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| Jul 20, 2011 | The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider) | Does anyone want to move to Seattle? (Schlosser photo)
We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But let’s not forget all of the good stuff going on. A post today ... |
| Jul 13, 2011 | Swype Raises Additional $2.5M in Series C Financing | Swype, a Seattle, WA-based developer of a text input technology, has raised an additional $2.5m in Series C financing.
Investors include existing backers Samsung Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, Benaroya Capital, DOCOMO Capital and Ignition... |
| Jul 12, 2011 | Swype Adds $6M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle mobile-startup Swype, which makes input software for mobile devices, has closed a $6 million Series C financing round led by Ignition Partners and previous investors S... |
| Jul 12, 2011 | Swype raises more cash, looks to top 100 million installs | Swype, which allows mobile device owners to input text with the swipe of a finger rather than the traditional tap, has pulled in an additional $2.5 million in venture capital financing from existing investors, reports All Things D. The mone... |
| Jun 13, 2011 | Swype 3.0 adds ‘predictive tap’ to mobile input technology | Swype, the Seattle startup whose mobile input technology works by dragging a finger across a virtual keyboard, is rolling out an update today that adds the ability to tap out words the old-fashioned way.
The Swype 3.0 beta update adds “pred... |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Exclusive: Fast-growing Swype scores cash from Ignition, hints at Apple iOS integration | One of Seattle’s hottest startup companies has scored cash from one of the region’s biggest venture capital firms. Swype, which allows consumers to input text on mobile phones and tablet computers with the “Swype” of a finger, has landed $3... |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Report: Ignition Adds $3.5M to Swype | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Swype, a maker of touchscreen text-input technology for mobile devices, has landed a $3.5 million investment from Bellevue’s Ignition Partners, according to Geek... |
| Mar 25, 2011 | Photo of the day: Governor Gregoire learns to Swype | Gov. Chris Gregoire gets a Swype lesson from CEO Mike McSherry. (Photo: Alvin Ngan/Via World Trade Club)
Governor Chris Gregoire loves to promote Washington products, from wine to cherries to airplanes. And now she’s got another one to add ... |
| Mar 24, 2011 | What’s next for Swype? Old-school ‘tapping’ | Swype founder Cliff Kushler invented one of the most innovative text-input technologies, allowing users of touchscreen devices to quickly input text with the simple swipe of the finger. But not everyone “Swypes.” And for those who don’t, th... |
| Feb 24, 2011 | DocuSign, Isilon, Swype and More Take Honors at WTIA Industry Achievement Awards | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Hundreds of techies braved Seattle’s latest snowpocalypse for one of the community’s biggest shindigs: The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Industry Achievement Aw... |
| Feb 11, 2011 | Siine lands £550,000, aims to change the way we type on touch-screen keyboards | Siine, a Spain/UK-based developer of software that aims to change the way we communicate using touch-screen phones and tablets, has raised £550,000 (roughly $880,000) in seed funding from Atomico Ventures, the investment vehicle established... |
| Jan 21, 2011 | Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Twitter Takes Best Startup Of 2010 | This year’s fourth annual Crunchies Awards have just concluded, and we’re happy to say that it was an overwhelming success. For those who weren’t at the event or watching our livestream, we’ve included the list of nominees and winners below... |
| Jan 9, 2011 | Daniel Raffel's Favorite New Geek Stuff Of 2010 | Daniel Raffel is a former Yahoo product manager and a newbie entrepreneur. A year ago we asked him to write a guest post telling us about his favorite new products, projects and features of 2009. The post below is an updated list of his fav... |
| Jan 7, 2011 | Announcing Your 2010 Crunchies Finalists | The finalists for the 2010 Crunchies Awards have been chosen. Over 243,000 votes were made across all categories and many outstanding achievements were discussed. Along with our partners GigaOm and VentureBeat, we are very proud to announce... |
| Sep 22, 2010 | SwiftKey comes out of public beta to rock your Android keyboard | If you haven’t heard of SwiftKey by TouchType and you have an Android phone, you’re either suffering with the native keyboard or trying out some of the other popular alternatives, such as Swype for instance. The release of the bigger and be... |
| Jun 22, 2010 | Nuance Acquires ShapeWriter, Ramps Up Pressure on Seattle Startup Swype | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Memo to mobile-interface companies: Nuance is on the prowl.
