Facebook’s Zuckerberg on Seattle: ‘There’s so many good engineers up here’ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Seattle today, visiting the company’s fledgling office across the street the Pike Place Market… Read More
Audio: Microsoft’s Ballmer gives a bellowing response to calls for his dismissal [FOLLOW-UP: GeekWire Commentary: Microsoft doesn’t need to replace Ballmer as much as it needs to replace Gates] You’d think that the… Read More
Seattle Business IT Awards: A call for nominations GeekWire is excited to partner with Seattle Business Magazine for the first annual IT Awards, a celebration of the leading… Read More
Microsoft issues new Internet Explorer 10 tech preview Microsoft today released a new preview of the technology going into Internet Explorer 10, the next version of its web… Read More
Amazon vows to cut ties with California affiliates over proposed tax law Amazon.com’s fight with U.S. states over Internet taxes has now spread to the biggest of them, California. In a message… Read More
Ex-Microsofties raise $500,000 for Connected, a rival to Seattle’s Gist A San Francisco upstart by the name of Connected — led by two former Microsoft employees — has raised $500,000… Read More
Startup incubator reheats in Portland with help from Coke, Nike and Target The Portland Incubator Experiment, also known as PIE, is looking to hatch a new batch of startups this fall with… Read More
IPO proceeds double in Q2, yet another sign of a bubble? Every day it seems there’s a story of another technology company being valued at $1 billion or more. Last week,… Read More
Control-Alt-Facebook? Social network gets dedicated hardware button on HTC ‘Status’ Take that, Google+? A day after the search giant unveiled what amounts to a social network of its own, phone… Read More
Angry Birds, Mango and more add up to ‘big day’ for Microsoft’s Windows Phone Sure, people have been playing this game on their iPhones for what seems like eons at this point, but Microsoft’s… Read More
What would you ask Mark Zuckerberg? Facebook CEO visits Seattle for developer Q&A Facebook routinely hosts “tech talks” at its new downtown Seattle office space, a way to engage with the community and… Read More
Bellevue high school grads raise $25 million for online slideshow maker Animoto Animoto may be based in New York. But the startup, which is announcing $25 million in venture capital today, certainly… Read More
Startup unveils PlayLater, a DVR for Netflix, YouTube and other online video MediaMall Technologies has begun testing a new service called PlayLater, which it is touting as the world’s first digital video… Read More
Ex-Google engineer’s epiphany: A digital Bible for the Facebook generation The Bible is the best-selling book of all time. But it hasn’t changed much since the advent of the printing… Read More
AmazonFresh app debuts on Microsoft’s Windows Phone AmazonFresh, the online retailer’s grocery delivery service, released a mobile app today, developed on its behalf by digital agency Metia/Seattle.… Read More
John Chapple resigns from the board of F5 Networks after nine months Seattle area venture capitalist and former wireless executive John Chapple has resigned from the board of F5 Networks, the Seattle… Read More
Google+ vs. Facebook, just in time for that FTC inquiry So many people are on Facebook. How are they going to get them to switch? It’s going to have to… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Alien landings, baseball standings and other iPrediktions Aliens will first land in Chechnya. Sarah Palin will not run for president in 2012. And the Mariners will be… Read More
Madrona, Rob Glaser and others pump $3.5M into mobile app Zapd PressPlane, a Seattle startup which incubated the mobile application Zapd, has raised a little more than $3 million from Madrona… Read More
Sprint CEO Hesse continues fight to block AT&T’s buy of T-Mobile Dan Hesse once led AT&T Wireless. Now, as CEO of Sprint, he’s trying to block his former employer from buying… Read More
10 ways startups get into legal trouble (and how to avoid them) You can screw up a startup in any number of ways, from hiring the wrong person to inking a bad… Read More
A sign of a bubble? Startup-related legal questions surge in Silicon Valley, Seattle There are all multiple ways to measure if the startup tech market is booming: IPOs, venture capital, inflated valuations in… Read More
Office 365: Microsoft makes pitch for businesses to stop futzing around with servers Microsoft today is launching its Office 365 online service, including new online versions of Exchange, SharePoint and other Office products… Read More
Study: e-Reader ownership doubles, tablet growth stalls There was a time, not too long ago, when it was a bit of novelty to see someone reading a… Read More
BlueCat enters patent deal with Intellectual Ventures Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm operated by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, has inked a deal with… Read More
Tech moves: Conrad Saam joins Urbanspoon; Monica Guzman leaves Intersect; and more We’ve been tracking some key hires and people on the move in the Seattle tech industry in recent days. Here… Read More
Ideas for Co-working Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More
Office 365: Microsoft, Google jostle for bragging rights Microsoft is expected to launch its Office 365 service tomorrow, charging businesses a monthly subscription — rather than a one-time… Read More
eBay growing in Amazon’s backyard Online giant eBay is aiming to expand its operations in the Seattle region — becoming the latest Silicon Valley company… Read More
Shares of Amazon surge after analyst says company’s global market share is ‘under-estimated’ Shares of Amazon.com have already been on an amazing ascent in the past 12 months, up a whopping 67 percent… Read More
