Microsoft giving $2M in cash, services to Japan — no RT required Microsoft this morning pledged to support relief efforts in Japan with donations valued at $2 million, including $250,000 in cash,… Read More
HIV drug maker Koronis considers IPO in London We’ve bemoaned the fact that very few Seattle area companies are considering initial public offerings. But Koronis Pharmaceuticals, a Seattle… Read More
Amazon Appstore gets ‘Angry Birds Rio’ Android exclusive Here’s a major win for Amazon’s upcoming Appstore for Android: Rovio, the company behind the blockbuster “Angry Birds” game franchise,… Read More
iPad 2 Mania: Big sales for Apple’s next big thing Looks like Seattle wasn’t the only place where people showed up in droves for Apple’s iPad 2. The new version… Read More
Survey: More Americans now consume their news online than in newspapers The news business has been undergoing radical shifts and changes over the past 10 years, brought on by advances in… Read More
GeekWire Week #1: Ups, downs and (nearly) everything in between Our entrepreneurial adventure started six days ago in a brick building in Pioneer Square. It was an appropriate setting to… Read More
Cool Web Site of the Week: Seattle All Stairs Some people spend their time knitting, reading books or playing sports. Susan Ott Ralph and David Ralph like staircases. Public… Read More
Seattle Jewish Film Festival goes high-tech with QR Codes The 16th annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival kicked off this weekend, with more than 30 films on the docket. Attendees… Read More
Data Dump: Kindle vs. iPad vs. Xbox vs. everything else Except for maybe those crazies at the front of the iPad 2 line, many of us have become pretty measured… Read More
Microsoft’s IPO, 25 years ago, and what happened after that It was 25 years ago today — March 13, 1986 — that a personal-computer software company named Microsoft Corporation sold… Read More
Bing’s Japan Tweet: A ‘tasteless’ marketing ploy or simply helping a good cause? [Updated with Microsoft statement] Microsoft has found itself in an unwanted maelstrom following a Twitter message posted on its @Bing… Read More
Apple iPad 2 launch: ‘The cachet of being one of the fanboys’ So who was in line for the iPad 2 yesterday afternoon? And why were they willing to spend hours of… Read More
Latest on Microsoft in Japan Microsoft is among the many U.S. companies whose operations were impacted by the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here’s… Read More
Interview: Meet the guy who waited 21 hours for an iPad 2 We were surprised by the size of the line of people waiting for the iPad 2 outside the Apple Store… Read More
Evolution of the anti-iPhone shirt, at Microsoft’s hometown Goodwill For pure tech t-shirt awesomeness, there’s nothing quite like the Goodwill store near Microsoft’s Redmond campus. This is the place… Read More
Coolest high school ever gets $7M from aerospace companies Seriously, why wasn’t this place around when we were in school? Aviation High School, currently based in Des Moines, Wash.,… Read More
Amazon.com partners with the Red Cross for Japan earthquake donations Amazon.com has added a button to its home page where visitors will be able to quickly make donations to the… Read More
Comcast opens up TV Japan to digital cable viewers for earthquake coverage You can tune into CNN, MSNBC, Northwest Cable News or any number of cable channels for the latest news on… Read More
Where are the hot parties at SXSW? A new mobile app helps guide the way Thousands of geeks are headed to Austin, Texas this week to participate in the annual SXSW conference, the annual music,… Read More
Nokia pays big bucks for Elop: Former Microsoft executive receives $6M signing bonus Nokia paid big bucks to dislodge Stephen Elop from Microsoft. The former president of the Microsoft Business Division, who joined… Read More
$99 Smurfberries? Apple closes iOS loophole under pressure from Washington AG Sorry, kids, no more spending your college fund in Smurfs’ Village. Apple this week sent word to Washington state’s Attorney… Read More
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ atop the heap in February (List) There’s a new king in the U.S. video game market, and it’s not exactly good news for the industry’s efforts… Read More
Amazon’s tax battle escalates, company takes stand in Illinois Amazon.com’s war with the states over sales taxes has a new battleground. The company has cut ties to its online… Read More
Tracking the tsunami online, even before the quake Following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we’ve been checking frequently with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for… Read More
Microsoft delays Windows Phone update, frustrates fans A new version of Apple’s iOS (4.3 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) is out and ready for download this… Read More
Xbox 360 scores its biggest non-holiday month ever Microsoft sold 535,000 Xbox 360s in the United States in February, the biggest month in the console’s history outside of… Read More
Dancing with Drones: UW students and autonomous aircraft As part of their Embedded Systems 472 class at the University of Washington this quarter, electrical engineering students were challenged… Read More
Big shakeup at Clearwire: CEO Bill Morrow steps down, hands reins to John Stanton The turmoil at Clearwire continues. The company announced today that CEO Bill Morrow is stepping down for “personal reasons,” effective… Read More
More Kinect coolness: Business collaboration and home automation hacks Microsoft plans to soon release a software development kit allowing hobbyists and academics to build applications for its Kinect motion… Read More
Former Microsoft exec Chris Liddell to step down as CFO of General Motors Former Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to resign as CFO of General Motors after getting passed over for… Read More
