Tech – Page 272 of 319

Jul 2, 2013, 6:03 AM

Redbox parent Outerwall buying ecoATM kiosk company for $350M

Outerwall, the Bellevue-based company formerly known as Coinstar, is buying ecoATM, a San Diego company that makes automated kiosks for buying… Read More

Jul 1, 2013, 7:53 PM

Looking for your next RSS reader? Here’s our guide to the post-Google Reader era

I’ve used Google Reader for as long as it has existed, which means that I’ve been on the hunt for… Read More

Jul 1, 2013, 1:11 PM

Confirmed: Zynga names Microsoft Xbox chief Mattrick CEO

Updated below with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s email about Mattrick’s departure. Zynga just confirmed that Don Mattrick, previously the head… Read More

Jul 1, 2013, 8:58 AM

IPOs pick up steam in Q2 led by Tableau, but M&A falters

The market for initial public offerings gained some momentum in the second quarter as 21 companies started trading on public… Read More

Jul 1, 2013, 7:28 AM

Tech Moves: Skytap taps HP exec as CEO; Bsquare’s board changes; RF Surgical names CEO; and more

—Seattle cloud automation startup Skytap has named Thor Culverhouse as CEO. Culverhouse is the former president of Stratavia, which was acquired by… Read More

Jul 1, 2013, 6:38 AM

CityGrid chops two-thirds of staff; Urbanspoon untouched

CityGrid Media, the local search pioneer and parent company of Urbanspoon, Insider Pages and Citysearch, has cut two-thirds of its… Read More

Jun 28, 2013, 4:56 PM

Alaska Airlines flights grounded temporarily due to computer ‘hiccup’

[Update: The company says via Twitter that the systems are back and flights are being dispatched again.] Alaska Airlines flights… Read More

Jun 28, 2013, 10:56 AM

Moving on up: Why Concur traded its suburban campus for an upscale downtown high-rise

As we noted a few months ago, Concur is growing so fast that it can’t quite keep up with demand. A… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 7:15 PM

Here’s how to score cash from Tony Conrad of True Ventures: Build a movement

As a member of the founding team at True Ventures, Tony Conrad has made a few odd bets. He bet… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 2:07 PM

UW students build bad-ass Formula racecar, take 1st place at worldwide competition

After nearly one year of hard work and more than 60,000 hours of planning, building and testing, an engineering team… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 11:55 AM

First porn app for Google Glass relaunches, stripped of explicit content

“Tits & Glass” is back … kind of. Earlier this month, Seattle-based adult app marketplace Mikandi got lots of attention for releasing the… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 11:28 AM

Video: Foursquare’s first tablet app is for Windows 8

SAN FRANCISCO — Location check-in service Foursquare is expanding beyond smartphone apps to tablets, and it’s starting with a native… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 10:09 AM

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources partners with 3D printing giant

Just a few months after partnering with the nation’s largest engineering firm, Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company Planetary Resources announced a new investment from a… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 8:30 AM

Tech Moves: Doug Aley leaves Zulily for Room 77; Vittana taps CEO; Ex-RealNetworks CEO lands at Brightcove; UserMind; etc.

Doug Aley is jumping back into the online travel business, taking a new job as vice president of product development… Read More

Jun 27, 2013, 6:32 AM

Tableau makes Tableau Desktop free to investigative journalists, letting them keep projects private

Tableau Software is making its premium Tableau Desktop data visualization software free to members of the Investigative Reporters & Editors… Read More

Jun 26, 2013, 6:54 PM

Poppy blows past $40,000 Kickstarter goal in 9 hours, with promise to turn your iPhone into a 3D camera

Well, that sure didn’t take long. Poppy, the oddly-shaped 3D photo and video viewing device that uses an iPhone to… Read More

Jun 26, 2013, 2:46 PM

Nanostring IPO disappoints as shares fall 20% on first day

It was a tough first day on the stock market for Seattle’s NanoString Technologies, with shares falling 19.4 percent on Wednesday as… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 7:30 PM

Turning dead trees into gas: Biofuel research could spark new fuels

University of Washington researcher Fernando Resende is getting ready for the day that we run out of fossil fuels. Originally… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 5:18 PM

Study: Women avoid computer science careers because they think ‘nerds’ are smelly and pale

Blame “The Big Bang Theory” for the lack of women in tech. That’s the conclusion from new research out of… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 4:39 PM

New Boeing website lets you track 787s in real time, look out virtual windows

Are you bored? Do you need a break from watching the Pitch Drop Experiment? Boeing has a solution: A site… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 11:00 AM

Sprint shareholders clear Softbank merger as Clearwire vote approaches

Telco acquisitions are starting to seem like Matryoshka dolls, following news from today’s Sprint shareholder meeting. 98 percent of the… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 10:58 AM

Why this ISP is wary of Seattle’s new gigabit Internet provider

There was a lot of excitement in Seattle on Monday after Washington D.C. broadband developer Gigabit Squared announced its residential rates for the ultra high-speed fiber… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 9:01 AM

Corporate wellness company Keas snags $8M from Ignition and Atlas Venture

Keas, a corporate wellness program based out of San Francisco, has just received $8 million in funding from Ignition Partners… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 8:51 AM

Study: 70% of Americans don’t like their jobs — what about you?

A majority of U.S. workers are not engaged at their jobs and it’s costing the country $450 billion to $550… Read More

Jun 25, 2013, 7:46 AM

Looking to commercialize cancer treatments, Seattle Genetics inks deal with Bayer valued up to $520M

Seattle Genetics has agreed to license its antibody-drug conjugate technology to Bayer HealthCare, a deal that could be worth as much as… Read More

Jun 24, 2013, 3:48 PM

This survival capsule might save you from the next tsunami or earthquake

After the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Julian Sharpe started thinking about ways to help people survive similar disasters. As… Read More

Jun 24, 2013, 6:00 AM

Blazing fast broadband on the cheap: Pricing unveiled for Seattle’s gigabit Internet

Good news for those wanting to browse the web and download content at breakneck speeds: Ultra-fast Internet is officially arriving… Read More

Jun 23, 2013, 3:47 PM

Live from TEDxSeattle: How student loans are killing entrepreneurship

When Greg Gottesman’s father went to the University of California-Berkeley decades ago, he paid $203 — for an entire school… Read More

Jun 23, 2013, 1:01 PM

Live from TEDxSeattle: Why the artist/geek hybrids will power the next generation

Sure, it’s good to be an expert of something specific, whether you’re an Android developer or an accounting expert. But… Read More

Jun 21, 2013, 5:37 PM

Chart: The hottest tech jobs in Seattle, NYC and Bay Area

There are lots of ways to slice and dice jobs data, but employment review site Glassdoor has come up with some… Read More