Tech – Page 252 of 306

Year Up Puget Sound students build computers, pitch investors to show off new skills

The sound of computer parts clanking together fill the theater inside Seattle’s Triple Door Wednesday afternoon. Students from Year Up… Read More

Tesla Model S crashes and burns near Seattle, company stock follows suit

A Tesla Model S electric car caught fire this week after crashing south of Seattle — combining with an analyst’s downgrade… Read More

Dress to impress: Indochino’s ‘traveling tailor’ pop-up store arrives in Seattle

No, there won’t be robots in the back bringing clothes to your dressing room. But making a pit stop in… Read More

RealNetworks names former drugstore.com chief Dawn Lepore to board

RealNetworks this morning added a new board member, Dawn Lepore, the former CEO of drugstore.com who also serves on the… Read More

Windows 95 game ‘Hover’ reborn: How this indie developer made it happen

Dan Church was a young boy, just 6 or 7 years old, when he first discovered the game “Hover” on… Read More

Monsanto paying $930M to buy The Climate Corp. to help farmers harvest data

It’s sunny skies today for The Climate Corp., a 7-year-old San Francisco company that sells insurance to farmers and uses… Read More

Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in Yahoo’s site, offered $12.50 per bug

Yahoo may be in the midst of a reinvention, but according to one security company, their compensation for turning in… Read More

Burgers, fries and PayPal: Internet payment system rolling out at restaurants

Cash and credit cards are so last year. Kirkland-based Viableware today announced a partnership with PayPal, allowing customers to make purchases with… Read More

Dell gets buyout approval, will face PC challenges as a private company

Dude, you’re getting a buyout! That was the message from regulators today as Dell announced that it has received “all… Read More

Blockbuster iPad app Paper partners with Moleskine to print your digital artwork

Sketching artwork on digital devices is pretty cool, but there’s just something about a physical and permanent creation that you… Read More

Frazier Healthcare raises $377M venture fund, surpassing target

Frazier Healthcare has raised a $377 million fund, one of the largest in recent years by a Seattle venture firm.… Read More

Crowd-sourced cold surveillance: This smartphone app may help better predict flu outbreaks

In some cases, the bacteria that accumulates on our the surface of our smartphones can make us sick. But now… Read More

Bang with Friends sex app reaches settlement with Zynga over ‘With Friends’ trademark

Bang With Friends Inc., makers of the controversial Bang With Friends app, will be forced to change its company name… Read More

Bill Gates invests in power grid networking company Varentec

Bill Gates, along with Khosla Ventures, has invested over $8 million as part of a Series B funding round for a… Read More

iPhone shows summer sales gains over Android in U.S.

While some analysts are convinced that Apple’s smartphone business is doomed, new sales data would seem to indicate that the… Read More

Review: In ‘Age of Context,’ Scoble and Israel focus on the possibilities of technology

When asked what the future of personal technology might look like, I usually refer the questioner to Rainbows End. This… Read More

Evernote, Salesforce CEOs: If you want work-life balance, work somewhere else

SAN FRANCISCO – If there’s one truism about Silicon Valley, it’s that work-life balance is hard to come by. At… Read More

How smartphone apps are forcing kids to be more narrow-minded, less creative

Smartphone apps can be really useful. They give us spot-on directions, recommend great places to eat and offer access to… Read More

Ride-sharing companies not shutting down in Seattle — for now

Ride-sharing startups like Sidecar, Lyft and UberX can continue to operate in Seattle without regulation — for now. The Seattle… Read More

Evernote strengthens ties to physical products with new notebooks, Post-its, scanner

SAN FRANCISCO – The company behind one of the leading digital notetaking programs actually isn’t interested in making the world… Read More

Here’s why 36 million Americans still don’t use the Internet

Many of you reading this article would probably agree that life without the Internet would be a little troublesome in… Read More

Twitter is now an emergency aid service

Twitter launched Twitter Alerts today as a way for public institutions and NGOs to send out emergency alerts via text… Read More

First look: Amazon’s Kindle Fire ‘Origami’ stand in action

How does your tablet stand up? No, literally. A day after Microsoft debuted a new version of its Surface tablet… Read More

Digital ad vet Clark Kokich named chief strategy officer at Marchex

Marchex is making a big bet on mobile performance advertising, and it has hired an experienced leader to help lead… Read More

RealNetworks tries to get back in sync with new ‘RealPlayer Cloud’ service

One of the original brands behind the Internet media revolution, RealPlayer, is making a push into the cloud era with… Read More

Here’s why Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff loves treadmill desks

When Spencer Rascoff first set up a treadmill desk inside the Zillow‘s Seattle HQ, lots of people made fun him. What… Read More

Bungie design director Joseph Staten leaves game company after 15 years

Bungie design director Joseph Staten, who was the lead writer for the company’s huge ‘Destiny’ game, is leaving the company… Read More

ASI Semiconductor inks patent deal with Intellectual Ventures for transistor technology

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures (IV) announced a new patent licensing deal today with ASI Semiconductor Inc., a small Los Angeles company… Read More

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley announces resignation

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley is resigning from the board of directors and the top post after more than a decade… Read More

Here’s a way to hide Breaking Bad spoilers from your Twitter timeline

Twitter can be great at times, but when you’ve missed an episode of your favorite show, it can be pretty… Read More