Morning Radar: Web site wants your Amazon rants; Connors on Cook; and more Amazon.com is starting to get a bit of a PR black eye when it comes to the sales tax issue,… Read More
New Apple CEO Tim Cook promises company won’t change Ars Technica this morning published an email sent to Apple employees by Tim Cook, the company’s new chief executive, following… Read More
AmazonLocal deals hit NYC: Now in 30 locations, 10 states Amazon.com is quickly becoming a sizable player in the booming and competitive market for local deals. The company announced this… Read More
Hells Angels get into a legal scrap with Amazon.com (over a T-shirt) This is a far cry from Altamont Speedway. The Hells Angels, the notorious motorcycle club, have filed a lawsuit against… Read More
Jobs exits with 97% approval rating among Apple employees Maybe it’s true that you can’t please all the people all the time, but Steve Jobs is a mere 3… Read More
What Apple can learn from Microsoft in the Post-Jobs Era The resignation of Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO today starts a new era for the company, and as we all… Read More
Jobs stepping down as Apple CEO, will remain as chairman BREAKING NEWS: Steve Jobs, the iconic leader of Apple, is stepping down as the company’s CEO, but will remain as… Read More
Jive Software files for $100M IPO, discloses terms of OffiSync purchase Jive Software, the one-time darling of the Portland technology scene, has filed for a $100 million initial public offering. Now… Read More
Microsoft rallies ex-employees to volunteer, offers funds At many companies, employees who leave aren’t exactly welcomed back with open arms. And certainly there have been some epic… Read More
Housing woes don’t slow down Zillow: Company plans to boost hiring as traffic hits record levels It is a good thing Zillow is moving to a new downtown Seattle office space this month. The 264-person company… Read More
Seattle entrepreneurs put their best pitch forward at Startup Riot Seattle startup Chewsy and two dozen other startup companies are getting the chance to present their companies today at Startup… Read More
Geek of the Week: Jared Roach, Institute for Systems Biology Jared Roach isn’t just our first Geek of the Week with the confidence and style to sport a bow tie,… Read More
Zillow hits profitability, posts 116% revenue gain in first earnings report as a public company Well, we had a pretty good feeling that Zillow might post its first quarterly profit (at least on a net… Read More
Google paying $500M to resolve drug advertising probe Google has agreed to forfeit $500 million, one of the largest penalties of its kind, for letting Canadian pharmacies market… Read More
Fast-growing startup BankSimple flees NYC for Portland: Here’s why Portland’s startup technology community often gets treated as second fiddle to Seattle. But the city got a nice boost today… Read More
Amazon, Facebook, PAX and Seattle’s status as a tech hub (GeekWire on KUOW) We talked about HP’s decision to discontinue its webOS devices, the prospects for Amazon.com taking on Apple’s iPad, Facebook’s new… Read More
Poll: Are you still checking in? Or have you checked out? The privacy changes introduced yesterday by Facebook include the news that the social network will no longer offer Facebook Places… Read More
Paul Allen’s quest: A 32-bit computer built by Interdata We already know that Paul Allen is a super geek, but how far does his passion for computers really go?… Read More
Target (finally) parts ways with Amazon, but retailer’s new site sputters at launch It may go down in history as a big business blunder. But, back in 2001, when Target picked Amazon.com to… Read More
Five things to look for in Zillow’s first post-IPO financial report Zillow took a tumble earlier this week, but shares are back up again today trading up more than seven percent at… Read More
Kindle Daily Deal: Amazon debuts e-book discounts Amazon.com this morning debuted a new e-book discount program, Kindle Daily Deal, that will offer one Kindle book each day… Read More
Jeff Bezos-backed space company plans rocket test Blue Origin, the secretive aerospace company bankrolled by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is planning a rocket test today high over… Read More
InfoSpace looks to put its cash hoard to work, names M&A wizard to board InfoSpace has hinted at plans to go on a buying spree. And with $263 million in cash and cash equivalents… Read More
Another Microsoft alliance in China: MSN teams with Renren social network MSN China has signed an agreement with the social networking site Renren in China to connect features across the two… Read More
Microsoft previews smarter file copying in Windows 8 Microsoft tonight showed a new approach to copying and moving files in Windows 8, the next version of its PC… Read More
Nerd Notes: Aviation High School launches with a rocket; Paul Allen’s private island for sale; and more Cheezburger has added to its line-up of weird and wacky sites. Introducing “Bronies.” Men and boys who love the animated… Read More
T-Mobile: Only big U.S. carrier without the iPhone this year? Sprint will become the third U.S. wireless carrier to offer the iPhone, starting with the release of the iPhone 5… Read More
How I just got a $5.99 iPhone app for free (thanks to Starbucks) I popped into my local Starbucks this morning, not to buy an iced Latte or vanilla bean Frappuccino. Nope, I… Read More
Bungie Aerospace’s first project is an iPad game, will get PAX preview this weekend Bungie Aerospace, a new effort by the creators of the blockbuster “Halo” franchise to partner with independent game developers, will… Read More
Facebook shakes up privacy settings, promising new and clearer user controls Sure, there was an earthquake on the East Coast just a little bit ago, but did you hear the big… Read More
