Tech – Page 154 of 319

Jul 8, 2016, 7:38 PM

Dan Price, the ‘$70k CEO,’ prevails in lawsuit filed by his brother and Gravity Payments co-owner

A judge ruled in favor of Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price on all counts today in a suit filed against him last year by… Read More

Jul 8, 2016, 3:20 PM

Microsoft, Expedia join fight against North Carolina transgender ‘bathroom bill’

Microsoft and Expedia are among 68 companies that have signed an amicus brief from the Human Rights Campaign in support of the U.S.… Read More

Jul 8, 2016, 9:46 AM

BMW gives $10 credit to thousands of car-sharing members after service goes down in Seattle

An AT&T connectivity issue caused serious problems for BMW’s car-sharing service this past holiday weekend, forcing the car-maker to hand… Read More

Jul 8, 2016, 9:10 AM

Washington state lawmakers to hold public talks about self-driving cars

Washington state’s legislators are pondering how to deal with self-driving cars and other futuristic high-tech vehicles. Rep. Jeff Morris, D-Mount Vernon… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 12:42 PM

14-year-old boy sues Snapchat over links to explicit articles in Discover feature

A 14-year-old California boy and his mother are suing messaging app Snapchat over a series of explicit articles that appeared in… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 9:12 AM

Fast-growing Alibaba Cloud promotes ex-Microsoft exec Jingren Zhou to chief scientist

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China-based Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., has appointed former longtime Microsoft executive Jingren Zhou… Read More

Jul 6, 2016, 6:46 PM

Space station’s next crew lifts off for a long trip in Russia’s upgraded Soyuz spaceship

Three spacefliers from three countries – the United States, Russia and Japan – began a longer-than-usual flight to the International Space Station tonight… Read More

Jul 6, 2016, 4:00 AM

Seattle No. 1 on Glassdoor’s list of 25 best-paying cities for software engineers

Software engineers looking for a high base salary that still amounts to a substantial paycheck once cost of living is… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 10:50 AM

Comcast agrees to add Netflix streaming app to its X1 set-top box

Are Comcast and Netflix burying the hatchet? After years of squabbling, the two companies reached a landmark agreement to allow the… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 10:22 AM

The new Facebook? Study finds more and more parents using Snapchat

Is Snapchat becoming the new Facebook? That’s perhaps what the latest numbers from comScore indicate. The Wall Street Journal examined the… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 10:09 AM

Blucora sells InfoSpace for $45M, exiting search business in financial-services push

In a move to further push into the financial-services sector, Belleuve-based Blucora announced today it has sold its InfoSpace search business… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 9:08 AM

FBI won’t recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over email probe, but calls her ‘extremely careless’

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that it won’t recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her e-mail investigation. FBI… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 8:22 AM

Rightside rejects ‘opportunistic attempt’ by Donuts to acquire domain registry business for $70M

Rightside Group of Kirkland, Wash., this morning rejected a public bid by Bellevue, Wash.-based Donuts to acquire its registry of… Read More

Jul 1, 2016, 10:57 AM

Axon gets $28M to outfit LAPD officers with body cameras, digital evidence system

Axon, a Seattle-based business unit of Taser International, says it has landed a $28 million contract to provide body cameras for… Read More

Jun 30, 2016, 9:03 AM

Airbnb creates Seattle engineering outpost, led by former Facebook and Amazon execs

Airbnb is establishing a downtown Seattle engineering operation, GeekWire has learned, making the alternative accommodations giant the latest Bay Area company to set up… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 10:59 AM

Asteroid Day hits home with videos about the peril (and the promise) in the skies

One bad day is all it takes for an asteroid to set off a mass extinction. But Asteroid Day –… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 4:00 AM

Uber for video: Startup vets launch new on-demand marketplace for 1-to-1 live streaming

Dean Graziano isn’t a huge fan of the “Uber for X” moniker that many on-demand marketplace services label themselves with. But as he… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 10:42 AM

Hillary Clinton, tech candidate? New agenda pledges to defer student loans for entrepreneurs, invest in STEM education

Tech issues such as the high-profile Apple encryption battle may be in the media spotlight, but they’ve taken a backseat… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 8:00 AM

BMW’s ReachNow car-sharing service expands service area and adds more vehicles in Seattle

BMW’s car-sharing service continues to grow in Seattle. The car-maker announced today that ReachNow is both expanding to additional neighborhoods and… Read More

Jun 27, 2016, 2:16 PM

Seattle TechHire program, aimed at expanding tech training, receives $3.8M grant

Three months after being designated as a TechHire community, partners involved in the Seattle-King County program have been awarded a four-year, $3.8… Read More

Jun 25, 2016, 10:45 AM

Computer science demand soars at UW, surpasses business as top choice among incoming freshmen

Computer Science & Engineering has become the leading “first-choice” major among confirmed incoming freshmen at the University of Washington, surpassing the… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 2:52 PM

Geek On The Street: iPhone users react to reports that Apple will axe headphone jack

The Wall Street Journal this week reported that the next iteration of the iPhone will not have a headphone jack, confirming rumors… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 2:33 PM

US Customs wants to ask visitors for ‘social media identifiers’ as they enter country

Visitors trying to enter the United States might want to pay closer attention to what they’re putting out into the world on Twitter,… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 11:25 AM

Seattle-based project to make librarians Wikipedia stars wins $250K in Knight News Challenge

The Seattle office of the Online Computer Library Center has been awarded $250,000 as one of the winners of the… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 10:45 AM

This San Francisco tech company just went public, but did you know it started in Seattle?

OK, folks, it’s Friday, so let’s have a little trivia competition. Does anyone know the name of the startup company… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 8:22 AM

Expedia taps award-winning Hollywood and Broadway producer Scott Rudin for new board seat

Online travel giant Expedia has expanded its board of directors to 14 people, adding Hollywood film and Broadway producer Scott… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 6:15 AM

Donuts offers $70M for Rightside’s domain business, making bold public bid for rival registry

Updated below with Rightside statement. Donuts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based owner of new domain name extensions, is offering to acquire Kirkland-based Rightside… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 12:07 PM

From lost cats to stolen cars, Nextdoor now informs in more than 100,000 neighborhoods

Nextdoor, the social network for neighborhoods that brings to light everything from lost pets to serious criminal activity, announced Thursday that… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 7:44 AM

Remote parking app PayByPhone gets Apple Pay integration and new design as user growth spikes

PayByPhone is revamping its app to help make it easier for people to park their vehicles. The Vancouver, B.C.-based company… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 6:00 AM

Smartsheet adds ‘Card View’ feature to visually manage projects

Bellevue-based project management software company Smartsheet today released a new way to visually manage work called Card View that organizes information into… Read More