Tech – Page 292 of 319

Oct 25, 2012, 1:39 PM

Expedia shares soar 13% as profits beat expectations

Shares of Expedia jumped more than 13 percent as the Bellevue online travel company reported stronger revenue and profits than… Read More

Oct 24, 2012, 4:15 PM

VIDEO: Hittin’ the high notes at the GeekWire Fall Meetup

It wasn’t the finals of American Idol, but the karaoke session at our Fall Meetup Tuesday evening sure seemed like… Read More

Oct 24, 2012, 2:07 PM

Shares of F5 Networks take a big hit after earnings miss

Shares of F5 Networks tumbled more than 10 percent in after hours trading today after the Seattle maker of networking… Read More

Oct 24, 2012, 10:35 AM

Tweet no more: Washington State football bans players from Twitter

A message from Mike Leach to his athletes: Stop Tweeting. On Tuesday, the first-year Washington State head football coach banned… Read More

Oct 23, 2012, 12:19 PM

Bad-ass Boeing missile flies over buildings, fries computers with microwaves

This is stuff you only see in the movies. “Today, we made science fiction science fact,” says Keith Coleman, CHAMP… Read More

Oct 23, 2012, 9:08 AM

MTN Satellite opens Seattle office, plans to double staff

MTN Satellite Communications, a provider of wireless communications technologies to the maritime industry, has officially opened its Seattle operation under… Read More

Oct 22, 2012, 10:38 AM

Bill Gates has a Microsoft Surface, says it’s ‘unbelievably great’

Bill Gates was the main person behind Microsoft’s longtime strategy of selling Windows to a variety of computer makers, and… Read More

Oct 19, 2012, 7:43 AM

Nathan Myhrvold is completely fine with failure and thinks you should be, too

You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Sure, it’s one of the more overused cliches in the… Read More

Oct 18, 2012, 8:59 AM

Epic Games hires Microsoft vet Laura Fryer to lead its new Seattle studio

Laura Fryer and Epic Games are no strangers to each other, thanks to her past role as a Microsoft Games… Read More

Oct 18, 2012, 7:53 AM

Cray makes bold move in data storage, hires majority of Texas team from SFW

Here’s one way to bolster a business, and pick up some talented staffers in a tight hiring market. Seattle supercomputer… Read More

Oct 17, 2012, 3:25 PM

Expedia to open onsite health clinic in partnership with Qliance

Employers pay a lot to recruit and retain skilled workers. Now, at Expedia they are going the extra step to… Read More

Oct 16, 2012, 3:56 PM

Want rewards? New Placed app offers incentives for having your location tracked

Some people would do anything to avoid having their location tracked via their mobile devices. But Seattle startup Placed today introduced a free… Read More

Oct 16, 2012, 2:01 PM

Community service, tech-style: GiveCamp kicks off Friday

Calling developers, geeks and techies alike: Here’s a chance to give back by using your passion and skills for technology.… Read More

Oct 16, 2012, 9:39 AM

Clean water tech firm HaloSource soaks up $25M

Bothell-based HaloSource, a clean water technology company, announced today a $25 million investment round, with 40 percent of that coming… Read More

Oct 16, 2012, 6:00 AM

Dial-A-Dog-Doctor: Rover.com partners with VetLIVE

Rover.com isn’t just a place to find a reliable dog sitter anymore. Now, the Seattle-based online service that helps owners… Read More

Oct 15, 2012, 1:40 PM

Commentary: DOXing is not okay. Ever. For anyone.

[Full disclosure: I spent the last week on the Internet 2012 Bus Tour with some of the Reddit admins. They… Read More

Oct 15, 2012, 5:23 AM

It’s official: Softbank buying 70% stake in Sprint for $20 billion

The wireless business took another wild turn today as Sprint Nextel, the Overland Park, Kansas company led by Dan Hesse,… Read More

Oct 12, 2012, 1:49 PM

Friday Night Lights, Zombie-style: DigiPen students battle with week-long finale

Forget footballs – this is Friday Night Lights, zombie-style. Students at Redmond’s DigiPen are loading up their nerf guns and strapping… Read More

Oct 12, 2012, 7:54 AM

Jeff Bezos-backed Workday soars in IPO, now valued more than rival Concur

Workday, a Pleasanton, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based payroll, financial management and employee expense management, is soaring in its… Read More

Oct 11, 2012, 11:59 AM

Homes made out of milk bottles; networked water purifiers and other winners from the Clean Tech Open

Sixteen cleantech startups from around the Northwest gathered in Portland this week to learn which lucky three would represent the… Read More

Oct 11, 2012, 10:46 AM

Battery breakthrough: New technology promises to triple lithium ion capacity

Remember those Energizer Bunny commercials touting batteries that kept going, and going, and going? Well, researchers at Washington State University have developed… Read More

Oct 10, 2012, 3:38 PM

Tech Moves: Broderick jumps from Uber to Groundspeak; Eddy takes new CTO role; etc.

Michelle Broderick is on the move again. The marketing whiz who was promoted to a new role at Uber four… Read More

Oct 10, 2012, 12:57 PM

Bieber bummer: Pop icon’s laptop stolen in Tacoma

This certainly isn’t what Beliebing is all about, Tacoma. Justin Bieber performed in front of a raucous sold out crowd… Read More

Oct 10, 2012, 12:04 PM

CityGrid Media cuts staff, but Urbanspoon keeps growing

CityGrid Media, the parent company of Urbanspoon, Insider Pages, Buzz Labs and Citysearch, announced today that it is cutting 15… Read More

Oct 10, 2012, 10:48 AM

Tech workers making more money, new research shows

Last week, we wrote about how tech salaries are expected to increase in 2013, and another study is out today… Read More

Oct 9, 2012, 10:56 AM

T-Mobile defends MetroPCS deal vs. rumored Sprint bid

T-Mobile USA’s chief technology officer is defending the technical underpinnings of the company’s proposed combination with MetroPCS, suggesting that T-Mobile… Read More

Oct 9, 2012, 8:58 AM

Decide.com trumps outdated Consumer Reports, study says

Out with the old and in with the new — that’s what a study comparing Consumer Reports to Decide.com concludes.… Read More

Oct 8, 2012, 4:22 PM

NBCNews.com’s Mike Davidson joins Twitter as VP of Design, announcing move in 10,000th Tweet

Mike Davidson reserved a very special announcement for his 10,000th Tweet. Today, the co-founder and former CEO of Newsvine announced… Read More

Oct 8, 2012, 11:13 AM

Alaska Air apologizes after network outage impacts check-ins, causing long delays

The severing of a fiber optic cable in Wisconsin is causing havoc for those traveling on Alaska Airlines today, with… Read More

Oct 6, 2012, 11:30 AM

Clearwire apologizes for sending inadvertent emails to customers

Clearwire, the Bellevue-based high-speed wireless provider, has apologized to customers for sending them a series of inadvertent emails. One GeekWire… Read More