SEATTLE — Before a valuable employee quits a job, how does a company make sure a bit of his or her magic stays behind? Some companies try to capture it on video, by recording lectures given by some of their … Continued
The UpTake: Co-founders Matt Pohlson and Ryan Cummins discuss how Magic Johnson inspired them to create Omaze, how the Star Wars campaign came about and their ambitious plans to build a charity marketplace. J. J. Abrams isn’t quite done casting … Continued
The social commerce space is heating up. We recently learned about social commerce site Soldsie. The site lets customers buy from your Facebook or Instagram site just by commenting. Now, Chirpify, a social commerce site that’s been around for about … Continued
POLSON – A couple of thousand miles east of here, two prototype lawnmowers developed in Lake County are cutting grass outside the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., this summer. They are gas-less, cordless, and look like they were built to … Continued
J.J. Abrams isn’t quite done casting “Star Wars: Episode VII” yet. The cast could include you and a friend. In a brilliant promotional move for both the highly anticipated movie and a great cause, the notoriously secretive director released a … Continued
This morning, social commerce company Chirpify announced that it had acquired Measureful, a “ Flipboard for data” and a fellow Portland company. Launched in 2011, Chirpify enables people to make purchases through hashtags. It first started with Twitter, and later expanded … Continued
Axioma, a leading provider of advanced tools for risk management and portfolio construction, today announced the launch of Axioma Risk Model Machine v 7.6 (RMM). The novel enhancements include an advanced Content Builder program and new factor libraries that make … Continued
Good Technology on Tuesday said it bought the U.S. business of mobile security software provider Fixmo. Sunnyvale-based Good didn’t disclose the terms of the deal it struck with the Toronto company. Good said the acquisition resolves a patent dispute that … Continued
POLSON – Take a look at the technology Core Outdoor Power uses to build gas-less equipment for lawn care and you might assume Lincoln Jore, who helped develop it, had a degree in engineering. “No, I’m a college dropout,” Jore, … Continued
A single solution for lecture capture, Panopto, will be available to all UW campuses on July 1 to replace both Tegrity and UW Coursecasting. Results from a needs assessment and pilot showed that Panopto is the best-performing tool, is user-friendly and … Continued
