Articles from 2013 – Page 138 of 150

Adult app store and streaming service MiKandi reaches 1M registered users — no ads required

Mikandi, the Seattle-based adult app store and streaming video service, today announced that it has reached 1 million registered users,… Read More

City of Seattle releases mobile site and wants your feedback

The City of Seattle is making it easier for on-the-go citizens to check snow plow maps and see the latest… Read More

Five new Microsoft retail stores to open by summer

In 2012, Microsoft opened 51 new retail stores across the nation. So far this year it has already announced six… Read More

Former oil trader, Yankees part-owner invests in Kineta

Seattle-based biotech upstart Kineta announced a new investment partnership with RLB Holdings, a Connecticut-based investment firm that partially owns the… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox Live getting Redbox Instant service

Microsoft’s Xbox group and Redbox parent Coinstar are just down the road from one another, so maybe this shouldn’t be… Read More

Expedia revenue hits $975M on strength of hotel business

Expedia is flying high again. The Bellevue-based online travel giant today posted fourth quarter revenue of $975 million, a 24… Read More

Khan Academy’s Salman Khan on startups, technology and why he uses Windows

Salman Khan is known for his educational videos, and his Khan Academy is a non-profit venture, but he has all… Read More

NFL funding WSU research to fix injured brains with self-created nerve cells

Head injuries are putting the safety of NFL players — and really the game of football itself — in danger.… Read More

Citing favorable tax rates, Flowroute moves HQ to Seattle from California

Flowroute, which provides wholesale voice-over-Internet services to businesses, has moved its headquarters from Southern California to Seattle. The company cited… Read More

Into Africa: Microsoft touts new effort to deliver millions of Windows Phones to students, entrepreneurs

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has certainly spent lots of time finding ways to improve life in Africa, and now Microsoft… Read More

OncoGenex finance chief resigns after ‘personal relationship’ develops with CEO

Michelle Burris, the chief financial officer at Bothell biotechnology company OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, has resigned from her post after disclosing a “developing… Read More

No kidding? New study says most Facebook users have taken multi-week breaks

Well, consider me surprised. The Pew Internet and American Life Project just released its latest survey about user behavior on… Read More

Microsoft: $2B Dell loan supports key partner, helps Windows ecosystem

Updated below with HP comment criticizing the deal and making a pitch for Dell’s customers, as well as comments from… Read More

Microsoft ‘data chief’ Ted Kummert leaves after 23 years, joins Madrona Venture Group

After more than two decades at Microsoft, Ted Kummert is leaving the software giant to join Seattle venture capital firm… Read More

Amazon Coins: E-commerce giant creates virtual currency

Amazon.com, the company that reshaped how we spend our money online, wants to do it again on its own terms.… Read More

Hark inks deal with the AP, gains access to 100 years of audio clips

Hark has sealed a new content partnership with the Associated Press, gaining access to more than 100 years of audio… Read More

Dell board reportedly set to consider buyout, including big Microsoft investment

Bloomberg News is reporting that Dell’s board plans to meet this evening to discuss a potential $24 billion buyout —… Read More

These high-tech spreadsheets made the Super Bowl work

The Super Bowl for viewers is full of glitz, glamour and athleticism, but of course it takes a huge amount… Read More

Report: Amazon hires actor John Goodman … for original comedy series

Netflix may have scored Kevin Spacey for its new political drama House of Cards. But Amazon.com, which is making its… Read More

Amazon wins broad patent on reselling and lending ‘used’ digital goods

In the real world, lending a book to a friend or selling your used music collection isn’t exactly groundbreaking. In… Read More

Facebook taps Seattle cloud startup Opscode to help automate core infrastructure

Facebook has a growing array of computer servers that it uses to power all of its services, from messaging to… Read More

A big win for BC: Annual TED conference headed to Vancouver

TED is heading north of the border. To mark the organization’s 30th anniversary, it just announced today that it plans… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This computer workstation allows you to sit, stand or recline

Americans are spending an increasing amount of time stuck behind their computers, and that can take a toll on one’s… Read More

Windows exec: Surface Pro isn’t expensive — you’re just thinking about it wrong

Why did Microsoft price the new 64 GB Surface with Windows 8 Pro tablet at $899 without a keyboard? The… Read More

Idea, market or team? Here’s what 4 venture capitalists say is most important to them

Venture capitalists invest in revolutionary ideas, huge markets and smart teams. But what’s the most important factor they take into… Read More

Q&A: Windows business chief calls Windows 8 launch a solid start, but just a start

Sitting in a conference room at Microsoft Windows headquarters in Redmond last week, Tami Reller was surrounded by a fleet… Read More

Why this year’s #SuperBowl belonged to Twitter

Hashtags were almost as prevalent as potato chips during the Super Bowl yesterday. Twitter ruled the roost of social networks… Read More

Surface Pro surfaces in stores — but sorry, there’s no Surface RT trade-in program

It’s launch week for Surface with Windows 8 Pro — the new Microsoft tablet that uses an Intel Core i5… Read More

Avalara buys Tax Technology Services

Fast-growing Avalara is making another buy, purchasing Tax Technology Services for an undisclosed price. Avalara said in a release that… Read More

Dog sitting marketplace Rover.com laps up $7M from Foundry Group, others

Online dog sitting marketplace Rover.com just fetched $7 million in fresh funding, including new cash from Brad Feld’s Foundry Group.… Read More