Articles from 2013 – Page 18 of 150

Microsoft’s new 3D Builder app for Windows 8.1 is a 3D printing appetizer

A new Windows 8.1 app released by Microsoft this morning aims to introduce 3D printing to the average person …… Read More

Friendly competition: Microsoft congratulates Sony on PS4 launch as new console era officially begins

A new console era officially kicked off a few hours ago when thousands of Sony fans waited in line and… Read More

Digital marketing firm AudienceScience lands funding

AudienceScience, the Bellevue-based digital marketing company, has raised additional funds according to a recent SEC filing. The company declined to comment… Read More

Amazon to start offering custom Kindle accessories

Have you always wanted a case for your Kindle with kittens on it? Well, now’s your chance, and it’s just… Read More

It’s time to kill the password — before it kills us

It’s time to shoot the password. And multiple screens are the trigger. I had this epiphany when wrestling with one… Read More

Last hurrah: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 climbs back atop U.S. console market in October

With the current console generation drawing to a close, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console returned to the top of the U.S.… Read More

App of the Week: Xfinity TV Go adds live TV streaming

This week’s App of the Week is the perfect companion for watching live TV on your iOS or Android device…so… Read More

Zulily prices IPO at $22 per share, raising $140 million for fast-growing daily deal site

Zulily, the fast-growing daily deal site for kid’s gear and apparel, priced its initial public offering at $22 per share… Read More

The new-and-improved six-person triple blind date: Prepping for my first Grouper dating experience

I’m 23, single, and ready to freakin’ mingle. That’s why I’m excited — and a tad bit nervous — to go… Read More

Q&A: Glenn Kelman says Redfin will use $50M injection to get pulse of Wall Street and remain ‘unpredictable’

Redfin is on pace to hit between $50 million and $100 million in revenue this year, and its annual run… Read More

Xbox One and PS4 fanboys will sympathize with the latest South Park episode

Leave it to none other than the South Park writers to poke fun at gamers engaging in the Xbox One… Read More

Holy updates, Batman! Apple launches iOS 7.0.4, new iBooks and iTunes U

Apparently, when it comes to updates for Apple’s iOS devices, when it rains, it pours. The company released three new software… Read More

Amazon’s new ‘Kinesis’ will crunch a firehose of real-time data from the cloud

Amazon this morning introduced a new cloud service called “Kinesis” — promising to let developers stream and process “terabytes of… Read More

Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world

Seattle is ripe with innovation. From aerospace to biotechnology to software to retail, startup companies in this moss-covered part of… Read More

Visualant partners with Intellectual Ventures to help commercialize light-based identification technology

Visualant, a Seattle-based company that offers authentication and diagnostic solutions, today announced a partnership with Intellectual Ventures to spur commercialization of… Read More

Facebook login coming to Windows and Windows Phone apps

Microsoft announced today that it is collaborating with Facebook to bring system-level Facebook login capabilities to Windows and Windows Phone.… Read More

‘Myst’ creator Cyan reaches $1.1M Kickstarter goal for new game ‘Obduction’

Cyan, the Spokane-based company best known for successful titles like Myst and Riven, just surpassed a $1.1 million funding goal… Read More

Watson has an API: IBM takes Jeopardy champ to the cloud

IBM announced today that it’s opening up partnerships for developers to work with Watson, its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer. What made it… Read More

Instapiration: Skedadel uses Instagram photos to help recommend things to do, places to see

Discovery apps like Yelp, Urbanspoon and Foursquare have proven useful to millions of people, but Peter Boctor sees a problem… Read More

Microsoft’s Internet cops get high-tech, high-security HQ

Not every tech company has its own evidence room and forensics lab. And not every police station has a giant… Read More

CreativeLive lands $21.5M, looks to upend online learning with live broadcasts

CreativeLive co-founder Chase Jarvis is giving a tour of his company’s spartan offices — tucked in a former photo studio… Read More

Documents: Redfin raising $50M funding round in major new step for online real estate company

Seattle online real estate company Redfin appears to be on the cusp of announcing a huge financing round, corporate documents… Read More

Microsoft explores powering data centers with fuel cells

According to a new report by Microsoft Research, the company is exploring the possibility of getting its server architecture off… Read More

Farewell, stack rank: Why this change is so big for Microsoft

[Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked at Microsoft for more than 10 years, specializing in security response and communications.] Yesterday every… Read More

Startup Spotlight: URGravity helps doctors, patients understand health device data to improve your well-being

After working in front of his computer all day long for decades in the tech industry, Ron Miller’s health wasn’t… Read More

‘Excitebike’ in real life: Red Bull riders recreate NES classic

If you were a fan of “Excitebike,” the Nintendo NES classic motorcycle racing game, then you’re going to enjoy the… Read More

‘Destroy all Macintosh products,’ and other ways to map the Seattle area

There’s what a neighborhood is called, and then there’s what comes to mind when you think of it. A San… Read More

Microsoft taps veteran exec Eric Rudder for secretive ‘cross-company initiatives’

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced a new role for Eric Rudder, a longtime Microsoft executive who will now be… Read More

UPDATED: HP Chromebook 11 disappears from retailers everywhere due to reported charger problems

HP’s latest addition to its Chromebook lineup seems to be in the process of disappearing without a trace. The Chromebook… Read More

Europe set follow U.S., allow use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing

Frequent fliers across the pond in Europe will soon be able to use their electronic devices from gate-to-gate. Similar to… Read More