Articles from 2011 – Page 53 of 107

Jeff Bezos wants to put an airbag in your smartphone

Many of us have experienced the problem: We get careless with our mobile phones, they slip out of our hands,… Read More

Morning Radar: Internet bubbles; Dr. Dre meets HTC; and more

Too much money has flowed into too many Internet companies at astronomical valuations, leading Fortune’s Dan Primack to conclude that… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows Phone market share falls below 2% — in 6th place behind Samsung Bada

Microsoft suddenly has a new competitive obstacle in its effort to rebound in the smartphone market. And its name is… Read More

Nintendo plots comeback, but when will Mario upgrade to a smartphone? Maybe never

Nintendo will try to reverse the fortunes of its latest handheld game device, the 3DS, by cutting the price to $170… Read More

Time is Running out to Save on StartupDay

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

Meet Darrell Cavens: The guy who just raised $43M and wants to change how moms shop for kids

Startups, by their very nature, are built to move fast. But Zulily, the Seattle daily deal site that just scored… Read More

Ignition, Founder’s Co-op and Madrona join forces to back AppFog

Three Seattle area venture capital firms are allying to back Portland’s AppFog, which has created new technologies that allow developers… Read More

Daily deal site Zulily raises $43 million at huge valuation of more than $700 million

Plopped in the middle of Zulily’s Seattle office is a colorful cardboard rocket ship marking the entrance to the company’s… Read More

WSJ: Feds also probing Android in Google antitrust inquiry

When the Federal Trade Commission launched its antitrust inquiry into Google in late June, it notified the company that the… Read More

California casts wary eye on AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile

California is taking a close look at AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile, with Bloomberg News reporting that the state’s… Read More

Sorry, Facebook and Twitter: Content sites remain the absolute king of referrals

A new report out today indicates that links from online content sources — including news aggregators like Huffington Post and… Read More

Portland’s Cedexis scores cash from Madrona and ATV, looks to help Web sites boost performance

In the late 1990s, Len Jordan was working on content distribution networking technologies at RealNetworks when some of the folks… Read More

Google Parcel Service? Search company patents electronic shipping notifications

Google’s battle against Microsoft and Apple over their use of “bogus” patents promises to result in greater scrutiny of its… Read More

Watch a Coldplay or Katy Perry video on Lockerz, and earn rewards along the way

Lockerz, the fast-growing Seattle social networking upstart targeting teens and twenty somethings, has inked a deal with EMI Music to… Read More

Once left for dead, Imperium makes comeback as biodiesel plant roars back to life

Remember the story of Imperium Renewables? The Seattle company once held so much promise for the region’s clean tech industry,… Read More

Paper, scissors, and a new membership model for video firm Common Craft

Seattle’s Common Craft video firm has built a business out of simple, explanatory online videos made of paper cutouts —… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital backs small business lender, but don’t call it a bank

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is tossing his financial support behind a new Texas-based lending institution called Ascentium Capital. The idea… Read More

Mobile app developer Übermind opens new Seattle HQ, plans to hire 50

Übermind has developed a reputation as one of the top developers of mobile applications, helping companies such as Target, REI… Read More

Facebook, Twitter and business: Inside the minds of the social media pros

Monday afternoon I made the trek up to Paine Field, caught my first glimpse of a Boeing 787 on the… Read More

Ignition continues blistering pace, leads $14 million round for Couchbase

Another day, another investment by Ignition Partners. The Bellevue venture capital firm today announced that it has led a $14… Read More

Amazon sidesteps Apple with HTML5 ‘Kindle Cloud Reader’

From a business perspective, the new “Kindle Cloud Reader” web app released by Amazon.com this morning will let the online retailer link… Read More

Erik Prusch named CEO of Clearwire, taking over a battered company in need of a lifeline

The job in front of Erik Prusch — who was promoted to president and CEO of Clearwire today — may… Read More

Lighter Capital’s Andy Sack has $500,000 burning a hole in his pocket

Ready, set, invest. By August 31, Lighter Capital will pump $500,000 into a new business no matter how awful the… Read More

Snuggle up with an Angry Birds blankie

Here’s just what every newborn needs: An Angry Birds blankie. Rovio, which conceived the hit mobile game in which birds… Read More

Lawsuit claims Apple and publishers colluded on eBook pricing in fear of Amazon.com

A Seattle law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Apple and five book publishers of engaging in price fixing… Read More

Motricity posts disappointing Q2 results, terminates execs and hints at cost-cutting measures

Shares of Motricity fell more than 50 percent in after hours trading today following a disappointing second quarter earnings report.… Read More

Podcast

Bitcoin: Tech vets explore potential of digital currency, try to avoid pitfalls

Seattle tech startup entrepreneurs Mike Koss and Peter Vessenes joined us on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast to… Read More

Why startups fail: Lack of focus

At the Lean Startup Seattle meetup last week, Madrona Venture Group’s Greg Gottesman explained the importance of entrepreneurial focus. After… Read More

How did Steve Jobs do it? Apple (briefly) tops Exxon Mobil to claim most valuable company title

It wasn’t that long ago that we were writing about Apple surpassing Microsoft to claim the title of the most… Read More

Allrecipes buys Food Wishes, plots world domination of online food videos

Seattle-based Allrecipes.com has acquired Food Wishes, a channel of popular how-to videos from “Chef John” Mitzewich — saying it “adds… Read More