Seattle

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT

The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.

One in 124 Seattleites Uses a Kindle Fire

John Paczkowski in News on January 5 at 5:01 am PT

And 20 percent of them live within a mile of Amazon headquarters.

Exclusive: Zynga About to File for IPO

Kara Swisher in News on May 24, 2011 at 3:32 pm PT

Zynga is poised to file for its initial public offering, according to sources close to the situation, as early as this week, or next week at the latest. The San Francisco-based online gaming company’s valuation in its last round of funding was $10 billion, but it is likely to price itself higher in an offering, given the recent series of strong IPOs for Internet companies.

Jive Acquires OffiSync, Socializes Microsoft Office and Outlook

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 23, 2011 at 11:04 am PT

Social Enterprise software player Jive Software makes its second acquisition in as many months, and aims to make Microsoft Office and Outook more social. So when is the IPO already?

A Day in the Life of a Salesperson on the Front Lines of the Group-Buying Frenzy

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 2, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Groupon and LivingSocial have ballooned into major corporations over the past year, hiring thousands of local salespeople who try to convince local merchants into participating in the latest fad: group buying. While other sales positions have been hit hard by the recession, it turns out not every one is losing out. The daily deal phenomenon is creating thousands of new sales opportunities–and the hunt is on for trained workers with the contacts and experience.

T-Mobile: $1,000 Says Your iPhone's Slower Than Our Galaxy

John Paczkowski in Mobile on April 27, 2011 at 10:42 am PT

T-Mobile says the Galaxy S 4G is faster than the iPhone and it’s willing to pay $1,000 to anyone who can prove it wrong. From Friday through Sunday, the carrier is calling on Seattle-area iPhone owners to bring their handsets into one of 10 local stores, where the device will be matched against a Galaxy S 4G in a series of three download speed tests.

Zynga's Mark Pincus: "Amazon Built Shop. We Want to Build Play."

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 13, 2011 at 3:52 pm PT

Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus outlined the company’s social-gaming ambitions last night in a rare public appearance to celebrate the grand opening of the San Francisco company’s offices in Seattle. Here’s a look at how he thinks Zynga will become known as the “play” of the Internet, just as Amazon became the “shop.”

Zapd Aims for the Big Leagues With Web Publishing Mobile App (Plus Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Pressplane has launched its latest creation, called Zapd, an iPhone application that allows you to build a Web site from the phone in 60 seconds. Here’s the story of two very enthusiastic entrepreneurs who believe they’ve stumbled upon something great.