Articles from 2011 – Page 38 of 107

Seattle trio accused of crazy high-tech crime spree

A federal grand jury indictment announced today against three Seattle men reads like the plot for a high-tech crime novel… Read More

Bill Gates still richest in U.S., but Jeff Bezos is climbing the charts

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held on to his title as richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, marking… Read More

Redfin, Glympse, Trulia and others sued over traffic patent

A mysterious company by the name of Traffic Information LLC has sued Seattle area startups Redfin and Glympse — as… Read More

Microsoft sets Oct. 20 opening for new Seattle retail store

The face-off between Microsoft and Apple begins Oct. 20 at one of Seattle’s high-profile retail corners. Microsoft plans to open… Read More

Microsoft joins $61 million financing round for Adchemy

You don’t typically see Microsoft get involved in venture capital rounds. But the software giant announced today that it is… Read More

Lockerz makes another buy, gobbles up video service Vodpod

Heavily-funded social networking startup Lockerz, which just scored $36 million in venture capital financing, is using some of that cash… Read More

Tech Moves: Klustner joins Powerit; Trulia names a chief economist; DocuSign; etc.

Rob Friedman has been named the new director of University of Washington Tacoma’s Institute of Technology. The New Yorker — who arrives at… Read More

Excerpt: Google to cite Bing’s growth in antitrust defense

It will be a very interesting day for the technology industry in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee… Read More

Morning Radar: iPhone 5 date, Facebook overhaul, more turmoil for HP

A quick rundown of stories catching our attention this morning … Apple’s iPhone 5 is set to be unveiled Oct. 4,… Read More

Bobber Interactive raises cash to help young adults manage money via Facebook

Bobber Interactive, a Seattle startup that uses motivational psychology and game-based mechanics to help young adults manage their money, has… Read More

Kindle e-book lending goes national, at 11,000 libraries

Amazon.com this morning announced the rollout of its Kindle e-book lending program to more than 11,000 U.S. libraries, confirming what… Read More

Market Leader closes a big deal, buys Realestate.com for $8.25M

Kirkland-based Market Leader today announced the purchase of Realestate.com for $8.25 million. The asset purchase from Lending Tree includes patents,… Read More

Intellectual Ventures signs patent deal with Wistron

Intellectual Ventures announced another patent licensing deal this morning, this one with Wistron, the large technology manufacturer based in Taiwan.… Read More

TechStars shines with $24M, looks to support grads with $100,000 checks

Future graduates of TechStars will have the option to walk away with a little more cash in the bank as… Read More

Evening Radar: Microsoft’s tech plan for low-income kids; Google+ opens up; analyzing the science behind ‘Contagion’

A roundup of headlines and news items catching our attention as the day winds down … Microsoft today announced a… Read More

Microsoft boosts dividend 25% as cash, investments top $50B

Microsoft today announced plans to boost its quarterly dividend to 20 cents, a 25 percent increase, returning to shareholders a… Read More

Social Innovation: Goldilocks and doing well by doing good

So a lot of our readers have been kvetching about the tightwads in the Seattle investment scene, but after spending… Read More

How my iPhone became a badass, and why I love humanity

I’m just going to say it. My phone is kind of a badass. Sometimes, when my phone is having a… Read More

Turn your Kindle into an ‘Etch A Sketch’ with Doodle

The Kindle just isn’t about reading anymore. Now, you can use it for sketching thanks to a new app developed… Read More

Calypso’s GPS system for tumor tracking acquired for $10M

Calypso Medical Technologies, a Seattle company which has developed a system to pinpoint tumors in the body, has been acquired… Read More

Windows Phone manager who tweeted inside info about Nokia device is out at Microsoft

A Windows Phone principal program manager has left the company two weeks after making headlines for tweeting his impressions of… Read More

Angry Birds: Landing soon at a Starbucks near you?

The maker of the blockbuster Angry Birds action puzzle game is in talks with Starbucks to partner on promotions for… Read More

T-Mobile exec: We won’t get the iPhone 5 this year

T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman has confirmed what we’ve been hearing for several weeks: The Bellevue wireless carrier will… Read More

Study: Windows Phone on the radar, at least, for some smartphone buyers

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 still needs to dig itself out of a big hole in the smartphone market, after sinking… Read More

Looking to take on Quora, Avvo rebrands as a Q&A site

When former Expedia executive Mark Britton founded Avvo in 2007, the goal was to create an online directory and ranking… Read More

HTC has a ‘Charm’ of its own, dangling from new phone

HTC’s new Rhyme phone, announced this morning for Verizon Wireless, is an attempt to make an Android phone that appeals… Read More

Casio paying Microsoft to use Linux in new patent deal

Microsoft this morning announced the latest in a series of patent licensing agreements with device makers, entering a multi-year deal… Read More

Office Depot to sell the Kindle

Office Depot is joining its rivals Staples and Office Max in selling the Kindle, the electronic reading device from Amazon.com.… Read More

HasOffers to help mobile app developers track installations

HasOffers today is rolling out a new product today called Mobile App Tracking, which like the name suggests allows developers… Read More

Amazon’s Quidsi unit spins out new toy site YoYo.com

Quidsi, the folks who revolutionized the way moms and dads buy diapers online, now have a new category in mind:… Read More