Tech – Page 312 of 319

Sep 13, 2011, 7:08 AM

Psychologist: Playing Bejeweled will make you mentally sharper

PopCap Games appears to be on a mission to prove that casual games can help cure big societal and health… Read More

Sep 11, 2011, 9:10 AM

Internet ‘bubbles’ compared: This time, there’s revenue

There’s been a lot of chatter in recent months about whether the valuations of Internet companies are out of whack.… Read More

Sep 9, 2011, 3:31 PM

Hank Skorny out at RealNetworks

The executive management upheaval continues at RealNetworks, with the Seattle company announcing today that Hank Skorny plans to resign as… Read More

Sep 8, 2011, 2:30 PM

Dendreon cuts 500 jobs, sheds a quarter of its workforce

Slower-than-expected uptake of its Provenge prostate cancer drug forced Seattle biotech company Dendreon to announce 500 job cuts this afternoon,… Read More

Sep 7, 2011, 10:58 AM

WPP’s Kantar unit buys Global Market Insite

Kantar, a unit of advertising giant WPP, has purchased Bellevue-based Global Market Insite for an undisclosed price and merged it… Read More

Sep 6, 2011, 4:44 PM

Microsoft and Twitter decide to stick together, see where things go

Twitter and Microsoft Bing have extended the partnership that gives the Redmond company’s search engine the ability to include a… Read More

Sep 6, 2011, 2:38 PM

Lawmaker hopes for ‘teachable moment’ after state data center outage costs $500,000

This is not what the state needed. After much criticism about the construction of the state’s new data center in… Read More

Sep 6, 2011, 10:35 AM

Sprint piles on with its own suit opposing AT&T’s T-Mobile deal

Sprint, which has opposed rival AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA since the beginning, this morning announced… Read More

Sep 1, 2011, 1:24 PM

Expedia CFO Adler to step down

Expedia Chief Financial Officer Michael Adler is packing his bags, and stepping down after leading the Bellevue company’s financial operations… Read More

Aug 31, 2011, 1:14 PM

How Carly screwed up AT&T’s $39B T-Mobile acquisition

OK, so Carly herself isn’t specifically to blame. But the U.S. Department of Justice today cited last year’s T-Mobile USA… Read More

Aug 31, 2011, 9:28 AM

Blindsided by DOJ suit, AT&T says it will fight for T-Mobile

Updated below with statements from DOJ and Sprint. AT&T just issued a statement saying it’s “surprised and disappointed” by the… Read More

Aug 30, 2011, 10:13 PM

AT&T vows to return 5,000 call-center jobs to U.S. in T-Mobile deal

AT&T, seeking U.S. regulatory approval for its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, tonight said it would bring 5,000 “good-paying”… Read More

Aug 30, 2011, 7:28 AM

Cell imaging company Amnis acquired by EMD Millipore

Amnis, a 12-year-old Seattle company which provides high-speed cell imaging instruments, has been sold to EMD Millipore for an undisclosed… Read More

Aug 29, 2011, 3:37 PM

PAX Video: A pledge of allegiance for Borderlands 2

One last scene before closing the book on this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle: Toward the end of the… Read More

Aug 25, 2011, 7:43 AM

New Apple CEO Tim Cook promises company won’t change

Ars Technica this morning published an email sent to Apple employees by Tim Cook, the company’s new chief executive, following… Read More

Aug 24, 2011, 8:09 AM

InfoSpace looks to put its cash hoard to work, names M&A wizard to board

InfoSpace has hinted at plans to go on a buying spree. And with $263 million in cash and cash equivalents… Read More

Aug 23, 2011, 4:39 PM

T-Mobile: Only big U.S. carrier without the iPhone this year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KmfXupi9cg Sprint will become the third U.S. wireless carrier to offer the iPhone, starting with the release of the iPhone… Read More

Aug 23, 2011, 8:03 AM

Vertafore to buy unit of Kaplan, plans to add its 100 employees

Vertafore might be one of the biggest software companies in the Seattle area that you’ve never heard of. And the… Read More

Aug 22, 2011, 6:54 AM

Exec turmoil continues at Motricity as CEO Ryan Wuerch steps down

Ryan Wuerch has stepped down as CEO of Motricity, the publicly-traded Bellevue mobile software company that he’s run for a… Read More

Aug 19, 2011, 10:57 AM

Ex-Microsoftie Charles Simonyi donates millions to support ‘curiosity-driven’ research

Former Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi and the Simons Foundation are pumping $100 million into The Institute for Advanced Study, a… Read More

Aug 19, 2011, 6:41 AM

Report: Sprint may buy Clearwire outright to solve funding crisis

Sprint, already the majority owner of Kirkland-based wireless broadband company Clearwire, is in talks with other investors that could result… Read More

Aug 17, 2011, 10:40 AM

Mobile voicemail: Why ‘saved’ isn’t really saved, and your messages aren’t really yours

Early last summer, Rob Lohry’s mom Patricia called his cell phone and left a message, asking him to come down… Read More

Aug 17, 2011, 6:42 AM

Rhapsody lands MetroPCS deal, bundling music service with monthly mobile plan

Rhapsody has struck a deal with MetroPCS Communications to make the Rhapsody Unlimited Music service a new feature of the… Read More

Aug 16, 2011, 9:56 AM

Seattle Children’s lands $2.3M Gates Foundation grant for innovative respiratory device

Seattle Children’s Research Institute has secured a $2.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to finish developing… Read More

Aug 15, 2011, 9:25 PM

New outlet for T-Mobile phones: Family Dollar discount stores

Looks like T-Mobile is serious about this whole low-cost wireless provider thing. Two weeks after inking a deal to sell… Read More

Aug 15, 2011, 7:42 AM

F5 names Skype CFO to board, buys IP assets of Crescendo Networks

F5 Networks has appointed Skype Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Chadwick to its board of directors and announced the purchase of… Read More

Aug 13, 2011, 8:53 AM

It’s official: Electronic Arts completes PopCap buyout

One of the largest technology acquisitions in the Seattle area is now in the books. On Friday, Electronic Arts completed… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 1:03 PM

Chart: Twitter and Facebook chatter mushroomed as stock market tanked

There’s an old adage in the media business that “if it bleeds, it leads.” That also seems to be holding… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 10:48 AM

Once left for dead, Imperium makes comeback as biodiesel plant roars back to life

Remember the story of Imperium Renewables? The Seattle company once held so much promise for the region’s clean tech industry,… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 10:21 AM

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital backs small business lender, but don’t call it a bank

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is tossing his financial support behind a new Texas-based lending institution called Ascentium Capital. The idea… Read More