Dexterra names IBM exec as new CEO
Dexterra, whose software helps mobile workers securely access corporate databases and other information, has named former IBM executive Michael Liebow as CEO. He replaces Rob Loughan, who will continue...
View ArticleiPhone app store a “grand slam” for startups
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs yesterday called the new App Store -- where users can download games, messaging, news and other mobile applications -- a "grand slam" with more than 10 million...
View ArticleWriter frustrated with Urbanspoon’s iPhone app
New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni details his frustrating experience trying to find restaurants in New York using Urbanspoon's new restaurant locator application for the iPhone.
View ArticleSotto Wireless cuts staff, changes focus
Sotto Wireless, the well-funded Bellevue startup led by former AT&T Wireless executives, has hit a fork in the road.
View ArticleRoundup: iPhone drives VC, Vigilos, Amazon
TechCrunch reports that Google is in "final negotiations" to acquire online news service Digg, though it notes that the deal could still fall apart.
View ArticleSix million iPhone shakes and counting
Urbanspoon, the Seattle online restaurant guide, notes that its iPhone application has been installed on 300,000 iPhones, with about six million shakes in the past 10 days. (People shake their iPhones...
View ArticleCequint raises $3 million for city ID service
Cequint Chief Executive Rick Hennessey was planning to raise up to $8 million in a third round of venture funding, but after inking deals with wireless carriers he decided the company didn't need that...
View ArticleClearwire’s revenue and losses grow
Clearwire's revenue increased by 65 percent to $58.6 million in the second quarter, but the Kirkland broadband wireless provider also reported a net loss of $199.1 million. That compared to a net loss...
View ArticleAction Engine on the brink?
Changes appear to be afoot at Action Engine, the Bellevue mobile software company that as of last summer had raised a total of $65 million.
View ArticleVengroff steps down from Pelago
The co-founder and chief technology officer at Pelago -- the Seattle mobile social networking startup backed by Jeff Bezos, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and others -- has left the company for...
View ArticleMedio in possible search deal with Google, Verizon
Medio Systems, the heavily-funded Seattle mobile search startup, could be part a new partnership between Google and Verizon to simplify the Internet search process on mobile phones, according to a...
View ArticleRoundup: V2Green, Clearwire, JumpTap, etc.
There's been a lot of chatter this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver about reducing the country's dependence on foreign oil. Looking to take advantage of that rhetoric, Seattle...
View ArticleRadioFrame Networks lands $28 million
RadioFrame Networks has pulled in $28 million in equity and debt financing, bringing total funding in the Redmond maker of telecommunications networking equipment to more than $100 million.
View ArticleTechCrunch50: Swype is new way to type
At a product demonstration event hosted by the MIT Venture Lab three months ago, Swype won over judges (I was among them) with a new technology that allowed mobile phone users to input text using a...
View ArticleRoundup: Ontela, Medio, PayScale, etc.
NCsoft Corp., the Korean developer of massively muliplayer online games, is establishing a new subsidiary for the U.S. and European markets that will be headquartered in Seattle. The new unit --...
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