Articles from 2013 – Page 7 of 150

Report: Amazon developing bulk food delivery service to rival Costco, Sam’s Club

According to a report by USA Today, Amazon is working on a service called Pantry, which will allow Prime subscribers… Read More

Sidecar, Uber, Lyft not happy with Seattle’s ‘anti-competitive’ proposed ride-sharing regulations

The City of Seattle’s proposed regulations for ride-sharing startups, which will be discussed at Friday’s City Council meeting, are not making companies… Read More

Profitable and growing, Parallels finds success beyond Mac

RENTON, Wash. — Just up the street from this city’s landmark Ikea store, and across town from Boeing’s big 737… Read More

Here’s how city government can help startups, according to outgoing Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn

From the time outgoing Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn took office in 2010 until today, Seattle’s startup scene has continued to… Read More

Seattle-based Landesa wins Google Global Impact Award

Landesa, in partnership with Frontline SMS, has been named one of the recipients of Google’s Global Impact Award, which celebrates… Read More

9 Startup Weekend champs face off at tonight’s Northwest Startup Battle

In what’s equivalent to a startup all-star event, nine Startup Weekend champions from around the Northwest region are competing tonight… Read More

Computer science exposure: ‘Hour of Code’ campaign reaches 10 million students

So far, the “Hour of Code” movement seems to be working — at least from an exposure standpoint. The campaign,… Read More

Onvia co-founder raises $4.35M for Koru, helping college grads find impactful jobs

We’ve certainly seen a lot of activity in the online education arena in recent months, including large financing rounds for… Read More

IPO study: 2014 could be big year for companies to go public

If you thought 2013 was a good year for tech IPOs, well, 2014 could get a lot more interesting. A… Read More

Report: Ford board to press Mulally for details about future

While members of Ford’s board of directors have been outwardly confident about CEO Alan Mulally’s plans for the future, it… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital invests $30M in car-buying advisor TrueCar.com

Paul Allen’s investment arm Vulcan Capital today announced it is investing $30 million in TrueCar.com, an eight-year-old company that has… Read More

Instagram announces Instagram Direct, a way to share photos with a select few

If Instagram users had a photo they only wanted to share with a select few, the Facebook-owned photo sharing service… Read More

Is that pink mustache too big? Seattle’s proposal to regulate ride-sharing companies

Members of a Seattle City Council committee will meet Friday morning to discuss a draft ordinance to regulate ride-sharing companies… Read More

App of the Week: FIFA offers an inside look at soccer worldwide

FIFA, the international governing body of soccer (a.k.a. football) has released an official app for fans of the sport as… Read More

GeekWire’s Gift Guide: 12 geeky gift ideas from Seattle-area designers and startups

Looking for great gifts for the geeks on your list? Why not make it local? Continuing an annual tradition, we’re pleased… Read More

Moz founder Rand Fishkin goes public with plan to step aside as CEO

In an unusual but characteristic display of corporate transparency, Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin today went public with a plan to… Read More

Valve to launch Steam Machine prototypes and first run of its Steam OS this week

Bellevue-based gaming company Valve announced today that the 300 lucky testers for its prototype Steam Machine gaming console have already… Read More

T-Mobile COO says AT&T’s ‘Next’ upgrade program was a ‘rip-off’

T-Mobile COO Jim Alling doesn’t think so highly of strategies implemented by his company’s rival earlier this year. Alling, speaking… Read More

No Sleep Till Justice? Beastie Boys countersue GoldieBlox over parody ad

It seems that GoldieBlox and the Beastie Boys haven’t found a resolution to their conflict over the toy company’s use… Read More

Funding for Gigabit Seattle fiber Internet project was in question from the start

A year ago this week, Gigabit Squared, a “digital economic development” company operating out of Cincinnati, Ohio, announced a deal with Seattle… Read More

Mayor McGinn: Seattle should create a public fiber Internet utility if Gigabit Squared fails

The ambitious plans to implement a high-speed gigabit Internet network in 14 Seattle neighborhoods seem to be falling apart. Financial… Read More

Microsoft fends off legal challenge from Cisco over Skype acquisition

Microsoft no longer has the threat of yet another European antitrust case hanging over it. According to a report by… Read More

Report: Microsoft may license next versions of Windows RT and Windows Phone for free

Microsoft is considering making the next version of Windows RT and Windows Phone free for computer and device makers interested… Read More

UIEvolution scores $8M to more safely connect drivers to mobile apps

UIEvolution has been around the block a few times, founded 13 years ago, acquired in 2004 by Square Enix and… Read More

Microsoft: More than 2M Xbox Ones sold since launch

Microsoft has sold more than 2 million Xbox One consoles since the launch of the new machine 18 days ago,… Read More

Helping your health: EveryMove unveils directory of 200 fitness-tracking apps and devices

High-tech fitness trackers like FitBit and FuelBand sound great on paper, but many of us have trouble knowing exactly which… Read More

CreativeLive launches free 24/7 live online education broadcast network

CreativeLive, the fast-growing online education startup founded by photographer Chase Jarvis and entrepreneur Craig Swanson, today announced something relatively unique: The… Read More

Study: Workplace happiness is driven more by co-workers, not managers

Employees love transparency, care more about co-workers than managers and don’t exactly know what their company’s mission is. These are… Read More

Amazon Fresh launches in San Francisco with $299/year ‘Prime Fresh’ membership

Welcome to the Bay Area, Amazon Fresh. As anticipated earlier this week, Amazon’s same-day and next-day grocery delivery service is… Read More

Trending tech hashtag goes viral: Here are 10 truly awesome #FiveWordTechHorrors

[Update, Wednesday, 10:20 a.m. PT: We’ve added the graph above courtesy of Simply Measured. The company told us there were 96,651 tweets… Read More