Articles about jargon

Study ranks Washington as biggest abuser of jargon in job ads; startup CEO tells us why words matter

A new study on the use of jargon in job ads has identified the worst offenders in the U.S. And… Read More

Seattle startup Jargon sells IP to Remitly; founders will join remittance company

The news: Seattle mobile remittance company Remitly has acquired intellectual property from Jargon, a Seattle startup that developed an enterprise… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Annie Liu’s love for code and communication translates to bright tech future

Annie Liu was always pretty conflicted about her identities. At home she would only speak Chinese, and out in the… Read More

Tech Moves: Appsheet staffs up leadership; GitHub welcomes a new COO; voice startup Jargon grows; and more

No-code app development startup AppSheet brought on Daisy dePaulis as chief revenue officer and Thierry D’Hers as vice president… Read More

Amazon invests in Seattle startup Jargon, a voice application content platform for developers

Voice technology continues to proliferate. There are more than 66 million smart speaker units in the U.S., up from 36… Read More

Alexa, can you understand me now? Seattle startup helps translate voice apps into other languages

The whole point of Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and other voice-activated assistants is being able to talk to them conversationally.… Read More

Worst Word of the Week: ‘Use case’ has no common case for use

[Editor’s Note: Worst Word of the Week is a regular GeekWire feature spotlighting the pretentious, unnecessarily complex, buzzword-laden, imprecise-but-precise-sounding language that plagues… Read More