Conan O’Brien tests the limits of Bill Gates’ charity … and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Just tried to donate to the @GatesFoundation.… Read More
PAX 2011: ‘Pitch Your Game Idea’ highlights and lowlights One of the highlights of the Penny Arcade Expo each year is a session called “Pitch Your Game Idea” —… Read More
PAX: Master Chief, explosions and other Halo 4 highlights Halo fans were lined up around the corner for a panel this morning on Halo 4 at Penny Arcade Expo,… Read More
PAX Gallery: The characters of Penny Arcade Expo 2011 Editor’s Note: The annual Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, is in full swing this weekend in downtown Seattle… Read More
Job growth exceeds estimates in Seattle’s booming South Lake Union neighborhood On a recent summer afternoon, Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood is buzzing with activity. Amazon. com employees line up at… Read More
Naveen Jain: Innovation can solve the world’s problems Naveen Jain has spent the bulk of his entrepreneurial career developing Internet search technologies, from the early days at InfoSpace… Read More
NASA report shows why Seattle didn’t land a Space Shuttle Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many… Read More
PAX: Microsoft on the hunt for the best indie Xbox games [Updated below with winners] Situated in a far corner of the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend is a… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Apple, Facebook and more, with Frank Catalano, Chris Pirillo This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we put Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO into perspective and… Read More
Name that Tech Tune: Do you know this mobile device? Updated below with answer and winner. Time for another installment of our Name that Tech Tune contest … with an… Read More
Don’t Stop Believin’: Karaoke and the Entrepreneur Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More
Apple aims to keep Tim Cook until 2021 with 1M shares vesting over next decade Apple’s board, led by chairman Steve Jobs, just signaled its long-term confidence in Tim Cook as the company’s new leader… Read More
Taking the plunge: The inside story of how two Israeli entrepreneurs ended up at TechStars Seattle Editor’s Note: There are always a million reasons not to do something. Starting a company means daring to ignore them.… Read More
Amazon Web Services bracing for Hurricane Irene in Virginia Seems like Amazon.com’s data center in Northern Virginia just can’t catch a break lately. And now here comes Hurricane Irene. Officials… Read More
Podcast Rewind: A PC builder’s view on the changing PC market Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Jon Bach, the president of Puget Systems, the custom… Read More
How Microsoft is remaking the first Halo, in 3D, while staying true to the original It’s a Halo fan’s dream this morning at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, as members of Microsoft’s 343 Industries… Read More
Q&A: Ignition’s Frank Artale is one very busy VC Frank Artale is new to the venture capital business, so maybe he didn’t get the memo. After all, most VCs… Read More
On the scene at PAX: Yeah, this is gonna be crazy I’ve been coming to the Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, since the first year, back when it was… Read More
Startup Spotlight: How a Buffalo wing quest sparked food review site Chewsy At the Startup Riot event in Seattle earlier this week, Chewsy wowed the crowd with a new mobile app that’s… Read More
Claim: Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone, Android for stability Very interesting piece by Matthew Miller on ZDNet this morning, making the case that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is the… Read More
Google+ gets passive-aggressive with new ‘ignore’ feature Attention fellow Seattleites, this new Google+ feature is for us. The search company’s fledgling social network last night introduced a… Read More
California politicians look to put brakes on Amazon tax referendum A bit of legislative maneuvering in California could torpedo Amazon’s efforts to bring the online sales tax collection issue to… Read More
Um, Steve Jobs is on the phone: Three great stories today Apart from all the pieces speculating about Apple’s future without Steve Jobs as its CEO, the most common type of… Read More
Tech Moves: Reed Hastings hands over chairman reins at DreamBox Learning; and more Reed Hastings is one busy guy. In addition to running Netflix, the Internet entrepreneur also serves on the boards of… Read More
Practical Nerd: The hidden price of “free” In tech, nothing quite equals the siren lure of “free.” I still recall a friend of mine from Microsoft being… Read More
Mayor Mike McGinn touts innovation, says Seattle won’t win ‘race to the bottom’ Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn believes that the key to the city’s future is a “high road” in which the region… Read More
Judge tosses antitrust claims over Microsoft, Yahoo spam filters A federal judge in California has dismissed a pair of cases that were filed last year against Microsoft and Yahoo… Read More
Study ranks Verizon as the best wireless network in the West; AT&T comes in as the worst Looking for a wireless provider, but not sure where to turn? A new study from J.D. Power and Associates may… Read More
Windows Phone clues point to support for Internet sharing and front-facing cameras Windows Phone 7.5, the upcoming “Mango” update for Microsoft’s mobile operating system, will let phones double as wifi hotspots, sharing… Read More
Meet the lucky two percent: A peek at the startups that just entered TechStars Seattle TechStars Seattle just accepted their second batch of entrepreneurs — 10 new hatchlings who are furiously writing code (probably right… Read More
