Who: Avvo Position: Engagement Manager Where: Seattle (Downtown) What: Avvo is the largest medical and legal resource online that empowers consumers with the information and expert-only advice they need to confidently make the right decisions about their health and legal needs. In addition to its free expert-only Q&A forum, where consumers can ask a lawyer or [...]
Who: ADP Cobalt Seattle Position: Digital Advertising Specialist Where: Seattle (Union Station) What: Do you know Marketing and have Acct/Client Management experience? Then this job is for you.. Cobalt – a division of ADP Dealer Services is seeking Digital Advertising Specalists.
Avvo, Inc. Position: Senior System Administrator Where: Seattle What: Avvo is the largest medical and legal resource online that empowers consumers with the information and expert-only advice they need to confidently make the right decisions about their health and legal needs. We are looking for top-notch Senior System Administrator to oversee both our production and [...]
Who: Avvo, Inc. Position: Software Developers Where: Seattle What: Avvo is the largest medical and legal resource online that empowers consumers with the information and expert-only advice they need to confidently make the right decisions about their health and legal needs. Launched in 2007, Avvo is privately held, with funding from Benchmark Capital, Ignition Partners [...]
Who: ClassifiedAds.com Position: Senior Software Engineer Where: Bellevue, WA What: Do you want to work on projects you have real control over? Do you like to be involved in technology and design choices? Do you want to join one of Seattle’s top startups, an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company? ClassifiedAds.com is looking for talented developers [...]
Who: Appature, Inc. Position: Sr. Product Manager, Analytics & Insight Where: Seattle What: Appature is a fast-growing Seattle-area company that is changing the way companies manage customer information and drive marketing results. Our product, Nexus, is used by some of the world’s leading healthcare organizations and is quickly becoming regarded as one of the most innovative [...]
Who: Meteor Entertainment Position: Social Media Marketing Manager Where: Seattle What: Meteor Entertainment Inc is a growing game publisher who seeks an innovative, career minded self starter who will help build a strong, engaged, enthusiastic social media audience for a highly anticipated on-line video game. We’re not just talking about tweets — Meteor needs a marketing specialist [...]
Who: Blue Nile Position: Manager of Web Development Where: Seattle What: Blue Nile is the largest online retailer of certified diamonds, engagement rings and fine jewelry. We are presently looking for a passionate and talented Manager of Web Development who will lead a team of front end web development engineers in the development and support of solutions that meet Blue [...]
Who: PerfectMatch.com Position: Email Marketing Manager Where: Kirkland, WA What: PerfectMatch.com® (PerfectMatch), a leading online dating and relationship service, is the best approach for adults seeking successful, lasting relationships. It is the only online dating and relationship service to offer the Duet® Total Compatibility System (Duet®), co-developed by renowned relationship expert Dr. Pepper Schwartz. We are seeking [...]
Who: Zoomingo Position: Social Marketing/Deals Guru Coordinator Where: Bellevue What: Zoomingo was co-founded by Krishnan Seshadrinathan and Shirish Nadkarni, who also co-founded Livemocha, the world’s largest language learning website with more than 10 million users. Nadkarni also founded mobile email pioneer TeamOn, which was acquired by RIM in 2002. Nadkarni left Livemocha in 2011 and had [...]
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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]