Articles from 2011 – Page 25 of 107

TouchFire: iPad ‘screen-top’ keyboard aims to boost typing

The iPad is great for many things — watching movies, reading magazines or playing games. But when it comes to… Read More

Startup Weekend grad Zaarly lands $14 million, names Meg Whitman to the board

Zaarly was started earlier this year at a Startup Weekend event in California. Today, the fast-growing upstart is announcing that… Read More

Meet the five finalists vying for the title in next week’s Battle of the Geek Bands

The Seattle Interactive Conference’s Battle of the Geek Bands is still more than a week away. But we’ve already had… Read More

Admit it, Apple fans: Microsoft’s stores are pretty darn fun

After covering the grand opening of Microsoft’s first Seattle store last week, I got a chance to stop by the… Read More

VisibleBrands lands $2 million for digital coupon service in supermarkets

VisibleBrands has been operating in stealth mode for the past few years, mysteriously building a new digital coupon service from the… Read More

Microsoft chart: Android patent deals outpacing disputes

Announcing its latest patent agreement with an Android device maker, Microsoft over the weekend released a series of statistics and charts making… Read More

Are you sacrificing happiness and long-term wealth for short term gains?

How’s that great salary working out for you? If you work at Microsoft, Google or Amazon it’s clear that you… Read More

Looking for a few good pinups: Nominations now open for GeekWire’s 2012 calendar

Do you have Seattle geek pride flowing through your veins? Do you contribute your time and brainpower for the good… Read More

Steve Jobs biography quickly rises to #1 spot on Amazon.com

Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has already hit the number one position on Amazon.com, just hours… Read More

Tech Moves: Spoonemore named CEO of Dwellable; BigDoor adds staff, etc.

Brenda Spoonemore, a former digital media executive at the NBA and a veteran of Starwave, has taken over the CEO… Read More

Amazon: It’s safer to work for us than a department store

Amazon.com continues to defend itself against claims by workers that its warehouse facilities in Pennsylvania are unsafe. In a statement… Read More

GameHouse first to pilot Facebook Credits outside Facebook

Facebook is beginning to expand its Facebook Credits system beyond its own social networking site with a new initiative called… Read More

Ex-Microsoft mobile exec Charlie Kindel to advise Buddy Platform

Charlie Kindel, a Seattle angel investor and former general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, has joined the advisory board… Read More

Amazon unit expands into groceries, selling tea to jam

In Seattle, Amazon.com customers have long been able to purchase groceries and have them delivered to the doorstep. Now, the… Read More

Steve Jobs: Apple tribute video, 60 Minutes piece now out

If you haven’t gotten your fill of Steve Jobs remembrances over the past couple weeks, boy are you in luck… Read More

Microsoft YouTube channel hacked

Updated below with Microsoft’s statement saying it has regained control. Unless this is some elaborate publicity stunt, Microsoft’s official YouTube… Read More

Another day, another Android licensing deal for Microsoft

Microsoft today announced its 10th Android patent licensing agreement in the past 18 months, sealing a deal with Taiwan-based electronics… Read More

How Valve experiments with the economics of video games

Valve Corp., the Bellevue-based video game company behind hit franchises like Half-Life and Portal, is a giant in the digital… Read More

Tech Moves: Isilon vet joins Skytap; Sewichi bulks up; and more

Brett Goodwin, a former marketing executive at Isilon Systems and RealNetworks, has joined fast-growing Seattle cloud computing startup Skytap as… Read More

Serving beyond the innovation economy

Many people in the innovation ecosystem believe in helping out fellow innovators. They are willing to share their knowledge, experiences… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Steve Jobs bio, Microsoft Store, TechStars, and Pioneer Square’s tech future

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we look ahead to the upcoming Steve Jobs biography, and go… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: What is this landmark video game?

Updated below with answer and winners. How well do you know your video games? To get the right answer to… Read More

Microsoft Store ‘fans’ scalping free passes to Seattle concerts

We knew that most of the people waiting for the Microsoft Store grand opening in Seattle this week weren’t actually… Read More

Jobs: Microsoft ‘mostly irrelevant’ with Ballmer in charge

Say this for Steve Jobs: He didn’t sugarcoat things, even in his final days. But the soon-to-be-released biography of the… Read More

WA governor hopefuls Inslee and McKenna on tech issues

It wasn’t an official debate, but two of Washington state’s candidates for governor in 2012 got a chance to show… Read More

The inside story of how two Seattle coding geeks built and sold CubeDuel

Shortly after Seattle entrepreneurs Adam Doppelt and Tony Wright launched CubeDuel, they knew they had a hit on their hands.… Read More

Battle of the Geek Bands: Who should be the final warrior?

One of the most-anticipated activities at next month’s Seattle Interactive Conference will be opening night’s Battle of the Geek Bands, a… Read More

Q&A: DoubleDown exec takes us inside a Facebook ‘casino’

Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Glenn Walcott, president of Seattle startup DoubleDown Interactive, which… Read More

Amazon touts better design, graphics in new Kindle format

Amazon.com has released new details on the next generation of its Kindle e-book format — dubbed Kindle Format 8 —… Read More

Engineer who ripped Jeff Bezos returns with mea culpa, and a story about the Amazon founder

Last week, Google engineer Steve Yegge accidentally posted a fascinating 4,771 word rant in which he attacked his employer and… Read More