Articles from 2011 – Page 41 of 107

Redmond: Happiest place in U.S. for young professionals

Microsoft is holding a pair of big events this week in Anaheim, Calif., right across the street from the Happiest… Read More

Commentary: Why we had to leave Seattle to build Box.net

Just to start off, let me say that Seattle is an amazing city. I definitely couldn’t have asked for a… Read More

Seattle angel to rich Microsoft and Amazon alumni: Get off your duffs and start investing in startups

It is one of the ongoing mysteries of the Seattle startup community. With all of the wealth created over the… Read More

Microsoft’s Ballmer: 500,000 downloads of Windows 8

Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, in town for the company’s annual meeting with financial analysts this afternoon, is… Read More

State jobless rate stuck in neutral at 9.3 percent despite gains in tech hiring

Washington state continues to add jobs, including more than 1,800 in the information category where a number of technology jobs… Read More

How Microsoft interns blazed a trail for Windows 8 apps

Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft today is announcing a new toolkit to help independent software developers connect Windows 8 apps to… Read More

Report: Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on ads

Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL plan to work together to allow their respective sales forces to sell leftover online advertising inventory… Read More

PlayLater’s DVR for online video allows users to watch TV shows and movies on the go

MediaMall Technologies today launched a new service called PlayLater, which allows users to record online video from sites such as… Read More

How to get Windows 8 right now — at your own risk

Posting from Anaheim: Following its preview of Windows 8 for hardware and software developers here yesterday, Microsoft last night released a very… Read More

Rappin’ for TappIn to make files available wherever you wander

There’s no shortage of services that allow consumers to access files in the cloud, from Dropbox to Box.net to SugarSync… Read More

Microsoft confirms Xbox Live is coming to Windows 8

Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft today confirmed that its Xbox Live entertainment and online gaming service is coming to Windows 8,… Read More

Cheezburger opens a new chapter: Beautiful photos

Cheezburger, the oddball Seattle based network of humor sites, is best known for its captions on funny cat photos and videos… Read More

Windows 8: Microsoft’s sexy new … Task Manager

Windows 8’s new tile-based interface is getting lots of attention today, but here’s some real eye candy for us computer… Read More

Bsquare buys MPC Data for $4M

Bsquare is pushing deeper into the European market today with the acquisition of MPC Data, a United Kingdom-based provider of… Read More

Maker of free Facebook casino game doubles down on Seattle

DoubleDown Interactive is well, doubling down, on Seattle. The company, maker of one of the top casino games on Facebook,… Read More

Amazon.com and Hearst deepen their partnership

Amazon.com is expanding its relationship with Hearst Corp., the large magazine and newspaper publisher known in the Seattle region as… Read More

Seattle geek’s frustrating quest for family health coverage sparks PickHealthInsurance

Like most entrepreneurs, Adam Doppelt recently faced the mind-numbing task of trying to track down a health care plan that… Read More

Meetups, tweetups, events, oh my! Why it’s still worth showing up

To understand why in-person connections still matter in a digital world, look no further than your friendly neighborhood tech scene. That’s… Read More

Windows Store to be exclusive channel for new ‘Metro’ apps

Posting from Anaheim: On stage right now at Microsoft’s Build conference, Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky is previewing Windows 8… Read More

Introducing TrayVu: This airline tray doubles as an inflight entertainment system

Back in 2003, I wrote a story about an Alaska Airlines baggage handler-turned-entrepreneur by the name of Bill Boyer who… Read More

This is Windows 8: Hands-on with Microsoft’s radically different operating system

Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft isn’t kidding when it says Windows 8 will be the biggest overhaul of its flagship operating system… Read More

RF Surgical raises $12 million to detect lost surgical sponges

RF Surgical Systems has raised $12 million, money that the Bellevue company will use to enhance its RFID technology for… Read More

Nat Brown’s advice to wannabee entrepreneurs: Unlearn the nasty habits of big companies (Video)

Nat Brown is one certified geek. He joined Microsoft in 1990 and worked there for nearly 10 years before catching… Read More

Psychologist: Playing Bejeweled will make you mentally sharper

PopCap Games appears to be on a mission to prove that casual games can help cure big societal and health… Read More

Tech Moves: Sarah Novotny joins Opscode; Steve Banfield jumps to Korrio; Grist’s new editor; etc.

There have been a number of key hires and moves in the Pacific Northwest technology industry in recent days. Here’s… Read More

Follow-up: HTC boss says they don’t want to kill the iPhone

GeekWire readers certainly had a lot to say after HTC’s North America president Martin Fichter told mobile leaders at a… Read More

Fast-growing Avalara scores $7 million to cash out early investors

Avalara, the fast-growing Bainbridge Island company that helps online merchants manage sales tax collection, has raised an additional $7 million… Read More

T-Mobile USA’s NBA sponsorship in limbo amid uncertain future for both

It might be time for Sir Charles and D-Wade to hang up that call. T-Mobile USA has been a major… Read More

Hank Skorny’s next gig: VP and GM of consumer services at Intel

Hank Skorny announced last week his intentions to leave RealNetworks, the Seattle software company where he’d worked for the past… Read More

IDC: More Americans to browse the Web on mobile devices than PCs by 2015

With the rise of smartphones, tablets and other connected devices in recent years, you could probably see this turning point… Read More