Gov. Gregoire: Washington businesses have donated more than $7M to earthquake relief PopCap Games raised more than $200,000 this past weekend for Japan’s earthquake relief efforts by donating proceeds from mobile app… Read More
Angel investing 101: The iPhone app version When it comes to enjoyable activities in life, the legal intricacies of angel financing deals might rank just above a… Read More
Google: Microsoft’s Android claims ‘threaten innovation’ Google itself hasn’t yet been named as a defendant in any of Microsoft’s patent litigation over Android, but the search… Read More
Google gets ‘Doodles’ patent Google was awarded a patent today on something known in intellectual-property lingo as “Systems and methods for enticing users to… Read More
Report: More than 320 daily deal sites operate in the U.S. Maybe there actually is some room for all of those Groupon clones. A new report out from Local Offer Network… Read More
Amazon.com opens its Android ‘Appstore,’ Apple be damned Amazon.com this morning launched its new Appstore for Android, despite a last-minute lawsuit from Apple over the “App Store” trademark. … Read More
Start with the Bread Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More
Former Microsoft GM David McCann takes CEO reins at Varolii Former Microsoft general manager David McCann has been named the new CEO of Varolii, a 224-person Seattle company that provides… Read More
Firefox 4 ‘Do Not Track’: How it works, what it really means One of the most interesting new features in Firefox 4 is one of the most simple. Called “Do Not Track,”… Read More
Did Amazon just kill Lendle? Electronic book lending service Lendle may be entering its last chapter. Amazon.com today revoked API access to the company, essentially… Read More
Apple suing Amazon.com over “Appstore” name Amazon.com has made a point of calling its upcoming mobile marketplace for Android an “Appstore,” as opposed to an “App… Read More
GeekWire Week #2: It’s all about the content Some people might say I was snooping. I think I was just doing old-fashioned journalism. There I was poking around… Read More
Maps: AT&T LTE in WA, with and without T-Mobile AT&T has released a series of maps today part of a campaign for support of its acquisition of T-Mobile USA… Read More
The patents Microsoft is using to sue Barnes & Noble Just how many anti-Android patents does Microsoft have up its sleeve? In reading through the Redmond company’s lawsuit this afternoon… Read More
Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over Android in Nook Microsoft says it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Barnes & Noble and the manufacturers of its Nook e-reader, based… Read More
Now there’s an online marketplace for daily deals There’s been a lot of activity in the daily deal space in recent weeks. And now Tippr — the Seattle… Read More
Tech Law: When a phone is actually more like a footlocker Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court decided it was OK for police to search the text messages on a… Read More
DoubleDown touts casino game growth, taps former RealNetworks exec DoubleDown Interactive, maker of the DoubleDown Casino game, said that it has surpassed more than one million monthly users on… Read More
Say hello to your new mobile overlord: Implications of AT&T’s T-Mobile hookup AT&T’s proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile USA would create a U.S. wireless colossus, with 130 million wireless subscribers —… Read More
OwnZones raises $500,000 to help media companies charge for digital content Media companies everywhere — from TV stations to newspapers to book publishers — are trying to figure out how to… Read More
Ed Fries, Bill Bryant join board of profitable social gaming startup Z2Live Z2Live, maker of the popular Trade Nations game for the iPhone and iPad, has scored a new round of funding… Read More
AT&T’s T-Mobile bid? There’s a (Verizon) map for that Tracking huge corporate acquisitions can feel at times like stepping into the Twilight Zone, and it looks like AT&T’s $39… Read More
Startup looks to transform wedding guest books, kid’s storytime with iPad apps You may think that the iPad 2 is simply an incremental improvement. But don’t tell that to Jackson Fish Market… Read More
Exclusive: T-Mobile USA CEO to employees: Sale to AT&T the ‘best possible solution’ The proposed sale of T-Mobile USA to AT&T, announced this afternoon, surprised not only the industry but also many of… Read More
Holy Crap: AT&T Buying T-Mobile USA for $39B In a shocker that promises to reshape the U.S. mobile industry, AT&T this afternoon announced a definitive agreement to buy… Read More
Meet the other Bezos — Jeff’s funny and inspiring brother See the resemblance? The organizers of the TED conferences this week posted a great video of Mark Bezos, a volunteer… Read More
‘If you don’t like IE don’t use it,’ and other comments of the week We’ve been having a ball telling stories of new technologies, entrepreneurs and the exploits of some of the world’s biggest… Read More
Facebook’s latest acquisition: No mobile phone left behind Sure, smartphones get all the headlines these days, but what about devices on the other end of the bell curve?… Read More
Wired: Amazon’s Android app store set to debut Tuesday Amazon.com plans to unveil its much-anticipated Android app store on Tuesday, according to a report in Wired. There’s been plenty… Read More
Podcast Here it is, the first GeekWire Podcast: We’re back! One of the pleasant surprises after starting GeekWire was the number of people who asked if we would continue doing… Read More
