Articles from 2013 – Page 56 of 150

Uh, oh! Down rounds on the rise

Things appear to be humming in the venture capital world. Returns are improving (though in many instances they are still… Read More

How your Microsoft Points will turn into real money today

Thursday marks the end of an era — the Microsoft Points era, that is. Starting today, transactions on the Xbox… Read More

Here’s how to get a sneak peek at the Xbox One

You can’t get your hands on the Xbox One until sometime in November, but Microsoft is giving gamers a sneak… Read More

Windows 8: Lenovo brings back Start menu, sidesteps Windows Store with Pokki

Lenovo, which recently took the title of world’s largest PC maker, is going around Microsoft to restore something much closer… Read More

Former Windows chief Sinofsky joins Andreessen Horowitz

Steven Sinofsky, who left his job as Microsoft’s Windows president last year, has joined prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz… Read More

Delta equips 19,000 flight attendants with Windows Phones for in-flight use

Delta Air Lines is giving a boost to Microsoft’s Windows Phone with a deal to equip its 19,000 flight attendants… Read More

Here are Siri’s 7 favorite sports teams

While the lovely iPhone assistant Ms. Siri may not have a favorite sport, she definitely has her preferences for certain… Read More

Success: ‘We Make Seattle’ video project passes $28,000 Kickstarter goal

Well, it looks like Seattle is going to be getting a cool short film about its tech community. After a… Read More

Bill Gates invests in program to help teachers discover and share education technology

There are all kinds of geeky ways teachers can use technology to help their students perform better and learn more.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pieces of There helps transplants order care packages loaded with favorite hometown sauces, snacks and sports gear

I love living in Seattle. But my roots are very much in Ohio, the place I called home for my… Read More

Barnes & Noble isn’t making a deal with Microsoft anytime soon

Just a few months ago, rumors swirled about Microsoft offering to pay $1 billion for Barnes & Noble’s NOOK digital… Read More

Full memo: Big Fish CEO announces job cuts, cancellation of cloud games business and closure of Ireland and BC facilities

It’s a bad day for Big Fish. The Seattle casual game maker today announced that it is laying off 49… Read More

TV anchors integrating Twitter into live broadcasts with Jenni Hogan’s new app

Back when Jenni Hogan was working the morning show at Seattle’s KIRO 7, she became frustrated. As a small earthquake… Read More

Microsoft hammers Google over ads in schools

The Scrooglers have struck again. First it was Google Shopping, then came Gmail which was followed by Google Play. Now, Microsoft’s latest attack on… Read More

What to do with all those Surface RTs? A giant piano!

Microsoft last month dropped the price of the Surface RT tablet to clear the shelves, and it’s giving more and… Read More

Mobile game spending crushing Wii U, Vita titles

With more than half of us now sporting smartphones, more and more people can purchase and play mobile games. That… Read More

Microsoft awarding free Surface tablets with new ad-free ‘Bing for Schools’ initiative

Use Bing, receive free Surface tablets. That’s the winning formula for the 800,000 students participating in Microsoft’s new “Bing for… Read More

Trulia completes $355M Market Leader deal, but what’s next in ongoing battle with Zillow?

The heated rivalry between online real estate powerhouses Trulia and Zillow is taking on added importance this week as both… Read More

Bootstrap 3 launches, easing development of responsive websites

Bootstrap, the wildly popular front-end framework for web development, launched version 3 this week, promising to make it easier to develop… Read More

Google Chromecast: Welcome to the Post-Nerd Era

Don’t try to be smarter than a smart device. That’s the main lesson I learned from an otherwise flawless first… Read More

Amazon livid over decision to re-open bidding for $600 million CIA contract

Amazon.com’s federal complaint over a $600 million contract to provide cloud computing services to the Central Intelligence Agency was made public today and shows… Read More

Nap on the bus without missing your stop, and more innovations from Microsoft’s summer interns

Cornell University student Peter Zieske likes to doze off on bus rides, and he has created an app to help others… Read More

Big money: Here’s how much Zillow’s top brass made in the latest stock sale

Zillow filled its coffers yesterday afternoon when the company announced a stock offering of 2.5 million shares at $82 per… Read More

E-book sound effects: Google wants to patent audio ‘trigger points’ for digital reading

Are you ready to add another of the human senses to your reading experience? Google has been working on… Read More

Sony takes jab at Microsoft, touts consistency in maintaining ‘fair’ policies

While Microsoft did a little flip-flopping with some of the Xbox One policies, Sony has remained steady with its rules for… Read More

GeekWork: Sweet gigs at GLG, Porch, Booking.com, RKG and more

GeekWork is the place to find the best tech jobs in the Pacific Northwest and beyond (like Amsterdam!). Today’s hand-picked… Read More

PlayStation 4 to hit shelves November 15 for $399

Sony just announced at GamesCom in Germany that the PlayStation 4 will go on sale November 15 in North America… Read More

Amazon deal: Swap your Xbox 360 game to Xbox One for $10

Amazon is offering up a deal for those who want to upgrade their Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One.… Read More

Google starts integrating Waze user reports into Google Maps

Apparently unfazed by a reported FTC review of its $1.1 billion Waze acquisition, Google is starting to integrate features from… Read More

How the next ‘Plants vs. Zombies’ will leverage Microsoft’s Xbox One

PopCap is already hitting it out of the park with the just-released Plants vs. Zombies 2 and the Seattle-based company… Read More