Tech – Page 288 of 306

Intellectual Ventures’ chief dealmaker on patents, used cars and creating a new market

Andy Elder isn’t from Seattle originally, but he’s accustomed to the rain, having grown up in England. As a kid,… Read More

Cypress Semiconductor strikes wide-ranging patent deal with Intellectual Ventures

Cypress Semiconductor has reached a patent licensing agreement with Intellectual Ventures, becoming the latest in a series of large technology… Read More

Boeing’s first iPad app is a digital coffee-table book

Boeing today released its first app for the iPad, but anyone hoping for something innovative to use in seat 37D… Read More

Northeastern University to open graduate school this fall, names Seattle attorney as dean

Northeastern University is continuing to push forward with its graduate school in Seattle, announcing today that it plans to open… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan cuts 20 jobs

Vulcan, the Seattle-based investment arm of billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, today laid off 20 staffers, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Pics: Boeing shows off the airplane wings of the future

Fuel efficiency is the Holy Grail in the airplane business, or at least one of them, and Boeing today unveiled… Read More

RealNetworks posts wider loss, new CEO cites progress

RealNetworks today posted first-quarter revenue of $67 million, a decline of 23 percent, with a quarterly loss of $17 million… Read More

Shares of Concur rise after revenues beat expectations

Concur, the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, today reported a 28 percent increase in revenue, to… Read More

Seattle mayor kicks off app development challenge (and yes there is prize money to be won)

Have a great idea for an app that could make life a little bit better in Seattle or Washington state?… Read More

Guest column: Let’s celebrate the geeks who ‘GiveBig’

Today is Seattle Foundation’s 1-day GiveBIG challenge. Seattleites will compete for $500,000 in matching donations for their favorite local charities.… Read More

Seattle to Portland for a $1? That’s the promise of BoltBus

I just spent $5.25 getting from Sea-Tac Airport to my home in Seattle, using Link Light Rail and King County… Read More

Coinstar boosts investment in electronics recycling kiosk company

Coinstar, the Bellevue-based parent company of the Redbox DVD rental kiosk venture, has boosted its investment in ecoATM, a San… Read More

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz departs Groupon’s board

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down from the board of Groupon just 16 months after joining forces with the… Read More

Seattle’s Sea-Tac is No. 2 airport for Wi-Fi, tops for coffee

A new ranking of the Best and Worst Airports in the United States, published by Travel + Leisure, ranks Sea-Tac… Read More

Angry Birds Space gets 50M downloads, sets record pace

Attention, mobile game developers: Here’s your new mark to beat. Angry Birds maker Rovio today announced that “Angry Birds Space”… Read More

PopCap goes plush with first merchandise for Plants vs. Zombies, other franchises

Zombies on your lawn are a not a good thing, but what about in your kid’s room? PopCap Games, maker… Read More

Hacking Edu: tech’s role in the future of higher education

Call it a noble experiment: only a month to re-imagine institutions with centuries of tradition and, some might say, baggage.… Read More

Memo: Jeremy Lewis on his departure as Big Fish CEO

As we reported earlier today, Big Fish Games announced that its founder, Paul Thelen, would be returning to the role… Read More

Big Fish CEO Jeremy Lewis steps down, founder Paul Thelen returns to role

In a surprise shakeup at the top of Big Fish Games, Jeremy Lewis will step down as CEO and president… Read More

The DVD isn’t dead yet: Sales surge at Redbox kiosks

Movie streaming and digital downloads may be rising in popularity, but it looks like many of us aren’t quite yet… Read More

Expedia sees room nights rocket 24% year-over-year

That hotel room you booked in Cabo may have just helped pay for office space in Bellevue. Expedia has released its… Read More

Twitter releases updated apps for iPhone and Android

Twitter announced updates to its iPhone and Android apps today — adding advanced search functions, a condensed activity/discover section, and improved… Read More

Amazon’s big quarter: Sales up 34%, profits beat expectations

[Follow-up: Amazon adds 9,400 workers — largest growth ever, now employs 65,000 people] Amazon.com just beat Wall Street’s expectations with… Read More

Boeing to acquire software company Inmedius to boost ‘digital airline’ strategy

Boeing has reached a deal to buy Inmedius, a software company based in Pittsburgh that makes software for managing and distributing… Read More

State of Washington picks Doxo for paperless files

Going green is a way of life for many in the Pacific Northwest, and penny-pinching local governments are more than… Read More

Facebook makes security push with antivirus marketplace

Facebook is making a bigger push into the world of Internet security with the launch of a new Antivirus Marketplace… Read More

IPO-bound INRIX hires former RealNetworks legal chief

Is RealNetworks becoming a farm system for the Seattle region’s aspiring public companies? Tracy Daw, who resigned as RealNetworks’ chief… Read More

Cray to sell hardware assets, shift employees to Intel

Supercomputer giant Cray has announced it’s selling a hardware program and related intellectual property to Intel — and in the… Read More

Apple: Mixing tablet, notebook like merging toaster, fridge

Microsoft will be blurring the lines between traditional computers and tablets with the upcoming release of Windows 8, offering a… Read More

Departing RealNetworks legal chief gets to keep $200k bonus for Intel patent work

Tracy Daw, the RealNetworks chief legal officer who resigned from the company this week, was awarded a $200,000 cash bonus… Read More