Tech – Page 227 of 306

Frontier inks partnership with Zipwhip for text-enabled business landlines

Businesses using Frontier Communications for their voice calling needs will now be able to send and receive texts with consumers… Read More

Washington task force meets to discuss drone regulation

A Washington state task force focused on drone regulations met for the first time today to discuss how government agencies can… Read More

Job vacancies surge in Washington state, now taking longer to fill open positions

A new report out today from Washington state’s Employment Security Department confirms what many companies in the burgeoning tech industry… Read More

App of the Week: Photoshop Mix brings high-powered photo editing to the iPad

The growth of smartphone and tablet photography has made it easy to take pictures on the go without toting around… Read More

HBO doubling Seattle engineering office, expects to top 100 people by year-end

HBO’s Seattle engineering office has grown to 55 people since opening last year, and the company is planning to double the size… Read More

Bing now shows Twitter hashtag, handle results directly within search

Three years ago, Microsoft was at odds with Twitter in regard to including tweets in Bing search results. Now, though, it seems… Read More

Uber and Lyft still collecting signatures, as Seattle City Council considers new agreement

Despite reaching an agreement to allow Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to operate in Seattle legally, a coalition group is still collecting signatures from… Read More

Teachers protest in downtown Seattle, say Bill Gates is ruining education

Bill Gates has poured millions of dollars into public education reform in the U.S., and some teachers aren’t too thrilled about… Read More

Stratos Genomics lands investment, secures partnership with biotech giant Roche

Seattle biotech company Stratos Genomics today announced a new partnership with Roche, a Switzerland-based biotech giant. Roche has made a strategic investment… Read More

Moz CEO Sarah Bird shares work-life balance strategies with Joe Biden, Michelle Obama at White House summit

Sarah Bird has had quite the couple of days in Washington D.C. this week. The Moz CEO was invited to speak… Read More

Zillow’s Rich Barton on the $15 minimum wage, Uber regulations, and why the U.S. is filled with entrepreneurial ‘freedom fighters’

Zillow co-founder Rich Barton spoke this morning at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Denver, appearing alongside CH2M Hill CEO… Read More

Supreme Court: Cell phone searches require warrant

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that law enforcement officers need to get a search warrant before they can… Read More

Supreme Court shoots down Aereo streaming service

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the Aereo television streaming service violates U.S. copyright law, dealing a setback… Read More

Cancer research startup Immune Design files for $60 million IPO

Immune Design Corp., a Seattle biotechnology company developing technologies to activate the body’s immune system to fight cancer, has filed… Read More

Aiming for more accurate weather forecasts, Korea Meteorological Association inks $54M deal with Cray

Cray announced today that it has signed a contract to provide the Korea Meteorological Association with two next-generation XC supercomputers.… Read More

High-tech peepers? Cops called after drone spotted outside of Seattle woman’s apartment window

Is this a new form of high-tech voyeurism? A building manager called police on Sunday after a Seattle woman spotted… Read More

Electric smart cars with Wi-Fi, tablets coming to University of Washington campus

Computers with wheels are coming to the University of Washington. The UW is one of four universities around the nation… Read More

No drones for you! National Park Service to ban unmanned aircraft

Too bad drone lovers. You may no longer be able fly unmanned aerial vehicles in your favorite National Parks. The… Read More

Box reportedly seeking additional funding ahead of its IPO

Box, the online storage company started by a pair of Mercer Island High School graduates, is seeking additional funding from… Read More

Did somebody say free iPhone? T-Mobile lands 12,000 users for seven-day ‘Test Drive’ program

As it turns out, offering someone a free iPhone — even for just seven days — is a fairly good way… Read More

Purple power: Here’s the Chevy Malibu that UW students modified to win 2nd place in the EcoCar challenge

This is one of the most important car races on Earth, but it’s not about speed. Nope, this competition is… Read More

T-Mobile CEO apologies after saying AT&T and Verizon are ‘raping you’

T-Mobile CEO John Legere likes to pepper his public comments with profanities, most of which are part of his unconventional charm,… Read More

What the Supreme Court’s patent ruling means for the tech industry

The Supreme Court largely chose to uphold the status quo in the world of software patents today with a unanimous ruling… Read More

Rhapsody and T-Mobile team up in new Internet radio push

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based subscription music service, is making a new push into the world of Internet radio — offering a $4.99/month… Read More

Photos: Macklemore rocks the Paramount for T-Mobile

Wow, can we all take a breath now? In an energy-soaked performance that included two renditions of “Can’t Hold Us”… Read More

T-Mobile’s ‘Music Freedom’ offers unlimited streaming without data charges

T-Mobile is launching a new program that will give its customers unlimited music streaming without data limits. CEO John Legere… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire Phone uses 3D ‘dynamic perspective’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is on stage in Seattle right now demonstrating the company’s new Fire Phone, and he just… Read More

Adobe offers photographers cheaper Creative Cloud subscription

It has been more than three years since Adobe unveiled Creative Cloud, its subscription service for people who use its… Read More

Adobe launches Ink stylus, Slide digital ruler and iPad apps, chasing after Paper

Adobe is jumping into the iPad drawing market with both feet with the launch of Adobe Ink and Adobe Slide, a… Read More

Windows and Mac meet Android in expanded Parallels Access remote desktop app

Parallels is releasing its Parallels Access remote desktop app for Android, making it possible to run Windows and Mac applications on Android-based tablets and… Read More