Mobile marketing startup Airship scooped up Apptimize, a San Francisco-based user experience testing company, in its second acquisition so far this year. The deal helps Airship toward its goal of… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based mobile marketing startup Urban Airship has acquired Accengage to form what it calls the “world’s largest mobile customer engagement company.” Urban Airship and Paris-based Accengage both develop similar… Read More
Urban Airship, the Portland-based mobile marketing startup, is feeling a boost from Boost, a new service designed to accelerate the company’s already speedy delivery of push notifications. The company announced… Read More
Mobile marketing startup Urban Airship today announced a $25 million investment round. Founded in 2009, the Portland-based company helps big brands like Adidas, Alaska Airlines, Regal Cinemas, Zillow, and others… Read More
Simply Measured co-founder and vice president of strategy Adam Schoenfeld is leaving the Seattle-based social media analytics company after nearly seven years to take on a founder role with another early… Read More
— Urban Airship CFO Mike Temple has stepped down from the Portland-based mobile marketing platform, according to a story on OregonLive. The well-known startup, which helps companies such as ESPN, Groupon, Waze… Read More
Odava, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that provides software tools for the cannabis industry, has raised $170,000, according to a recent SEC filing. Odava is seeking an additional $130,000 as part of… Read More
Portland-based Urban Airship says it has eliminated seven positions, or 3 percent of total jobs, over the past month-and-a-half as it realigns its workforce to match a broader strategic shift at the… Read More
Android users are more than twice as likely as iOS users to open an app after receiving a push notification, according to new research from Portland-based mobile technology company Urban Airship. Urban… Read More
Urban Airship, the Portland startup that helps companies like Red Bull, Alaska Airlines, TMZ and Rhapsody deliver push notifications to mobile devices, has picked up an additional $9 million in… Read More
Portland-based mobile marketing startup Urban Airship has raised another $12.1 million from existing investors in a Series D follow-up round. The fresh cash pushes total funding for the fast-growing company to… Read More
Urban Airship today named former Citrix president Brett Caine as its new CEO. Caine previously spent nine years at Florida-based Citrix, helping grow the virtualization software company’s revenue from $40 million to… Read More
It’s been quite a tumultuous summer for the folks at Urban Airship. With big events like the World Cup and new platforms like the Amazon Fire Phone and iOS 8,… Read More
Interactive push notifications are going to increase in use this year, with Apple announcing that users will be able to interact with and respond to notifications while their phone is locked,… Read More
Urban Airship CEO Scott Kveton will be taking a leave of absence from the company, following allegations that he sexually assaulted a longtime girlfriend on a number of occasions. In… Read More
Urban Airship is one of Portland’s most promising startup companies, delivering billions of push notifications to mobile phones on behalf of clients such as ESPN, Groupon and Alaska Airlines. It… Read More
Not sure about you, but I’m typically wary of letting apps on my smartphone track my location. According to a new study, though, turns out I’m in the minority. Urban Airship,… Read More
Urban Airship’s four co-founders are reuniting — but not to start another company. Rather, Michael Richardson and Steven Osborn are coming back to work for the company they helped start… Read More
Portland-based Urban Airship, a leading provider of mobile push notifications, released its latest Good Push Index report today, which examines the impact of push notification use on the company’s customers.… Read More
Using web-based resources in mobile apps lets companies keep experiences up to date without needing to resubmit their apps every time. But slow-loading content can kill a user’s engagement, and… Read More
When Silicon Valley VC firm True Ventures first invested in Portland-based startups Puppet Labs and Urban Airship about four years ago, many had their doubts. “People thought we were kind of crazy, honestly,”… Read More
A lot of work goes into finding the right investors for your startup. But for a few of Portland’s most successful founders that have raised a combined $90 million, it… Read More
Last night, we got the chance to hang out in the amazing new offices of Urban Airship, located in the heart of Portland’s ultra-hip Pearl District. Today, we got the… Read More
Today’s featured category in the GeekWire Awards voting is a big one, literally. The Next Tech Titan — brought to you by Wave Business Solutions — will reward the company… Read More
Urban Airship, the Portland mobile marketing startup that helps companies such as ESPN, Groupon, Waze and others with push messaging, has reeled in $25 million in fresh funding in a… Read More
Mobile high performance push messaging software developer Urban Airship has acquired Tello, a Palo Alto-based startup that launched PassTools, a leading Apple Passbook management service. Passbook is an iOS app… Read More
Dude, seriously, you are beautiful. … You’re so sexy when you smile. These two phrases were emblazoned across the mirror of the women’s bathroom in a karaoke bar in Portland, and… Read More
Portland’s Urban Airship has sent out more than 10 billion push notifications to mobile devices since it was started. And most of those have been delivered to Android or iOS… Read More
Urban Airship, a Portland upstart that provides behind-the-scenes services like push notifications and in-app purchasing for mobile apps, has named former Skype Chief Strategy Officer Christopher Dean to the position of… Read More
Investors including Verizon and Salesforce.com have invested $15.1 million in Urban Airship, a Portland company that provides behind-the-scenes services like push notifications and in-app purchasing for mobile apps from big… Read More