Articles from 2013 – Page 16 of 150

Amazon.com inks another deal with PBS, this time for rights to ‘Mr. Selfridge’

Amazon.com inked another streaming deal with PBS today, gaining exclusive rights to “Mr. Selfridge,” starring Jeremy Piven. The first season of… Read More

RealNetworks sells remaining stake in LoEn digital music company for $29.3M

RealNetworks has sold its remaining stake in Korean digital music distribution company LoEn Entertainment, netting $29.3 million in cash, according… Read More

Datatown USA: Why Seattle is poised to be the ‘big data’ capital of the world

Big Data is a big buzzword, used so often these days that the term seems to have lost some of… Read More

Our week with Xbox One: What to expect from Microsoft’s new console

Walk into the living room, say “Xbox On,” and Microsoft’s new Xbox One console springs to life — automatically recognizing… Read More

Amazon-branded groceries? New job posts hint at possibility

Judging by some new job openings Amazon posted recently, you may be able to get Amazon brand flour or baby… Read More

Farmstr’s marketplace for local organic food promises Whole Foods quality at Safeway prices

When Janelle Maiocco worked as a trained chef in Europe, she became intrigued with the idea of sourcing food directly… Read More

Maveron leads $8M funding round for August, opening the door for its smart lock

Maveron, the Seattle-based venture capital firm, has led an $8 million Series A funding round for August, a home automation… Read More

HomeGrocer founder Terry Drayton’s new startup aims to be ‘the Uber of storage’

Terry Drayton has seen plenty of ups and downs throughout his startup career. High-flying HomeGrocer.com cratered during the dot-com bust,… Read More

Bill Gates explains what Microsoft needs in a new CEO

So much has been reported about Microsoft’s CEO search via anonymous sources in recent weeks and months. So how about… Read More

Microsoft delays streaming Xbox One gameplay to Twitch until January

While PS4 users have been able to start streaming their gameplay to the popular Twitch.tv service, Xbox One owners won’t… Read More

Microsoft launches eBay store with holiday season looming

Microsoft today unveiled a new place to buy its products: eBay. Just in time for a holiday push, the Redmond… Read More

Ex-Amazonians raise $1.1M for online instruction platform Everpath

It’s been less than a month since the folks at Everpath graduated from Techstars Seattle, but things are already rolling for… Read More

Amazon’s new show Alpha House makes strong debut

Things are looking pretty good for Amazon’s first original online video offering. The company announced today that Alpha House, its… Read More

In final shareholder speech, Ballmer defends Bing and Xbox as key parts of Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just finished speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting — his final one as the company’s… Read More

Amazon adds Goodreads, FreeTime to Kindle Paperwhite

Amazon announced today that the Kindle Paperwhite will be getting an update that adds integration with Goodreads, as well as… Read More

Live: Bill Gates speaks (and chokes up) at Steve Ballmer’s final shareholder meeting

Microsoft’s annual meeting of shareholders in Bellevue this morning opened with a surprise — Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman, who has… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray wins $30M contract from German university

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray announced today that it has signed a $30 million deal to expand its XC30 system at… Read More

Change to Facebook chat now reveals if you’re available on mobile or web

Late last night, Facebook tweaked its chat interface slightly to let users know what platform their friends are using to… Read More

Pencil meets Paper: FiftyThree’s new $50 stylus for iPad joins acclaimed sketchbook app

Nestled inside FiftyThree’s Seattle office on a typically rainy fall afternoon, I’m enjoying a quick chat with Ian MacDuff, a… Read More

CenturyLink buys Tier 3, creates Cloud Development Center in Seattle area

Tier 3, a Bellevue cloud computing startup backed with $18.5 from Ignition, Madrona and Intel Ventures, has been sold to… Read More

UW computer science professor Ben Taskar passes away at 36

Ben Taskar, a rising star in the University of Washington’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering, passed away on Sunday… Read More

Amazon shipped more PS4’s on release day than any video game console in history

Initial PlayStation 4 sales are not only setting all-time highs for Sony, but the device is breaking records over on Amazon… Read More

Bitcoin surges to all-time high of $900, then drops below $650 in 30 minutes

It’s Bitcoin-madness today. On the same day the U.S. government began discussions about Bitcoin, the value of the digital currency… Read More

Google app for Windows Phone adds better voice recognition, sign-in

While Google and Microsoft really haven’t seen eye-to-eye on the Windows Phone YouTube app, that hasn’t stopped the search engine… Read More

Startup Seattle funding avoids City Council budget axe, allowing initiative to proceed

A divided Seattle City Council voted this afternoon to go forward with $151,000 in funding for the Startup Seattle initiative… Read More

Office Remote: Control Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs with a Windows Phone

Microsoft Research today debuted a new tool called Office Remote that lets you control Office apps like Word, Excel and Powerpoint… Read More

Former Cheezburger and Garden.com exec launches firm to gobble up emerging digital media properties

Seattle Internet executive Cliff Sharples is currently on an around-the-world adventure with his wife and five kids — writing about… Read More

Want a rare white Xbox One? You’ll need at least $11,000

If you want a white Xbox One — the rare console that only Microsoft employees received — you’ll need to… Read More

Yahoo to encrypt internal server traffic by early next year, trying to thwart NSA

In a post to Yahoo’s official blog, CEO Marissa Mayer announced that the company plans to have all of its… Read More

Day 2 of Zulily on Wall Street: Stock drops but market value still above $4 billion

Zulily’s warm reception on Wall Street last Friday cooled some Monday, as stock in the Seattle daily deal site for… Read More