GeekWire
Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Civic presented by Microsoft
    • Geek Life presented by Network of Giving
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Microsoft
    • Podcasts
    • Space
    • Startups
    • Sustainability
    • Tech Moves
    • Bot or Not
    • GeekWire on the Road: Spokane
    • Microsoft at 50 presented by Accenture
    • Tech Vets presented by Northern Trust
  • GeekWork
    • GeekWork Recruiting
    • Job Board
  • Events
    • Community Calendar
    • GeekWire Events
  • Lists
    • Amazon Office Buildings
    • GeekWire 200 presented by JPMorganChase
    • GeekWire Startup List
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Members
    • Health Benefits
    • Memberships
  • Studios
    • GeekWire Studios: Let Us Tell Your Story
    • Nebius at NVIDIA GTC 2025 sponsored by Nebius
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2024 sponsored by AWS
    • AWS Summit: New York Partner Spotlights sponsored by AWS
    • Does Compute presented by Carnegie Mellon University
    • Guide to re:Invent sponsored by AWS
    • Money Hacks presented by BECU
    • Tech Connect at Dreamforce 2024 sponsored by RSM US LLP
    • Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored by Greater Seattle Partners
    • Zuper at Inbound sponsored by Zuper
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Email Newsletters
    • Reprints & Permissions
    • Sponsors
  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips

What happens here matters everywhere.

  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Startups
  • AI
  • Science
  • Tech Moves
  • Sustainability
  • Civic
  • Geek Life

Articles from 2011

Name that Tech Tune: Can you identify this Windows sound?

[Update: The answer is Windows 2000. (We also accepted Windows ME or Windows Millennium Edition.) Thanks to everyone who played… Read More

AT&T to start selling Kindle 3G with Special Offers on Sunday

AT&T plans to begin selling Amazon’s Kindle 3G with Special Offers this Sunday in company-owned retail stores, marking an expansion… Read More

Tech Moves: Point Inside taps Coleman to lead sales charge; Meteor names Joe Doran to board

When we talked to Point Inside earlier this week about their new financing round, they indicated that some of the… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Why the iPhone still beats Android in mobile apps

Mobile apps were the topic on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast, with our guests, app developer Mike Schneider… Read More

Microsoft explains Office 365 outage, offers customer credit

Microsoft’s new Office 365 cloud-based service took a hit this week when customers were unable to access email and other… Read More

Ex-Microsoftie Charles Simonyi donates millions to support ‘curiosity-driven’ research

Former Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi and the Simons Foundation are pumping $100 million into The Institute for Advanced Study, a… Read More

Can ex-Microsoft employees make great entrepreneurs?

Guest commentary: I was casually talking with a partner at a local venture firm recently, and he lamented: “We don’t… Read More

Medio lands Angry Birds maker Rovio as mobile data analytics customer

Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has chosen technology from Medio Systems, the Seattle-based mobile predictive analytics company, to analyze and… Read More

Release your inner geek: Weekend events offer something for the dork in all of us

Geek levels will be absolutely off the charts on Saturday in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood as a series of events promise… Read More

Report: Sprint may buy Clearwire outright to solve funding crisis

Sprint, already the majority owner of Kirkland-based wireless broadband company Clearwire, is in talks with other investors that could result… Read More

Microsoft app coordinates meetups on a map — stepping on Glympse’s toes?

[Updated below with comments from Glympse and Microsoft] A new Windows Phone app released by Microsoft Bing this week —… Read More

IPOs roared to life in first half of 2011, but worries arise that the good times may be gone

IPO windows tend to come and go. For the past eight months, that window has been wide open, allowing companies… Read More

HP, Apple, iPad, webOS and the upheaval of the PC market

Hewlett-Packard is the largest PC maker in the world, significantly outpacing even longtime rival Dell these days. So it was… Read More

Geek of the Week: Starbucks digital chief Stephen Gillett

In its first four months, our Geek of the Week feature has introduced GeekWire readers to an amazing collection of… Read More

HP shedding PC business: Why Microsoft should buy it

Bloomberg News caused a big stir in the tech world today with a report that Hewlett-Packard is looking to spin off… Read More

Google’s new Bothell facility could hold 840 workers

On Wednesday, we told you about Google’s expansion plans in the Seattle area, including taking on more office space in… Read More

Dilbert creator likes Windows Phone, ‘hipster credibility’ aside

Scott Adams, the guy behind the Dilbert cartoons, turns tech reviewer on his blog today, offering his take after testing… Read More

Soak the rich: One entrepreneur’s take on fixing the debt crisis and saving the economy

Let’s soak the rich. Apparently that’s what most Americans think should happen to reduce the deficit, including Warren Buffett.  A recent… Read More

Google’s $12.5 billion price tag for Motorola just isn’t good enough, says shareholder

Anytime you have this much cash flinging around, lawsuits tend to emerge. So, it’s not a surprise that just a… Read More

Uber could take flight, CEO dreams of helicopter and jet rides

Uber just arrived on the streets of Seattle. But could the private driving service soon take to the air? That’s… Read More

Google seeks Cloudboard patent, Ray Ozzie’s Live Clipboard rolls over in its grave

How’s this for a copy-paste? Google wants to patent a technology called “Server-Based Data Sharing in Computer Applications,” which describes… Read More

Amazon bulks up Instant Video catalog, Netflix barely notices

Amazon.com’s Instant Video catalog has surpassed 100,000 movies and TV shows, more than 9,000 of them available at no additional… Read More

Does working at Microsoft really turn your brain numb?

Call it the Silicon Valley invasion. Facebook, Google, HP, Zynga and Salesforce.com — driven by an insatiable need for talented… Read More

Just Say “No” to PTO

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

PS3 gets the NFL … for a price

An announcement by Sony this afternoon could give the PlayStation 3 an edge over Microsoft’s Xbox 360 among a certain… Read More

Microsoft cloud service Office 365 hit with outage

We’ve been hearing reports today that Microsoft’s Office 365 service — which includes new online versions of Exchange, SharePoint and… Read More

As war for talent continues, Google opens mysterious Bothell location and expands in Fremont

Google continues to gobble up office space in the Seattle area, expanding its operations in Fremont and establishing a mysterious… Read More

Point Inside pinpoints new cash, helps shoppers navigate malls and grocery stores

Point Inside, which has developed mobile technologies that help people find their way through supermarkets, shopping malls, airports and theme… Read More

Skype WiFi: Another iOS app for Microsoft’s portfolio

Skype today released its free Skype WiFi app for iPhone and iPad. It’s the latest in a flurry of new product… Read More

Mobile voicemail: Why ‘saved’ isn’t really saved, and your messages aren’t really yours

Early last summer, Rob Lohry’s mom Patricia called his cell phone and left a message, asking him to come down… Read More

  • Older
  • Newer

Latest Stories

    Read All Stories

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters to catch every headline

    Send Us a Tip

    Have a scoop that you'd like GeekWire to cover? Let us know.

    Send Us a Tip

    A Word From Our Sponsors

    About

    • About GeekWire
    • Contact Us
    • Partner With Us
    • Become a GeekWire Member
    • Send Us a Tip
    • Join Our Startup List
    • Reprints and Permissions

    Follow

    • Facebook
    • X
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram
    • RSS Feed
    • Podcast
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Catch every headline in your inbox

    Read GeekWire

    • Apple News
    • Google News

    Legal

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Sponsored Content Policy
    Return to Top of Page
    © 2011-2026 GeekWire, LLC
    Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
    Limit the Use Of My Sensitive Personal Information
    Consent Preferences