still own more tablet computers like the iPad.… Read More

From outer space to the ocean floor, Geocaching.com now boasts more than 1.5 million hidden treasures

Seattle’s Groundspeak was one of the early pioneers in geocaching, a high-tech, location-based treasure hunt of sorts where people seek… Read More

PAX Video: A pledge of allegiance for Borderlands 2

One last scene before closing the book on this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle: Toward the end of the… Read More

Windows 8: Microsoft ties a ribbon on Windows Explorer

Microsoft today gave another sneak peek of Windows 8 — showing a new approach to Windows Explorer, the place where… Read More

Box.net: A case study in why Seattle needs to hold onto young tech talent

Call it the one that got away. That’s how I felt after reading a detailed profile of Box.net today, the fast-growing… Read More

Microsoft takes ‘more pointed tone’ in comedic jabs at rivals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewedqvSWaI Maybe Microsoft is secretly auditioning for a spot in the fall television sit-com lineup. Following up on its recent… Read More

Report: Amazon’s tablet will disrupt the ‘status quo’ (That means you Apple)

Amazon.com hasn’t even announced its tablet computer. But that’s not stopping the big research firms from projecting what the device… Read More

Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader joins Maveron, looks to bankroll ‘rock star entrepreneurs’

Ten months after joining Maveron as an entrepreneur-in-residence, Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader has strengthened his role with the Seattle venture… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Qliance to expand health care clinics

Qliance, an operator of health care clinics in which members pay monthly fees for primary and preventive care, is expanding… Read More

Update: Boeing no longer working on hybrid airship, but damn it looked cool

[Update: Well, that was interesting while it lasted. Minutes after we posted the first version of this story, a Boeing… Read More

How to skip airport lines: Alaska Airlines latest to debut mobile check-ins for iPhone users

Alaska Airlines has been soaring to new heights when it comes to technology offerings, replacing paper flight manuals for pilots… Read More

The nitty-gritty details of how SEOMoz’s $24 million venture capital deal blew up

How do venture capital deals fall apart? Those who want the inside scoop should look no further than Rand Fishkin’s… Read More

Microsoft offers cash to Oracle, SAP and Salesforce customers

Microsoft this morning made a new overture to customers of Oracle, Salesforce.com and SAP — offering $150 in cash per… Read More