Articles from 2011 – Page 44 of 107

Lawmaker hopes for ‘teachable moment’ after state data center outage costs $500,000

This is not what the state needed. After much criticism about the construction of the state’s new data center in… Read More

Ex-Microsoft employee sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement

Randal Ray Seal, a 54-year-old former analyst in Microsoft’s accounts payable department, has been sentenced to two years in prison… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Approvee taps power of ‘friend sourcing’ for recommendations

Usually the best recommendations come from your closest friends. And those friendships don’t get much tighter than the one between… Read More

Big Fish hooks Amazon vet as CFO

Big Fish Games, the Seattle-based casual game distributor, has named David Stephenson as chief financial officer. The veteran of Amazon.com… Read More

Bezos, Schmidt, Ignition and others toss support behind API marketplace Mashape

Some heavy hitters in the technology industry are tossing their support behind Mashape, a San Francisco startup that’s building a… Read More

Just four percent of Americans have used a ‘check-in’ service

A few weeks ago, we asked readers whether they are using their mobile phones to “check-in” to locations with services… Read More

Sprint piles on with its own suit opposing AT&T’s T-Mobile deal

Sprint, which has opposed rival AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA since the beginning, this morning announced… Read More

Microsoft, Bill Gates patent ‘virtual entertainment,’ with belt

A patent awarded to Microsoft this morning, with Bill Gates listed as one of the inventors, will sound familiar to… Read More

Could T-Mobile walk away $3B richer if regulators kill AT&T deal?

There may be a silver lining in the DOJ’s plans to stop AT&T’s $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA —… Read More

Rapping VCs: This one goes out to all of you entrepreneurs

For those of you having a hard time getting back into the startup groove following the holiday weekend, here’s a… Read More

Sabey, Dell push ahead with massive data centers in Quincy

The tiny town of Quincy, Washington continues to transform from agriculture to data centers. And two large facilities, housing the… Read More

What Microsoft is saying about Windows Phone location data — and what it’s not saying

Microsoft today said it’s investigating allegations that Windows Phone 7’s camera collects data about the locations of users against their… Read More

Practical Nerd: Irresistible startups, immovable education

I’ve advised a number of startups over the years and have been directly part of at least two. I discovered… Read More

Why we joined TechStars

Guest Commentary: Most of the time people associate accelerators like Y Combinator and TechStars with teams who have little to… Read More

Photos: A look at Amazon’s new delivery locker at 7-Eleven

Yesterday, my two-year-old son and I did a little investigative reporting. Our goal? Find the Seattle area 7-Eleven housing Amazon.com’s… Read More

Solving the jobs problem: A new kind of unemployment benefit

In the midst of an unprecedented challenging jobs situation and in honor of Labor Day, let’s all come together to… Read More

Amazon testing tablet-friendly redesign of its flagship site

Amazon.com confirmed to the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that it’s testing a redesign of its website, with a… Read More

Amazon, 7-Eleven test locker idea for in-store package pick-up

Brick-and-mortar retailers like Walmart and Best Buy already allow customers to pick up online purchases at physical stores. Now, Amazon.com… Read More

Dear Seattle: Let’s shut up and start building some companies

[Editor’s note: This is a follow-up guest post to a story on GeekWire titled “How do we make the Seattle startup… Read More

Get 50+ Coffee Meetings with Top Thought Leaders – Book Review of Do More Faster

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

Bungie’s Crimson sets sail, reaches top of the iPad charts

Some people go camping on Labor Day Weekend, while others fire up the BBQ. But an awful lot of folks… Read More

After mishap, Bezos vows to press ahead with Blue Origin space project, crew capsule

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is promising to keep moving forward with the program despite the loss of its unmanned test… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: High-tech football, T-Mobile’s future, inside the world of geocaching

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the UW football team’s use of high-tech cameras… Read More

Name That Tech Tune: Do you know this ’80s movie sound?

[Updated below with answer and winners.] We’ve got some fantastic prizes up for grabs in the latest installment of our… Read More

Greg Huey catches ‘startup bug,’ departs Alliance of Angels for Glassybaby

Hanging around startups can be a risky proposition. Sooner or later, you catch the fever. Greg Huey, who served as… Read More

Amazon Kindle tablet uncovered, confirmed by TechCrunch reporter

We knew something was probably up when MG Siegler arrived in Seattle last night, and here it is: The TechCrunch… Read More

Reports: Bezos’ unmanned spaceship blows up in flight

Update, Saturday morning: After mishap, Bezos vows to press ahead with Blue Origin space project, crew capsule A spacecraft launched… Read More

‘Top Gear’ reviews Halo Warthog

For your Friday afternoon entertainment, here’s a fun video that emerged this week featuring Jeremy Clarkson of the popular BBC… Read More

Zillow doubles traffic, tops 25 million visitors in August

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff has been pretty bullish about the online real estate company’s prospects, telling GeekWire recently that the… Read More

Google’s bigger game: The subplot behind the Motorola acquisition

“Having at least one area where we can do integrated hardware and software and learn from that probably produces better… Read More