Q&A: Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff takes the long view after first-day IPO pop Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff started his day by ringing the bell on the Nasdaq stock exchange, setting off a flurry… Read More
Corbis Images buys celebrity photo service Splash News Corbis Images is bolstering its portfolio of photography of Angelina Jolie, Leanardo DiCaprio and other celebs. The Seattle company, owned… Read More
Shares of Zillow skyrocket in debut There were a lot of doubters about whether Zillow had what it takes to become a publicly-traded company. But, at… Read More
Amazon strikes deal with CBS to stream Star Trek, Cheers and other TV shows Yesterday, we noted that Amazon.com could be a potential bidder for Hulu given the company’s growing interest in the content… Read More
Seattle online travel startup Yapta lands $5 million investment from Concur Concur Technologies has been making a number of strategic bets in the online travel business in recent months, gobbling up… Read More
PopCap partners with Sony Ericsson, brings Plants vs. Zombies, Chuzzle to tiny Android devices During his keynote address earlier today at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, PopCap CEO Dave Roberts discussed at the… Read More
Microsoft drops out of the Hulu bidding, opening door for Amazon? Microsoft has reportedly dropped out of the bidding for Hulu, the popular online video service owned by Fox, Disney, NBC… Read More
Zillow prices IPO at $20 per share, signaling strong demand for the online real estate company Call it a little IPO euphoria. For anyone wondering whether investors would bite on Zillow’s initial public offering, here’s your… Read More
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Clearwire touts 4G network expansion in Seattle area Clearwire today announced that it has added nearly 100 new cellular towers and bolstered its overall coverage in the Seattle… Read More
Apple shares surge five percent after huge quarter: Company more than doubles profit, sells 20M iPhones Shares of Apple jumped more than five percent in after-hours trading today after the maker of the iPhone and iPad reported… Read More
Dave Roberts just sold PopCap for $1.3 billion, so why does he hate the casual games biz You’d think that Dave Roberts would be all smiles when it comes to the prospects of the casual gaming business.… Read More
The Practical Nerd manifesto What does it mean to be a Practical Nerd? I mean, being a standard-issue nerd is no longer a challenge.… Read More
Apple, Microsoft and the divergence of the personal computer market Apple is set to report earnings Tuesday afternoon, amid expectations of a blowout quarter. While much of the focus will… Read More
Go to college, buy a Windows PC and get a free Xbox 360? Amazon.com isn’t the only tech giant wooing college students this summer. Microsoft too is offering a special deal, giving away… Read More
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM joins Motricity; Medio’s Lanphear lands at Livemocha; and more We’ve been tracking a number of key departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle making new attempt to fit in at college Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader has struggled to make inroads on college campuses, as an alternative to traditional paper textbooks. Findings released… Read More
Zillow set to price IPO this week: Six things to think about It has been just over a year since a technology company in Washington state — Bellevue-based Motricity — completed an… Read More
Winshuttle buys ShareVis to help non-techies tap into business apps One of the hidden success stories of the Seattle software community is Winshuttle, which has quietly grown into a powerful… Read More
Report: Traffic has declined on the 520 bridge despite Microsoft’s employment boom It is about that time of day when thousands of geeks hop in their cars and make the commute over… Read More
Guest Commentary: Four keys to selling beyond early adopters The life and early path of a disruptive entrepreneur can be lonely indeed. By definition, you’re building something that nobody… Read More
UW researcher Shwetak Patel chosen as Microsoft Research Faculty fellow Since 2005, Microsoft has picked leading university researchers to participate in its Microsoft Research Faculty program — drawing on the… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Canappi helps builds iPhone and Android apps Convergence Modeling, a 7-month-old Bellevue startup, wants to make it dead simple for people to create mobile applications that work… Read More
Helping kids learn via games: Microsoft donates $15 million to new education effort Kids love computer games. But they don’t always love cracking text books in the classroom. A new effort, supported by… Read More
Microsoft offers $250,000 bounty for information on Rustock ‘botnet’ Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit helped knock out one of the world’s most notorious spam purveyors back in March, but the company… Read More
Windows Phone 7 customers love their phones (even more than Android customers do) Sales of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 have been disappointing, with IDC recently reporting that its market share has dipped to… Read More
Back to school special: Amazon unveils Kindle textbook rental service College isn’t getting any cheaper, and that means students need financial help wherever they can ge it. Amazon.com is trying… Read More
DocuSign faces new threat as Adobe inks deal to buy EchoSign DocuSign is facing a new competitive challenge today as one of the company’s biggest rivals, EchoSign, was just gobbled up… Read More
Gilt City arrives in Seattle, offers deals on spas, meals and movies Get ready shoppers. Gilt Groupe today is launching its Gilt City private sale service in Seattle, one of four new… Read More
Starbucks files suit to defend its use of the acronym SDN Starbucks has found itself in a legal squabble with a South Dakota Internet Service Provider over the use of three… Read More
