Morning Radar: Google’s biggest acquisitions; Redfin’s iPhone app; Redbox price increases; and more Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility is causing waves in the tech industry today, so Matt Rosoff at Alley… Read More
Microsoft goes to the matte: Xbox 360 losing its glossy sheen Should home electronics come in glossy or matte? OK, so it’s not exactly the weightiest debate of our time, but… Read More
A lifeline for Clearwire? WSJ report says Sprint considering ‘substantial’ investment The on-again, off-again relationship between Clearwire and Sprint Nextel may be entering a new phase. The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More
Intersect raises cash to help people chronicle and share their personal journeys It has been nearly a year since Peter Rinearson’s stealthy Intersect started testing its social networking service, a new way… Read More
Amazon releases Student App, challenging college bookstores Amazon.com this morning released a new “Student App” for iPhone, aiming to connect college students to the Amazon.com catalog even… Read More
F5 names Skype CFO to board, buys IP assets of Crescendo Networks F5 Networks has appointed Skype Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Chadwick to its board of directors and announced the purchase of… Read More
Google’s $12.5 billion Motorola deal shakes up mobile world Google delivered a shocker to start the week, announcing plans this morning to acquire mobile phone company Motorola Mobility — a… Read More
Retailers turn to robots to compete with Amazon.com Amazon.com may be best known for its huge array of products or its Kindle digital reading device. But the Seattle… Read More
New ‘electronic chalking’ system will root out parking villains just like me Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m a chalk checker. Oftentimes, I’l park my car in a two-hour zone, and then return… Read More
Y Combinator-backed Contagion merges with Health Month to form Habit Labs, moves from SF to Seattle Jen McCabe, who founded the Y Combinator-backed startup Contagion, thought about keeping her company in the San Francisco Bay Area… Read More
The real risks of being a geek, and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “I FULLY UNDERSTAND: (a) that the Experiments… Read More
The Startup’s Guide to Bootstrapping Marketing Twelve years ago, marketing was a primary recipient of the mountains of cash thrown at start-ups in an effort to… Read More
Tech Moves: Robert Pease says goodbye to Gist; lawyer defections Sure, it’s technically summer time. But that doesn’t mean everyone is on vacation. Some folks are shifting jobs. Here’s a… Read More
It’s official: Electronic Arts completes PopCap buyout One of the largest technology acquisitions in the Seattle area is now in the books. On Friday, Electronic Arts completed… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Airbags in your phone, checking in on Google+, and iPhone vs. Android apps On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we offer a reality check on Jeff Bezos’ plan to put airbags… Read More
Name that Tech Tune: Can you identify this very brief clip? Our latest Name that Tech Tune contest is one of the shortest ditties we’ve ever offered up — about 10… Read More
Study: Google+ winning over suburban parents, losing college kids and cafe dwellers New data released by Experian Hitwise today gives a snapshot of the types of people who are adopting Google+, and… Read More
Chart: The PC isn’t dead, it’s just another one of our devices Today is the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the IBM PC, one of the landmark moments of the digital revolution. This… Read More
Five weird (and wacky) pursuits of rich tech moguls “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” That line from F. Scott… Read More
Chart: Twitter and Facebook chatter mushroomed as stock market tanked There’s an old adage in the media business that “if it bleeds, it leads.” That also seems to be holding… Read More
TinkerHouse Games injects a little fun into mobile gaming Mark Jessup and Lane Daughtry worked as “cogs” in the Seattle gaming industry for years. Now, the two developers are… Read More
Despite bubble talk, VCs lost money over the past decade We’ve been talking a lot lately about the wild valuations being attached to fast-growing Internet companies, something that would make… Read More
Microsoft’s ‘KinectFusion’ creates real-time, 3D model of an entire room, and more Is this a glimpse of the future of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Windows? During a Microsoft Research demo event… Read More
Confessions of an Uber driver: An inside look at Seattle’s new private driver service At 6:45 p.m. last night, I logged into the Uber iPhone app and requested a private driver. Within 10 minutes,… Read More
Games on Google+: PopCap and GameHouse on board Google is escalating its challenge to Facebook by expanding its fledgling Google+ social networking service into games — allowing people… Read More
IPOs, startups and market volatility: How do you make sense of what’s going on? The wild ups and downs of the stock market this week would be enough to send most sane investors to… Read More
Geek of the Week: Adnan Mahmud, Jolkona co-founder Our latest Geek of the Week, Adnan Mahmud, thinks big about technology as a way to tackle the world’s problems.… Read More
Microsoft: Xbox 360 on track for biggest year in Xbox history Microsoft’s Xbox 360 landed atop the U.S. console market once again in July, according to a statement just released by… Read More
Startup Labs to bankroll best and brightest from Startup Weekend It can be downright inspiring watching ideas percolate at Startup Weekend — the 54-hour coding marathon where developers, artists, attorneys,… Read More
Testing out KUOW’s new Android and iPhone apps I’m a big fan of on-demand audio via smartphone — particularly from local radio stations. Here’s why: Frequently I’ll catch… Read More
