Articles from 2013 – Page 79 of 150

Microsoft Ventures: The story behind the company’s startup overhaul

Even big companies face significant hurdles launching new products. As it turns out, Microsoft Ventures, the company’s new umbrella program… Read More

Poppy blows past $40,000 Kickstarter goal in 9 hours, with promise to turn your iPhone into a 3D camera

Well, that sure didn’t take long. Poppy, the oddly-shaped 3D photo and video viewing device that uses an iPhone to… Read More

Tony Hsieh wants to make downtown Las Vegas somewhere you’ll want to live

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has a vision for downtown Las Vegas as the place that you’ll want to launch your… Read More

Want to catch more foul balls? IdealSeat shows you where to sit at the ballgame

Catching a foul ball can be one of the greatest joys for baseball fans. Only a handful of the thousands who… Read More

GeekWork: Sweet gigs from WhitePages, RealNetworks, Expedia and more!

Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to check out our new jobs marketplace: GeekWork.com. And, if you haven’t, check out this introductory post from… Read More

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: Hiring requires culture match, not just skill

If you want to get hired at Zappos, you have to have more than just the right skills. You also… Read More

First look: Internet Explorer 11 ‘continuous browsing’ and Windows 8.1 Reading List

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team showed some of the key features of Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1… Read More

Nanostring IPO disappoints as shares fall 20% on first day

It was a tough first day on the stock market for Seattle’s NanoString Technologies, with shares falling 19.4 percent on Wednesday as… Read More

Giving up: Dish removes bid for Clearwire after Sprint increases offer

Sprint may end up victorious in the bidding war for Clearwire, as Dish Network today withdrew its offer to purchase… Read More

Seattle angels invest in mobile marketing startup Sparq

A group of prominent Seattle angel investors are putting some of their cash behind Sparq, the mobile marketing upstart which… Read More

How automatic app updates will work in Windows 8.1

SAN FRANCISCO — Windows 8 users who try out the Windows 8.1 preview will notice the return of the Start… Read More

Photos: Bill Gates bought this $8.7 million mansion in Florida’s horse country

Well, we can hardly imagine software pioneer Bill Gates riding atop a horse. But the tech mogul just reportedly jumped… Read More

The weight of words: Why I hope bookstores stick around

I was taking video of my baby’s small, assisted zig-zag steps between the shelves at Ravenna’s Third Place Books when… Read More

Facebook app coming to Windows 8, along with Flipboard, NFL Fantasy Football

For Facebook fans using Windows 8 devices, today brings good news. At Microsoft’s Build conference today in San Francisco, CEO Steve… Read More

View-Master 2.0: Seattle entrepreneurs create Poppy to turn iPhones into 3D viewers

Remember, the classic View-Master device? Well, two Seattle area entrepreneurs — Urbanspoon co-founder Ethan Lowry and Snapvine founder Joe Heitzeberg… Read More

Windows Phone 8 finally coming to Sprint with new HTC, Samsung models

The long wait is finally over for Sprint customers wanting to use Windows 8. The carrier announced today that it will offer… Read More

New dimension for Windows: Microsoft puts 3D printing support directly into OS

SAN FRANCISCO — Hitting the “Print” button in Windows just took on a whole new meaning. Microsoft is adding native… Read More

Hands-on with Windows 8.1: What to expect from Microsoft’s big update

SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time, not long ago, when Windows users needed to wait three years or more… Read More

Socrata lands $18 million, continuing mission to unlock troves of government data

Seattle entrepreneur Kevin Merritt wants to help lead a transformation in government. Not by running for office, but through unleashing… Read More

Hello, Windows 8.1: Live from Microsoft Build Day 1

SAN FRANCISCO — I’m here in (almost) the front row at Microsoft’s Build developer conference. The company is getting ready… Read More

Amazon adds to its PBS cred with new Prime Video deal

Amazon.com and PBS Distribution have reached an expanded deal that brings more past seasons of PBS shows to Amazon Prime… Read More

The photo frame of the future? Familiar looks to stitch together photos and videos on idle iPads

There are so many photo sharing apps floating around today — from Flickr to Instagram to PhotoBucket — that it… Read More

Brady Forrest’s new gig: Hatching hardware startups at new Highway1 incubator

Developing an app or a website isn’t easy, by any stretch, but hardware design and manufacturing is a world unto… Read More

Apple store in Microsoft’s backyard floods: Conspiracy or just the Seattle rain?

Mother nature took its toll Tuesday night as a fierce storm rolled through the Seattle area, dropping buckets of rain… Read More

Turning dead trees into gas: Biofuel research could spark new fuels

University of Washington researcher Fernando Resende is getting ready for the day that we run out of fossil fuels. Originally… Read More

Study: Women avoid computer science careers because they think ‘nerds’ are smelly and pale

Blame “The Big Bang Theory” for the lack of women in tech. That’s the conclusion from new research out of… Read More

New Boeing website lets you track 787s in real time, look out virtual windows

Are you bored? Do you need a break from watching the Pitch Drop Experiment? Boeing has a solution: A site… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold says discussions with Bill Gates ‘completely irrelevant’ in patent spat, claims he’s too busy to testify

As CEO of Intellectual Ventures, international traveler and cooking guru, Nathan Myhrvold is a busy man. So busy, in fact, that… Read More

Cosmetics upstart Julep reels in another $5M from Maveron, Andreessen Horowitz

It usually doesn’t happen this way. But Julep, the fast-growing Seattle cosmetics upstart, has gotten bigger as its metrics have improved.… Read More

Anomo helps you find love with anonymous self-created avatars, raises cash

Things are moving quickly for Anomo, the Seattle mobile startup that helps you land a date, meet your next business partner or… Read More