London-based telecom company Vodafone announced this morning that it has hired hired Philipp Humm, the former T-Mobile USA CEO, solving the mystery of which competitor Humm would be joining after… Read More
Big data might very well be the tech buzz word of the year. And just how hot is it? Consider this: Data scientist Stephen Purpura — an expert in artificial intelligence, machine… Read More
Microsoft’s sponsorship of professional sports is pretty well known in these parts, with its Bing logo adorning the jerseys of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm and its Xbox 360 logo on… Read More
Computer science is very much a discipline that revolves around numbers. But it was something a little less mathematical that led to the University of Washington strengthening its computer science… Read More
Miye Fonseca had been stewing on her entrepreneurial idea for more than five years when she finally made the leap. It didn’t take long for her to prove out the… Read More
Photo editing upstart Aviary has reeled in $6 million in new funding from Bezos Expeditions, the venture arm of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Spark Capital and others. All Things D… Read More
Microsoft’s headquarters building in Greece was attacked this morning by people carrying pistols and a machine gun who drove a van into the building and then set the vehicle on… Read More
Source: weirdocult.com via Weirdo on Pinterest Facebook employees are taking part in a hackathon today at the company’s Seattle offices, the social network’s largest engineering outpost outside of its… Read More
Motricity, the mobile software company, has entered into a lease termination agreement for the 8th, 9th and 10th floors at its Bellevue headquarters, a SEC filing revealed today. The struggling… Read More
Over the last ten years, more than $43 billion was invested in 7,200+ Internet-related companies, according to the PWC MoneyTree report. Fifty percent of those companies will disappear within the… Read More
Google’s unveiling of its new Nexus 7 tablet wasn’t really a surprise, but this certainly was. Company co-founder Sergey Brin made an unexpected appearance on stage at the Google… Read More
Looking to expand its presence in the living room, Google this morning announced a new living room device called Nexus Q, a spherical streaming media player that works in conjunction… Read More
The next time your ear aches or stomach hurts, you might not drive to the doctor’s office or head to the ER. Instead, you could just fire up the laptop… Read More
Google just confirmed plans to release its own tablet computer, the Nexus 7, in partnership with computer maker Asus, based on the next version of the Android operating system, Android 4.1… Read More
Philipp Humm, the CEO of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA, has resigned from the position, according to an announcement this morning. The official news release says that Humm will pursue a career outside… Read More
All eyes are on Google this morning as the company gets set for its keynote at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Much like Microsoft last week, the… Read More
Seattle supercomputer maker Cray announced today that it has won a $40 million contract to deliver its next-generation supercomputer, code-named “Cascade” along with its Sonexion storage system, to the Department of… Read More
Operating from a home base on Bainbridge Island, Avalara has quietly grown into a powerhouse in the arena of sales tax collection software. But the recent success has not escaped… Read More
Microsoft lost its bid to overturn a 2008 antitrust fine in Europe this morning, as the General Court of the European Union largely upheld the European Commission’s decision to impose… Read More
A new Seattle-based startup is offering a way to sell stuff with an app, sparing you the pains of meeting that crazy cat lady via Craigslist or eBay. OfferUp launched… Read More
Would you take your fitness advice from a robotic looking character named Cody? Some former Microsoft geeks hope so. That’s the name of the virtual personal coach that’s designed to… Read More
Seattle-based Zipwhip — the people who brought you cloud texting on your desktop using your mobile number — today announced that their Zipwhip texting app is available for Android Tablets.… Read More
Cloudant is growing, and we recently opened offices in Seattle and the UK (in addition to our headquarters in Boston, near Cloudant’s MIT birthplace). As a YCombinator company, Cloudant is… Read More
Will Microsoft’s Surface tablet computer be better for students than the iPad? Bill Gates didn’t say that explicitly, but he did talk about the importance of giving students devices with… Read More
Melissa Winstanley didn’t set out to be a computer scientist, but she has become a remarkable one — and she’s just getting started. The 22-year-old recent graduate of the University… Read More
Here’s some very cool geek art, with a hometown twist. Network engineer Ali Difaez works in downtown Seattle, and during a major upgrade he often finds himself surrounded by old switches,… Read More
Shares of Concur Technologies soared earlier this month after the Redmond company was awarded a $1.4 billion contract to provide travel and entertainment expense management services to the government, with CEO… Read More
Don’t let the laid-back Pacific Northwest demeanor fool you. Luke Friang is a self-described “speed freak.” Whether bombing down icy slopes on his snowboard or maneuvering through hairpin turns in… Read More
Microsoft says it doesn’t have any plans to bring its own Windows Phone devices to market, according to an Information Week article throwing cold water on a report from a… Read More
Now that Microsoft’s much-anticipated $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer is finally official, there are several interesting elements involving the Microsoft-Yammer union to consider, including: Microsoft is late to the party,… Read More