Tech – Page 153 of 319

Jul 19, 2016, 3:40 PM

HomeAway study says its short-term rentals comprise less than 1% of Seattle housing

A new report commissioned by HomeAway says that fewer than 500 properties in Seattle were listed on the short-term rental site… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 12:18 PM

Joylux raises cash, prepares for U.S. launch of women’s health device vSculpt

Women’s health issues can be embarrassing to talk about, and difficult to treat because of a lack of specialized equipment.… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 7:40 AM

Nintendo now more valuable than Sony thanks to Pokemon Go phenomenon

Pokemon Go is having a massive impact on Nintendo’s market value. The insanely popular mobile game has helped Nintendo double… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 3:42 PM

Netflix executives: Rough quarter just a blip, long-term picture remains intact

Netflix blamed a rough second quarter earnings report on churn — or member cancellations related to previously-announced price increases — that… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 1:43 PM

Home-sharing bookings by business travelers up 56% over last year, Concur report reveals

Concur has released a comprehensive new report on the state of business travel that reveals, among other things, that home-sharing… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 1:37 PM

Netflix stock plummets 15% after missing Q2 estimates for profit and subscriber growth

Netflix reported its weakest subscriber growth in two years, causing its stock to drop more than 15 percent in after-hours… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 12:03 PM

Boeing names Greg Hyslop new chief technology officer, to replace company veteran John Tracy

Boeing named Greg Hyslop its new chief technology officer on Monday. The 34-year company veteran will replace John Tracy, who… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 10:52 AM

Showdown over Seattle’s Uber union law: City asks court to toss U.S. Chamber’s lawsuit

The city of Seattle will ask a federal judge this week to throw out a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 10:30 AM

Bill Gates: Why young entrepreneurs are Africa’s greatest hope

Bill Gates believes countries throughout Africa can obtain economic prosperity and fairly distributed wealth — but only by mobilizing the… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 8:54 AM

Seattle venture capitalist Tom Alberg wants to buy even more Impinj stock at IPO

Madrona Venture Group was one of the earliest investors in Impinj, helping to jumpstart the Seattle maker of RFID technology… Read More

Jul 15, 2016, 3:47 PM

Bitcoin startup iPayYou launches ‘Pay-by-Twitter’ service for payments via social network

iPayYou, a Seattle-based bitcoin payment platform, is rolling out a new service that allows anyone with a Twitter account to… Read More

Jul 15, 2016, 2:31 PM

Unify Square raises another $3.9M to help businesses utilize Skype

Unify Square is raising more cash to support its platform that helps clients manage their Skype for Business products. The nine-year-old company just… Read More

Jul 15, 2016, 2:11 PM

Machine learning startup Amplero lands $8M from Salesforce Ventures and others to help boost customer interactions

Seattle startup Amplero has picked up $8 million in fresh capital, money that the spin out from Globys will use… Read More

Jul 15, 2016, 10:35 AM

Valve cracks down on third-party gambling sites using Steam

Bellevue-based Valve announced this week that it is sending cease-and-desist letters to third-party sites that use the company’s Steam gaming… Read More

Jul 15, 2016, 8:51 AM

Trump presidency would be a ‘disaster for innovation,’ tech leaders say in open letter

Donald Trump’s candidacy for president goes against everything the technology sector believes in and the prospect of his presidency would… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 9:11 PM

Cash shortage: Venture capital investing plummets 61 percent in Washington state

Venture capital investing tumbled dramatically in Washington state during the second quarter as $175.8 million was invested across 24 deals,… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 3:15 PM

T-Mobile offers free Pokémon data in quest to be the very best, like no one ever was

Good news for Pokémon Go trainers on T-Mobile: no longer will your quest for Bulbasaur result in bulbous bills. As part of… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 12:10 PM

Employees buy Tesla for CEO who raised their minimum salaries to $70k

Employees of Gravity Payments have chipped in to buy a new Tesla for Dan Price, the CEO who made headlines… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 10:12 AM

Sears to release next-gen WallyHome sensor technology, letting users monitor open windows and doors

Sears will release the second generation of the WallyHome sensor products in October, building on a technology that traces its roots to a University of… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 10:11 AM

Facebook pledges $15M to Code.org to promote diversity in K-12 computer science education

Code.org, a Seattle-based non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, secured a $15 million donation from Facebook, to be… Read More

Jul 13, 2016, 3:47 PM

Adobe delivers social media’s verdict on Amazon Prime Day: Less ugh, more yay

Amazon says its second annual Prime Day outdid the first one on the sales front – and although some Twitter users reported… Read More

Jul 13, 2016, 8:22 AM

Cereal and pressure cookers help Amazon set a record on second annual Prime Day

Amazon’s second annual Prime Day surpassed its inaugural observance by 50 percent in the U.S. and by 60 percent worldwide,… Read More

Jul 13, 2016, 6:00 AM

Donuts domain registry invests in Netki bitcoin ‘wallet name’ technology

Domain registry Donuts Inc. has made an investment in Netki, a Los Angeles-based startup whose technology generates user-friendly “wallet names” for… Read More

Jul 13, 2016, 5:00 AM

Magnolia Medical Technologies closes $13.8M funding round, led by HealthQuest Capital

Seattle-based Magnolia Medical Technologies announced a $13.8 million funding round today, led by California-based HealthQuest Capital. Dr. Garheng Kong, HealthQuest founder, was… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 10:03 AM

Seattle police union disappears from social media after Dallas shootings post criticized

Update: The group’s Twitter feed is now gone again. The Seattle Police Officers Guild disappeared from social media on Monday… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 6:00 AM

RealNetworks adds Microsoft engineering director Chris Jones to board

RealNetworks announced today it has added veteran Microsoft engineering executive Chris Jones to its board of directors. Jones has been with Microsoft since… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 5:40 PM

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff buys $20 million L.A. mansion near O.J. Simpson’s former estate

The real estate business has been good to technology entrepreneur Spencer Rascoff. And now we’ve confirmed that the well-known CEO… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 5:23 PM

Seattle utility startup 1Energy acquired by South Korean energy giant Doosan

South Korean energy giant Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has acquired 1Energy Systems of Seattle, which develops software for utilities to manage the… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 8:40 AM

Seattle region’s population growing at historic pace, making biggest annual gain in a century

Seattle and its surrounding counties added 86,320 new residents between April 2015 and 2016, marking the region’s biggest population gain… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 8:32 AM

RFID technology company Impinj boosts IPO target to $74M

Seattle-based RFID technology company Impinj has increased the amount it seeks to raise in an initial public offering from $60… Read More