Tech – Page 179 of 319

Nov 29, 2015, 4:27 PM

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and other tech titans form the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to invest in zero-carbon energy technologies

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful individuals are forming a new organization known as the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to… Read More

Nov 28, 2015, 3:46 PM

Uber pays for TV ads in Seattle to recruit drivers

Uber’s newest marketing tactic in Seattle: TV ads. The ride-hailing giant is running commercials in the Seattle market to recruit more drivers… Read More

Nov 28, 2015, 7:33 AM

Radar scans add to evidence of hidden chambers in King Tut’s tomb, hinting at ‘enormous’ discovery

Radar scans have turned up fresh evidence of hidden chambers beyond the walls of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in Egypt’s Valley… Read More

Nov 24, 2015, 6:22 PM

Taser lands big order from London Police for 22K body-worn cameras

Taser announced today that it will ship 22,000 body-worn cameras to the London Metropolitan Police. The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More

Nov 24, 2015, 10:13 AM

Uber recruits safety experts to review company, make security recommendations

Uber’s new safety advisory board will meet for the first time next week, as a group of experts on everything… Read More

Nov 24, 2015, 7:37 AM

Meet ‘Joule’: Top chefs develop high-tech cooking device, aiming to spark a revolution in the kitchen

Measuring just 11 inches tall and 1.85 inches in diameter, with no digital display of its own, the cylindrical white device may not look revolutionary.… Read More

Nov 24, 2015, 6:44 AM

Teen who was arrested for bringing clock to school threatens $15M lawsuit

View image | gettyimages.com The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested when a clock he built… Read More

Nov 24, 2015, 6:03 AM

History is made: Jeff Bezos tweets for the first time

The flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship on an uncrewed trip to space and back may be history-making,… Read More

Nov 23, 2015, 1:35 PM

T-Mobile starts rolling out holiday deals, promises ‘special gifts’ for Sprint, AT&T, Verizon customers

T-Mobile today announced the first of its new holiday deals. The Bellevue-based wireless carrier will give out three months of… Read More

Nov 23, 2015, 10:23 AM

CenturyLink fiber Internet goes down in Seattle, unclear when service will be restored

Some CenturyLink fiber Internet customers in Seattle have been without a connection since Sunday afternoon. Several Seattle residents took to Twitter… Read More

Nov 23, 2015, 9:15 AM

Why Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi isn’t worried about competition from Airbnb

Expedia may be about to plop down $3.9 billion to acquire an Airbnb competitor, but Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi insists that has… Read More

Nov 20, 2015, 5:19 PM

Multi-level marketing mobile service provider Solavei shuts down due to ‘competitive landscape’

Solavei is done. The Seattle-based startup, which used multi-level marketing tactics to win customers for its mobile phone service, announced that… Read More

Nov 20, 2015, 2:30 PM

Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy

Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly… Read More

Nov 20, 2015, 1:37 PM

Expedia cuts staff from Orbitz, two months after $1.6B acquisition

Expedia is cutting jobs at Orbitz two months after acquiring the travel booking website for $1.6 billion. A company spokesperson confirmed… Read More

Nov 20, 2015, 10:55 AM

Uber sued by former worker seeking at least $44M on behalf of all Washington state Uber drivers

A former Washington state Uber driver has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully classified as an independent contractor by the ride-sharing… Read More

Nov 20, 2015, 7:56 AM

New Groupon CEO says company is misunderstood by analysts, media, consumers

You don’t understand us. That’s the message from new Groupon CEO Rich Williams, who penned a blog post on Thursday… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 3:35 PM

Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine said some very dumb things about women and music today

If you’re a woman, you know how frustrating it is to talk music with some guys. The presumption is, because… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 9:21 AM

Square’s stock jumps 45 percent in opening hours as the IPO-weary tech world watches on

All eyes were on payments company Square on Thursday morning, as one of the Silicon Valley’s many so-called unicorns ventured… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 9:11 AM

Get ready for live-streamed extreme sports: Seattle startup Sioeye adds 4G connection to action cam

The history of people doing crazy stunts on camera is full of notable achievements. Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel jumped over… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 8:19 AM

Self-driving cars on highways in four years? Ford CEO Mark Fields aims to make it happen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aMWseMsqMk Have you ridden a self-driving Ford lately? They’re not on the market yet, but Ford President and CEO Mark Fields… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 9:24 PM

Google’s Nest Labs plans ‘top secret’ project at new Seattle engineering center

Nest Labs co-founder Matt Rogers was in Seattle on Wednesday to kick off the company’s new engineering center and to… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 2:36 PM

Zones co-founder Firoz Lalji returns to CEO position, replacing Murray Wright

Zones has replaced CEO Murray Wright with founder and former CEO Firoz Lalji. Wright was appointed as chief executive in… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 1:15 PM

Uber says it’s tired of waiting, calls on Port of Seattle to allow airport pickups ‘immediately’

Uber says tens of thousands of Seattle travelers walk out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport each month and pull out their… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 10:57 AM

GeekWire Game Night 2015: Scenes from our fun fall meetup

More than 225 people braved some blustery weather on Tuesday evening to join us for GeekWire Game Night, our annual fall meetup. It… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 10:37 AM

Sprint cuts competitors’ price in half again, calls it the ‘biggest wireless offer in U.S. history’

Sprint once again threw down the gauntlet in the wireless price-cutting war on Wednesday, introducing a promotion that will give… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 7:00 AM

Transpose shifts strategy to business customers, starts charging for its info management platform

Transpose announced a major strategy shift on Wednesday, as the Seattle startup is about to turn its full attention to business… Read More

Nov 17, 2015, 4:54 PM

China Diary: Microsoft Research in Asia, visiting the Uber of China, and eating duck in Beijing

BEIJING, China — Microsoft Research Asia. The Uber of China. Tsinghua University. And, some incredible Peking duck. It’s been a… Read More

Nov 16, 2015, 4:21 PM

Rdio to shut down streaming music service, sells assets to Pandora for $75M

Streaming music service Rdio will play its last song soon. The service, founded by Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstroem,… Read More

Nov 16, 2015, 1:45 PM

Seattle city council votes down municipal broadband pilot project

The Seattle City Council voted against a $5 million municipal broadband pilot program on Monday, delivering a major blow to groups that want to… Read More

Nov 15, 2015, 8:57 AM

HP boss Meg Whitman sees big opportunity to become ‘paragon of stability’ with Dell and EMC distracted by $67B merger

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Big acquisitions can be complex, time consuming and downright messy. HP knows this better than most,… Read More