Articles from 2011 – Page 14 of 107

Seattle companies dominate Consumer Reports ‘Naughty & Nice’ holiday list

Maybe the “Seattle Nice” stereotype really does hold true. Well, at least when it comes to doing business. Consumer Reports… Read More

Shares of Zillow tumble after ‘lock-up’ period expires for employees, early investors

Shares of Zillow, the Seattle online real estate company, lost more than thirteen percent of their value today after employees… Read More

GeekWire Gala: Get our killer calendar at the big event

Are you coming to the GeekWire Gala on Dec. 8? Here’s one of the surprises we’ve been working on. Everyone… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Daniil Kulchenko sells startup at age 15

Of all the stories we covered on GeekWire in 2011, one of the most remarkable was the tale of Daniil… Read More

Sorry, Silicon Valley: Seattle ranks as top city for tech jobs

One of the biggest story lines of the past couple of years in the Seattle tech community has been the… Read More

Prediction: Apple to become biggest PC vendor in 2012 … if the iPad is a PC

Is the iPad a PC? The research firm Canalys counts it as one, and based on that it’s predicting that… Read More

Expedia boosts ownership in eLong by gobbling up stake from Renren

Expedia is investing more in China, a key market for the Bellevue online travel company’s international expansion efforts. The company… Read More

Indian IT consulting firm picks Seattle for first U.S. office

Happiest Minds, a Bangalore, India-based IT consulting firm, has chosen Seattle for its first U.S. office. The company was started… Read More

Should books be social? Amazon looks to improve Kindle @author beta

It’s one of those cool concepts that points to the potential of the digital age. You’re reading a Kindle book… Read More

Tech Moves: Opscode hires F5 vet; Dwellable taps Kriege; and more

Opscode, a cloud computing startup that specializes in infrastructure automation, continues to expand its fast-growing team. The Seattle company has… Read More

Bill Gates takes stand to testify in Windows 95 antitrust case

Well, it’s actually happening. Bill Gates has taken the witness stand in Salt Lake City, Utah, this morning to testify… Read More

Video: Watch Bill Gates explain how technology is reshaping our world, again

This is Bill Gates, coming full circle. During a rare appearance last month on the University of Washington campus —… Read More

What Seattle really needs: A world-class private tech university

Seattle has top-notch engineers, well-respected technology giants and a culture of entrepreneurialism and risk taking. So, what’s the region really… Read More

Bring back Kozmo; the ‘lost’ Steve Ballmer interview … and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Dear Internet, Could you hurry up a… Read More

Zillow overtakes Realtor.com to become second most visited real estate site in the U.S.

Zillow continues to fly high after its blockbuster IPO in July, with the Seattle company overtaking Realtor.com to become the… Read More

Report: LivingSocial is raising $200 million at a $5 billion valuation

Groupon has already taken the public markets by storm, with the Chicago-based daily deal site posting a massive $16 billion… Read More

Microsoft vet Marty Taucher cultivates new winery

Over the years, several members of the Seattle tech community have plowed some of their wealth into Washington’s burgeoning wine… Read More

Microsoft partners with TechStars for new Kinect Accelerator

Microsoft is looking for a few good Kinect hackers, and it’s turning to TechStars to help discover those teams. Microsoft… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: iTunes Match, Google Music and Tunebox take tracks to the cloud

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we break down the latest developments in online music — including… Read More

Name that Tech Tune for a chance at a GeekWire Gala ticket

Updated below with answer and winner. We’re going retro on this week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge, testing your memory… Read More

Clearwire considers skipping debt payment, shares plunge

Shares of Kirkland-based mobile broadband company Clearwire fell more than 20 percent in trading today after its CEO told the… Read More

Apple turns up heat on Amazon over use of ‘appstore’ for Kindle Fire

Apple’s attack on Amazon.com and its use of the phrase “appstore” continues. The Cupertino, California maker of the iPad and… Read More

Q&A: How Comcast is adjusting to our changing TV habits

How are people actually using the web and mobile apps to interact with traditional television content? What’s next for the… Read More

Fisher sells Seattle HQ, data center for $160 million

Hines Global REIT Inc. is paying $160 million to buy Fisher Plaza, a purchase that includes the headquarters building and… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens leads daily deal site to meteoric growth

Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens likes to move fast, tackling opportunities before the moment passes. And no one, and I mean… Read More

Bezos shows Blue Origin spaceship launching and landing in new videos

Jeff Bezos has posted two new videos of his Blue Origin project’s spaceship taking off and landing on a “short… Read More

Inspiration, adoration and Steve Jobs’ sneeze

For 70 minutes Thursday night, I sat in the Landmark Metro Cinemas on 45th Avenue and watched Steve Jobs. I… Read More

Windows Phone rap: ‘Sleek on the outside, Microsoft inside’

Gizmodo calls it “worse than your parents having sex.” The Next Web deems it “an absolute disaster.” WinRumors goes with “embarassing… Read More

Nintendo’s Fils-Amie loves Zelda, and presents a very special gift to Jimmy Fallon

Reggie Fils-Aime certainly has no shortage of choices when it comes to picking a favorite game. But, as it turns… Read More

GameHouse: Women who play online games have more sex

A new survey commissioned by GameHouse, the RealNetworks video-game division, finds that women who play online games are more social… Read More