Articles from 2018 – Page 73 of 161

Seattle zoo turns to virtual reality and beacon technology to give visitors a closer look at animals

For all of the excitement that goes on in some of the award-winning exhibits at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, a… Read More

Vacasa jumps into vacation home sale process with new network connecting buyers, sellers and agents

When Portland startup Vacasa raised $103 million last year, it set the stage for a flurry of new products, and… Read More

Wicket Labs raises more cash to build out audience insight platform for online video providers

Wicket Labs has raised more cash to help grow its technology that gives online video providers more data about their… Read More

Hot cloud database startup Snowflake Computing, born on Amazon Web Services, adds support for Microsoft Azure

After establishing a foothold in the cloud-based data warehousing market on the infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services, Snowflake Computing… Read More

VC dollars flow into Seattle startups at near-record levels as later-stage companies raise big rounds

Venture capital dollars are flowing into Seattle-area companies in near-record numbers, but most of the cash is going to more… Read More

Here’s why space engineers come to Seattle … and why some of them leave

A new employment study indicates that roughly 3,000 people are directly employed by Washington state’s space industry, and roughly half… Read More

Tech titan Elon Musk’s latest cause: Checking for unsafe water in Flint, Mich.

Elon Musk didn’t even wait to get back from his Asia trip to start a new philanthropic campaign, this time… Read More

TLDR: Anti-Amazon graffiti, see Times Square under water with HoloLens, needle-free blood sugar monitor for people with diabetes

Today’s featured stories Photos: Graffiti targeting Amazon and Jeff Bezos illustrates animosity toward tech giant in Seattle So much to… Read More

Working Geek: Unearth co-founder Amy Hutchins on hiring women engineers and the rush of startup life

As chief technology officer for Unearth Technologies, Amy Hutchins thought it would be easy to get women to apply for… Read More

DocuSign founder and chairman leaving board in ‘planned transition’, replaced by execs from IBM, Docker and GoDaddy

DocuSign’s board of directors is undergoing a major shakeup as part of what the company calls a “planned transition” that… Read More

Usermind lays off some employees amid pivot in sales strategy for its marketing software

After realizing that it stood a better chance selling its customer-support software as part of larger deals, rather than generating… Read More

Photos: Graffiti targeting Amazon and Jeff Bezos illustrates animosity toward tech giant in Seattle

With everything from spray paint to stencils to stickers, the Amazon and Jeff Bezos detractors are making a statement in… Read More

So much to sea in New York: Microsoft HoloLens a key part of art exhibit that ‘sinks’ Times Square

New York City’s Times Square is already a bustling and chaotic location when experienced in everyday reality. In augmented reality,… Read More

Leaving Google’s nest: Loon and Wing graduate from Alphabet’s X idea factory

Two of Google’s best-known flights of fancy, Project Loon and Project Wing, are being hatched from their X incubator to… Read More

EndoGastric Solutions raises $30.5M to commercialize acid reflux treatment

News Brief: EndoGastric Solutions, a Seattle area biotechnology company, has raised $30.5 million to scale its commercial efforts. Existing investors… Read More

Female Founders Alliance unveils immersive ‘Ready Set Raise’ program to help women land startup investments

Female Founders Alliance is launching a program to help women entrepreneurs land early-stage startup investments, using input from female founders… Read More

AT&T invests in secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap in exclusive distribution deal

AT&T said it has struck a deal with Magic Leap to invest in the secretive startup, provide mobile data service… Read More

Know Labs unveils plan for non-invasive blood glucose monitor, sending stock skyrocketing

Know Labs, a public Seattle company formerly known as Visulant, announced a bold new strategy Wednesday. The company has shifted… Read More

Amazon HQ2 is still a mystery, but this real estate startup already plans to expand to the winning city

Bryan Copley remembers “the day that the last single-family residence in South Lake Union was bulldozed.” The CityBldr CEO has… Read More

How Amazon could succeed in travel: Researchers issue a warning to the industry

When Amazon enters, or even thinks about entering, new markets, entire industries sit at the edge of their seats —… Read More

Salesforce wants to give customer service workers using Service Cloud better AI-powered tools

Salesforce continues to build out the non-salesy parts of its software-as-a-service portfolio, making new features for its Service Cloud generally… Read More

To the moon? Israel’s SpaceIL says SpaceX will launch team’s lunar lander this year

News Brief: SpaceIL, an Israeli team that was once a competitor in the now-defunct Google Lunar X Prize, says it will have… Read More

Northwest projects win a share of $20 million in federal grants for nuclear tech

Oregon-based NuScale Power is the big winner in today’s round of grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of… Read More

Fifty years after Apollo, the Peanuts gang signs up again to give NASA a boost

Eighteen years after their creator died, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are rising again to… Read More

Microsoft reportedly cutting small percentage of jobs in international sales organization

Microsoft is cutting jobs in its international sales organization, according to a report from CNBC. Citing a source familiar with… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Surface Go, Demi Lovato to headline Amazon concert, new record for same-day delivery in space

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and… Read More

Nordstrom tests new in-store experience in bid to become ‘best fashion retailer in a digital world’

How customers shop at Nordstrom may be due for a dramatic change in the next few years. At its “Investor… Read More

RBC Signals teams with India’s Antrix for space communications beyond Earth orbit

Seattle-based RBC Signals has forged an agreement with Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, to widen… Read More

Current and former Microsoft employees appeal class-action denial in gender discrimination lawsuit

Updated at 3:20 p.m. with new details on ruling and appeal. Current and former technical employees at Microsoft are not… Read More

Pop star Demi Lovato to headline Amazon’s Post-Prime Day Celebration Concert in Seattle

Amazon employees in Seattle worn out by the grind of this year’s Prime Day will be able to recharge with… Read More