February 25, 2015 at 12:46 PM Brier Dudley’s blog has moved Posted by Brier Dudley With the launch of our website redesign, our blogs have moved. I’ll still be posting tech news and analysis, but now you’ll find it here. Same content as always, just a different home for it. You can leave feedback about the site changes here. More Comments
February 18, 2015 at 10:20 AM Facebook Seattle updates status, confirms Dexter move Posted by Brier Dudley Four years after opening a small engineering office in Seattle, Facebook now has more than 500 employees in the city. More Comments | Topics: facebook, oculus vr, seattle
February 18, 2015 at 8:00 AM Business app platform K2 raises $100 million Posted by Brier Dudley Bellevue software company K2 raised a whopping $100 million to accelerate its business making tools that other companies use to build apps. More Comments | Topics: Enterprise, K2, Microsoft
February 12, 2015 at 3:49 PM Game sales start 2015 with a thud Posted by Brier Dudley Video game sales aren’t exactly off to a flying start this year. Screenshot of “Dying Light” from WB Games and Techland. More Comments | Topics: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony
February 12, 2015 at 1:39 PM “Candy Crush” King buys Seattle’s Z2 Posted by Brier Dudley Casual-gaming giant King Digital Entertainment disclosed during its earnings report today that it bought Seattle game studio Z2 in a deal that could be worth up to $150 million. Z2 screenshot of Battle Nations. More Comments | Topics: casual games, King, seattle
February 12, 2015 at 11:22 AM Sling TV comes to Fire TV – with deals Posted by Brier Dudley The Sling TV service that offers ESPN and other channels without a cable plan is now available on Amazon.com’s Fire TV devices. More Comments | Topics: Amazon.com, Fire TV, gadgets and products
February 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM Fluke Networks gear sniffs out cellphones, drones and Glass Posted by Brier Dudley If you want to know whether someone’s snooping around your property with a drone or a cellphone, you might be interested in the latest version of the Air Magnet, a wireless monitoring and security system from Everett-based Fluke Networks. More Comments | Topics: Enterprise, fluke, gadgets and products
February 10, 2015 at 12:04 PM Sprint overtakes T-Mobile in Root quality scoring Posted by Brier Dudley Sprint dramatically improved its network performance last year and in many areas is now better than T-Mobile US, according to a new report from Root Metrics. More Comments | Topics: AT&T, Phones, Root Metrics
February 9, 2015 at 10:00 AM Seattle drafts new cable TV rules in CenturyLink’s favor Posted by Brier Dudley Once again, the city of Seattle is letting CenturyLink decide how and where digital services will be upgraded on public property. More Comments | More in Columns | Topics: broadband, centurylink, Comcast
February 9, 2015 at 12:01 AM PicoBrew brews another product, KegSmarts Posted by Brier Dudley The team of mostly ex Microsoft brewing fanatics at Seattle startup PicoBrew are releasing their second product today. More Comments | Topics: food, Internet of Things, Microsoft