Articles from 2011 – Page 31 of 107

Zayo marks 17th acquisition with purchase of 360Networks

360Networks, a Seattle provider of fiber network and telecommunication services, has been acquired by Zayo Group in a deal of… Read More

AppStoreHQ expands to include Windows Phone apps

AppStoreHQ said today that it has added Windows Phone apps to its web-based search and recommendation engine for mobile apps. Microsoft’s… Read More

Venture capitalist Thong Le tapped as chair of biotech group

Thong Le, the managing director of WRF Capital, has been named chairman of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association. Le… Read More

Clearwire shares tumble 30 percent as Sprint promises aggressive 4G rollout in 2012

Sprint is targeting a big 4G network push next year, with company executives saying today that its high-speed LTE wireless… Read More

Now editing MSN: Hugh Jackman

Microsoft’s MSN is looking to tap into some starpower to spark new interest in the Internet portal. X-Men star Hugh Jackman,… Read More

Internet kings celebrated on … old-fashioned billboards

King of the Web is a quirky Web-based competition where individuals compete to win monthly online elections by posting funny… Read More

Video: Apple icon glows again

The Apple Store at Seattle’s University Village was closed for renovations when Steve Jobs passed. A short time ago, employees… Read More

RIM buys NewBay for $100M

Well, it must be acquisition day in the mobile arena. Following news that Nuance had purchased Swype, now comes word… Read More

EU approves Microsoft’s $8.5 billion Skype acquisition

Microsoft’s $8.5 billion purchase of online communications company Skype just won approval from European regulators, clearing the way for the… Read More

Swype CEO on acquisition by Nuance: ‘It is a great outcome’

Swype built a powerful technology that allowed mobile phone users to input text with the swipe of a finger rather… Read More

This weekend: GeekGirlCon

The first GeekGirlCon takes place in Seattle this weekend, bringing together a wide range of people (yes, dudes are allowed!)… Read More

iPhone 4S preorders begin, testing demand for new Apple device

Verizon, AT&T and Sprint began taking preorders for Apple’s iPhone 4S overnight, capping a tumultuous week for the company. The big… Read More

Nuance to acquire Swype for more than $100 million

Nuance has agreed to purchase Seattle startup Swype for more than $100 million, according to GeekWire sources. The news was… Read More

Picture: Microsoft flag at half-staff in honor of Steve Jobs

Microsoft is flying flags at half-staff today and tomorrow at its offices around the world in honor of Steve Jobs,… Read More

Geek of the Week: Bill Sleeper, 96-year-old tech enthusiast

“Can I give you a demo?” It’s not unusual to hear those words inside the offices of a technology company,… Read More

Geek on the Street: What did Steve Jobs mean to you?

At Seattle’s University Village today, people are stopping at the Apple Store to pay respects to the company’s late co-founder… Read More

Farewell, Steve. Love, Seattle.

Apple’s location at Seattle’s University Village shopping center is closed for renovations until tomorrow, which means the front of the… Read More

HTC posts record profit, buoyed by sales of Android devices

HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone giant which maintains North American operations in Bellevue, posted record profit during the third quarter as… Read More

Ex-Microsoft VP emerges at stealthy Indix

In his last role at Microsoft, Sanjay Parthasarathy oversaw the Startup Business Accelerator program where the goal was to jumpstart new business… Read More

Amazon strikes tax deal in Tennessee, plans to add 2,000 jobs in the state

Amazon.com is showing a willingness to compromise on the sales tax collection issue, with the latest development occurring in Tennessee.… Read More

Amazon.com poised to take another Seattle high-rise

Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood might just not be big enough for Amazon.com, at least for now. The online… Read More

Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola over six patents

Motorola has been sued for patent infringement by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan… Read More

Video: Woz explains how Jobs made Apple so ‘exceptional’

Of all the people offering remembrances of Steve Jobs today, the guy who was there at the beginning was Steve… Read More

My memories of Steve Jobs

Having just heard of Steve Jobs’ passing, I feel compelled to recall the three times I met Steve, and to… Read More

LaserMotive to work on NASA power-beaming project

LaserMotive, a company south of Seattle developing ways of beaming power via lasers, has been named as one of the… Read More

Wishpot jumps into the very crowded arena of travel deals

Wishpot faces no shortage of competition with its new daily deal service for travel. After all, in the past few… Read More

Sales of Steve Jobs bio soar on Amazon, release pushed up

The death of Steve Jobs has greatly intensified interest in the upcoming biography about the Apple co-founder. The book, by… Read More

As 30-year mortgage drops below 4%, Zillow updates iPhone app to include mortgage info

Talk about good timing. Zillow today updated its iPhone app to include access to mortgage calculators and real-time mortgage rates,… Read More

Bill Gates: Working with Jobs was ‘an insanely great honor’

It’s easy to focus on rivalries in the technology industry, and certainly there was no love lost between Steve Jobs… Read More

Steve Jobs: 1955-2011

Steve Jobs, the legendary Apple co-founder, has died at the age of 56. Jobs’ influence on technology started with the… Read More