Articles from 2013 – Page 59 of 150

Stem cell biology company Fate Therapeutics files for $69 million IPO

Could this be another example of a startup that got away? Fate Therapeutics, which started in Seattle six years ago… Read More

Startup Spotlight: These former Microsofties want to change the way you access email on your smartphone

Let’s face it. Managing email on a smartphone is a real pain. Not a day goes by that I don’t… Read More

Microsoft: Windows 8.1 will be released on Oct. 18

Microsoft just announced the official release date for Windows 8.1, saying it will make the finished version of the operating… Read More

A wild idea for Bezos and the Post: Develop a ‘Kindle Printer’ and shut down the main press

The economics of delivering a local newspaper to your doorstep just don’t make sense anymore. The reasons? Declining subscriber counts… Read More

Report: Apple acquires TV guide startup Matcha

This May, Matcha, a video aggregation startup, went dark, and nobody knew why. Guy Piekarz, the company’s CEO and co-founder,… Read More

YouTube returns to Microsoft’s Windows Phone, with Google’s support this time

Microsoft released a new version of its YouTube app for Windows Phone this afternoon, three months after Google objected to… Read More

Tell the City of Seattle about potholes and graffiti with new ‘Find It, Fix It’ app

Oh, the wonders of technology. Now, you can turn into a civic do-gooder right from your smartphone. Today, the City… Read More

Tech Moves: Don Mattrick is cleaning house at Zynga; Spencer Lee joins Julep as CFO; and more

—Social game maker Zynga has reportedly lost its COO, CTO and head of HR as a part of a restructuring… Read More

Bankers have shopped BlackBerry for a year without success

Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has been on the auction block for more than a year, but no one has really… Read More

Microsoft faces class-action lawsuit over timing of Surface RT disclosures

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts this week alleges that Microsoft executives didn’t properly fess up to the… Read More

Bsquare CEO ‘disappointed’ with $805,000 loss in Q2

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley said Tuesday that he was disappointed with the company’s second quarter performance, noting that revenue fell 11… Read More

Amazon.com launches cross-platform push notifications through AWS

Amazon is continuing its push to attract mobile app developers to its Amazon Web Services cloud platform with a one-stop… Read More

After food poisoning incident, Seattle woman starts petition to revamp restaurant ratings

Like many restaurant goers, Seattle resident Sarah Schacht turned to Yelp last February when trying to find a place to… Read More

Rich Barton, Spencer Rascoff and others bankroll online vacation rental startup

Some of the biggest names in online travel are tossing their support behind TurnKey Vacation Rentals, an Austin-based startup company… Read More

Larry Ellison pessimistic about Apple’s future, shows disdain for Google’s evil ways

One of the questions that continues to plague Apple is whether or not the company can survive without the leadership… Read More

Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold have another wild idea: Automatically generating video from text

Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, the technology duo who brought us such classics as the Hurricane Suppression System for the… Read More

Box updates Android cloud storage app, making new push on smartphones

The personal cloud storage market is a tough one these days, with a large number of companies competing to be… Read More

To fund this Kickstarter, turn to page 40: Choose Your Own Adventure tries crowdfunding

When it came to elementary school literary entertainment, Choose Your Own Adventure books were, for a time, second to none.… Read More

Another reversal: Microsoft says Kinect won’t be necessary for operation of Xbox One

Well, it’s time for yet another Xbox One about-face. Microsoft had been saying that the Kinect sensor that comes bundled… Read More

Following in Zillow’s footsteps, Homes.com unveils national ad campaign

Zillow is spending tens of millions of dollars this year on a national ad campaign, part of a plan by… Read More

Affiliate marketing startup PopShops acquired by Rakuten

Seattle-based PopShops, which describes itself as a coupon and product feed platform, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed… Read More

Morgan Stanley: Kindle sales will be a $4.5B business for Amazon this year

Amazon is notorious for being coy about its Kindle sales numbers, but a new report released last week says that… Read More

New iOS app VoxPixl adds your voice to your pictures

An app making its debut today on iPhone and iPad adds an entirely new element to pictures — your own… Read More

Tech Moves: Tim Ellis departs Redfin for Porch; Cray names VP of sales; etc.

—Tim Ellis is trading in one online real estate company for another. Ellis, who has worked for Redfin and writes… Read More

Seattle Times owner scoffs at Craigslist founder’s journalism advocacy efforts

Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, has taken part of his online classified ads money and gotten involved in advocating… Read More

Report: Apple’s new iPad to use iPad mini display tech

With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, the Apple rumor mill is kicking into high gear, with a new report… Read More

Rhapsody reset: Revenue slips 8% as music service drops ads and MP3 sales to focus on subscriptions

Rhapsody is focusing more intently on its core music subscription service, dropping third-party ads from its Rhapsody.com website and discontinuing… Read More

Jeff Bezos declines Washington Post interview about his Washington Post acquisition

The Washington Post this weekend published an epic profile of its soon-to-be owner, Jeff Bezos, with contributions from six reporters… Read More

Remembering Bill Henningsgaard, former Microsoft exec who died in plane crash

Authorities in Connecticut confirmed over the weekend that former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard, 54, was killed Friday in a plane crash… Read More

BlackBerry’s ‘strategic alternatives’ include possible sale of company … but who’s buying?

BlackBerry said this morning that a special committee of its board will “explore strategic alternatives,” and anyone who has heard… Read More