Tech – Page 275 of 319

May 29, 2013, 3:19 PM

Zillow co-founder Rich Barton: ‘Kill the squirrel’

If you’re a squirrel, make sure you stay well clear of Rich Barton. The founder of Expedia and Zillow on… Read More

May 29, 2013, 10:30 AM

Citizen journalist sues after NBCNews.com’s Newsvine unit fails to pay $183 in ad revenue

A Wisconsin woman has filed a lawsuit against NBCNews.com’s Newsvine unit, alleging that the company violated its terms-of-service agreement by… Read More

May 29, 2013, 9:21 AM

Paul Allen bankrolls documentary film that touts promise of nuclear power

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen has been showing some of his diversity in recent weeks, selling abstract art; procuring a rare… Read More

May 29, 2013, 9:00 AM

Placed Insights reveal how much Americans love fast food and McDonald’s

America sure loves its fast food. That’s the latest from the April rankings of Placed Insights, a platform that is essentially… Read More

May 29, 2013, 8:24 AM

Firm urges Clearwire investors to vote no on Sprint deal; board calls decision ‘superficial’

The ongoing saga of Clearwire has taken yet another turn as the independent shareholder firm Glass Lewis & Co. has… Read More

May 28, 2013, 4:01 PM

Calling all coders: How did you learn how to program?

Every programmer likely remembers how they learned to code. For guys like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the magic began on… Read More

May 28, 2013, 11:17 AM

Seattle’s former chief geek: City needs a chief innovation officer

Crosscut is continuing their wonderful series by asking leaders in the Seattle community what they’d do if they were mayor. Today’s… Read More

May 28, 2013, 9:37 AM

VC returns improve for 10-year horizon, but you’d still be better off investing on Wall Street

There’s certainly been some good news in the venture business in recent weeks, with Yahoo announcing its $1.1 billion deal… Read More

May 28, 2013, 7:37 AM

Large shareholder claims Clearwire has ‘stacked the deck’ in favor of Sprint deal

Clearwire Chairman John Stanton is back again today urging shareholders to vote for Sprint’s $3.40 per share offer, a deal… Read More

May 27, 2013, 8:01 AM

Bill Gates: U.S. leaders should be more data-driven

Bill Gates has said repeatedly that he doesn’t have aspirations to hold public office, but he has some common-sense advice… Read More

May 25, 2013, 8:58 AM

It’s Geek Pride Day! Put on your smartglasses and laugh at your own jokes

Today is Geek Pride Day, that special time of year when geeks around the world — and the people who… Read More

May 24, 2013, 4:00 PM

Galleries HQ lets you browse fine art galleries with your iPad

There’s not a whole lot you can’t find on the Internet these days, and now Seattle entrepreneur and UW alumnus… Read More

May 24, 2013, 10:39 AM

INRIX reacts quickly to I-5 bridge collapse, says traffic delays minimal right now

One Seattle area tech company jumped into action shortly after a portion of Interstate 5 bridge spanning the Skagit River… Read More

May 24, 2013, 9:49 AM

Intellectual Ventures inks patent deal with Salesforce, its first cloud-computing pact

Intellectual Ventures today announced a patent licensing agreement with Salesforce.com —the Bellevue-based company’s first licensing customer in the area of cloud computing. The company… Read More

May 24, 2013, 6:45 AM

Melinda Gates ranks #3 on list of most powerful women

Move over Oprah. Melinda Gates is out to change the world, and she’s moving up the list of the most… Read More

May 23, 2013, 8:37 PM

Bridge span collapses over I-5 near Mount Vernon

Interstate 5 is snarled this evening after a bridge spanning the Skagit River near Mount Vernon collapsed. According to KING… Read More

May 23, 2013, 10:41 AM

FAA ban on electronic devices making us less productive in the air

Earlier this year, we wrote a post about flying with our gadgets and wondered if the takeoff and landing restrictions… Read More

May 23, 2013, 7:57 AM

Medical device maker Ekos acquired in $180M deal

Ekos, a Bothell medical device maker whose catheter-based ultrasound devices are used to break up blood clots in legs, has… Read More

May 22, 2013, 3:50 PM

Report: Zulily rival Totsy is going down the tubes

Did Totsy just tumble? That’s the word from PandoDaily, which reports that the money-losing New York-based flash sales site is… Read More

May 22, 2013, 3:46 PM

Journalists, look out: Tableau Public projects will soon be even more public

Tableau Software charges for its premium software and technologies to visualize data in interactive charts, with security protections for confidential… Read More

May 22, 2013, 1:52 PM

Remote Medical International lands $8M to offer medical aid worldwide

To help broaden its reach and continue providing medical assistance in hard-to-reach places, Seattle-based Remote Medical International just landed $8… Read More

May 22, 2013, 10:42 AM

LexisNexis closing Bellevue offices, 80 people impacted

LexisNexis is closing its Bellevue operations at the end of this year, a decision that will impact about 80 people.… Read More

May 21, 2013, 2:36 PM

Photos: Check out Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s V-2 rocket arriving at Paine Field

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s latest extravagance — a German-built World War II-era V2 rocket — has arrived at his Flying Heritage… Read More

May 21, 2013, 8:30 AM

Transforming takeout: Madrona’s Brian McAndrews named chairman of merged GrubHub and Seamless

Brian McAndrews, the former aQuantive CEO who now serves as a venture partner at Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, is already… Read More

May 21, 2013, 4:00 AM

UW partners with not-for-profit edX to offer free online courses

In another attempt to help expand university-level instruction access on a wide scale, the University of Washington announced a new partnership Tuesday with… Read More

May 20, 2013, 4:52 PM

Here’s what Microsoft is paying its new CFO Amy Hood

Microsoft’s newly appointed chief financial officer, Amy Hood, will start at an annual base salary of $570,000, along with Microsoft… Read More

May 20, 2013, 10:31 AM

Genome barcoder NanoString Technologies files to raise up to $86 million in IPO

When it rains, it pours. Just a few days after Tableau wowed Wall Street with a spectacular IPO, another Seattle… Read More

May 20, 2013, 10:15 AM

Shares of Tableau still surging after strong IPO, now valued near $2B

Everyone is talking about Yahoo’s big buy of Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. It’s a sexy story, in part because… Read More

May 20, 2013, 9:23 AM

Tech Moves: Joanna Lord named CMO at BigDoor; Brian Arbogast joins the Gates Foundation; and more

—Online marketing whiz Joanna Lord has left her VP job at SEOmoz to become chief marketing officer at BigDoor, the Seattle… Read More

May 20, 2013, 7:55 AM

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on $1.1 billion Tumblr deal: ‘We promise not to screw it up’

Well, this kind of says something. In her first public remarks about the blockbuster $1.1 billion cash purchase of Tumblr, Yahoo… Read More