Articles from 2011 – Page 18 of 107

Google boosts lead in search, now accounts for 66 percent of queries

Microsoft is still trying to carve off market share from Google in search. But, at least during the month of… Read More

Microsoft’s new documentary about startups is brutally honest about Microsoft

Gotta hand it to Microsoft, they’re taking this documentary stuff seriously. I just finished a full-length sneak preview of the… Read More

Fantasy Shopper wins top prize at Amazon Web Services’ annual Start-Up Challenge

More than 1,500 companies applied from 78 countries. But, at the end of day, England’s Fantasy Shopper took home the… Read More

David Giuliani strikes again, sells Clarisonic to L’Oréal

David Giuliani already struck gold once with the sale of electronic toothbrush maker SoniCare. Now, the Seattle entrepreneur appears to… Read More

Valve says intruders accessed Steam customer database

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just sent a message to users of the company’s Steam video-game platform disclosing that online intruders… Read More

Shares fall at Bsquare after ‘disappointing’ quarter

Bsquare, which helps mobile device makers test their equipment, today reported that revenue for the third quarter fell five percent… Read More

From Bill Gates to Google, Startup Weekend is on a roll

The folks over at Startup Weekend continue to pull in key partnerships as they look to spread the gospel of… Read More

Ignition scares up another deal in San Fran, backs 19-year-old’s MinoMonsters

For the third time this week, Ignition Partners has pumped cash into a San Francisco Bay Area startup. This time,… Read More

Seven critical factors to great business branding: A guide for startups

Are you thinking about your brand as you build your startup? If not, you should stop everything you are doing… Read More

Geek of the Week: Chip Brown of Puzzazz on puzzles, bees and making a clock from scratch

Chip Brown, our latest Geek of the Week, spends his days immersed in puzzles and technology as the chief architect… Read More

Amazon said to boost Kindle Fire production as launch approaches

The Kindle Fire has yet to arrive on the doorsteps of customers. (Release date is set for November 14th). Yet,… Read More

GeekWire’s new Job Board: Connecting geeks with great jobs

Since we launched GeekWire, you’ve read here about hiring at some of the hottest tech companies in town — Facebook,… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Ben and Emily Huh unlock secret to Web humor at Cheezburger

What’s it like being married to one of the worst-dressed men in tech? Emily Huh lives with that pain every… Read More

What Internet revolution? Realtors still prefer cold calls, direct mail over Internet ads

Seattle area companies such as Estately, Findwell, Redfin and Zillow are looking to upend the traditional real estate industry, using… Read More

Flash, Silverlight and the end of the line for browser plug-ins

Adobe’s news this week that it will no longer develop Flash for mobile browsers is being celebrated as a victory… Read More

T-Mobile: iPhone-related defections ‘an area of concern’

Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA boosted its profits and added to its customer base in the third quarter, but the company this… Read More

Microsoft launches giant public art project in HTML5

Microsoft Hardware, the group that makes mice and keyboards, this morning launched what it’s calling a social experiment — an… Read More

Watson in Seattle: Tips from Ken Jennings on beating IBM’s supercomputer

A scaled-down version of IBM’s Watson will be in Seattle starting this weekend for the SC11 supercomputer conference, giving attendees… Read More

Does Steve Jobs deserve to be Time’s Person of the Year?

NBC Nightly News TV anchor Brian Williams thinks Apple co-founder Steve Jobs should be Time’s Person of the Year, noting… Read More

Microsoft plans $250 PCs for low-income students, families

Beginning next year, Microsoft and its hardware partners will offer a new line of computers starting at $250 for low-income… Read More

Amazon says it supports federal bill for online sales tax collection

Amazon.com has been striking deals with states over the collection of sales tax, but the Seattle online retailer’s bigger goal… Read More

Ignition backs Parse, another hot San Francisco startup

Another day, another investment by Ignition Partners in the Bay Area. The Bellevue venture capital firm, which earlier this week… Read More

Memo: Microsoft online vet Mehdi moving to Xbox business

Yusuf Mehdi, the longest-running executive in Microsoft’s Online Services Division, is leaving the division but remaining with the company, shifting… Read More

Microsofties spend morning putting out fire (for real)

Workers at Microsoft have to put out fires on a daily basis, from software bugs to issues with customers. But… Read More

Tech Moves: RescueTime’s Brian Fioca zips over to Zapd; and more

Four years ago, Brian Fioca co-founded RescueTime to help individuals better manage how they spend their time in front of… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: PopCap’s founders and their big EA deal

More than a decade ago, in the middle of the dot-com bust, John Vechey, Jason Kapalka and Brian Fiete founded… Read More

Hey, we’re no Silicon Valley, but Seattle is rising as a tech hub

I am always interested in how national publications perceive Seattle’s technology community. After all, as long time journalists covering the… Read More

Did Amazon just buy a speech recognition startup to compete with Siri?

The Siri voice recognition service is a big hit with users of Apple’s new iPhone 4S. Now, is Amazon.com looking… Read More

Amazon touts Netflix for Kindle Fire, plus thousands more apps

Despite their rivalry in streaming movies, Amazon and Netflix have been working behind the scenes since before the Kindle Fire’s public… Read More

Amazon Web Services opens new West Coast hub in Oregon

Companies utilizing Amazon Web Services now have a new option. The Seattle company today opened a new U.S. West regional… Read More