Articles from 2011 – Page 20 of 107

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet challenges ‘deficient’ Kindle Fire

Barnes & Noble unveiled its $249 Nook Tablet today, looking to challenge Amazon’s upcoming $199 Kindle Fire tablet in the market… Read More

Ignition Partners leads $40 million round for Cloudera

Ignition Partners, Greylock, Accel, In-Q-Tel, Meritech Capital Partners and others are pumping $40 million into Cloudera, a Palo Alto, California-based maker… Read More

Hark’s milestone: One billion fart noises, movie clips and other sounds

David Aronchick has heard his fair share of fart noises, movie quotes and classic TV one-liners over the years. And… Read More

Analyst bullish on Microsoft’s ‘Ultrabook Touch’ prospects

Veteran financial analyst Rick Sherlund, settling back into his role covering Microsoft, is out this morning with a new report… Read More

NanoString lands $20 million

NanoString Technologies, a maker of genomic analysis tools, has raised $20 million in venture capital financing in a deal led… Read More

Amazon adds Deepak Chopra memoir to publishing lineup

Amazon.com has added another big name, spiritual doctor Deepak Chopra, in its effort to expand beyond the business of selling books… Read More

Video: Microsoft builds six-story Windows Phone in NYC

Microsoft says it will be “bringing Windows Phone to life in a big, big, way” in New York’s Herald Square later… Read More

Verizon, Salesforce lead $15.1M investment in Urban Airship

Investors including Verizon and Salesforce.com have invested $15.1 million in Urban Airship, a Portland company that provides behind-the-scenes services like… Read More

Alaska Airlines to test biofuel, powering commercial flights with used cooking oil

Your next cross-country flight, powered by the residue from your frying pan? Seattle-based Alaska Airlines will test biofuels on commercial… Read More

Microsoft courts smartphone newbies with $50 Windows Phone

A new Windows Phone that debuts Monday isn’t really an attempt to get existing iPhone or Android users to switch.… Read More

Amazon stokes Kindle Fire as Barnes & Noble preps response

Amazon.com this weekend released a new television ad promoting its upcoming Kindle Fire by tying the $199 tablet to its… Read More

What being hopelessly single taught me about pitching tech Celebs

Disclaimer: If you’re already the black belt ninja networker type, skip to the end and share your tips. If you’re… Read More

Video: Some of the top pitches from TechStars Seattle Demo Day

What makes a good startup pitch? Of course, it is a presentation that offers insights into the product, the team… Read More

RIP Andy Rooney: A look back at his classic Bill Gates rant

It was a tradition in my family each Sunday night to order a Coccia House pizza and watch “60 Minutes.”… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Classical solo inspires iconic sound

Updated with answer and winners below. The subject of week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge is a classical guitar solo.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings on the global tribe of map nerds

Our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast: Ken Jennings! The Jeopardy! legend joins us in the KIRO-FM studios… Read More

Latest Windows Phone data: Nowhere to go but up … right?

The latest numbers from comScore Networks show Microsoft’s share of U.S. smartphone subscribers slipping again, to 5.6 percent for the… Read More

Podcast

BigOven’s Steve Murch: How digital recipes can change the world, starting with dinner

Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was veteran entrepreneur Steve Murch, the CEO of Seattle-based BigOven,… Read More

Palisade Restaurant uncorks new wine list on the iPad

Patrons at Palisade Restaurant over the years have grown accustomed to browsing an extensive wine list, flipping through dozens of… Read More

Friday Fun: How to make any web page ‘do a barrel roll’

By now many of you have probably heard of what happens when you type “do a barrel roll” into Google.… Read More

Microsoft Bing home page marks UW’s 150th anniversary

Hey, sometimes it works out pretty well to have a search engine in your own backyard. Microsoft Bing today is… Read More

Book smarts vs. street smarts: Which makes the best startup entrepreneurs? (Infographic)

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to start their respective companies, relying on their enormous intellect and… Read More

Newsmakers of the Year: GeekWire’s call for nominations

In the process of covering technology in the Seattle region for the past decade, my colleague John Cook and I… Read More

Demo Day: Advice from ‘The Godfathers’ of Seattle tech (Video)

A few weeks ago, Andy Sack and other members of TechStars made a plea to the entrepreneurial titans of Seattle to… Read More

Groupon IPO: Is this the next Amazon.com or Pets.com?

Group discount buying service Groupon, the granddaddy of the daily deals startups, debuted on the stock market this morning with… Read More

Microsoft offers holiday freebies to boost IE9 usage

Microsoft has rolled out a new holiday promotional campaign that aims, in part, to get people on Windows 7 to… Read More

Highlights: Sir Mix-A-Lot, Pearl Jam, Death Cab, KEXP and music in the digital age

The noontime panel at Seattle Interactive Conference today featured a great lineup of musicians and others involved in the music… Read More

My five favorite pitches from the TechStars Seattle Demo Day

TechStars Seattle today concluded their three-month long startup bootcamp as 10 companies presented their business ideas to a packed crowd… Read More

Video: Redfin’s Glenn Kelman is pissing people off again

How has technology changed the real estate industry? Well, it has made it more entertaining, for one thing. Or at… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kristina Wang, aerospace grad student

It’s a fascinating time right now in the world of aerospace, as a variety of projects and ventures seek to… Read More