Who: Zones Position: Web Designer E-Commerce Where: Auburn, Wa What: How would you make thinkpads engaging? In what way can you get people excited about virtualization? These are some of the challenges we face as a multi-vendor IT solutions provider of brand name products. Have a look at our current site filled with products. Can you visualize [...]
Does ”Everybody in Seattle really want to work for Amazon?” Business Insider’s Matt Rosoff says the attraction is irresistible for these reasons: 1. Goodbye Beacon Hill, Hello South Lake Union! Amazon is no longer quarantined in a renovated VA Hospital on Beacon Hill. It has traded Count Dracula’s castle on the cliff for much trendier digs [...]
TIE Seattle – Fireside Chat with David Beitel, Zillow’s CTO When: Wed, January 18, 6pm – 9pm Where: Techdwellers Georgetown 6100 4th Avenue South Seattle 98108 (map) What: A fireside chat with David Beitel, Zillow.com’s CTO Techdwellers Georgetown 6100 4th Avenue South Seattle 98108 Please join us as David Beitel, [...]
Fisher Communications may have cut the cord on the 300,000 square foot Fisher Plaza office and data center in exchange for $160 million from Houston-based Hines Global, but the company has just cut the red ribbon on virtually unlimited shelf space by opening up a new marketing center online. SeattleNow is the name of new daily deals [...]
Who: Sportswear Inc. Position: Search Marketing Analyst Where: Seattle Waterfront What: Sportswear Inc., d.b.a. as Prepsportswear.com (www.prepsportswear.com), provides innovative e-commerce solutions to consumer brands, retailers and media properties using a vertically integrated technology platform. We enable partners to create customized online marketplaces that directly target consumers with relevant, personalized products. Combining targeted merchandising, dynamic imaging, [...]
Who: Denny Mountain Media Position: Social Media & Digital Writer/Editors Where: Seattle What: Denny Mountain Media is seeking qualified and highly motivated Social Media & Digital Writer/Editors to research trending topics and write about them across digital platforms. If you have the qualifications and skills listed below, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@dennymountain.com and [...]
Seattle Interactive Conference Goes SuperSonic This Week! The premiere edition of the Seattle Interactive Conference will take flight this this week by taking on the challenges of staging a world-class meeting of minds, weathering the dark and stormy November climate of Seattle, (shouldn’t we be trading time slots with SXSW in Texas?) and orchestrating the [...]
Who: See Kai Run Position: Marketing & Web Coordinator Where: Woodinville What: See Kai Run is a fast-growing designer and distributor of infant, toddler and children’s shoes known for innovative designs and product features that promote healthy foot development. Recommended by parents, health professionals and celebrities alike, See Kai Run has become one of the [...]
Who: Drugstore.com Position: Affiliate Marketing Strategist Where: Seattle What: drugstore.com, inc., Walgreens family of companies, is a leading online provider of health, beauty, wellness, personal care, vision and pharmacy solutions. We offer career development opportunities and excellent benefits in a challenging work environment. We hire creative thinkers from all walks of life to contribute to our dynamic [...]
Wow Technologies, Inc would like to invite you to the Grand Opening our new flagship data center. We are opening our doors to all of the Seattle Tech community, including the TechCafe, to come check out our newest space! We even have a new website for the data center at ColoInSeattle.com (which is under the [...]
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Jan 29 2012
Techspresso: Washington state AG and Facebook Target “Clickjackers,” Real Scores $120M for Patents, Mozy Rolls Out Stash
If you use Facebook, the world’s top social networking site, you may have “liked” an Internet scheme without even knowing it – and unwittingly helped spread the scam to your Facebook friends. Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna and Facebook have announced the latest step in an ongoing fight against spammers and scammers: a lawsuit against the co-owners of Adscend Media, LLC, an ad network that is alleged to develop and encourage others to spread spam through misleading and deceptive tactics, including the one known as “clickjacking.”
“We don’t ‘like’ schemes that illegally trick Facebook users into giving up personal information or paying for unwanted subscription services through spam,” McKenna said during a news conference at Facebook’s Seattle Office. “We applaud Facebook for devoting significant technical and legal resources to finding and stopping scams as soon as possible – and often before they even start. We’re proud to join forces in order to protect Washington consumers.” [24x7]
RealNetworks Sells Patents to Intel in $120M Deal; Stock Soars
Seattle’s RealNetworks has traded its intellectual property to help shore up its balance sheet. The Seattle company has entered a $120 million deal with Intel to sell off a number of patents and patent applications, including its video codec software.
In the exchange RealNetworks will give up about 190 patents and 170 patent applications as well as its video codec software. RealNetworks’ stock was up 32 percent Thursday morning, trading around $9.74 per share.
The sale gives RealNetworks a significant amount of new capital to invest in new products and businesses. The company said it does not expect the deal to have any material impact on its businesses. RealNetworks said it is keeping certain rights to continue to use the patents in current and future products.
“Selling these patents to Intel unlocks some of the substantial and unrealized value of RealNetworks assets,” said Thomas Nielsen, RealNetworks president and CEO. “It represents an extraordinary opportunity for us to generate additional capital to boost investments in new businesses and markets while still protecting our existing business.”
The move signals a further transition for RealNetworks, one of the pioneers of digital information such as music and movies on the internet. But the company has struggled as it has made the transition from creating content to focusing on technologies for distributing and managing media among different types of devices. The deal gives Intel a cache of patents during a time when tech companies are increasingly bolstering their patent holdings to guard against patent-infringement lawsuits or to seek legal action against tech rivals. [24x7]
Mozy Offers a Cozy Pantry for Family File Storage
Where can your family put away their files after they “clear the table?” iCloud? Box.net? Seattle-based Mozy, a unit of storage giant EMC, is recommending a different file-storage alternative — its own — code-named Stash.
Stash is a file synchronization feature that provides Mozy users a simple way to keep their most active data up to date across each of the computers they regularly use and complements the Mozy online backup feature. As soon as users place a file in their local Stash folder it quickly becomes available online. No need to wait for a backup or hit an upload button.
Stash works together with Mozy online backup to make all your files available to you from anywhere—even those you don’t keep in your Stash. So when you forget to put a file in your Stash, Mozy online backup ensures that you can still access it through the Mozy web site or the Mozy app for Android, iPhone, and iPad devices.
“Mozy has always protected our customers’ data against catastrophic loss,” said Russ Stockdale, general manager of Mozy. “With Stash, Mozy customers will see a huge increase in the value they get from protecting their data with Mozy. Stash makes it easy to move from your computer at the office to your computer at home to your smartphone or tablet without having to email files to yourself, or mess around with USB drives.”
The new Stash service is available to Mozy Home customers using the 2 GB free, 50 GB or 125 GB plan. [24x7]