Articles from 2011 – Page 24 of 107

Meet the Awesome Foundation’s first Seattle grant winner

The Seattle chapter of the Awesome Foundation has awarded its first monthly, no-strings-attached $1,000 grant, officially bringing the organization’s mission… Read More

Why we’re not using Google+ to reach consumers, so far

Guest commentary: Since Google+ launched in June of this year, two questions have been on everyone’s mind in the digital… Read More

Mynd uses machine learning to recommend iPhone apps

There are so many mobile apps floating around these days for books, music, games and TV that it can be… Read More

Nokia wants to make 25-year-olds ‘lust’ after Windows Phone

Windows Phone is already a huge hit with the over-30 crowd in Redmond, Wash. Now Nokia is hoping to boost… Read More

Bezos’ Blue Origin declines to testify at U.S. House hearing

Participants in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — private companies working on spacecraft to take U.S. astronauts to the International Space… Read More

Shares of Clearwire soar after Sprint signals possible extension of network partnership

Shares of Clearwire have been on an absolute roller coaster in the past three months, usually swinging wildly based on… Read More

Navigating Cancer finds $3M, partners with clinics for new patient portals

Navigating Cancer, an online resource for patients who are dealing with various forms of cancer, has raised $3 million in… Read More

Meet Seattle’s new $1 billion revenue company: Here’s how F5 did it (Infographic)

F5 Networks doesn’t get a lot of press. But the Seattle company, which makes software and hardware products to speed… Read More

Nokia shows first Windows Phones, starting Microsoft’s new comeback bid

Nokia this morning unveiled the first two Windows Phones to result from the partnership it struck with Microsoft earlier this… Read More

Wall Street loses patience with Amazon, shares fall more than 10%

Shares of Amazon.com are taking a beating today after the online retailer posted weak earnings on Tuesday that disappointed Wall Street. The… Read More

Amazon vet Anne Krook puts roots down at Mindbloom

Anne Krook, who spent 13 years at Amazon.com, most recently overseeing disaster response and disaster recovery, has joined Seattle startup Mindbloom… Read More

Rich Barton lends hand to Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors

Back in 2007, Zillow unveiled a new offering called Neighborhood Pages that was designed to better connect home owners to… Read More

Isaacson on Gates and Jobs: One guy made the Zune, the other made the iPod

A lot has been written and said about the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs over the past couple… Read More

Have it your way on Cheezburger with new personalized Web pages

The folks over at Cheezburger are masters of user-generated content — obtaining and showcasing funny photos and videos from the… Read More

From CD-ROM to dot-com, Expedia celebrates 15 years

Fifteen years ago, Expedia took flight under the wings of Microsoft as a maker of CD-ROM travel guides. Today, it… Read More

Wash. governor to NASA: We’re ready for Space Shuttle, while L.A. and NYC futz around

NASA’s selection of new homes for the retired Space Shuttles has been more than a little messy. The space agency’s… Read More

Practical Nerd: Microsoft toys with itself, again

A favorite tech industry truism is that Microsoft got where it is today by copying others. Now, it’s finally copying… Read More

Intelius CEO Naveen Jain: IPO could be in the cards in 2012

Bellevue-based Intelius, an online identity company that specializes in background checks of individuals, may consider going public next year if… Read More

Amazon.com employment tops 50,000, more than doubling in past two years

Amazon.com added more than 8,000 new workers in the third quarter, bringing its total employment to more than 50,000 full-… Read More

F5 tops $1 billion in revenue for year, posts strong profits

F5 Networks today reported revenue of $314.6 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, a 24 percent jump over the same… Read More

Amazon misses earnings expectations, making ‘millions more’ Kindle Fires than planned

Amazon just reported profits of $63 million for the third quarter, down 73 percent. The profit of 14 cents a… Read More

Tesla Motors sets grand opening for Bellevue store, plans to close Seattle showroom

A few weeks ago, we told you about Tesla Motors’ plans to open a new store on the second floor… Read More

Best coffee shops for work? Our 15 essential ingredients

Seattle is swarming with coffee shops and geeks who love them. For many of us, they’re a fundamental part of… Read More

Amazon patents gift cards that can tattle on what you buy

Happy Birthday! Here’s the Creepiest Gift Card Ever! U.S. Patent & Trademark Office records show that Amazon today received a… Read More

Playmark scores TD, inks deal to license images of NFL players

Professional football players are brands unto themselves — with their likenesses or names adorning everything from ball caps to mobile… Read More

Venture capitalists see better returns, but dark clouds loom

The venture capital industry saw an improvement in returns during most time frames for the period ended in June, though… Read More

Ten years later, Microsoft celebrates Windows XP by asking everyone to move on

Ten years ago today, on Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP to the world. A decade later, much of the… Read More

MSN executive Scott Moore leaves Microsoft for Yell Group

Scott Moore, the executive producer who headed up Microsoft’s MSN portal in the U.S., is leaving the company to join… Read More

Beer. Entrepreneurs. Poker. Angel Investors. Oh my…OAF!!

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More

Valve’s Newell predicts Apple will shake up game consoles

Over the weekend we posted Valve co-founder Gabe Newell’s recent comments about the pricing experiments that the company conducts using its Steam… Read More