Daily Digest from John & Todd for 05/18/2011
Geek of the Week: Arianna O'Dell — entrepreneur, marketer, startup sparkplug
May 18, 2011 10:55 am | Todd Bishop Arianna O’Dell, GeekWire’s latest Geek of the Week, has an infectious entrepreneurial spirit, a mind for marketing, and a million startup ideas. Not to mention a pretty impressive collection of shirts. Continue reading for pictures of those, and for her answers to our Geek of the Week questionnaire. Name: Arianna O’Dell Job, hobby and/or other geeky... Read More...
Venture capital returns rebound as IPOs come back
May 18, 2011 09:26 am | John Cook Returns at venture capital firms improved across most time horizons during the fourth quarter of last year, driven by a new crop of initial public offerings and some big M&A deals, according to the Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index. "Collective venture capital performance continues to move in the right direction as we are experiencing a further... Read More...
Zaarly looks to take on Craigslist, with help from LeVar Burton and Ashton Kutcher
May 18, 2011 08:12 am | John Cook Need a plumber, a DJ or a chainsaw carving of a bear? Welcome to Zaarly. Born at Startup Weekend in L.A., Zaarly today is launching what it dubs a “location-based, real-time commerce platform.” Essentially, it is an online marketplace for goods and services, kind of like Craigslist or eBay. The service will initially be available... Read More...
Ericsson taking over management of Clearwire network, 700 employees making shift
May 18, 2011 08:09 am | Todd Bishop Big move by Clearwire this morning, announcing that Ericsson will take over day-to-day management of the Kirkland company’s wireless 4G broadband network. Seven hundred Clearwire employees will transfer to Ericsson by mid-year as part of the seven-year deal with the Stockholm-based telecom services company — continuing Clearwire’s headcount reduction. It’s the latest step in a longstanding... Read More...
Plot thickens for Amazon with new "Thomas & Mercer" mysteries and thrillers
May 18, 2011 07:30 am | Todd Bishop Amazon.com is clearly having a lot of fun naming the brands that it’s using to expand further into the world of publishing books. Two weeks ago, the company launched “Montlake Romance,” named after the Seattle neighborhood. And the latest, announced this morning, will publish mysteries and thrillers under the name Thomas & Mercer — the... Read More...
Bill Gates a 'strong proponent' of Microsoft's Skype deal
May 17, 2011 04:18 pm | Todd Bishop There was no boardroom brawl in Redmond over Microsoft’s proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, at least not between Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. That’s the word from Gates, the Microsoft chairman, according to a BBC News report this afternoon. Gates tells the BBC that he was a “strong proponent” of the deal, which he... Read More...
Rain-soaked Seattle sports stadium gets solar panels
May 17, 2011 03:36 pm | John Cook The way the rains have been hammering Seattle over the past few months, I am not sure if this technology will actually prove beneficial or not. But Qwest Field’s Event Center — located next to the home of the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders — is getting 3,750 solar panels manufactured by Solyndra in an... Read More...
Q&A: 'Final Jeopardy' author Stephen Baker on Watson, IBM, the future of e-books and the fate of humanity
May 17, 2011 03:28 pm | Todd Bishop Stephen Baker is the journalist and author who traced IBM’s Watson project from its inception and development all the way through its TV duel with Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy earlier this year. He’s in Seattle this week as part of a tour for his book, “Final Jeopardy” – speaking on the Microsoft campus... Read More...
With gas prices rising, Zebigo.com rolls out new carpooling service in Seattle
May 17, 2011 03:03 pm | John Cook Seattle drivers are accustomed to clogged roadways. But a new startup called Zebigo.com is hoping to relieve some of that pressure. In development for the past year, the five-person company plans to tout the new carpooling service at the Fremont Transportation Fair tomorrow, with a formal launch slated for next week. Matching riders with drivers in... Read More...
Video: Mobile startup lets you listen to Twitter
May 17, 2011 02:20 pm | John Cook Google News rolled out some new features last week, allowing mobile phone users to find relevant news tied to nearby locations. A Seattle startup by the name of iHear Network is taking that concept one step further, transforming text-based Tweets into an audio news stream of sorts. “It is basically like a location-based chat service,”... Read More...
What do you think of the Smithsonian's new Bill & Melinda Gates portrait?
May 17, 2011 12:56 pm | John Cook The National Portait Gallery in Washington D.C. features some of the country’s most influential Americans, from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King Jr. to Bob Dylan. Now, Seattle’s most famous philanthropic couple have joined those ranks. A new portrait of Bill & Melinda Gates was unveiled today. (See large version below.) "I cannot resist saying... Read More...
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