Tech – Page 103 of 306

Campaign to diversify startup boards launched by Redfin, Madrona, Pioneer Square Labs and others

Real estate technology company Redfin and several prominent tech investment firms will encourage startups in their portfolios to recruit an… Read More

Kaplan-owned Dev Bootcamp to shut down, closing Seattle coding school and other sites

Dev Bootcamp, a coding school with six locations around the U.S., including Seattle, will close its doors in December. The… Read More

Consulting giant Mercer invests in compensation data provider PayScale

Seattle-based compensation software and data provider PayScale announced today that it has received a minority investment from Mercer, a New… Read More

Americans waste $73 billion per year looking for a parking spot, new INRIX study finds

There are dozens of reasons why driving in Seattle is a pain: The seemingly constant traffic jams, the five-way intersections… Read More

Google Container Engine update adds the latest version of Kubernetes and new security features

Container orchestration products are becoming extremely important for companies that have embraced modern software development principles, and Google updated its… Read More

Moon Express unveils its roadmap for giant leaps to the lunar surface … and back again

Moon Express has laid out the plan it intends to follow to send probes to the surface of the moon… Read More

Zillow Group makes first investment, leads $10M round for augmented reality home design app

Zillow Group is not only a leading online real estate portal, but now the company can call itself an investor,… Read More

Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused investment arm, steps out of the shadows

Google’s mysterious artificial intelligence venture capital project is finally ready to talk about its work. Gradient Ventures, which made one… Read More

Seattle mom engineers a remedy for bath-time tears and launches Kickstarter for Shampoo Buddy

Tiffany Platt was tired of the crying that came with trying to wash her young daughters’ hair. Sure, some of… Read More

VC firms invest $21.8B in 1,958 companies during Q2 as part of ‘self-correction period’

U.S. venture capital investment activity is returning to steadier times. That’s one takeaway from the latest Venture Monitor from PitchBook… Read More

UW’s lip-syncing Obama demonstrates new technique to turn audio clips into realistic video

Researchers at the University of Washington are putting former President Barack Obama’s words into his own mouth to demonstrate breakthrough… Read More

New UW-China tech innovation school near Seattle plans to graduate 3,000 students in 10 years

The University of Washington and Tsinghua University have big ambitions for their new joint technology innovation institute. The Global Innovation… Read More

Audi-owned Silvercar expanding to Seattle airport as it seeks to disrupt the car rental industry

Silvercar, an Austin-based company that is looking to disrupt the car rental business, is coming to Seattle. On July 31,… Read More

Updated: Washington’s Sen. Cantwell prepping bill calling for AI committee

Artificial intelligence research is going to have major effects on the world, one way or another, and Senator Maria Cantwell… Read More

Tune launches ‘tunebot,’ a Slack-powered chatbot that answers queries on marketing data

Interpreting data is a hard job, especially when you need answers on the fly. Tune, the Seattle-based marketing technology company,… Read More

Zulily-parent QVC is buying the Home Shopping Network to better compete with Amazon

Liberty Interactive, the parent of QVC and grandparent of Seattle-based Zulily, will acquire the Home Shopping Network in a $2.1… Read More

BMW ReachNow car-sharing service opens lot at Portland airport

People flying out of Portland have a new way to get to the airport. BMW’s ReachNow car-sharing service today opened a… Read More

Tech giants score high on Indeed list of the 50 best places to work: See if your company made the cut

With so much competition for top technical talent, it’s no surprise that tech companies are well-represented on Indeed’s annual ranking… Read More

University of Washington researchers unveil battery-free cellphone that runs on radio and light energy

Everyone has felt the pain of a device running out of power just when you need it the most. That… Read More

Samsung is reportedly developing a voice-controlled speaker to compete with Amazon Echo

Another day, another tech titan developing a smart speaker. A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims Samsung is… Read More

See the technology behind Seattle’s Fourth of July fireworks show

Seattle hosts one of the most impressive Fourth of July fireworks shows in the nation. Set to a dramatic soundtrack,… Read More

Headed to Gas Works for Seattle fireworks? Save the headache and take Uber, bike, or public transit

Gas Works hosts one of Seattle’s most epic Fourth of July parties. Big crowds (and traffic) flock to the iconic… Read More

Drop out, Tune in: Why the twin brothers behind this Seattle startup set up a tech outpost in Alaska

Lucas and Lee Brown, the twin brothers who founded the Seattle mobile marketing analytics company Tune, have found something else… Read More

Full interview: Bleacher Report founder talks about the future of sports media

If you’re a digital publisher and you haven’t embraced mobile and social, get on board. That was one message from… Read More

Bill Gurley reunites with Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff to talk ‘insane curiosity’ and finding good leaders

Bill Gurley, the Benchmark venture capitalist who served for 10 years on the board of directors at Zillow Group, reunited… Read More

Future of commerce? Mark Cuban to join ‘initial coin offering’ for Unikrn eSports betting platform

Mark Cuban made headlines this week after the billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner said he was planning to participate in an “initial… Read More

After landing in Seattle, AppViewX eyes expansion to help modernize network infrastructure

Nearly three months into its new life as a Seattle company, network management software company AppViewX is nearing profitability and… Read More

Washington state’s new 564 area code takes effect next month

Get ready to see more 564s in Washington. T-Mobile is notifying customers that the new area code will be rolling… Read More

What’s really scary about Petya ‘ransomware’ attack? It might not be ransomware

The recent “ransomware” computer virus outbreak is over, but the speculation is just beginning. And it begins with those quotes… Read More

Zillow drops complaint against ‘McMansion Hell’ blog after backlash over copyright claim

The architecture criticism blog McMansion Hell is back up and running days after a threatening cease-and-desist letter from Zillow Group… Read More