Tag: technology

Back to the Future: What’s Ahead for Seattle Tech in 2012?

Back to the Future: What’s Ahead for Seattle Tech in 2012?

Windows 8, The iPhone 5, 4G phones, Smartphones and smarter cars, the birth of “Business TV,”  further meteorology in the Cloud, and new avionics in the clouds from Boeing’s 787 and 747-8 aircraft.  All are in our future forecast for the Pacific Northwest and the Seattle metaverse in 2012. Friday Harbor’s Mark Anderson of the Strategic News [...]

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Technical Support Specialist (User Support), Tableau Software

Technical Support Specialist (User Support), Tableau Software

Who: Tableau Software Position: Senior Technical Support Specialist (User Support) Where:  Seattle – Fremont What: Tableau Software is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world, with 100% annual sales growth.  Tableau makes fast analytics and visualization products that help people see and understand data of any size or format. The company is on its [...]

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Appature, Director of B2B Marketing

Appature, Director of B2B Marketing

Who: Appature Inc. Position: Director of B2B Marketing Where:  Seattle (Downtown) What: Appature is an extremely fast-growing, Seattle-based technology company that is changing the way organizations manage customer information and drive marketing results. Appature Nexus is used by some of the world’s leading healthcare and life sciences organizations and is quickly becoming regarded as one of the [...]

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Smokin’ Gig.U Ignites and Amazon Fire Kindles

Smokin’ Gig.U Ignites and Amazon Fire Kindles

Gig.U Takes Seattle Net Speed to A Graduated Degree Gig.U: The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project is about to go live in Seattle. An effort to offer private companies access to 500 miles of publicly owned fiber-optic lines in Seattle is almost done, according to Bill Schrier, the city’s chief technology officer. Drawing on [...]

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Metia Seattle Is Ripe for Mobile with AmazonFresh

Metia Seattle Is Ripe for Mobile with AmazonFresh

Recently named one of the best places to work in the Puget Sound, perking employees talents with such amenities as a free on-site gym, staff lunches, chili cook-offs, a virtual bowling competition, and the less visible rewards of 100% medical, tuition reimbursement and stock options, Metia Seattle, (the ‘geo-marker’ is “officially” planted in Kirkland), has [...]

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“Hacking Seattle News” Breaks News (Can It Fix What Is Broken?)

“Hacking Seattle News” Breaks News (Can It Fix What Is Broken?)

Our news media is failing us –socially and civically –  and most surprisingly it is doing so in an era, and in a medium, that is as pervasive and instantaneous as the Internet.  Can technology solve the problem?  A group of  Seattle developers came together this weekend for “Hacking Seattle News” to see if more [...]

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Product Marketing Manager, Cloud (Contract), Tableau

Product Marketing Manager, Cloud (Contract), Tableau

Who: Tableau Software Position: Product Marketing Manager, Cloud (Contract) Where: Seattle, WA What:  Tableau Software is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world, with 100% annual sales growth.  As our Product Marketing Manager, you will be on the front lines of Tableau’s marketing efforts.

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Wa State Attorney General Raps AT&T Merger, Boeing 787 Dreamliners To Go Android

Wa State Attorney General Raps AT&T Merger, Boeing 787 Dreamliners To Go Android

Washington state attorney general Rob McKenna has joined a federal anti-trust lawsuit to block the merger between AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile. The attorney general argues that T-Mobile’s plans have typically cost less per month than comparable AT&T plans, and the merger raises “serious concerns” about higher prices for consumers. Furthermore, the high level of market concentration among Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane would become particularly [...]

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