Tech

Updated: 777 crash at SFO, 2 reported dead, 181 taken to hospital, 1 still unaccounted for

At around 11:30 this morning, Asiana Airlines flight 214 crashed prior to landing at San Francisco International Airport. The flight… Read More

FCC gives go-ahead to Sprint deals with Clearwire, Softbank

The U.S. wireless industry is one step closer to being reshaped. The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved Sprint’s transactions… Read More

HTC revenue, profits down for another quarter

It’s looking to be another bad news quarter for Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. The company is reporting that its unaudited… Read More

Moz vs. Doz: Trademark issues at play in ‘tragic’ naming dispute

Is Doz too close to Moz? That’s the question in a naming dispute which has arisen between the marketing software… Read More

Rupert Murdoch wants to teach your kids computer science with this new online AP course

There’s been a lot of chatter in recent months about the need to boost computer science education in the U.S.,… Read More

Poppy raises 300% of Kickstarter goal, will turn your iPhone into a 3D camera

Here comes a white Poppy. Poppy, the oddly-shaped 3D photo and video viewing device that uses an iPhone to create… Read More

Glympse partners with Evernote to help you remember those epic journeys

If you’ve just had an epic drive through the Redwood Forest or found an incredible running trail and wanted a… Read More

Comcast gets wrist-slap for failing to answer customer service calls promptly (quite possibly one of mine)

It’s been a tough few days here at the Cook household. I’ve been on the phone three times so far… Read More

Ex-Groupon CEO Andrew Mason just made a new album and it’s barely listenable

After being ousted from Groupon and writing one of the most candid farewell letters ever, Andrew Mason decided to grow… Read More

Yelp’s new Word Map feature shows you how to avoid all the hipsters in your city

Trying to find a good place to eat, but want to avoid frat boys and hipsters? Yelp has you covered.… Read More

Nordstrom experiments with Pinterest, showcasing top ‘pinned’ items in 13 stores

There are so many options these days for retailers to use social media to drive sales. Nordstrom is looking to… Read More

Redbox parent Outerwall buying ecoATM kiosk company for $350M

Outerwall, the Bellevue-based company formerly known as Coinstar, is buying ecoATM, a San Diego company that makes automated kiosks for buying… Read More

Looking for your next RSS reader? Here’s our guide to the post-Google Reader era

I’ve used Google Reader for as long as it has existed, which means that I’ve been on the hunt for… Read More

Confirmed: Zynga names Microsoft Xbox chief Mattrick CEO

Updated below with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s email about Mattrick’s departure. Zynga just confirmed that Don Mattrick, previously the head… Read More

IPOs pick up steam in Q2 led by Tableau, but M&A falters

The market for initial public offerings gained some momentum in the second quarter as 21 companies started trading on public… Read More

Tech Moves: Skytap taps HP exec as CEO; Bsquare’s board changes; RF Surgical names CEO; and more

—Seattle cloud automation startup Skytap has named Thor Culverhouse as CEO. Culverhouse is the former president of Stratavia, which was acquired by… Read More

CityGrid chops two-thirds of staff; Urbanspoon untouched

CityGrid Media, the local search pioneer and parent company of Urbanspoon, Insider Pages and Citysearch, has cut two-thirds of its… Read More

Alaska Airlines flights grounded temporarily due to computer ‘hiccup’

[Update: The company says via Twitter that the systems are back and flights are being dispatched again.] Alaska Airlines flights… Read More

Moving on up: Why Concur traded its suburban campus for an upscale downtown high-rise

As we noted a few months ago, Concur is growing so fast that it can’t quite keep up with demand. A… Read More

Here’s how to score cash from Tony Conrad of True Ventures: Build a movement

As a member of the founding team at True Ventures, Tony Conrad has made a few odd bets. He bet… Read More

UW students build bad-ass Formula racecar, take 1st place at worldwide competition

After nearly one year of hard work and more than 60,000 hours of planning, building and testing, an engineering team… Read More

First porn app for Google Glass relaunches, stripped of explicit content

“Tits & Glass” is back … kind of. Earlier this month, Seattle-based adult app marketplace Mikandi got lots of attention for releasing the… Read More

Video: Foursquare’s first tablet app is for Windows 8

SAN FRANCISCO — Location check-in service Foursquare is expanding beyond smartphone apps to tablets, and it’s starting with a native… Read More

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources partners with 3D printing giant

Just a few months after partnering with the nation’s largest engineering firm, Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company Planetary Resources announced a new investment from a… Read More

Tech Moves: Doug Aley leaves Zulily for Room 77; Vittana taps CEO; Ex-RealNetworks CEO lands at Brightcove; UserMind; etc.

Doug Aley is jumping back into the online travel business, taking a new job as vice president of product development… Read More