RealNetworks posts profit on Intel patent deal, but signals deep cuts ahead RealNetworks today posted profits of $81 million for the second quarter, thanks to its sale of a large patent portfolio to… Read More
Boeing shows off Unmanned Little Bird autonomous copter Builder of warcraft, hoster of Blue Angels and all-around badass in aerospace engineering, Boeing is showing off its Unmanned Little… Read More
Zillow revenue rises 75% as mobile usage keeps surging Zillow this afternoon posted revenue of $27.8 million for the second quarter, an increase of 75 percent from the same… Read More
WebMediaBrands buys Cory Bergman’s Lost Remote blog Cory Bergman’s Lost Remote blog, which started more than a decade ago to cover changes in the television industry, has… Read More
Amazon plans textbook rentals as cheaper option for students [Updated below with Amazon news release.] Amazon.com is moving into the business of physical textbook rentals, expanding its footprint by… Read More
Seattle joins federal government open data effort This week, Seattle took a giant leap toward open data and transparency when it became one of four U.S. cities… Read More
Tis the season: Sales jump at Blue Nile on engagement ring demand A lot of folks must have spent the Spring months popping the question. Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile saw… Read More
Shares of Concur fall despite revenues increasing 26% Shares of Concur are down more than five percent in trading today despite the fact that the company beat its… Read More
Politicians look to leash patent trolls with new SHIELD Act Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is sick and tired of patent trolls, and he’s not going to take it anymore. DeFazio… Read More
Intelius cuts jobs as Naveen Jain urges company to ‘think like a new startup’ Intelius cut an undisclosed number of employees today as the Bellevue Internet company makes a series of changes in its… Read More
UW team deploying power and Internet to the sea floor In further news about awesome people doing awesome things, a team from the University of Washington is installing a series… Read More
Yahoo Mail upgrade crashes, burns In other e-mail news today, Yahoo Mail launched an upgrade that would make it “faster and easier” to use. Instead,… Read More
With stock on the rise and Zillow on its tail, Market Leader looks to invest Zillow may get a lot of the attention in Seattle’s burgeoning online real estate arena, recently celebrating the one-year anniversary… Read More
Cray boosts revenues as it awaits word on $150M order Supercomputer maker Cray Inc. today reported net income of $147.4 million on revenue of $84.2 million, a “strong quarter” in… Read More
Sprint’s iDEN shutdown may impact Clearwire’s network Sprint’s plans to shut down its iDEN network next year could have an impact on Clearwire, with the broadband wireless… Read More
Banyan Branch expands with take over of Nology Media Banyan Branch is adding a new tree limb, announcing today that it is taking over Seattle social media upstart Nology… Read More
Dendreon shares sink after plant closure, restructuring Dendreon, the once-promising Seattle biotechnology company, is taking it on the chin today after announcing a restructuring that will cost… Read More
Chart: VC returns on the mend Earlier this year, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation issued a blistering report which said, among other things, that the majority of venture… Read More
Dear Alley Insider: What’s Zillow, chopped liver? I’m a big fan of Alley Insider’s Chart of the Day service in which the online news publication puts relevant… Read More
Cat in the Hat is back in first-ever Dr. Seuss iPad coloring app Just in time for family vacation season, Seattle-based interactive agency Smashing Ideas has developed another clever way to keep your… Read More
Shares of Blucora soar 26 percent after big gains in Internet search revenue Shares of Blucora skyrocketed more than 26 percent on Friday after the Bellevue Internet search and tax software company formerly… Read More
Clearwire subscriber growth flat at 11 million, but stock rises as outlook improves for 2012 Clearwire’s revenues fell to $316.9 million during the second quarter in part because of a slowdown in wholesale revenues. And… Read More
RFID company Impinj cancels IPO plans, raises $21 million Impinj has raised an additional $21 million in venture capital financing, money that president and CEO William T. Colleran said will… Read More
Facebook matches estimates, gets closer to a billion users Facebook just released its first quarterly earnings report as a public company, posting profits of 12 cents a share, matching… Read More
HTC moves ahead with big expansion in Seattle’s Pioneer Square We heard rumors last fall that HTC, the giant Taiwanese smartphone maker, was looking for office space in Seattle’s historic… Read More
Where’s Ethan Stowell eating? Urbanspoon Guides show the top picks of top chefs In the online age, everyone can be a critic. And now, Seattle-based Urbanspoon is letting you release your inner Tom… Read More
Wii sales plummet as Nintendo looks to Wii U Nintendo this morning reported a quarterly loss of 10.3 billion yen, or about $132 million. Sales of the Wii game… Read More
Amazon enforcing 3G data limit on Kindle web browsing Web browsing on Kindle e-readers has never been an optimal experience, as signaled by the longstanding “experimental” label on the… Read More
Seattle approves plan to lease fiber network to private firms Seattle will now be able to lease unused fiber optic cabling throughout the city to private companies, possibly sparking faster Internet… Read More
4-Hour Workweek author Tim Ferriss joins Vittana for 35th birthday fundraiser He’s a man of fours — you know, the four-hour workweek, the four-hour body — but now author Tim Ferriss… Read More
