Articles from 2011 – Page 45 of 107

Chart: How TV viewing habits are changing

The erosion of the traditional broadcast TV business has been well documented. But it is not deteriorating as fast as… Read More

Google patents a glove for ‘seeing with your hand’

Those crazy Google guys are at it again. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is among the inventors listed on a patent… Read More

How to stop the insanity: Advice and thoughts from a first-time startup CEO

Being a first time CEO can be confusing, intimidating and downright scary. You have a hundred things to do and… Read More

As key Netflix deal unravels, Amazon may have Starz in its eyes

The loss of an important content distribution agreement with Starz Entertainment has dealt a blow to Netflix, or at least… Read More

It’s been one wild and crazy summer for tech news: A look at GeekWire’s top stories

It was an especially unusual August, and it wasn’t just because the down comforter never came off the bed or… Read More

Dear Community: Update on TechStars Seattle

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

Google’s Schmidt: Patent issues ‘terrible,’ but Motorola deal about more than that

Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, gave his take on the company’s Motorola acquisition — and the state of the U.S.… Read More

Should startup scribe Michael Arrington invest in startups?

Michael Arrington, the flame-throwing founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, is starting his own venture capital fund. The $20 million CrunchFund… Read More

Gigantic new HTC Titan makes us long for a Windows Phone tablet

With a 4.7-inch screen, the “Titan” announced today by HTC and Microsoft has the largest screen of any Windows Phone… Read More

Ex-Microsoft exec kickstarts new social network for college kids

Creating a social network for college kids might seem like a foolhardy pursuit given Facebook’s historic roots in that market.… Read More

Expedia CFO Adler to step down

Expedia Chief Financial Officer Michael Adler is packing his bags, and stepping down after leading the Bellevue company’s financial operations… Read More

Imperium, Boeing consortium wins DOE grant to develop renewable jet fuel

A consortium led by LanzaTech, and consisting of Imperium Renewables, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and The Boeing Co., will receive… Read More

Geek of the Week: Mai Hoang, Happy Go Techy founder

Many of you will recognize Mai Hoang, our latest Geek of the Week, as the energetic personality behind the Happy… Read More

IE9 share tops 20% on Windows 7 even as IE usage slips overall

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser is now used on more than 20 percent of PCs running Windows 7 worldwide, outpacing… Read More

Morning Radar: Paul Graham’s patent pledge; Super Mario in Seattle; etc.

Y Combinator’s Paul Graham asks companies to take the patent pledge. The concept? Big companies shouldn’t use patents to bully… Read More

City of Seattle’s site named ‘Best of the Web’ for U.S. cities

The city of Seattle’s overhauled website, seattle.gov, was named the top city government web portal in the country today in… Read More

Microsoft accused of secretly collecting geolocation data on Windows Phone 7

Apple found itself in a bit of hot water back in April when researchers discovered that iPhones and 3G-enabled iPads… Read More

The No. 1 reason startups fail: Premature scaling

Startups can blow up for any number of reasons: bad hires, overspending, lack of capital. In fact, a new study… Read More

New stats show Apple’s Safari running away with mobile, tablet market

Apple’s Safari accounted for 53 percent of web browser usage on mobile devices and tablets in August, more than 30… Read More

Do you have the startup DNA?

Let’s face it, you gotta be a little off kilter to take the entrepreneurial plunge. But what is the the… Read More

Ex-Jobster staffers bake new startup: MyFaveRecipes.com

We must really like to eat in Seattle. Over the years, I’ve chronicled a number of online recipe and food… Read More

When Data Is Wrong

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

The New Establishment: Bezos, Zuckerberg and Lady Gaga?

They come from the music, tech, media, finance and movie industries. They are Vanity Fair’s New Establishment, a list of… Read More

Afternoon Radar: Facebook music, Redbox vs. Netflix, another secret iPhone lost in a bar

Busy news day today across the tech industry. Some of the biggest stories catching our attention … Facebook plans to… Read More

Report: Amazon to release 7-inch tablet in October, followed by a 10.1-inch tablet early next year

We thought there might be a chance that Jeff Bezos showed off Amazon.com’s mysterious new tablet computers at the company… Read More

How Carly screwed up AT&T’s $39B T-Mobile acquisition

OK, so Carly herself isn’t specifically to blame. But the U.S. Department of Justice today cited last year’s T-Mobile USA… Read More

Tech Moves: Marketfish hooks a Razorfish vet; NWEN’s new board; Dendreon; and more

Elizabeth Wheden, a marketing industry veteran who previously worked at Razorfish and Wunderman, has joined Seattle’s Marketfish as director of… Read More

List: Top 10 Most Uninstalled Android Apps

Guest Post: There are hundreds of thousands of mobile apps out there. At AppStoreHQ, we’re currently tracking nearly 700,000 apps across the… Read More

Windows chief: Think of the classic Windows desktop as ‘just another app’

As Microsoft has been previewing new elements of the Windows 8 desktop experience over the past week — including smarter… Read More

How do we make the Seattle startup ecosystem stronger?

Leaders from the Seattle technology community gathered in the basement of TechStars on Tuesday night to discuss ways to strengthen… Read More