Tech – Page 265 of 319

Sep 30, 2013, 3:24 PM

Crowd-sourced cold surveillance: This smartphone app may help better predict flu outbreaks

In some cases, the bacteria that accumulates on our the surface of our smartphones can make us sick. But now… Read More

Sep 30, 2013, 12:42 PM

Bang with Friends sex app reaches settlement with Zynga over ‘With Friends’ trademark

Bang With Friends Inc., makers of the controversial Bang With Friends app, will be forced to change its company name… Read More

Sep 30, 2013, 12:10 PM

Bill Gates invests in power grid networking company Varentec

Bill Gates, along with Khosla Ventures, has invested over $8 million as part of a Series B funding round for a… Read More

Sep 30, 2013, 10:11 AM

iPhone shows summer sales gains over Android in U.S.

While some analysts are convinced that Apple’s smartphone business is doomed, new sales data would seem to indicate that the… Read More

Sep 29, 2013, 3:02 PM

Review: In ‘Age of Context,’ Scoble and Israel focus on the possibilities of technology

When asked what the future of personal technology might look like, I usually refer the questioner to Rainbows End. This… Read More

Sep 27, 2013, 1:37 PM

Evernote, Salesforce CEOs: If you want work-life balance, work somewhere else

SAN FRANCISCO – If there’s one truism about Silicon Valley, it’s that work-life balance is hard to come by. At… Read More

Sep 27, 2013, 1:13 PM

How smartphone apps are forcing kids to be more narrow-minded, less creative

Smartphone apps can be really useful. They give us spot-on directions, recommend great places to eat and offer access to… Read More

Sep 26, 2013, 2:30 PM

Ride-sharing companies not shutting down in Seattle — for now

Ride-sharing startups like Sidecar, Lyft and UberX can continue to operate in Seattle without regulation — for now. The Seattle… Read More

Sep 26, 2013, 12:43 PM

Evernote strengthens ties to physical products with new notebooks, Post-its, scanner

SAN FRANCISCO – The company behind one of the leading digital notetaking programs actually isn’t interested in making the world… Read More

Sep 26, 2013, 9:24 AM

Here’s why 36 million Americans still don’t use the Internet

Many of you reading this article would probably agree that life without the Internet would be a little troublesome in… Read More

Sep 25, 2013, 12:04 PM

Twitter is now an emergency aid service

Twitter launched Twitter Alerts today as a way for public institutions and NGOs to send out emergency alerts via text… Read More

Sep 25, 2013, 8:47 AM

First look: Amazon’s Kindle Fire ‘Origami’ stand in action

How does your tablet stand up? No, literally. A day after Microsoft debuted a new version of its Surface tablet… Read More

Sep 25, 2013, 5:00 AM

Digital ad vet Clark Kokich named chief strategy officer at Marchex

Marchex is making a big bet on mobile performance advertising, and it has hired an experienced leader to help lead… Read More

Sep 24, 2013, 6:01 PM

RealNetworks tries to get back in sync with new ‘RealPlayer Cloud’ service

One of the original brands behind the Internet media revolution, RealPlayer, is making a push into the cloud era with… Read More

Sep 24, 2013, 5:34 PM

Here’s why Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff loves treadmill desks

When Spencer Rascoff first set up a treadmill desk inside the Zillow‘s Seattle HQ, lots of people made fun him. What… Read More

Sep 24, 2013, 3:58 PM

Bungie design director Joseph Staten leaves game company after 15 years

Bungie design director Joseph Staten, who was the lead writer for the company’s huge ‘Destiny’ game, is leaving the company… Read More

Sep 24, 2013, 11:34 AM

ASI Semiconductor inks patent deal with Intellectual Ventures for transistor technology

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures (IV) announced a new patent licensing deal today with ASI Semiconductor Inc., a small Los Angeles company… Read More

Sep 23, 2013, 3:51 PM

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley announces resignation

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley is resigning from the board of directors and the top post after more than a decade… Read More

Sep 23, 2013, 2:32 PM

Here’s a way to hide Breaking Bad spoilers from your Twitter timeline

Twitter can be great at times, but when you’ve missed an episode of your favorite show, it can be pretty… Read More

Sep 23, 2013, 12:14 PM

Investor group to buy BlackBerry for $4.7B

Ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry has finally found a buyer. Fairfax Financial Holdings, which has a 10 percent stake in BlackBerry,… Read More

Sep 21, 2013, 7:50 PM

The next wave of news: Peer-to-peer livestreaming

Twitter enabled any person to reach anyone in the world directly with 140 characters of text. And, of course, you… Read More

Sep 20, 2013, 1:22 PM

Apple adds ability to stream content to Apple TV straight from iCloud

As if the launch of two new phones wasn’t enough to keep Apple busy, the company rolled out an update… Read More

Sep 20, 2013, 12:09 PM

Carena signs another deal, offers $35 virtual doctor visits to millions in Kentucky

Another day, another healthcare deal for Carena. Seattle-based Carena is now partnering with KentuckyOne Health, the largest healthcare system in… Read More

Sep 20, 2013, 9:55 AM

Seattle may shut down ride-sharing companies as it establishes regulations

Startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar cleared a monumental hurdle on Thursday after the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to… Read More

Sep 20, 2013, 9:00 AM

Microsoft’s revamped financials reveal the new (and difficult) road ahead

Microsoft has overhauled its financial reporting structure to go along with its “One Microsoft” reorganization. As expected, the new approach… Read More

Sep 18, 2013, 4:50 PM

Underwater lab: UW researchers install 14 miles of cables, cameras, sensors on ocean floor

Resting on the sea floor 300 miles west of the Oregon Coast are corals, fish, crabs, and now — thanks… Read More

Sep 18, 2013, 12:30 PM

Are you freaked out yet? Tech execs debate business opportunities in privacy

Listening to the speakers at this year’s Privacy Identity Innovation conference — experts with years of experience on the front… Read More

Sep 18, 2013, 9:54 AM

Judge rules in favor of Pandora in important licensing case

Brian McAndrews, former head of aQuantive and Pandora’s new CEO got some good news today from the company’s law firm:… Read More

Sep 17, 2013, 5:35 PM

Beauty and the Geek: Watch Bill Nye dance with beakers

OK, so the judges weren’t all that impressed with Bill Nye’s dancing debut on Dancing With The Stars Monday night.… Read More

Sep 17, 2013, 3:03 PM

Hey, lady coders: Ada Developers Academy wants to turn you into an all-star programmer — for free

If you’re a female who wants to learn how to code but aren’t quite willing to shell out the dough… Read More