Here are the problems facing Groupon and Living Social: Scale, repeat customers and targeting Are Groupon and Living Social the next great things in online advertising? Or, are they just a flash in the… Read More
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and others get sidewalk stars at Entrepreneur Walk of Fame You’ve probably seen the Hollywood Walk of Fame where celebs such as Adam West, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Winslet and hundreds of… Read More
Starbucks, Apple expanding giveaways to books, TV shows Starbucks is looking to give people still more reasons to visit its coffee shops by adding book samples and, soon,… Read More
Morning Radar: iPhone 5 craziness, PS3 legal alert, more on Windows 8 A few of the stories and headlines catching our attention this morning … Rumors about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 launch… Read More
Amid California sales tax kerfuffle, Shopobot relocates to Seattle As a new Amazon affiliate, Shopobot co-founder Dave Matthews found himself in the middle of a big tax fight in California recently.… Read More
Expedia CEO: TripAdvisor spin off ‘on track’ and why Google is a threat Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — speaking at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference in Las Vegas this week — said that the… Read More
Cloud storage provider Symform adds $1M, plans HQ move in Seattle Symform, which made some waves earlier this week when it announced a new referral program in which customers can earn… Read More
Boeing picks Android for 787 entertainment systems Boeing is outfitting its new 787 Dreamliners with servers and touch-screens using Google’s Android operating system to provide music, video… Read More
A look at the six finalists from the Zino Zillionaire forum Entrepreneurs from a variety of fields competed Wednesday in the 6th annual Zino Zillionaire Investment Forum, with six finalists chosen… Read More
Dispute: Would AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition create or kill jobs? In a letter to President Obama today, U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler and 14 of his Democratic colleagues urged the administration… Read More
Smartlogic buys SchemaLogic SchemaLogic, a business intelligence company whose customers include Boeing, Amgen and others, has been acquired by Smartlogic in a deal… Read More
Tech Moves: Jeff Lanctot returns to Razorfish; Bob Wise joins Opanga Here’s our occasional look at new hires, appointments and other people on the move at Pacific Northwest technology companies. Jeff… Read More
Geek of the Week: Amazon’s Mai-lan Tomsen Bukovec Some people tell great stories about camping out for the latest gadgets, but when your life experience includes time in… Read More
First Look: Xbox Live on Windows 8 (Video) Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft is giving attendees at its Build conference here an early look at the Xbox Live application… Read More
Hadi Partovi to Michael Arrington: Valuations are ‘out of control’ and Seattle is a ‘viable’ startup hub We’ve been talking a lot about the startup ecosystem in Seattle and what needs to happen to make the region… Read More
Whoa, Amazon is now valued at more than $101 billion Remember those folks who once declared that Amazon was “toast?” Well, where are they now? Amazon.com’s stock has surged above… Read More
Live Chat on Windows 8, coming up at noon today Posting from Anaheim: Do you have questions about Windows 8? Curious what the experience is like? Want to talk about… Read More
Google’s patent buying spree continues, consumes 1,023 patents from IBM Google continues to gobble up patents in the mobile arena, a defensive move to ward off assaults from Apple and… Read More
Shares of Netflix shredded: Time for Amazon to make a bid? No one likes a price hike, and that was especially the case for Netflix customers who were outraged when the… Read More
Mixpo to help online publishers run ‘smarter’ video ads As more dollars shift to online advertising, Mixpo wants to welcome those newcomers with open arms. To do that, the… Read More
Amazon integrates AmazonLocal deals service into Kindle Would you like a deal on ice cream along with your daily read? That’s one of the questions Amazon.com’s Kindle… Read More
Rhapsody gets more social, tunes into Facebook friends Rhapsody is rolling out a new slate of social features today, including the ability for users to create profile pages,… Read More
Does Facebook’s new ‘subscribe’ button go too far? Here’s a surprise. Facebook is copying Twitter. Again. But this time, they might be going too far — for their… Read More
Clearwire, China Mobile to partner on smartphones, tablets and other LTE devices China Mobile and Clearwire have entered into a partnership to work together on new TD-LTE devices, including tablet computers and… Read More
Skedi: Calendar app looks to keep busy families organized If you’re like me, organizing schedules of family members is one royal pain in the butt. And while a number… Read More
Microsoft CEO Ballmer on Window 8, Skype, Xbox Live Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is speaking to financial analysts in a hotel conference room here right now,… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Attorney-turned-software geek bets on GreenLine Legal Attorneys often have their heads buried in massive amounts of legal documentation. But a new Seattle area startup called GreenLine… Read More
Savvis expands data center in Seattle: Benaroya lands Marvell After getting gobbled up by CenturyLink, data center giant Savvis is expanding its operations in the Seattle area. The company… Read More
Microsoft Bing to tweak results based on user search history Microsoft Bing says it’s about to start rolling out a new feature called Adaptive Search that will take users’ search… Read More
Puzzle Palooza to stump geeks with 26-foot tall Groovik’s Cube Like to solve puzzles? Well, you may want to wander over to the Pacific Science Center next month where, as… Read More
