Articles from 2011 – Page 39 of 107

StartupDay Recap – Slides and more!

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

Amazon Kindle library lending program launches in beta

Amazon.com is has begun publicly testing its new Kindle e-book lending program at two major library systems in its home… Read More

UW’s Shwetak Patel wins MacArthur Genius Award, and $500,000 to go with it

Shwetak Patel, a 29-year-old University of Washington assistant professor who has figured out novel ways of using home electrical systems,… Read More

Microsoft exec leaving to lead new IP rights advocacy group, with Microsoft’s support

Microsoft corporate affairs executive Pamela Passman is leaving the company to form and lead a new advocacy group, with Microsoft’s… Read More

Tech Trivia: Guess how many text messages 18-24 year-olds send on a typical day?

I knew the kids were into text messaging. But I was absolutely blown away by a recent study from the Pew… Read More

Reviews: Gears of War 3 for Xbox 360 lives up to hype

Gears of War from Epic Games has been a huge video-game franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox 360. It’s an important (and… Read More

AT&T talks to rivals about selling assets in effort to save T-Mobile bid

AT&T has approached MetroPCS and LeapWireless about taking over some of its customers and wireless spectrum as part of an… Read More

Starbucks Digital Network gets first look at music from Feist

Starting today, visitors to the Starbucks Digital Network will get a special musical treat along with their shot of espresso.… Read More

Exclusive: HTC is on the prowl for a big chunk of office space in Seattle

HTC, the giant Taiwanese smartphone maker, is looking to boost its presence in the Seattle area and has pinpointed the… Read More

A New and Better State: A StartupDay Postscript

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

Poll: Do you accept Netflix’s apology?

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings apologized last night for the manner in which the company announced plans to split its streaming… Read More

Following in Zillow’s footsteps, Trulia eyes IPO in 2012

It is certainly no secret that Trulia wants to become a publicly-traded company. But the San Francisco real estate company… Read More

Windows 8: Microsoft wants to trademark the word ‘Charm’

Look out, Harry Potter: Microsoft seems to be serious about its new charms. Showing off Windows 8’s features for the… Read More

Kindle creators Jeff Bezos and Gregg Zehr to be honored by The Economist

Amazon’s electronic reading device, The Kindle, has been chosen by The Economist for the consumer product innovation award. The award… Read More

George R.R. Martin joins Amazon’s ‘Kindle Million Club’

After visiting Amazon.com in Seattle recently, legendary fantasy and science fiction writer George R.R. Martin observed that the company was “selling… Read More

Netflix to spin off DVD mail business as Qwikster; CEO Reed Hastings admits he ‘messed up’

It is pretty rare to see this type of mea culpa in the tech industry. But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings just… Read More

Zillow delivers real estate search listings to Curbed

Zillow has built one of the most popular online real estate sites, attracting some 25 million unique visitors per month.… Read More

An intro to ‘Geek A Cappella’

I stumbled across some good, old-fashioned geek fun today at the Seattle Symphony’s Day of Music. They call themselves The… Read More

Looking to boost mobile productivity, Moprise creates a ‘Flipboard for the enterprise’

Flipboard has transformed the way people consume information on the iPad, allowing readers to quickly scan headlines and photos in… Read More

‘Um, we went public dude’ … and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Just got this email from a VC:… Read More

Live from Startup Day: Why did you take the startup plunge?

Team GeekWire has been sucking in some of the entrepreneurial advice today at Startup Day, listening to speakers such as… Read More

‘Portal’ in the classroom? Valve joins White House in education technology initiative

“Digital Promise” is a new education technology initiative rolled out by the U.S. Department of Education yesterday, with Congressional support,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Windows 8, iPhone 5, tablets on a plane, and making TV more social

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we recap Microsoft’s Windows 8 preview, talk about the latest iPhone… Read More

Name that Tech Tune for tickets to Jet City Comic Show

[Updated below with answer and winner.] Our popular “Name that Tech Tune” challenge returns this week on the GeekWire radio… Read More

Picture of the Week: Microsoft’s new-and-improved BSOD

Yep, it’s a new era at Microsoft. Even the Blue Screen of Death is getting a cutesy makeover. Try as… Read More

Glimmer of hope for T-Mobile? Report cites more renewals

T-Mobile USA has been taking a beating lately — finding itself on the receiving end of disparaging comments even from AT&T,… Read More

Microsoft axes SVP title, says no muckety-muck shakeup

Microsoft has traditionally separated its squadrons of executives into “corporate vice presidents” and “senior vice presidents” — the latter title… Read More

Can you find your company on the Seattle Startup Map?

Zachary Cohn and Nick Hughes were planning out the logistics for the next Startup Crawl event in Seattle when they… Read More

Washington AG joins opposition to AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

(Updated below with T-Mobile statement) Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna today joined the opposition to AT&T’s $39 billion acquisition… Read More

Why Microsoft supports the overhaul to U.S. patent law

President Obama today signed into law what’s being called the “America Invents Act” — described as the first major reform… Read More