Tech – Page 207 of 319

Apr 1, 2015, 1:19 PM

Uber driver accused of breaking into passenger’s house after dropping her off at airport

Uber helped Denver police track down one of its own drivers who allegedly tried to break into a passenger’s home shortly after dropping… Read More

Apr 1, 2015, 12:53 PM

Sling TV to add HBO, just in time for ‘Game of Thrones’ premiere

Sling TV announced today that it inked a deal to provide its customers will access to HBO – just in… Read More

Apr 1, 2015, 11:00 AM

GoDaddy raises $460M in IPO as stock surges more than 30% in NYSE debut

It’s been a nice first day as a public company for GoDaddy. The web-hosting company raised $460 million on Wednesday after… Read More

Apr 1, 2015, 9:11 AM

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff on what it takes to be an effective leader: Repetitive communication

It took 10 years for Spencer Rascoff and crew to build Zillow from a germ of an idea into a… Read More

Apr 1, 2015, 6:05 AM

Concur powers ahead with updates to App Center, TripLink

Concur kicked off its Fusion conference in San Francisco with updates to two of its business travel oriented services. Concur’s… Read More

Mar 31, 2015, 11:55 AM

Angie’s List shares drop following Amazon’s move into home improvement

Should Angie’s List be worried that a retail powerhouse like Amazon has entered the home improvement space? Following Amazon’s announcement yesterday, investors are selling… Read More

Mar 31, 2015, 10:05 AM

Chart: This is how crowded the streaming music industry is

It’s hard out there for a streaming music service in the U.S. A new chart from Statista shows just how… Read More

Mar 31, 2015, 9:03 AM

IPO market slows: Blame the billion-dollar ‘unicorns’

The market for initial public offerings softened in the first quarter, with a new report from Renaissance Capital indicating that… Read More

Mar 31, 2015, 8:13 AM

Intellectual Ventures licenses patents to Shazam music recognition app

Intellectual Ventures today announced that it has licensed its portfolio of 40,000 patents and patent applications to Shazam, makers of… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 9:11 PM

Netflix board adds Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith and Disney veteran Anne Sweeney

Netflix expanded its board of directors to nine members today with the addition of Brad Smith, the Microsoft general counsel;… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 9:31 AM

UW Alzheimer’s research group gets $6M boost from Ellison Family Foundation

The University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center received a $6 million donation from the Ellison Foundation to boost its efforts… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 9:12 AM

Premera’s family credit monitoring offer plagued by bugs of its own

Premera Blue Cross is offering free credit monitoring from Experian to help protect customers from a sophisticated online attack that potentially gave hackers access… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 9:01 AM

T-Mobile launches live coverage map to show off its network’s live performance

T-Mobile unveiled a new coverage map today that’s a bit different from what its competitors offer. Instead of generating a… Read More

Mar 29, 2015, 9:01 PM

Northeastern University continues expansion, plans to open new Silicon Valley campus

Northeastern University is opening a new branch campus in Silicon Valley, part of a plan by the Boston university to… Read More

Mar 27, 2015, 10:22 AM

HBO expanding Seattle engineering office in advance of HBO Now launch

HBO has signed a lease that will quadruple its office space in Seattle, expand its engineering capacity in the region following a shakeup last year.… Read More

Mar 27, 2015, 12:12 AM

Twitter launches Periscope, jumping into live mobile streaming market

Twitter has launched its own foray into the mobile live video streaming market with Periscope, an app that allows people… Read More

Mar 26, 2015, 6:00 PM

Hack the Commute: Can app developers fix Seattle’s traffic problems?

Buildings can be razed and replaced. Single-family homes can become multi-story apartment complexes. As Seattle adapts to its status as… Read More

Mar 26, 2015, 3:34 PM

Federal judge threatens to fine Expedia $1,000 a day in bag fee lawsuit

Paying for bag fees has apparently struck a nerve with a federal judge, who has turned down Expedia’s request to dismiss a… Read More

Mar 26, 2015, 2:54 PM

Taxi-hailing app Flywheel offers $5 flat-rate rides in Seattle, 4 other cities

Flywheel wants to attract new users, and it’s giving out dirt-cheap rides as a way to do so. The company, which develops a… Read More

Mar 26, 2015, 9:54 AM

Sling TV adds A&E, History Channel, Lifetime and more to streaming offering

Sling TV added six new channels to its over-the-top streaming service today. People who subscribe to the $20 a month “Best… Read More

Mar 26, 2015, 4:23 AM

Ignition looking to raise $200 million venture capital fund

Ignition, the Bellevue venture capital firm led by former Microsoft executives Frank Artale and John Connors as well as Silicon… Read More

Mar 25, 2015, 5:39 PM

Intellectual Ventures scores partial win in Motorola Mobility patent case

A jury in Delaware has ruled today that devices made by Motorola Mobility violated a patent having to do with… Read More

Mar 25, 2015, 11:30 AM

Introducing GeekWire Deals: Our new online store for the best gear, gadgets, classes and software

We’re excited to introduce you to our newest project: GeekWire Deals, an online store featuring deals on some of the best technology… Read More

Mar 25, 2015, 9:56 AM

Chris Pirillo is bringing Gnomedex back in Seattle — but don’t call it a conference

Gnomedex is making a comeback. Chris Pirillo’s tech conference, which started back in 2001 and was on a recent hiatus, will… Read More

Mar 25, 2015, 8:30 AM

Sidecar brings its fast-growing delivery service to Seattle, partners with Eat24

The next time you have food delivered in Seattle, it could very well be a Sidecar driver showing up at your… Read More

Mar 24, 2015, 2:47 PM

Transit, disrupted: My cushy ride with a San Francisco bus startup

SAN FRANCISCO — This city is home to a plethora of startups vying to disrupt all manner of ordinary daily functions.… Read More

Mar 24, 2015, 12:10 PM

Cray lands deal to provide 5 petaflop supercomputer to Petroleum Geo-Services

Cray announced today that it will be providing Petroleum Geo-Services with a massive five-petaflop XC40 supercomputer and Sonexion 2000 storage… Read More

Mar 24, 2015, 11:57 AM

Parallels rebrands its fast-growing service provider business as ‘Odin’

Parallels is rebranding its service provider business as “Odin,” creating a new identity for a part of the company that is growing fast but… Read More

Mar 24, 2015, 11:20 AM

Seattle City Council eliminates cable TV franchise districts, aiming for more competition

The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation that ditches a longstanding cable franchise district system — a decision that… Read More

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Mar 24, 2015, 8:55 AM

YouTube competitor Vessel courts new subscribers by waiving fees for a year

After months of closed pilots, Vessel, the video subscription service started by Former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom,… Read More