Articles from 2011 – Page 12 of 107

Report: Microsoft’s next Kinect sensor will read lips

An interesting report from Eurogamer today quotes an unnamed “development source” detailing Microsoft’s plans for the next version of its Kinect… Read More

Looking to salvage bid, AT&T may seek buyer for up to 40 percent of T-Mobile’s assets

Facing U.S. government roadblocks, AT&T is considering selling up to 40 percent of T-Mobile’s assets in order to preserve its… Read More

Amazon: Kindle sales jump 4X to unspecified levels of greatness

Amazon is infamous for declining to release specific sales figures for its Kindle devices, but that doesn’t keep the company… Read More

Theater geeks who text and tweet will be welcomed with open arms at this arts center

At most theaters, concert halls and arts centers, guests are strongly encouraged to stow their cell phones until the performance… Read More

Microsoft’s reality distortion field, shopping with pepper spray … and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “She was competitive shopping.” — Los Angeles Fire… Read More

Online retail sales surge 26% on Black Friday: Amazon ranks as most visited site

Online retailers are supposed to get their big boost on Cyber Monday — the first Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday… Read More

When eBooks attack, mass paperbacks die

The mass market paperback is dead. It just doesn’t know it yet. Ailing for months, its demise is now all… Read More

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

[Foundry Group co-founders Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are the authors of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture… Read More

Data furnaces: The next big thing in home heating?

Data centers produce massive amounts of heat, so much so that companies like Facebook have gone to extreme lengths to… Read More

Former Microsoft evangelist builds accidental iPhone startup

After working at Microsoft for more than a decade, Mike Swanson left his job as an evangelist for the Redmond… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mobile app developer Faqden Labs

It’s a good thing that Faqden Labs’ latest iPad application is designed to help groups of employees manage and collaborate… Read More

Chart: The most visited retail sites on Thanksgiving Day

Americans not only chowed down on turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving Day. They also visited their favorite online retailers. According… Read More

Microsoft loses its bacon … and other news of the week

Catching up on some noteworthy headlines and items from the past week … Microsoft received lots of press this past… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Kinect on Windows, Apple on the rise, and Xconomy’s Curt Woodward

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about Microsoft’s plan to develop a new Kinect device… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Can you hear a ringtone in this piano?

Updated below with answer and winner. This week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge is based on a mobile ringtone. To… Read More

Public banner in Seattle criticizes Microsoft over taxes, but it’s not quite accurate

It’s not unusual to see banners in the public square at the busy intersection of Market Street, 22nd Ave. N.W.… Read More

Apple pulls subscription service from Big Fish Games, removes Play Instantly from the app store

Earlier this week, Big Fish Games announced a new subscription gaming app that allowed iPhone users to pay a monthly… Read More

Google+ TV commercial: 5 things to note

It doesn’t happen often, so when Google bothers to air a television commercial, we pay attention. An ad for Google’s… Read More

Social Santa: Nordstrom tries ‘gift hints’ on Facebook, Twitter

With the holiday shopping season kicking off today, Nordstrom is trying a new social media campaign that lets Facebook and… Read More

Patent office pays tribute to Steve Jobs with giant iPhone exhibit

This is pretty cool. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rolled out a tribute to Steve Jobs, marking the… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Bryan Mistele guides Inrix on road to success

With Bryan Mistele at the wheel, Inrix was on the move in 2011. The Kirkland provider of real-time traffic information… Read More

Big publisher restores Kindle public library books, for now

Book publisher Penguin Group has made electronic versions of its books available again for lending on Amazon’s Kindle via public… Read More

Moustache Mania: Who will win our wild whisker contest?

The month of November hasn’t only been rainy. It’s been a bit hairy too. We’ve collected some great submissions so… Read More

FindProz finds a new home, moves from Provo to Seattle

A new startup by the name of FindProz that competes with TeachStreet and is looking to become the “eBay of… Read More

Microsoft: Windows Phone was way ahead of Apple’s Siri

Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, is making news today for recent comments downplaying Apple’s Siri intelligent assistant… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle DX price cut: Prelude to bigger Kindle Fire?

Calling it an early Black Friday deal, Amazon.com today dropped the price of its Kindle DX — a.k.a. the big… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt

Some of the biggest names in venture capital are putting their faith in Lockerz, a Seattle upstart that came on… Read More

AT&T pulls T-Mobile application from FCC but vows to press ahead

Avoiding a standoff with the Federal Communications Commission, for now, AT&T and T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom say they… Read More

Microsoft’s Black Friday: $100 Kinect, free Windows Phone, discounts on Office and games

Microsoft’s growing retail footprint, in stores and online, comes with an obligation to participate in the annual Black Friday sales… Read More

Geek of the Week: Toby Crittenden mixes politics and technology at Washington Bus

Toby Crittenden is a political geek — part of a generation that makes intuitive use of technology as a natural… Read More