Articles from 2013 – Page 53 of 150

Controversial hook-up app Bang With Friends returns to App Store as ‘Down’

Let the banging continue. Bang With Friends, an app that lets you find Facebook friends who are equally interested in… Read More

IDC says PC market is even worse than they thought

Research firm IDC this afternoon released a new 2013 forecast for the global PC market, and the news isn’t good… Read More

Startup Spotlight: TruBalance predicts what will happen to your money

Many financial applications help consumers look into the past, indicating where things stand once the money is already gone. TruBalance,… Read More

App of the Week: Sleep Genius lets you snooze like an astronaut

This week’s App of the Week promises to help you fall asleep with the help of specialized audio techniques. That… Read More

Gratafy expands to L.A., raises $2.5M to help you send gifts to Facebook friends

Social gifting platform Gratafy was already helping its users in Seattle send specific food and drinks from local restaurants, bars and nightlife… Read More

Report: Microsoft considers Foursquare investment

Microsoft and Foursquare are in the “advanced stages” of talks that would have the Redmond company make a strategic investment… Read More

Awkward blend: Job interviews and coffee shops

Everything looked just as I expected inside the Uptown Espresso in Belltown. Then I noticed the dress. Deep red, form… Read More

Microsoft makes $100 price cut for Surface Pro permanent

Microsoft offered a temporary promotion for its Surface Pro tablet earlier this month that was set to end Thursday, but… Read More

Ahead of city council meeting, Lyft holds community rally to drum up support for ride-sharing

Ride-sharing startups like Uber, Sidecar and Lyft are certainly causing a stir across the country and especially here in Seattle,… Read More

Safe rides on I-5: Tesla expands supercharger stations to Oregon

Oregon is getting in on the Tesla fun. After opening two new “supercharger” stations last month in Centralia and Burlington, Wash.,… Read More

Privacy is suddenly very hot: Events see influx of interest after NSA revelations

This is the fourth year of the Privacy Identity Innovation conference, which will draw hundreds of people to Seattle’s Bell Harbor… Read More

Guess who’s advising Box: Ex-Microsoft exec Sinofsky helping Levie and team

Like many modern relationships, this one started with a Facebook message. That was how Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box,… Read More

Zillow to open Nebraska office, stock soars near $100

Zillow this week announced the opening of a new office in Lincoln, Nebraska and closed its acquisition of StreetEasy, two… Read More

A case of the flip flops? Amazon looks to take sales tax fight in New York to U.S. Supreme Court

It’s been a bit challenging trying to figure out where Amazon.com stands on the issue of collecting sales tax on… Read More

Intellectual Ventures spinout Evolv gets $11.8M from Bill Gates and others, aims to transform security scanning

Intellectual Ventures this morning announced a new spinout company, Evolv, that has landed $11.8 million in funding from investors including… Read More

Microsoft patent chief in court: We weren’t trying to put Motorola out of business

How far apart are Microsoft and Motorola these days? They can’t even agree on what they’re arguing about. The trial… Read More

Here’s who the Vegas bookies think will be Microsoft’s next CEO

In the rare case that you and your tech buddies were placing bets on who will become Microsoft’s next… Read More

Tech terms ‘selfie,’ ‘phablet,’ ’emoji,’ added to Oxford Dictionaries

The next time your parents or grandparents ask what the heck “selfie,” or “emoji” means, you can simply open up… Read More

GeekWork: DoubleDown, Kombi, Arterian, Spryly, Apptio and more great gigs

As summer winds down, it’s time to brush off the beach sand and get back to the grind. Maybe you’re… Read More

Melinda Gates now has a comic book about her life

Up until now, Bill Gates was likely the only member of his family to have a comic book written about… Read More

Google patents ‘Scroogling’ — or at least that’s what Microsoft would call it

Google has been awarded a patent on a “System and method for targeting information based on message content in a… Read More

Windows Phone: Microsoft adds text recognition for SkyDrive photo uploads

Microsoft today is rolling out a new feature for Windows Phone users: Optical character recognition (OCR) that automatically translates pictures… Read More

T-Mobile to AT&T: Get your hands off our magenta

The T-Mobile vs. AT&T battle just got a little juicier. The major mobile carriers, which have been throwing punches at… Read More

Tech Moves: Buuteeq hires Meghji as chief product officer; Airbiquity team grows: Spoonemore jumps to Amazon

—Fast-growing Seattle startup Buuteeq has hired Karim Meghji as chief product officer and vice president of engineering. Meghji most recently… Read More

Google Glass while driving: INRIX app shows potential

Is Google Glass safe to use while driving? That question is generating lots of discussion in the tech industry following… Read More

Tagboard raises $2M to curate hashtags for brands

It’s been nearly 11 months since we first heard about Tagboard, the Redmond startup that curates social media content for… Read More

GeekWire Summit: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving and Code.org’s Hadi Partovi join lineup

The big GeekWire Summit technology conference is a little more than two weeks away, Sept. 12 in downtown Seattle, and… Read More

Nintendo’s new 2DS gaming handheld will sell for $130

Nintendo is trying a new approach in the market for handheld gaming. No, it’s not launching Mario and Zelda games… Read More

Sinofsky’s first VC deal: Car-sharing tech startup Local Motion lands $6M

Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $6 million investment in Local Motion, a Burlingame, Calif., startup whose technology can be installed… Read More

New Parallels app runs Mac, Windows programs on iPad

The people who popularized running Windows on a Mac have been working on another trick: Word on the iPad. That’s… Read More