Articles about RealNetworks

Tech Moves: Vimeo hires Seattle execs; Microsoft corporate VP retires; and more

— Vimeo appointed Lynn Girotto as chief marketing officer and Ashraf Alkarmi as chief product officer for the New York… Read More

Tech Moves: RealNetworks president resigns; Costco security exec departs; and more

— Mike Ensing, president and COO of RealNetworks, resigned this week. Ensing joined the publicly traded Seattle software company in 2020… Read More

Podcast

Startup turnaround specialist Matt Hulett on unlocking growth, and surviving turbulent times

Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week is Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech community and the author… Read More

Facing NASDAQ delisting, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser makes bid to take company private

Nearly 25 years after streaming media pioneer RealNetworks went public in one of the hottest IPOs of the dot-com era,… Read More

Tech Moves: USAFacts picks Microsoft and Amazon vet as CTO; Zillow CMO departs; and more

— Tanuja Korlepra, a former Amazon and Microsoft product management leader, has been named chief technology officer of USAFacts, the… Read More

RealNetworks unveils device that uses facial recognition for office access, replacing key cards

A new device unveiled by RealNetworks on Wednesday morning uses facial recognition to replace traditional key cards for access control… Read More

Social TV platform Scener adds Hulu’s David Baron as CEO and filmmaker J.J. Abrams as investor

Scener, the Seattle-based startup that adds a social layer to the viewing of streaming television content, has named David Baron… Read More

RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

From its early days as a streaming audio pioneer to its recent expansion into facial recognition technology, RealNetworks has focused… Read More

Newly public, Rover pays off $8M PPP loan that helped pet-sitting company survive pandemic

Updated on Monday Aug. 9 with additional details. Not that long ago, Rover was on a very short leash. In… Read More

RealNetworks launches AI robocall blocker, aims to ‘lead the charge’ in battle against spam calls

The news: RealNetworks released a new product Wednesday aimed at blocking robocalls, which are on the rise and have become the… Read More

RealNetworks posts $8.2M quarterly profit, boosted by Napster sale, stock jumps 16% on results

RealNetworks stock rose more than 15% in after-hours trading after the company posted a $8.2 million profit on $17.6 million… Read More

Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO after IPO; Asha Sharma joins Instacart as COO; and more

Julie Larson-Green, an engineering leader and executive who spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, is retiring from her position… Read More

Podcast

How this Seattle tech CEO ended up in the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame

Rob Glaser is best known as the founder and CEO of RealNetworks, the Seattle-based company that specializes in digital media,… Read More

RealNetworks releases free ‘MaskCheck’ app to automatically monitor public health compliance

A new app from RealNetworks can detect whether people are wearing facemasks in public, seeking to help businesses, schools and… Read More

Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

— Seattle-based ‘alternative VC’ firm Lighter Capital named Melissa Widner as its new CEO. She takes over from former CEO… Read More

Napster’s acquisition by MelodyVR promises to lift a financial weight for Seattle’s RealNetworks

MelodyVR Group’s deal to acquire music service Napster, announced early this morning, could be a financial boon for RealNetworks, and… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s latest reorg; RealNetworks names new president; AWS execs depart

— Microsoft is bringing more of its Windows team under Chief Product Officer Panos Panay as part of another reorganization… Read More

RealNetworks facial recognition tech IDs celebrities in videos — and it’s actually pretty useful

RealNetworks is releasing a browser extension that automatically identifies celebrities and other public figures in YouTube and Netflix videos, using… Read More

Publicly-traded Seattle tech stalwart RealNetworks receives $2.87M federal relief loan

RealNetworks, the 26-year-old streaming media pioneer that recently pivoted to developing facial recognition technology, today disclosed that it has received… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet CFO to retire; Boeing exec joins Prime Air; OfferUp adds execs; and more

— Smartsheet CFO Jenny Ceran will retire after transitioning to a successor. The collaboration work management company, which went public… Read More

Why RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser is putting $10M of his own money back into the company

More than 25 years after he founded RealNetworks, Rob Glaser is investing $10 million into the digital media pioneer as… Read More

Tech Moves: CFO shuffle at RealNetworks; Avalara, RFPIO, Hiya add execs; and more

— Cary Baker, currently chief financial officer at RealNetworks, will leave the company in February to join Seattle-based RFID maker… Read More

Tech Moves: PicMonkey adds to C-suite; RealNetworks hires exec for facial recognition team; and more

Seattle-based graphic design and photo editing platform PicMonkey appointed Pearl Chan as chief financial officer and Judith McGarry as chief… Read More

RealNetworks doubles stake in Napster to 84% in deal valued at up to $40M

RealNetworks doubled its stake in Rhapsody International, which owns music streaming service Napster, from 42 to 84 percent. RealNetworks will… Read More

TLDR: Will Scener reinvent TV?

Today’s featured stories Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media Fresh patents served up… Read More

Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media

A new software platform incubated inside RealNetworks is aiming to spice up streaming shows and movies with a Twitch-like social… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek Podcast: Facial recognition enters grade schools and Bird scooters landing in Seattle

It was quite a week for controversial news. First up: Would you let a facial recognition program track your kids… Read More

TLDR: MLB commentary with robots, flying cars, facial recognition in schools

Today’s featured stories MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Agent 007… Read More

Safety over privacy? RealNetworks to offer free facial recognition technology to K-12 schools

RealNetworks, the Seattle company best known for pioneering streaming media in the early days of the web, is deploying a surprising… Read More

Tech Moves: Tableau adds Microsoft vet as VP of product marketing; New executives at RealNetworks; and more

Tableau, the Seattle maker of data visualization software, has quietly hired away a senior Microsoft marketing executive to lead product… Read More