Tech – Page 228 of 319

Oct 23, 2014, 8:43 AM

First kittens, now flu shots: Uber delivering vaccines via UberHealth

Santa Claus, kittens, lunch, drug store items, and now, flu shots. Yep, that’s right — Uber is riding around town in… Read More

Oct 23, 2014, 8:11 AM

Rhapsody names interim CEO, looks to bolster music service worldwide

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music streaming service that’s battling the likes of Apple, Spotify and Pandora for the eardrums of consumers,… Read More

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Oct 22, 2014, 4:32 PM

University of Washington researchers land $1.5M grant to build more efficient solar cells

A group of University of Washington researchers was awarded $1.5 million today as part of a national grant to reduce the… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 4:00 PM

Microsoft alumni group giving $175k to former employees’ nonprofit ventures

The Microsoft Alumni Foundation has announced new grants and matching funds totaling $175,000 for former employees whose philanthropy and nonprofit work has been… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 1:32 PM

Outerwall to receive $16.8 million payment as money-losing Redbox Instant joint venture winds down

Redbox Instant just couldn’t make it in the streaming video world against Netflix, Amazon and others, and that’s why Bellevue-based… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 12:29 PM

Jukebox hero? Pandora offers musicians stats on how often they get played

Pandora has started offering musicians more details about how users on its online radio service are interacting with the songs… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 10:33 AM

Hardware accelerator Highway1 moves to rolling admissions for future classes

Highway1, a San Francisco-based startup accelerator for hardware companies, just opened its next round of applications. But this time, there’s… Read More

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Oct 22, 2014, 7:52 AM

Venuelabs unveils AboutLocal to help merchants monitor social media chatter

Seattle startup Venuelabs today unveiled AboutLocal, a new service that helps merchants listen to what is being said about them… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 7:29 AM

Comcast Ventures leads $7M investment in marketing upstart Lytics

Portland-based Lytics, a marketing software startup that helps companies boost brand loyalty and increase conversion rates, raised $7 million in… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 5:00 AM

Groupon rolls out local listings for all merchants — coupons or not

Groupon is officially unveiling a Yelp-like listings service today called Groupon Pages that aims to make the company a go-to destination… Read More

Oct 21, 2014, 3:18 PM

Yahoo beats expectations, promises to give some Alibaba cash back to shareholders

Yahoo’s financials this quarter have blown past expectations set for the company by Wall Street at a time when there… Read More

Oct 21, 2014, 12:00 PM

Nokia’s HERE maps app hits wide release on Android

Nokia launched a version of its HERE maps app for Android today that can be installed on most Android devices.… Read More

Oct 21, 2014, 10:13 AM

TableSafe raises $2M to help restaurant patrons pay bills quickly and securely

TableSafe is looking to transform how you pay restaurant bills. The Seattle company — maker of the RAIL bill paying… Read More

Oct 21, 2014, 4:30 AM

Former Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $26M for Snowflake, a data warehousing startup

Bob Muglia is floating in the clouds, or should we say on some snowflakes. The longtime Microsoft veteran — who… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 7:45 PM

Smells like STEAM spirit in Seattle

With Microsoft, Amazon and T-Mobile in Seattle’s backyard, it’s not surprising to find technology making its way into the region’s… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 5:00 PM

Here are the top 125 cities with the best mobile performance

If you want the best mobile connections, move to Chicago, Oklahoma City, or Lansing. That’s according to the latest study… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 3:01 PM

Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Instacart will deliver you one within an hour

Some people spend hours, days, and even weeks preparing the most badass Halloween costume possible. For the rest of us,… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 2:15 PM

uberX, Lyft approved to pick up and drop off passengers at SFO

San Francisco International Airport is now allowing the three major on-demand transportation startups to pick up and drop off passengers… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 12:38 PM

Inside ‘DubHacks’: Results from a first-ever UW collegiate hackathon

Great things come from little preparation and no sleep — at least that was the case for students who spent… Read More

Oct 20, 2014, 9:42 AM

Marc Andreessen steps down from eBay’s board anyway

Marc Andreessen said he is stepping down from eBay’s board months after shareholder activisit Carl Icahn was seeking a similar change to the… Read More

Oct 17, 2014, 1:15 PM

Stats: This is the gender pay gap at Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech companies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week inadvertently put the tech industry’s gender gap in the spotlight by saying that women shouldn’t ask for… Read More

Oct 17, 2014, 9:32 AM

Coming soon to your Twitter timeline: More stuff you didn’t ask for

Twitter users, get ready to see more tweets from people you don’t know. In a blog post, the social networking… Read More

Oct 17, 2014, 8:26 AM

Beyond Ebola: Infectious disease has gone global, health experts warn

The arrival of Ebola in the U.S. should serve as a high-profile reminder of how quickly — and inevitably — infectious disease… Read More

Oct 16, 2014, 9:44 AM

Chart: Washington state jobless rate rises slightly to 5.9 percent

The economy is still humming in Washington state, thanks in part to booming technology companies like Amazon, Tableau, Zillow and… Read More

Oct 16, 2014, 8:00 AM

Bean Box: A collection of coffee from Seattle roasters, delivered to your door each month

Sending a monthly collection of fresh coffee roasts to people around the country probably wasn’t in Lucky Oyster’s business plan. But… Read More

Oct 15, 2014, 7:02 PM

Neighborhood social network Nextdoor teams with the City of Seattle

Emerald City users of Nextdoor now have a new away to stay on top of news from the City of… Read More

Oct 15, 2014, 1:38 PM

Netflix stock sinks after customer growth misses expectations

Shares of Netflix fell more than 25 percent in after hours trading today after the online video juggernaut said that… Read More

Oct 15, 2014, 12:15 PM

Lessons from the King of Denmark: How taxi cabs, hotels and others can compete with upstarts Uber, Airbnb

Long-standing businesses that are seeing fast-growing startups like Uber and Airbnb take away their revenues could learn a thing or two… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 7:30 PM

August Smart Lock skips over pre-order customers to stock Apple stores instead

Home automation company August launched their flagship Smart Lock today to much fanfare, glowing reviews (well, mostly), and an announcement… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 5:00 PM

Inside CenturyLink’s fast-growing dev center: Shaking up the cloud with innovative work spaces

CenturyLink’s new cloud development center in downtown Bellevue boasts all of the cool amenities of a typical high-tech office space.… Read More