Articles from 2013 – Page 48 of 150

Zillow wants to help you find the right school for your kids

One of the things Zillow’s 63 million monthly users are clamoring for is the ability to better evaluate the schools… Read More

Why are Seahawks fans so badass? They send geeky contraptions into space

Not only are fans of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks the loudest in the league and most passionate in all of… Read More

Meet new Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews: A Bruno Mars fan with some big-time advertising chops

Newly-named Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews is well known in technology and media circles as an online advertising whiz. But, let’s… Read More

Stock watch: Apple dips one day after iPhone announcement; Facebook hits all-time high

While consumers may have been excited about the fingerprint technology or colorful aesthetics of the new iPhones announced yesterday by… Read More

Contour’s court-appointed receiver sets auction, says brand may still survive

A company working on behalf of the court-appointed receiver for action-camera maker Contour Inc. said today that it’s accepting solicitations… Read More

Marissa Mayer: new Microsoft CEO needs to understand enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO – It seems everyone has an opinion on who Microsoft’s next CEO should be, but if Marissa Mayer… Read More

Mayer: Yahoo sees 800M users a month, 12k resumes

SAN FRANCISCO– While the rest of the internet has fretted over Yahoo’s new logo, Marissa Meyer is more interested in… Read More

Pandora picks online advertising vet Brian McAndrews as CEO

Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of online advertising juggernaut aQuantive and partner at Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group,… Read More

Portland’s new public transit mobile ticketing app is a huge success so far

Looks like Portland likes the idea of paying for their public transit tickets with a smartphone. TriMet, Oregon’s largest provider of bus,… Read More

Microsoft, Sounders soccer club extend Xbox sponsorship contract through 2014

Those lime green Seattle Sounders FC jerseys around Seattle will have “Xbox” printed on the front for at least one… Read More

GoPro founder loves bootstrapping, excited to work with Google Glass

SAN FRANCISCO — While it may be getting easier to lock down VC funding, GoPro founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman… Read More

Vinod Khosla hates board meetings, says most VCs ‘add negative value’ to startups

SAN FRANCISCO — Vinod Khosla has had it with VCs. Today at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, the Sun Microsystems co-founder said… Read More

Marketing mess-up: People furious with AT&T’s ‘tacky’ attempt to honor 9/11 victims

AT&T tried to honor those affected by the 9/11 tragedy today with a photo, but it doesn’t look like it… Read More

It’s GeekWire Summit time: What to know if you’re going to our big tech conference

We’re looking forward to seeing more than 700 of you for the GeekWire Summit, the Pacific Northwest’s premier technology conference,… Read More

Entrepreneur confidence level in future profitability is sky high, survey says

A recent survey showed that today’s entrepreneurs are either cocky or confident — perhaps both — but are definitely optimistic… Read More

Naval Academy grads raise $3.3M for business intelligence startup Easy Metrics

Easy Metrics, a Seattle startup founded by U.S. Naval Academy grads Dean Dorcas and Dan Keto, has pulled in $3.3… Read More

Fast-growing RealSelf gobbles up Zapd, names Kelly Smith chief experience officer

You could call this an “acquihire.” But, in this case, it’s really just about grabbing the talents of one person.… Read More

Amazon’s next Kindle Fire HD gets inadvertent preview in latest tech leak

Maybe it’s time for U.S. tech companies to bring all their hardware manufacturing in-house. A day after Apple unveiled… Read More

F5 latest tech company to open Bellevue office, set to hire 50

Add F5 Networks to the growing list of tech companies setting up an extra development office east of Seattle. F5,… Read More

What today’s iPhone launch says about Apple’s future

If there’s one word that could best be used to describe today’s iPhone announcement, it’s “unsurprising.” New iPhones are coming… Read More

Meet the 9 startups from B2B incubator 9Mile Labs

The first annual 9Mile Labs demo day just concluded, and I had fun checking out the nine new startups emerging… Read More

Portland becomes first city to enable mobile ticketing for Streetcar

First it was trains and busses. Now, the Rose City is allowing its streetcar riders to purchase tickets with their… Read More

Portland’s CPUsage raises $925K for high performance cloud computing platform

There’s no doubt that cloud computing has made life easier for thousands of businesses around the world. But sometimes setting… Read More

Apple to offer its mobile productivity suite for free — how will Microsoft respond?

At its big media event today, Apple announced that anyone who purchases a new iOS device — iPhone, iPad, 5th… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: Bill Gates needs to come back to Microsoft and fire some people

SAN FRANCISCO — When Michael Arrington asked Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff who the next CEO of Microsoft should be on… Read More

Photos: Here’s what the new iPhones look like

The tech world’s eyes were focused on Cupertino, Calif., for an hour Tuesday morning as Apple introduced two new iPhone’s… Read More

Nokia pokes fun at Apple’s colorful new iPhone 5C line, says ‘imitation is the best form of flattery’

Apple isn’t the first phone-maker to offer its devices in a variety of colors, and Nokia cleverly wanted to make… Read More

Apple confirms iPhone 5C and 5S, says iWork apps will be free on iOS devices

Apple just confirmed plans to offer a new iPhone model, the iPhone 5C, in a variety of colors, selling for… Read More

Cisco buys Ignition-backed flash storage startup Whiptail for $415M

Cisco today paid $415 million to acquire New Jersey-based Whiptail, an all-flash enterprise class storage startup bankrolled in part by… Read More

Microsoft giving away Office 365 to non-profits in 41 countries

Microsoft debuted a new program today that allows nonprofits and NGO’s of any size to use Office 365 without paying… Read More