High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Monday, August 25, 2008 Triphub.com Goes Offline Seattle-based Triphub.com, an online startup focused on group travel arrangements, has shut down its service as of Friday, the firm said. Triphub informed its users of the shutdown earlier this month. In a post to its users, Triphub blamed the current economic environment and state of the travel industry for the shutdown, saying that the company "simply ran out of money to continue executing on our vision." Triphub was venture backed by Madrona Venture Group. posted on Monday, August 25, 2008(Full story) F5 Adds Online Retailer Seattle-based application delivery software publisher F5 Networks Inc. revealed Monday that an online shopping network has adopted F5's BIG-IP WebAccelerator application. The financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed. F5 explained that WebAccelerator will help Ritz Interactive Inc.'s network of Web sites serve their content to customers faster and more reliably. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Ritz operates several camera- and outdoors-themed sites, including RitzCamera.com, WolfCa (More info...) posted on Monday, August 25, 2008(Full story) CreateSpace Signs MTV Networks CreateSpace, a property of Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com Inc., revealed Monday that MTV Networks will use CreateSpace's technology to produce DVDs of select television shows from its network of cable channels. The financial impact of the new business was not disclosed. CreateSpace provides a DVD-on-demand manufacturing process which allows publishers to offer DVD titles for sale and then burn and label those DVDs on demand. CreateSpace said the DVDs will be made from shows that air on (More info...) posted on Monday, August 25, 2008(Full story) |
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