Tech – Page 260 of 319

Nov 15, 2013, 12:38 PM

Six-person triple blind date: Reliving my fun, awkward Grouper dating experience

Slightly awkward. Super exciting. And lots of fun. That pretty much sums up my first Grouper experience last night, when myself… Read More

Nov 15, 2013, 11:10 AM

Q&A: CEO Darrell Cavens on Zulily’s IPO and its future as a public company

Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens built an online retailing powerhouse over the past four years, driving massive growth while keeping a… Read More

Nov 15, 2013, 9:55 AM

Here’s how Seattle’s King County uses online public meetings to learn what citizens actually care about

Government officials often hold public meetings as a way to hear from citizens and find out what’s going on in… Read More

Nov 15, 2013, 9:31 AM

Shares of Zulily skyrocket in IPO debut, open at $39.40

Everything about Zulily throughout its short history has been fast, so much so that employees of the Seattle daily deals… Read More

Nov 15, 2013, 8:13 AM

Photo of the day: 5-year-old son of Darrell Cavens introduces Zulily to Wall Street

Shares of Zulily are to begin trading this morning after the Seattle-based daily deals site priced its IPO at $22… Read More

Nov 15, 2013, 7:34 AM

Digital marketing firm AudienceScience lands funding

AudienceScience, the Bellevue-based digital marketing company, has raised additional funds according to a recent SEC filing. The company declined to comment… Read More

Nov 14, 2013, 3:51 PM

Zulily prices IPO at $22 per share, raising $140 million for fast-growing daily deal site

Zulily, the fast-growing daily deal site for kid’s gear and apparel, priced its initial public offering at $22 per share… Read More

Nov 14, 2013, 2:42 PM

The new-and-improved six-person triple blind date: Prepping for my first Grouper dating experience

I’m 23, single, and ready to freakin’ mingle. That’s why I’m excited — and a tad bit nervous — to go… Read More

Nov 14, 2013, 10:44 AM

Visualant partners with Intellectual Ventures to help commercialize light-based identification technology

Visualant, a Seattle-based company that offers authentication and diagnostic solutions, today announced a partnership with Intellectual Ventures to spur commercialization of… Read More

Nov 14, 2013, 10:10 AM

Watson has an API: IBM takes Jeopardy champ to the cloud

IBM announced today that it’s opening up partnerships for developers to work with Watson, its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer. What made it… Read More

Nov 14, 2013, 9:34 AM

Instapiration: Skedadel uses Instagram photos to help recommend things to do, places to see

Discovery apps like Yelp, Urbanspoon and Foursquare have proven useful to millions of people, but Peter Boctor sees a problem… Read More

Nov 13, 2013, 11:16 AM

Europe set follow U.S., allow use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing

Frequent fliers across the pond in Europe will soon be able to use their electronic devices from gate-to-gate. Similar to… Read More

Nov 13, 2013, 9:24 AM

Want to own sandwich.com? Yahoo has an auction for you

As a part of doing business on the Internet, Yahoo picked up a bunch of domains. They were holding onto… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 5:22 PM

Here’s how Cheezburger executed a kickass kitten delivery viral marketing stunt with Uber

It’s not easy putting together a one-day viral marketing campaign in three cities that involves cute kittens, customized cupcakes and… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 11:05 AM

University of Washington part of 5-year, $37.8M effort to apply data science to genetics, economics and other fields

It’s becoming an increasingly data driven world. And those organizations that can make sense of the vast arrays of information… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 9:12 AM

Survey: Majority of tech execs say talent shortage is stunting growth

New survey results from Technology Councils of North America reaffirm the lack of tech talent available to employers. TECNA, a non-profit… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 7:44 AM

Money-losing Dendreon to cut 150 employees in bid to become ‘nimble’ biotech company

Once a rising star in Seattle’s biotechnology community, Dendreon Corp. announced Tuesday that it is reducing its staff by 15… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 6:21 AM

Study: Black Friday shoppers most likely to showroom at bookstores

Smartphones are changing the way we go shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, and now a new study shows how people plan… Read More

Nov 11, 2013, 6:11 PM

Smartwatch Diary: The good, bad and ugly of wearing a Samsung Galaxy Gear for the past week

It’s been fun wearing Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smartwatch for the past week. Nearly everyone who sees it has some… Read More

Nov 11, 2013, 3:42 PM

T-Mobile building its war chest by selling more than 66M shares

T-Mobile, in the middle of a campaign to upend the wireless industry, is aiming to give itself more financial resources… Read More

Nov 11, 2013, 12:28 PM

From doctor to dog sitter: Why this MD left the hospital to take care of four-legged friends

The barking in the background at times makes it difficult to hear Jennifer Tserng describe the last few years of… Read More

Nov 11, 2013, 8:32 AM

Long-time comic book publisher Fantagraphics using Kickstarter to help save business

It has been a rough last couple of months for the folks at Fantagraphics, the Seattle-based comic book and graphic… Read More

Nov 10, 2013, 7:05 PM

This handheld device helps you lose weight by detecting acetone levels in your breath

Determining whether that three-mile run or the 8-minute abs session helped trim more pounds is difficult to measure for most… Read More

Nov 9, 2013, 7:51 AM

Alaska Airlines flyers can now use electronic devices from gate-to-gate, starting today

You may not have to interrupt that movie, book or game next time you’re flying on Alaska Airlines. The Seattle-based… Read More

Nov 8, 2013, 11:46 AM

Way beyond dot-com: New era begins with orders for .menu, .luxury and other ‘gTLDs’

Can’t get your favorite dot-com address? GoDaddy announced today that it will start taking pre-registrations for a quartet of new… Read More

Nov 8, 2013, 9:43 AM

Report: Gogo users will be able to make calls and text in flight

Fresh off its deal with Glympse to allow users to share their location while up in the air, in-flight Wi-Fi… Read More

Nov 8, 2013, 7:51 AM

Bartell Drugs to bring print-on-demand book publishing machine to Seattle store

Thanks to a new partnership, you’ll soon be able to pick up a new book with your prescription refills. Bartell… Read More

Nov 7, 2013, 6:07 PM

Adobe breach hit more than 150 million usernames and passwords

It seems like we may be closing in on the total size of Adobe’s password security breach, and it’s big.… Read More

Nov 7, 2013, 3:22 PM

Tech Moves: Priceline CEO steps down; Barrie Cohen heads NWEN; Boeing names CIO; and more

—Priceline President and CEO Jeff Boyd has stepped down from his chief executive position in a surprising move announced during… Read More

Nov 7, 2013, 3:06 PM

Twitter’s 1st day as TWTR: Shares closes at $44.90 after opening at $45.10

Day 1 as a public company is in the books for Twitter (TWTR), which saw a relatively steady day on the… Read More