Tech – Page 233 of 306

Code.org partners with 30 school districts to help teach kids about computer science

More than two million students across the nation will learn how to code thanks to a Seattle-based organization that is on… Read More

Geek pride: Here are the nerdiest states in America

Utah has a bunch of nerds, while Washington D.C. lacks any geek pride. Those are a few data points from a… Read More

F5 Networks reports $420M in revenue, net income up to $69.6M

F5 Networks posted solid financial results for fiscal second quarter, reporting revenues of $420 million — up 20 percent over… Read More

Getty launches Photos.com storefront, offering iconic prints to the masses

Getty Images wants to make it possible for photo buffs to have that one picture they always wanted. Today, the… Read More

Whole Foods is turning overripe produce into fertilizer with this geeky machine

Just when you thought Whole Foods couldn’t get any more green, well, now the organic grocery store is. The Austin-based market announced today that… Read More

Is your Internet sluggish? Most broadband providers slower than advertised

Does it take forever to load a webpage, or do you find that watching Netflix can be a painful experience? If… Read More

Look out! Astronauts on a mission to protect Earth from asteroid collisions

Our planet has been hit by asteroids more times in the last decade than you can probably imagine, and more… Read More

ServiceNow expands in Seattle, opens new tech center with room for 250

ServiceNow, a publicly-traded enterprise cloud services company, is the latest Silicon Valley tech powerhouse to mine the Seattle area for… Read More

Bertha delayed: World’s largest tunnel boring machine won’t dig again until 2015

Bertha must be real bored by now. The world’s largest tunnel boring machine, which is digging a 1.7-mile underground tunnel in Seattle,… Read More

Gates-backed inBloom winding down after non-profit faces concerns over privacy

InBloom, which was backed by $100 million from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others, is closing up shop after… Read More

Intellectual Ventures gets smacked down by federal judge in patent case

Intellectual Ventures has been having a rough year, and the hits just keep coming. Last week, Alex Trenga, a judge… Read More

Blucora paying $45M to purchase HowStuffWorks, the Internet’s how-to guide with 38 million monthly visitors

Blucora continues to expand through acquisitions. The Bellevue company today announced that it’s buying HowStuffWorks from Discovery Communications, paying $45… Read More

Watch Paul Allen make a Kickstarter pitch for new NBA jerseys in ‘Portlandia’ cameo

Paul Allen’s acting skills — or lack thereof — were on full display in a “Portlandia” episode earlier this month. During this… Read More

New UW football coach lifts Twitter ban for players, brings in social media advisor

During his previous coaching stint with Boise State University, Chris Petersen made sure to keep his players off Twitter. But now,… Read More

Nike reportedly cuts majority of its FuelBand team, steps back from wearable hardware

Owners of a Nike FuelBand may soon have a relic on their hands. The company has laid off 70 to… Read More

Seattle will issue cease-and-desist to ride-sharing companies if deal can’t be reached

Seattle will issue a ceast-and-desist letter to app-based transportation startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar if an agreement between the companies,… Read More

Q&A: Rick Johnson on working at Valve, Facebook’s Oculus deal, and the future of augmented reality

Rick Johnson thinks that the future includes a world where people can take an augmented view of the world around… Read More

Ready for Webvan 2.0? Grocery service’s founder is taking another bite at the apple

Nobody would blame Webvan co-founder Louis Borders for staying away from the grocery delivery business. His company saw a meteoric… Read More

More than 600 Seattle U students had information exposed because of bad security settings

Sometimes, bad security breaches don’t even require specialized code or software bugs. Case in point: Seattle University, which accidentally left… Read More

Avalara unveils TrustFile, a free cloud-based sales tax service for small businesses

There’s a whole maze of state and local laws governing sales tax collection, and it can be hard for a… Read More

Seattle ride-sharing regulations suspended; Mayor wants to negotiate with stakeholders

Seattle’s ride-sharing controversy just took an unexpected turn. A coalition group has collected enough signatures to suspend a newly-passed ordinance regulating companies like… Read More

Amazon Fire TV voice search will soon work with Hulu, Crackle, Showtime content

Amazon announced today that it is expanding voice search capability for its Fire TV set-top box to include Hulu Plus, Crackle… Read More

Intellectual Ventures’ licensing chief resigns, leaving deputies in charge

Intellectual Ventures’ top licensing executive, Andy Elder, has resigned his post for personal reasons and will depart at the end of… Read More

Lyft launches community program ‘Lyft for Good’ to help improve cities

Last month, Lyft called out Seattle’s city leaders for their decision to regulate the number of cars it could have… Read More

Nokia suspends sales of Lumia 2520 tablet in Europe over faulty chargers

Nokia today told users of its Lumia 2520 Windows 8.1 tablets to discontinue use of travel chargers purchased in several countries,… Read More

UberX adds $1 ‘Safe Rides Fee’ for passengers, reinstates 20% commission fee for drivers

UberX customers, take note: Your rides are about to cost a little more. In an email sent to UberX Seattle… Read More

What Snapchat teaches us about the way teens define privacy

When it comes to the generational differences between today’s youth and their parents or grandparents, there are the obvious ones:… Read More

Chase Jarvis named CEO of CreativeLive, Mika Salmi moves to board role

Mika Salmi is stepping down as CEO of fast-growing online education company CreativeLive, handing the reins to co-founder Chase Jarvis.… Read More

Angry Uber drivers complain about company: ‘We’re treated a little better than slaves’

Uber, the fast-growing San Francisco app-based transportation startup, has another problem to deal with in Seattle: Angry drivers who say… Read More

Zillow’s Rich Barton on why he prefers Seattle to Silicon Valley

Rich Barton may not be quite as well known as the tech superstars of Silicon Valley. But the Expedia and… Read More