Tech – Page 193 of 319

Jul 10, 2015, 4:48 PM

Ignition raising new venture fund to support existing portfolio companies

Ignition Partners, the backer of companies such as Chef, Couchbase, Heroku and others, is raising a new annex fund to… Read More

Jul 10, 2015, 3:05 PM

Ellen Pao steps down as Reddit CEO, co-founder Steve Huffman takes over

Ellen Pao is out at Reddit. The New York Times reported Friday afternoon that the interim CEO, who took over this… Read More

Jul 10, 2015, 11:35 AM

Geek on the Street: Are you using Venmo to replace cash?

There is one particular experience that many college students have shared, including me, over the past year. A strange and unfamiliar word quickly… Read More

Jul 9, 2015, 4:31 PM

PebbleBee crushes crowdfunding goal for new device that controls your smartphone from afar

PebbleBee already helps more 30,000 people locate lost personal items with its Bluetooth-enabled device called Honey. Now the company is developing… Read More

Jul 9, 2015, 2:06 PM

Fast-growing Tableau inks huge lease in Seattle, with room to accommodate 1,300 employees

Tableau continues to take over “The Center of the Universe.” The Seattle-based maker of data visualization software today announced that… Read More

Jul 9, 2015, 10:00 AM

We’re not smoking something: This marijuana startup is valued at half a billion dollars

We all know there’s a lot of money to be made in the pot business, especially in states like Washington… Read More

Jul 9, 2015, 6:00 AM

SEC filing: Ex-Microsoft manager raises $202M for enterprise software-focused venture fund

Tola Ventures co-founder Sheila Gulati is not saying much about her Seattle firm, with the former investment banker and ex-Microsoft… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 10:51 PM

Why this startup has an ‘unfair advantage’ making apps for Microsoft HoloLens

We’ve already seen some awesome applications for the HoloLens, from teaching a reporter how to replace a light switch to a… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 6:06 PM

Cat picture pioneer Ben Huh steps down as CEO of Cheezburger

It’s the final roar, or should we say meow for Ben Huh. The charismatic CEO of Seattle-based online humor site… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 3:59 PM

Electronic fleet tracking company Zonar Systems raises $50M, including cash from Daimler Trucks

Zonar Systems, a Seattle area company that provides electronic fleet inspection and tracking systems for public and private fleets, has scored… Read More

Jul 7, 2015, 12:48 PM

Court rejects Intellectual Ventures appeal in Capital One case, citing ‘unpatentable abstract ideas’

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled against Intellectual Ventures in a dispute with Capital One… Read More

Jul 7, 2015, 9:52 AM

A victory for anonymous commenters: Appeals court protects reviewer’s identity, in win for Avvo

Anonymous commenting has won in Washington state. A state appeals court sided with Avvo on Monday in the lawyer review site’s legal fight against… Read More

Jul 6, 2015, 9:42 AM

The IPO market reignited in Q2 for venture-backed companies, but M&A deals slowed to a 12-year low

There’s a lot of talk of unicorns these days — private companies that are raising piles of venture capital at… Read More

Jul 6, 2015, 8:32 AM

GoPro’s new Hero4 Session is its smallest camera ever, at a not-so-small price

GoPro announced its smallest camera ever today. The Hero4 Session is cube-shaped camera that’s waterproof right out of the box, forgoing the… Read More

Jul 3, 2015, 12:05 PM

Microsoft’s executive shake-up and new mission, a DIY air conditioner and other top posts for the month of June

Things certainly heated up at GeekWire during the month of June. We reported live from the U.S. Open golf tournament,… Read More

Jul 2, 2015, 10:59 AM

UW still pursuing new computer science building despite budget setback

The University of Washington’s Computer Science & Engineering Department is pressing ahead with plans for a second building on campus, despite… Read More

Jul 2, 2015, 10:16 AM

Exclusive: Intelius sold to private equity firm, Naveen Jain leaving to launch health tech startup

Background check provider Intelius and its Bellevue-based parent company, Inome Inc., have been sold to private equity firm H.I.G. in… Read More

Jul 2, 2015, 8:20 AM

IT and biotech leaders at odds over recently-passed state budget

On January 1, two state tax breaks expired that were decades old, and have been described as fundamental to Washington’s… Read More

Jul 1, 2015, 2:12 PM

A perception problem: Seattle’s biotech industry should not be a hidden secret

Seattle is well known for making airplanes, coffee and software. But when it comes to cutting-edge biotechnology and health services,… Read More

Jul 1, 2015, 9:27 AM

Big data startup Mattermark establishes new Seattle engineering outpost

Mattermark, a San Francisco startup led by the husband-and-wife team of Pacific Northwest natives Kevin and Danielle Morrill, is establishing… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 2:49 PM

Washington’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund fading away after being hit by state budget woes

The Life Sciences Discovery Fund — an investment vehicle used to fund early-stage biotechnology and life science research in the… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 10:42 AM

Fred Hutch president says they’ve got cancer ‘running scared,’ predicts cure in 10 years

There’s a tsunami on the horizon, and it has cancer “running scared.” Those were the words from Fred Hutchinson Cancer… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 9:00 AM

UIEvolution embarks on partnership with Holland America to bring modern entertainment to cruises

A cruise through the Mediterranean takes you by ancient wonders and beautiful vistas, but a 12-day cruise also means you’ll… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 9:00 AM

Uber is paying developers $5 for each new sign-up they help refer

Developers who use Uber’s API for their own apps will now earn $5 for each referral they help create. Uber… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 8:16 AM

Expedia has a president again: Tech leader Aman Bhutani elevated to big role at online travel giant

Expedia today named engineering leader Aman Bhutani as the new president of its flagship Expedia brand and related businesses, taking over… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 5:30 AM

America’s most reputable tech companies: Samsung replaces Nintendo, Apple drops to No. 21

Samsung is the most reputable tech company in the U.S., replacing Nintendo, which held the top spot a year earlier,… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 4:30 AM

Office 365 migration service SkyKick raises $10M, rolls out new cloud management product

SkyKick, a Seattle-based company that helps businesses migrate to Office 365, has raised an additional $10 million in capital to… Read More

Jun 29, 2015, 3:57 PM

Juno CEO Hans Bishop: The $1 billion Celgene deal could be the ‘most productive’ collaboration in biotech

Juno Therapeutics is no stranger to huge financing deals. The Seattle biotech company, which emerged on the scene just two… Read More

Jun 29, 2015, 1:52 PM

Juno stock skyrockets after Celgene invests $1 billion to change the way cancer is treated

Shares of Seattle-based biotech startup Juno Therapeutics spiked more than 60 percent in after-hours trading on Monday after the company announced… Read More

Jun 29, 2015, 10:04 AM

Wedding planner startup OneWed sells, co-founder takes CEO job at fast-growing Garmentory

John Scrofano went from helping plan weddings to helping boutiques make more money. The Seattle-based entrepreneur, who previously co-founded a… Read More