Tech – Page 310 of 319

Oct 27, 2011, 2:14 PM

Shares of Expedia slip after weakness in airfare bookings

Shares of Expedia fell more than five percent in after hours trading Thursday after the Bellevue-based online travel company posted… Read More

Oct 27, 2011, 1:57 PM

InfoSpace posts ‘great quarter,’ eyes acquisitions

Calling it a “great quarter,” InfoSpace CEO Bill Ruckelshaus today announced that the Bellevue Internet search company posted net income of… Read More

Oct 26, 2011, 9:05 AM

Meet Seattle’s new $1 billion revenue company: Here’s how F5 did it (Infographic)

F5 Networks doesn’t get a lot of press. But the Seattle company, which makes software and hardware products to speed… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 3:51 PM

From CD-ROM to dot-com, Expedia celebrates 15 years

Fifteen years ago, Expedia took flight under the wings of Microsoft as a maker of CD-ROM travel guides. Today, it… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 2:42 PM

Intelius CEO Naveen Jain: IPO could be in the cards in 2012

Bellevue-based Intelius, an online identity company that specializes in background checks of individuals, may consider going public next year if… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 1:33 PM

F5 tops $1 billion in revenue for year, posts strong profits

F5 Networks today reported revenue of $314.6 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, a 24 percent jump over the same… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 12:47 PM

Tesla Motors sets grand opening for Bellevue store, plans to close Seattle showroom

A few weeks ago, we told you about Tesla Motors’ plans to open a new store on the second floor… Read More

Oct 21, 2011, 1:48 PM

WA governor hopefuls Inslee and McKenna on tech issues

It wasn’t an official debate, but two of Washington state’s candidates for governor in 2012 got a chance to show… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 11:25 AM

Isilon adding 200 jobs as it settles into Pioneer Square HQ

Isilon Systems, getting comfortable in its new digs in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, said today that it plans to add… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 10:20 AM

Pittsburgh looks to attract entrepreneurial dreamers (over the age of 45)

Last week, I moderated a panel discussion at the TechNW event in which panelists Andy Sack of TechStars, Glenn Kelman of… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 9:49 AM

American Express in patent deal with Intellectual Ventures

Patents: Don’t leave home without them? American Express is the latest big company to sign an intellectual-property licensing agreement with… Read More

Oct 18, 2011, 2:00 PM

Seattle is the 25th most innovative city in the world

We’ve been doing a lot of navel-gazing at GeekWire over the past few weeks about the Seattle region’s standing as… Read More

Oct 17, 2011, 3:00 PM

Biotech veteran Henney inducted into Hall of Fame

Biotech pioneer Christopher Henney has been inducted into the industry’s Hall of Fame, with the announcement made at the annual… Read More

Oct 14, 2011, 3:00 AM

Microsoft completes Skype deal, reassures Apple and Android users

Microsoft completed the largest acquisition in its history overnight, paying $8.5 billion for online communications company Skype a week after receiving… Read More

Oct 13, 2011, 8:50 AM

Clearwire boosts wholesale subscriber count as headwinds mount

Investors have been treating Clearwire as if it is pretty much dead. But the Kirkland broadband wireless company today preannounced… Read More

Oct 13, 2011, 8:49 AM

Pantech reaches Intellectual Ventures deal, escapes suit

Intellectual Ventures this morning announced a patent licensing deal with Pantech, a large mobile handset maker in Korea, and said… Read More

Oct 12, 2011, 8:15 AM

Heads up: We’re @geekwire now

One of the minor challenges we encountered when we started GeekWire was that the Twitter handle @geekwire wasn’t available. (It… Read More

Oct 11, 2011, 4:11 PM

Inrix CEO: Seattle tech scene gets solid A (with one exception)

Inrix CEO Bryan Mistele knows just how hard it is to raise venture capital. Before the company grew to more… Read More

Oct 11, 2011, 3:31 PM

Zaarly founder wins over TechNW panel with free beer

Here’s one of the more unique promotional gimmicks we’ve seen in some time. Prior to the start of the e-commerce… Read More

Oct 10, 2011, 9:25 AM

Analyst: Sprint’s new 4G push ‘spells trouble’ for Clearwire

Clearwire’s stock took a beating last week after Sprint announced an aggressive new 4G network expansion plan that appeared to… Read More

Oct 10, 2011, 7:29 AM

Netflix kills Qwikster, says DVDs will stay on Netflix site

Farewell, Qwikster, we never got a chance to know you. And maybe that’s a good thing. That’s no doubt the… Read More

Oct 8, 2011, 11:42 PM

High-tech jobs drive wage increases in Seattle, San Fran

The Seattle area led the nation in wage increases during the third quarter, buoyed by the region’s strong high-tech industry,… Read More

Oct 8, 2011, 3:43 PM

Tech: The worst IPOs of 2011

The tech industry has produced some of the fastest growing companies on the planet, from Amazon.com in online retail to… Read More

Oct 8, 2011, 3:05 PM

The 21 coolest spots in America to charge your electric vehicle

Ford is in the midst of a major PR campaign to drive support of its new Focus Electric and C-MAX… Read More

Oct 7, 2011, 1:25 PM

Zayo marks 17th acquisition with purchase of 360Networks

360Networks, a Seattle provider of fiber network and telecommunication services, has been acquired by Zayo Group in a deal of… Read More

Oct 5, 2011, 12:22 PM

Social media agency Spring Creek acquired by Mediabrands

Spring Creek Group, a five-year-old social media agency, has been acquired by Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands unit for an undisclosed price.… Read More

Oct 5, 2011, 11:47 AM

Microsoft app makes Windows Phone an Xbox media controller

Microsoft plans to release a new Windows Phone app that let Xbox 360 users find, launch and control content on… Read More

Oct 4, 2011, 12:18 PM

Doing well by doing good: Winners from the Social Innovation Fast Pitch event

More than 600 people turned out last night in Seattle to listen to business plans from entrepreneurs who are trying… Read More

Oct 3, 2011, 4:50 PM

After beating back spam, Microsoft’s Hotmail takes on rest of the crap in your inbox

Daily deals, social networking alerts, and email newsletters. Sure, you might have agreed to receive them, but if your email… Read More

Oct 3, 2011, 3:29 PM

Rhapsody president on surprise Napster acquisition: ‘We’ve got a lot of wind in our sails’

Rhapsody’s acquisition of Napster from Best Buy gives the Seattle-based music service an opportunity to add a “meaningful” number of… Read More