— Seattle-area cybersecurity company Cyemptive named Ray McCay as its new chief revenue officer. McCay spent 25 years at Hitachi Data Systems, serving as SVP of global product strategy for… Read More
— RealSelf CEO James Coyle stepped down and Jeff Kizilbash has been named interim CEO of the cosmetic review platform. Kizilbash is a recent hire at the Seattle-based company, joining… Read More
Updated below with Amazon statement. The new HBO Max streaming service launches today, at $14.99/month. Developed at the company’s engineering offices in Seattle, New York and Atlanta, the new service… Read More
Amazon’s Fire TV streaming media player now has 34 million users, an increase of 4 million since the last time the company disclosed the figure back in January. Jennifer Prenner,… Read More
Fire TV users may soon be getting their news from Amazon. The company plans to debut a free app for streaming video news, according to a report from The Information… Read More
This is the season of new streaming media players, and Roku isn’t letting Amazon and Apple get all the glory. The Roku 4, announced today, brings 4K video, faster WiFi and… Read More
Searching through all the streaming services you use (and pay for) can be a real hassle. You might remember that Mean Girls is available somewhere, but you don’t want to… Read More
Amazon Fire TV is continuing to rapidly expand consumers’ selection for new games, channels and apps. Amazon said this morning that it has added more than 600 options to the Fire TV and… Read More
Amazon this morning announced a series of updates for its Fire TV set-top box and Fire TV Stick, including a new feature that will allow the streaming devices to work over WiFi… Read More
Amazon started shipping its Fire TV Stick streaming device this morning, going up against Google, Roku and others in the market for low-cost streaming devices that plug directly into a… Read More
There’s good news today for Xbox owners that have wanted to use apps like Netflix and Hulu, but avoided paying for a $60/year Xbox Live Gold membership. Microsoft announced this morning… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Jon Mann is a design director at Artefact, the Seattle-based technology product design firm. This post and graphic are republished with permission from the company’s blog.] Remember when… Read More
One of the original brands behind the Internet media revolution, RealPlayer, is making a push into the cloud era with a new service, RealPlayer Cloud, that aims to solve some… Read More
Microsoft isn’t quite done turning the Xbox 360 into an entertainment hub for the living room. Tom Warren over at The Verge reports that multiple sources familiar with Microsoft say… Read More
It has been just one week since Mitt Romney lost in his bid for president. And while the defeat is still fresh, the one-time GOP hopeful can still find solace… Read More