Tech – Page 254 of 319

Jan 23, 2014, 1:03 PM

How Twitter’s engineering teams maintain great company culture

As Chris Fry and Raffi Krikorian talk about Twitter’s ambitions as a company, the phrase “change the world,” is repeated numerous times. Lots of… Read More

Jan 23, 2014, 10:02 AM

Paul Allen’s Fayve app updated with new tricks for finding the best movies and TV shows

Fayve, the movie and television catalog and discovery app from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Technologies, has been updated with new features… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 8:20 PM

Lego landmarks: These incredibly detailed buildings are tiny architectural marvels

If you’re a fan of Legos and share an appreciation for architecture, a visit to a new exhibit in Seattle… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 5:19 PM

Northwest Energy Angels renamed Element 8 as group invests $3.8M in 2013

Northwest Energy Angels, the cleantech investment organization, today took on a new name: Element 8. The group’s decision to rebrand… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 4:21 PM

Photos: A look inside Twitter’s new Seattle engineering office

Google and Facebook have already opened up a permanent office in Seattle. Now, Twitter can say the same. On the 20th… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 2:11 PM

Shares of F5 soar, CEO expresses optimism for year ahead

Seattle-based F5 Networks saw its stock increase more than eight percent in after hours trading following the company’s fiscal first-quarter… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 1:24 PM

Netflix adds 2.3 million new users in the U.S., posts $1.175B in quarterly revenue

Netflix announced today that its 4th quarter revenue was $1.175 Billion, a 24 percent increase over last year. The company… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 12:51 PM

Startup field trip: Seattle’s top female CEOs help 7th-grade girls learn about entrepreneurship

Inside the pink-laden walls of Julep’s office lobby, the high-pitched demands of seventh-grade girls fill the room. Julep CEO Jane… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 10:23 AM

Danica Patrick in a muscle suit? GoDaddy’s new Super Bowl ad breaks with tradition

There’s plenty of skin in GoDaddy’s upcoming Super Bowl campaign, but not in the way you’d expect. The company this… Read More

Jan 22, 2014, 9:14 AM

Study: Majority of U.S. adults call themselves early adopters of new technology

Early adopters of new technology typically make up a small segment of the population. But a new study shows that… Read More

Jan 21, 2014, 12:03 PM

Warren Buffett promises $1 billion award to a March Madness perfectionist

It is not easy predicting the winner of every single game during the annual men’s college basketball tournament, also known… Read More

Jan 21, 2014, 10:57 AM

Bill Gates predicts that there will be almost no poor countries by 2035

Bill Gates’ just published his sixth annual letter and it came with a bold prediction from the Microsoft co-founder. The World… Read More

Jan 21, 2014, 9:11 AM

Social media study: Here’s how the world’s top brands effectively use Twitter

Most of the world’s top brands have utilized Twitter as a marketing tool, but some are doing better than others… Read More

Jan 19, 2014, 8:00 AM

2″ x 3.5″ evolution: Business cards reflect our tech

All hail the lowly business card. For it is the most concise chronicler of the advances in communications technology. Despite… Read More

Jan 17, 2014, 5:05 PM

This Valve engineer built a machine that makes perfect cookies

Ben Krasnow is no stranger to hacking. The Valve engineer has created X-rays with a vacuum tube, once built a hybrid… Read More

Jan 16, 2014, 10:42 AM

Tech Moves: Sarah Bird assumes CEO role at Moz; Haiku Deck hires Dan Gerrity

—Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin officially handed over the CEO reins to COO Sarah Bird this week, a move that comes… Read More

Jan 16, 2014, 10:29 AM

Sacramento Kings become first sports franchise to accept Bitcoin

The Bitcoin craze continues to reach businesses all over the world, and now sports franchises are catching on, too. The… Read More

Jan 16, 2014, 10:27 AM

T-Mobile hosting Macklemore concert, and John Legere gets to stay this time

Little did AT&T know how much material they were giving John Legere when they booted the T-Mobile CEO out of… Read More

Jan 15, 2014, 3:54 PM

Shakeup at Yahoo: COO Henrique de Castro is out

Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro will be leaving the company tomorrow, according to an SEC filing from the company today. No reason… Read More

Jan 15, 2014, 12:25 PM

In one month, 500K students sign up for Code.org’s computer science 101 course

Code.org is on a mission to get more kids learning about computer science, and so far, the Seattle-based non-profit seems to… Read More

Jan 14, 2014, 4:09 PM

GoDaddy hires Microsoft vet Arne Josefsberg as CIO to build out cloud infrastructure

GoDaddy has hired 26-year Microsoft data center and cloud computing veteran Arne Josefsberg as its new chief infrastructure officer and chief information… Read More

Jan 14, 2014, 3:45 PM

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla rips 60 Minutes, says ‘Cleantech Crash’ story uses ‘Benghazi-style reporting’

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. In a 2,111-word missive,… Read More

Jan 14, 2014, 11:04 AM

Court strikes down Net Neutrality rules: What it means

Net neutrality rules created by the Federal Communications Commission were struck down today in a ruling by the United States… Read More

Jan 14, 2014, 8:58 AM

Study: A majority of kids are now reading with e-books

The shift to electronic books is clearly apparent with kids, as a new study shows that 67 percent of U.S.… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 6:07 PM

Why these UW researchers had their own booth at CES

The giant Consumer Electronics Show is known for glitzy, multi-story booths, showing off the next big products from some of… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 5:48 PM

Twitter’s new web site design: Love it, or hate it?

For users of Twitter’s web interface, it’s a brand new day, design-wise. The social network is in the process of… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 5:13 PM

Geek Madness Console Wars Final Four: Xbox 360 vs. Nintendo 64; SNES vs. NES

It started with 24 epic gaming machines and just like that, we’re down to the final four contenders in Geek… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 12:13 PM

Bill Gates: India being polio-free is ‘one of the most impressive accomplishments in global health’

For the past three years, not a single person in India has been diagnosed with polio. The country is now… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 11:07 AM

Upset taxi drivers in Paris attack Uber car carrying Eventbrite co-founder in violent protest

Taxi companies around the world aren’t happy with the emergence of startups like Uber, but in Paris, the anger has… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 9:16 AM

The rich get richer: VC dollars concentrate in top funds

Well, it’s the same old story in the venture capital business. The dominant big funds keep gaining momentum, while the… Read More