WTIA Executive Women in Tech Community Event Board Engagement for Women Executives Where: E|M Fine Art Gallery When: 1/10/2012, 6:00pm to 8:00pm What: Please join us as we launch our newest executive community! EWIT (Executive Women in Tech) is aimed at women in senior operating roles in tech companies. On January 10th Debbie Bevier, Chairman of the Board [...]
Startup on Tap – Monthly Social Networking Event, TiE Seattle When: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm Where: ViaVita Cafe and Wine Bar, 1032 106th Avenue Northeast #126, Bellevue 98004 What: Want to meet like-minded people to discuss your startup ideas and issues? Interested in sharing your entrepreneurial experiences with others in the community? Announcing TiE Seattle’s monthly informal networking event series, Startup [...]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Dress to impress and join the WTIA community in celebrating the holiday season on Wednesday, November 30th aboard The Royal Argosy Cruise Ship! The boat will be decked out in lights and other holiday decor that will get you ready for the season! Cocktails: Have a drink [...]
Learn about creative ways of bootstrapping your startup from Burt Hamner, CEO of Hydrovolts. Burt Hamner will talk about the benefits of competing in startup competitions, what’s good value, how to win and what to do with the money and all that attention. He has won two national competitions that provide seed money and extensive [...]
If you would like to learn how to attract users to your internet business or even someone mildly interested in the latest internet business trends, join us at this panel event. We bring a diverse set of successful internet entrepreneurs and executives to share their views and thoughts and answer your questions on how to [...]
Would you like to meet with like-minded people to discuss your startup ideas and issues? Are you interested in sharing your entrepreneurial experiences with others in the community? Then, join us at the first of TiE Seattle’s monthly informal networking series – Startup on Tap! Starting Tue Oct 11th, join us every second Tue of [...]
Confab 2011 is the 34th annual conference for management consultants. This learning, sharing and networking event draws consultants of all disciplines from throughout the United States and several foreign countries. You can find out more here and register online.
Please join the WTIA for our next Mobile Executive Community Event, our experts will discuss the current state of the mobile economy here in Washington State, specifically on how to create new opportunities that will impact growth beyond our state’s borders. Speakers: Tom Huseby, Managing Partner at Seapoint Ventures More speakers to come… You can [...]
As a CTO, we know that employee retention and acquisition is imperative, especially when every CTO is looking from the same pool of candidates. Please join us for our next CTO Executive Community Event featuring, Ari Steinberg, Head of Facebook Seattle as he talks about how he forms his teams from this competitive landscape. Event Eligibility Requirements: The [...]
Join the WTIA for the first EPD program informational event. You as members asked for continuing education and development as a WTIA program and we listened and are delivering! We have partnered with the best organizations and universities to provide our tech community with the education resources. The event will have representatives from each of our [...]
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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]