Nearly 25 years after streaming media pioneer RealNetworks went public in one of the hottest IPOs of the dot-com era, the company’s founder and CEO wants take the Seattle-based company… Read More
A new device unveiled by RealNetworks on Wednesday morning uses facial recognition to replace traditional key cards for access control at office buildings. The product, called SAFR SCAN, will sell… Read More
From its early days as a streaming audio pioneer to its recent expansion into facial recognition technology, RealNetworks has focused on software and services throughout its 27-year history. But the… Read More
Rob Glaser is best known as the founder and CEO of RealNetworks, the Seattle-based company that specializes in digital media, games and computer vision technology. But for about two decades,… Read More
A new app from RealNetworks can detect whether people are wearing facemasks in public, seeking to help businesses, schools and others monitor compliance with public health guidelines designed to prevent… Read More
MelodyVR Group’s deal to acquire music service Napster, announced early this morning, could be a financial boon for RealNetworks, and not just because of the $70 million purchase price. RealNetworks,… Read More
RealNetworks is releasing a browser extension that automatically identifies celebrities and other public figures in YouTube and Netflix videos, using the same facial recognition technology that the company originally developed… Read More
RealNetworks, the 26-year-old streaming media pioneer that recently pivoted to developing facial recognition technology, today disclosed that it has received $2.87 million from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program. The… Read More
More than 25 years after he founded RealNetworks, Rob Glaser is investing $10 million into the digital media pioneer as it makes a major pivot into facial recognition technology. The… Read More
RealNetworks doubled its stake in Rhapsody International, which owns music streaming service Napster, from 42 to 84 percent. RealNetworks will pay $1 million up front in a deal that could… Read More
RealNetworks, the Seattle company best known for pioneering streaming media in the early days of the web, is deploying a surprising new product today. The company says it will offer a… Read More
Rob Glaser is well aware that restaurants make for risky investments. “There’s two arguments,” he told GeekWire. “One, they have a very high failure rate, which is true. The second… Read More
RealNetworks upped its revenue and cut costs in the second quarter as it shifts focus toward several future “key growth initiatives.” RealNetworks posted $33.1 million in revenue for the second… Read More
Twenty-two years after founding Seattle-based RealNetworks as Progressive Networks, a website for liberal-minded content, CEO Rob Glaser is back in the political ring with a new offering called PutinTrump.org. Calling… Read More
RealNetworks announced today it has added veteran Microsoft engineering executive Chris Jones to its board of directors. Jones has been with Microsoft since 1991. He held several program management and engineering positions before… Read More
You would think the Tesla Model S is a friend of the trees, being that cleaner air is the whole point of the electric luxury car. But for one big tree in… Read More
RealNetworks posted a stronger earnings report than expected on Monday, showing a net loss of $21.2 million on revenue of $30.8 million. That comes out to a loss of 59 cents… Read More
RealNetworks posted its first quarter earnings results on Thursday, noting $30.6 million in revenue over the past three months, which missed analyst expectations of $32 million and was down 17 percent from last… Read More
RealNetworks continues to lose money, as the Seattle-based company posted a $20.8 million loss (58 cents per share) for the fourth quarter in 2014. The Q4 loss follows a $22.2 million… Read More
RealNetworks posted a $22.2 million loss (62 cents per share) for the third quarter, an improvement over its loss of $31.4 million (88 cents) in the same quarter a year ago,… Read More
Rob Glaser loves technology startups, but the RealNetworks founder also loves baseball. A small percentage owner in the Seattle Mariners, Glaser’s Twitter stream is usually packed full of baseball minutiae.… Read More
Rob Glaser is not wasting any time cleaning house. Two weeks after the company reappointed the founder as CEO, it said today it has trimmed its workforce by 10 percent. RealNetworks… Read More
More than two years after returning as the interim CEO of RealNetworks, founder Rob Glaser was named the company’s permanent chief executive this afternoon — shedding the “interim” title and officially… Read More
RealNetworks has hired Mike Mulica, the former CEO of mobile pioneer Openwave, as its new president of worldwide sales and business development, bolstering its executive ranks as the company tries to… Read More
RealNetworks has gone through some serious changes in the past few years, from big cutbacks to the launch of several new products. And now, RealNetworks has a new place to call… Read More
RealNetworks is preparing to roll out a new app and service called “Listen” that will let iOS and Android users set up and manage ringback tones — music clips and… Read More
RealNetworks keeps on losing money, but interim CEO Rob Glaser remains confident that the company is on the right track. The Seattle digital media company posted a loss of $31.4… Read More
RealNetworks today posted a loss of $18.5 million for the second quarter, as revenue declined in each of its core businesses. Co-founder and chairman Rob Glaser, who returned as the Seattle… Read More
Real-money gambling hasn’t quite made it to the United States yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t win a nice chunk of money — like, $100,000 — via free-to-play social… Read More
It’s been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of cash as they looked to become the next Microsoft or… Read More