The speech-recognition and imaging software giant (NASDAQ: NUAN), based in Burlington, MA, has acquired ShapeWriter... |
| Jun 16, 2010 | Get swyping: Swype for Android available now in English, Spanish and Italian | We told you this was coming: Swype has just made it possible for any Android handset owner to download their innovative touch-screen enabled text-input application straight from the website. Which means a whole lot of people can henceforth ... |
| Jun 15, 2010 | Want Swype? (yes, you do) – Get It Tomorrow For Android Phones | I just heard from Swype, the creators of an amazing touchscreen mobile application that allows text entry way faster than via normal virtual keyboards. They’ll be making the Android version of their application available to anyone who wants... |
| Jun 15, 2010 | Swype brings its fast touchscreen keyboard app to all Android phones (Updated) | Swype, makers of innovative touchscreen text-input technology, will bring its software to all Android devices tomorrow, the company told TechCrunch, a technology blog. It’s not a full release of the software — its feature-set will be limite... |
| Jun 15, 2010 | Swype brings its fast touchscreen keyboard app to all Android phones (Updated) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Swype, makers of innovative touchscreen text-input technology, will bring its software to all Android devices tomorrow, the company tol... |
| May 31, 2010 | Why UJAM Didn't Win TechCrunch Disrupt | Something that I loved about TechCrunch Disrupt last week is that the top two startups that launched in the competition weren’t from the U.S. – winner Soluto is based in Israel, and runner up UJAM is a German startup. In our previous events... |
| May 18, 2010 | Dashwire, Ground Truth, Swype Win Awards | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-area mobile startups Dashwire, Ground Truth, and Swype have been named to FierceWireless’s Fierce 15 list. The 2010 awards recognize innovation and intelligence in eme... |
| Apr 21, 2010 | Dell strikes with Thunder and Lightning — high-end Android and Windows Phone 7 smartphones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
You may not consider Dell a serious contender in the high-end mobile marketplace yet, but that could soon change, according to document... |
| Apr 21, 2010 | Dell strikes with Thunder and Lightning — high-end Android and Windows Phone 7 smartphones | You may not consider Dell a serious contender in the high-end mobile marketplace yet, but that could soon change, according to documents obtained by Engadget, a popular gadget blog. The computer maker is developing a pair of high-end smartp... |
| Mar 26, 2010 | Swype and T9 Trace are on a collision course | You may not know the name Nuance Communications, but you can bet you've used this company's products. It deals with linguistic solutions in the health care, enterprise, and the consumer mobile spaces. If you were to know the company for any... |
| Feb 15, 2010 | Swype Scores $1M Led by Docomo | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Swype, a maker of text-input technology for touchscreen mobile devices, announced today it has raised an additional $1 million led by Docomo Capital. The money i... |
| Dec 15, 2009 | Swype Raises $5.6M, Looks to Go Global with Text Input Software for Smartphones | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Swype, a maker of text-input software for touch screens, has raised $5.6 million in Series B equity financing from new investors Samsung Ventures and Nokia Growt... |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Swype raises $5.6M for novel text-entry technology | Swype has raised $5.6 million in a second round of funding and has shown further momentum in getting its new text-entry technology off the ground.
Swype lets you enter text more easily into a cell phone text message. You begin typing a mess... |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Swype raises $5.6M for novel text-entry technology | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Swype has raised $5.6 million in a second round of funding and has shown further momentum in getting its new text-entry technology off ... |
| Dec 2, 2009 | Swype, Following T9 Model, Releases Text Input Software on Samsung Phone | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s been seven years in the making, but we might be looking at the biggest new text-input technology for mobile phones since T9 predictive texting. At least that’s what Swype... |
| Nov 23, 2009 | Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next). | A year ago, Swype launched a new way to type on a touchscreen phone at TechCrunch50. Swype was created by the inventor of the T9 predictive typing system used on most phones today because he felt that new text input methods for small touchs... |
| Sep 10, 2008 | Yammer Takes Top Prize At TechCrunch50 | Watch a video of the awards ceremony here.
Three jam-packed days, and 52 startup demos later, we finally have a winner for this year’s TechCrunch50. Every day, the presentations just seemed to get stronger and stronger. There were so many s... |
| Sep 9, 2008 | Swype, truly compelling gesture-based mobile data entry | Swype is an amazing gesture-based data entry system that truly blew our collective minds at TC, CG, and MC. To type, you simply connect letters together using a stylus or finger and predictive text to pick letters and words out of seemingly... |
| Sep 9, 2008 | TC50: Swype, Truly Gesture-based Data Entry | Swype is an amazing gesture-based data entry system that truly blew our collective minds at TechCrunch50. To type, you simply connect letters together using a stylus or finger and predictive text to pick letters and words out of seemingly u... |
| Sep 8, 2008 | Announcing The TechCrunch50 Finalists | We’ve gone through more than 1,000 companies to get down to the final 50 (okay, 52) that will present on stage at TechCrunch50 starting later this morning. We will be covering all of the companies as they present onstage or shortly after. B... |