Tech – Page 203 of 306

SpaceX lands $1B investment from Google and Fidelity, fueling Seattle-based satellite venture

SpaceX just announced that it has raised a total of $1 billion from Google and Fidelity, confirming a report by The… Read More

Outerwall CEO resigns, stock spirals as board declares time for leadership change

Management changes continue at Outerwall, operator of the Coinstar coin counting and Redbox movie and game rental kiosks. Today, the… Read More

Alliance of Angels raises $5.3 million, looks to plug funding gap in Pacific Northwest

The Alliance of Angels, one of the longest running angel investment groups in the Pacific Northwest, has raised a new… Read More

Sales tax compliance company Avalara raises another $42M, this time from Technology Crossover Ventures

Fresh off a massive $100 million investment, sales tax automation company Avalara has already raised another good chunk of money. The… Read More

Sen. Maria Cantwell meets with Seattle tech leaders on net neutrality ahead of key hearing

Seattleites clearly know how to get loud at a sporting event. Now, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell wants her constituents to… Read More

Where to invest in 2015? These 10 stock brokers offer their top picks

Get ready for a choppy year in the stock market. That’s the word from some of Seattle’s top stock pickers… Read More

Impressions of Seattle from an MBA trekker

When considering where to go on an MBA Technology Trek, Seattle was a no-brainer. It wasn’t just that the city… Read More

Expedia appears poised to acquire Travelocity, analyst says

Expedia may be acquiring Travelocity from its parent company Sabre Corp. The possibility came up in a note today from… Read More

How smartphone separation anxiety could be affecting your health

Losing your iPhone isn’t as bad as losing a limb, but it can feel that way, suggests new research from… Read More

Live blog: Celebrity chef Tom Douglas hosts Shark Tank-style forum to find the next great startup

Good evening, y’all. We’re at the Palace Ballroom in downtown Seattle for the first-ever Lion’s Den, a pitch-forum organized in part… Read More

Commentary: To bring ‘binders full of women’ into tech, we must get on the same page

View image | gettyimages.com I never had a problem with Mitt Romney’s use of the phrase “binders full of women.”… Read More

Zulily CFO Marc Stolzman: ‘In an Amazon-defined world, our model should not work’

We’ve written in the past about the odd-ball nature of Zulily, the Seattle e-commerce company that runs counter to most… Read More

Boeing partners with University of Washington for new engineering research center

Boeing is tapping into the talent at the University of Washington to help the company develop its airplanes and spacecraft. Gov. Jay… Read More

Zillow, Trulia stocks sink more than 7 percent as acquisition looms

It’s not a good day on the stock market for Zillow. The Seattle online real estate company saw its stock… Read More

The Big Apple vs. Rain City: A look at VC investing in NYC and Seattle

California remains the undisputed leader in venture capital financing, accounting for more than half of all VC dollars in… Read More

Uber partners with Pivotal Living for fitness promotion, despite ongoing device issues

Uber is putting on another promotion today in Seattle called “UberResolution,” which includes a fitness kit that people can have… Read More

Marriott changes mind, says it won’t block personal WiFi hotspots at hotels

Marriott International wants to let you use your personal WiFi hotspots after all. The hotel chain announced Wednesday that it… Read More

Chart: VC financing remains strong as dollars increase 44% in Q4, though deals continue to drop

The venture capital market remained red hot in the fourth quarter of 2014, as U.S.-based companies raised a whopping $13.8… Read More

Starbucks lays off undisclosed number of employees at Seattle HQ

Starbucks has confirmed it is laying off a “relatively small number” of employees at its headquarters in Seattle. Spokeswoman Linda… Read More

BlackBerry denies rumors of acquisition talks with Samsung

BlackBerry has come out swinging against rumors that Samsung wants to acquire it. The company issued a statement today, saying… Read More

Boeing sells part of its cybersecurity business to Symantec

Symantec announced today that it will be hiring 65 engineers and technical staff from Narus, a cybersecurity company and Boeing… Read More

Urbanspoon was nearly scooped up by Yelp, Food Network and Groupon after fighting off closure

Restaurant directory Zomato wasn’t the only one interested in devouring Seattle-based Urbanspoon. GeekWire has learned that there were multiple bidders for… Read More

SpaceX’s new Seattle-area office is in Redmond; Elon Musk to visit region this week

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that video-game developers make for great aerospace engineers. If that’s the case, his company’s… Read More

Seattle moves forward with plan to allow more car-sharing companies like Car2go

Seattle residents are one step closer to having more rentable vehicles available to get around town. The city’s Transportation Committee today… Read More

Taxi drivers protest Uber in Portland, park cars in city’s ‘living room’

Taxi drivers in Portland are gathering in the city’s “living room” today for a protest to voice concerns about how on-demand… Read More

Taxi group calls bluff after Uber gives anonymized trip data to city officials

Uber today announced that it will begin giving anonymized trip data from its rides to city governments in order to “provide new… Read More

LG to pay $13M in display price-fixing settlement with Washington state AG

LG has agreed to pay $13 million in restitution to settle a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the Washington State Attorney… Read More

Intellectual Ventures hires former Washington State first lady Mona Locke as communications exec

Intellectual Ventures has hired Mona Locke, a former journalist best known as Washington State’s former first lady, as its new senior… Read More

Instacart confirms $220M investment for one-hour grocery delivery service

Instacart today officially announced that it has closed a $220 million Series C round, pushing total funding past $275 million… Read More

NoSQL database maker Basho raises $25M, moves HQ to Bellevue after tapping new CEO

Basho Technologies, maker of the NoSQL database Riak, has scored $25 million in venture funding following the appointment of Adam… Read More