Tech – Page 83 of 319

Dec 11, 2018, 7:42 AM

Washington Gov. Inslee proposes ‘Clean Energy Smart Deal’ for next state legislative session

Electric vehicles cruising I-5, net-zero buildings emerging from construction sites, high-speed rail zipping through Cascadia, electric-hybrid ferries plying Puget Sound,… Read More

Dec 10, 2018, 11:08 AM

EagleView completes $90M acquisition of Australian aerial imagery firm Spookfish

Privately held aerial imagery and data analytics company EagleView Technologies has completed its previously announced acquisition of Spookfish, an Australian… Read More

Dec 10, 2018, 9:53 AM

Rhapsody and Sony Music Entertainment bring ‘Powered by Napster’ streaming service to Japan

Napster is coming to Japan. Or, at least, its underlying technology is. Seattle-based Rhapsody International and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)… Read More

Dec 8, 2018, 7:00 AM

How a ‘driveway moment’ with Microsoft’s Brad Smith led to the creation of nonprofit Code.org

As 2018’s Computer Science Education Week comes to a close, a key detail has been revealed about the origins of… Read More

Dec 7, 2018, 7:26 AM

Expedia sees Google as a continuing threat, but its CEO sets aside calls for regulating the search giant

Expedia is beating the drum that Google is a serious threat to its business — if not an existential one.… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 1:44 PM

DocuSign beats Wall Street expectations, reveals executive and board shuffle

DocuSign beat Wall Street expectations for its third quarter and raised its guidance to finish the year, sending its stock… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 11:41 AM

Thomson Reuters shuttering Seattle-area office of tech affiliate Legal Tracker as part of broader cuts

Thomson Reuters will close the Bellevue, Wash. headquarters of Legal Tracker, an online billing and analytics affiliate, as part of… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 10:09 AM

Microsoft confirms Chromium is the future of its browser, and Edge is coming to Windows 7 and 8

Microsoft is giving its Edge to Chromium. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will adopt the Chromium open source project… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 5:25 AM

Lyft files for IPO in confidential SEC filing, number of shares and price range to be determined

Ride-hailing startup Lyft is steering toward the public financial markets. In a brief statement issued Thursday morning, Lyft said it… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 2:00 PM

Valve adds Raspberry Pi support to Steam Link, giving gamers another streaming hardware option

Game players who want to stream games from their Steam libraries to other devices now have a new option: the… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 10:05 AM

Alleged Ponzi schemer used DocuSign to forge fake contracts in house flipping fraud case

A Virginia man pleaded guilty in a case that involved using digital signature program DocuSign as a tool to bilk investors… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 10:00 AM

How this UW grad student, researching quantum computing, proved that classical computers are better than we thought

A lot of great discoveries were made while looking for something else. For University of Washington computer science grad student… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 8:00 AM

Meet the Geek Style Reboot winners ready to recharge and bring a new look to the GeekWire Gala

One is a “funcle” — a fun uncle — who says he’s got a strong “dad look” when it comes… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 12:27 AM

Best Places to Work: 5 Seattle-area tech companies make Glassdoor’s annual list

Five Seattle-area tech companies made Glassdoor’s annual Best Places To Work list for 2019. Slalom Consulting was the highest-ranked company,… Read More

Dec 4, 2018, 10:32 AM

Did Comcast mislead customers? Washington state makes case against telecom giant

“This is a case about reasonableness.” So said Howard Shapiro, an attorney representing Comcast in King County Superior Court on… Read More

Dec 4, 2018, 9:58 AM

Didn’t know you had a Quora account? The latest internet data breach appears to surprise many

If you got an email indicating you were affected by the latest internet data breach and were mystified, you’ve apparently… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 1:28 PM

Smartsheet beats estimates with $46.9M in revenue, up 59%, in 3rd earnings report as public company

Smartsheet beat analyst estimates with its third quarter earnings report, posting $46.9 million in Q3 revenue and a GAAP net… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 1:02 PM

Fresh trio arrives at space station and is ‘having a blast,’ two months after bad trip

A Russian Soyuz rocket sent three spacefliers to the International Space Station today, marking a return to normal operations after… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 12:00 PM

Tumblr to block explicit sexual content and nudity in bid to make site a safer place

A month after having its app removed from the iOS store because child pornography content was found on the site,… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 10:30 AM

Microsoft commits $10M to Code.org as survey finds obstacles to teaching computer science

Underqualified. Overwhelmed. Underfunded. Those are among the reasons teachers give, in a new survey, as to why they or other… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 10:00 AM

Bill Gates picks his 5 favorite books for 2018

The billionaire bookworm is back with his best book picks of 2018. Bill Gates revealed his five favorite titles today,… Read More

Dec 2, 2018, 7:33 AM

Marriott’s Starwood breach: What should you do? That depends on who, and why

It’s easy to focus on the big number associated with the Starwood breach announced by Marriott International on Friday —… Read More

Dec 1, 2018, 9:44 AM

‘Insane Mode’: A crash course in Elon Musk, Tesla, and the future of the electric car

Are you Elon Musk-ed out yet? If not, you might want to give Insane Mode: How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 12:21 PM

Starbucks says it will block the ability to view pornographic content on its stores’ Wi-Fi in 2019

Starbucks wants the Third Place to be a more welcoming place. The Seattle-based global coffee giant is planning to take… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 10:05 AM

Microsoft and law enforcement in India partner, shutting down alleged ‘virus alert’ call centers

There may be very slightly fewer disturbing — and fake — virus infection pop-ups in your web browser or phone… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 8:22 AM

Expedia shows off latest plans for sprawling Seattle waterfront campus with room for 5,000 employees

Expedia is less than a year away from opening the doors of its massive new Seattle campus, and today it… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 6:42 AM

T-Mobile Money mobile banking launches with special incentives for T-Mobile wireless customers

If you thought T-Mobile was just a wireless carrier that takes your money, now it’s giving you a place to… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 11:20 AM

Teens and social media: Study finds connections and support outweigh the drama and pressure

When it comes to teens and social media, it’s not all pressure and drama. But there is a fair amount… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 8:32 AM

Virtualization software company Parallels reportedly to be acquired by Canada’s Corel

Privately held technology company Parallels, best known for its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization software, is reportedly being acquired by… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 10:03 AM

Foot on the gas: Fuel delivery startup Booster Fuels is generating $180K revenue per day

Booster Fuels is generating $180,000 per day with its technology-fueled, parking lot-focused gas delivery business. The 3-year-old startup, which originally… Read More