Name that Tech Tune for a chance to watch Microsoft’s startup documentary Updated below with answer and winner. Our weekly Name that Tech Tune challenge is sometimes extremely tough, and sometimes not… Read More
Another day, another big real estate lease for Amazon.com Amazon.com’s appetite for office space in downtown Seattle is truly astounding. For the second time this week, word has emerged… Read More
Postal Service to test lockers, following Amazon’s lead The U.S. Postal Service plans to start testing its own locker system for packages, similar to the lockers that Amazon.com… Read More
New game degree: DigiPen creates MFA in Digital Arts DigiPen Institute of Technology, the Redmond-based school specializing in interactive entertainment and video-game technology, has created a new Master of… Read More
Geek of the Week: Beth Goza, nerd crafter and Microsoft vet Our latest Geek of the Week, Beth Goza, is a creative force — the type of person who can jump… Read More
Microsoft to open new gaming studio in Victoria, B.C. Maybe we’ll see more geeks on the Victoria Clipper and Kenmore Air next year. Microsoft is planning to open a… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Z2Live CEO David Bluhm builds a mobile games powerhouse Z2Live CEO David Bluhm — a veteran Seattle entrepreneur and gaming executive — likes to say that his company batted… Read More
Comcast and Time Warner to end wholesale deals with Clearwire Comcast and Time Warner will end their wholesale agreements with Clearwire, part of a deal that the cable companies struck… Read More
Meet the man who just won GeekWire’s moustache contest We saw a lot of great whisker wonders over the past week as dudes from the Seattle tech community participated… Read More
Report: Google to challenge Amazon with fast shipping Google is talking with big retailers about creating a new service to provide fast, cheap shipping of items found through… Read More
Can ebooks fuel innovation? Startups explore the potential A group of startups met up this week in Redmond for the first Ebook Innovation Summit, a small gathering of… Read More
Judge tosses privacy suit over Amazon user tracking A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed, for now, a suit filed against Amazon.com by a computer user who accused… Read More
Amazon Web Services: Almost a billion-dollar business? Amazon Web Services is poised top $1 billion in cloud services revenue in 2012, according to a new report from… Read More
Lighter Capital finds its flame, awards cash to HireAHelper Back in August, we told you about an unusual investment competition created by Andy Sack and the crew at Lighter… Read More
Survey: iPhone 4S owners love Siri, and hate the short battery life The vast majority of iPhone 4S owners are “very satisfied” with the new device, and they especially love the Siri… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Vizua looks to bring medical image viewing into the future Started by former Microsoft employees and a French scientist, Vizua is looking to transform the way radiologists share MRI, CT and… Read More
Tech Moves: Trulia taps former PayPal and Amazon exec as CFO as IPO looms Here’s more evidence that Trulia might be following in the footsteps of Zillow on its way to an IPO. The… Read More
Broadband on a plane: Intellectual Ventures has a better way coming in 2014 Is Nathan Myhrvold about to improve your in-flight broadband connection? That’s one of the promises of a new type of… Read More
Madrona throws Rover.com a bone, puts ex-Microsoft GM Easterly on leash as CEO Aaron Easterly loves dogs, and a four-pound Pomeranian by the name of Caramel controls a good chunk of his life.… Read More
Founder’s Co-op heads north of the border, backs B.C. startup Unbounce Founder’s Co-op is among the new backers of Unbounce, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company that today announced an $850,000 investment from… Read More
Four tips for startup survival It’s not a pretty picture. While sixty-six percent of new businesses will survive to the two-year mark, less than half… Read More
Seattle 2.0 has a new home, and it’s GeekWire Seattle 2.0 has become a staple of Seattle’s tech startup community over the past four years. Founded by Marcelo Calbucci,… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Yoky Matsuoka links humans to devices, from thermostats to robots Yoky Matsuoka has long been interested in the frontiers of human interaction with machines, exploring new ways for the nervous… Read More
Cheezburger’s Ben Huh talks candidly about his personal struggles with depression Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh is known as a master of Web humor, with his company’s network of comedy sites drawing… Read More
Sprint throws Clearwire a $1.6 billion lifeline in funding deal Clearwire and Sprint this morning announced a new agreement that could provide Clearwire with as much as $1.6 billion over… Read More
Super stealthy Wavii says a bit more: Making Facebook out of Google A few weeks ago, I wondered what was going on at Wavii, a high-profile Seattle startup that had been operating… Read More
Parallels names new finance and tech chiefs, prepping for possible IPO and acquisitions Parallels, known for its software that lets Windows run on Macs, has hired new finance and technology chiefs, aiming to… Read More
iLike vets launch Familiar, turning your computer screen into a digital picture frame Marcus Womack, Josh Hepfer, Mike Bohlander and Ray Fortna were core members of the team at iLike, the Seattle online… Read More
Rhapsody marks decade in business as it absorbs Napster Ten years ago this weekend, on Dec. 3, 2001, the Rhapsody music service was launched by Listen.com, pioneering the concept… Read More
Matt Steckler, 1975-2011: A creative force with a million crazy ideas No idea was too small, too silly or too offbeat for Matt Steckler, a Seattle developer and entrepreneur who died… Read More
