Articles from 2011 – Page 19 of 107

Barnes & Noble’s 29-page slide deck calls B.S. on Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Is this PowerPoint’s Revenge? A 29-page slide deck — made public this week in Microsoft’s patent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble… Read More

UW undergrads win world title in ‘synthetic biology’

The University of Washington may be losing on the gridiron. But get the UW’s tops geeks in the lab, and… Read More

Video Flashback: ‘We’re not going to arrest anybody for wearing a blue polo shirt’

Those funny people at the organization “Improv Everywhere” are celebrating their 10th anniversary by releasing remastered videos of their all-time… Read More

Market Leader trims net loss, shows 50% uptick in revenue

Last week, Zillow reported record revenue and strong profits. But Zillow isn’t the only publicly-traded online real estate company operating… Read More

Kindle rival Kobo sells for $315M to Japanese e-commerce giant

Kobo, the 2-year-old Canadian maker of electronic reading devices, has been sold for $315 million in cash to Japan’s Rakuten.… Read More

Take that, B&N? Amazon lines up retail titans for Kindle Fire

Amazon.com says its new Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers will be available in more than 16,000 stores across the… Read More

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on display ads

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo this afternoon announced a deal to sell display advertising inventory on each other’s sites. The unusual… Read More

Irvine resigns as CEO of Blue Nile

Blue Nile CEO Diane Irvine plans to resign as CEO of the Seattle online jewelry retailer effective this Friday. No… Read More

Barnes & Noble wants U.S. to stop Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Updated with Microsoft statement. Barnes & Noble is asking the U.S. Justice Department to examine Microsoft’s effort to use its… Read More

Amazon’s Best Books list spotlights Prime lending problem

Amazon.com is out today with its list of the Best Books of 2011, its editors’ picks of the top 100… Read More

Intelius quietly buys Facebook genealogy app Family Builder

Intelius is best known for its background checks on family members, friends or employees. But now the Bellevue company is… Read More

How to sell your startup to Google: Travel in first class between Seattle and the Valley

Entrepreneur Dan Shapiro –who sold Sparkbuy to Google back in May and merged Ontela with Photobucket in 2009 — offers… Read More

Do you live in a 4G city?

When it comes to wireless networks, everyone loves speed. And with more data-intensive activities taking place on mobile devices, the… Read More

Firefox adds Twitter search, gets Kindle Cloud Reader

Mozilla released Firefox 8 this morning, continuing its pattern of small and rapid version updates. In that spirit, one of… Read More

Spotify hits Windows Phone, Microsoft claims critical mass with more than 35,000 apps

Spotify is now available on Windows Phone, letting premium Spotify subscribers access the popular music service on the Microsoft device.… Read More

Intellectual Ventures and LG Electronics reach patent deal

Intellectual Ventures has just added another big company to its stable of patent licensees, announcing a patent agreement with consumer… Read More

Voting by iPad: Oregon picks Apple device for election test

Oregon elections officials are testing iPads to help people with disabilities vote in today’s special election in the state, after… Read More

Finding inspiration in an app? Seattle upstart unveils Bloom

Everyone can use a little pick-me-up or inspiration once in a while. And, if you’ve been down in the dumps,… Read More

Gary Flake names all-star cast of investors in Clipboard’s $1.4M round

Back in April, we discovered Gary Flake’s stealthy Internet startup Clipboard, reporting on the company’s $1.38 million venture round. At… Read More

Zuckerberg on the tech ‘war’ with Amazon, Apple and Google

Mark Zuckerberg is more of a lover, than a fighter. After all, he doesn’t want to engage in an all-out… Read More

Byndl looks to bundle your digital life with mobile transaction service

The bindle was a small knapsack stereotypically carried by hobos in the early part of 20th century. Now, a Bellevue… Read More

B-1 bomber, headed our way, gets stuck on side of the road

You don’t see this on the road every day — and especially not on the side of it. A B-1… Read More

Microsoft recruits Samsung VP to help supercharge Windows Phone

Microsoft has recruited former Samsung Vice President Gavin Kim as general manager of the Windows Phone unit, a move to… Read More

Following strong IPO, Zillow insiders get to cash out early

The holidays may come early for employees of Zillow. The Seattle company, which went public at $20 per share on… Read More

Why invest in TechStars class of 2011?

“Tada!” Eleven-year-old Jude Sack, son of TechStars leader Andy Sack, swept his arms with a flourish. It’s the halftime break… Read More

Google+ opens to businesses, with link to Google search

Google today announced the long-awaited debut of pages for businesses on Google+, looking to boost the functionality of its fledgling… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Baby Shower For Guys looks to help dudes plan ‘mancations’

The bachelor party has become an important rite of passage for guys, marking the transition from single to married life.… Read More

Warner Brothers cuts staff at Seattle-area gaming studios

Warner Brothers Games has cut staffing at game studios throughout the Seattle area, according to a report on Joystiq. The… Read More

Gigantic Windows Phone is a piece of performance art

Post updated below with video of the marriage proposal that took place inside the giant phone. Microsoft grabbed some attention… Read More

Kate Matsudaira jumps from SEOMoz to Decide.com

Kate Matsudaira has left her vice president of engineering post at SEOMoz to join the growing team at Decide.com, GeekWire… Read More