Google Chromebooks: The past or future of computing? Google’s Chromebook computers are making their debut in stores this week to mixed reviews. With instant-on startup, all-day battery life… Read More
Marchex sells Foodie.com to Glam Media’s Samir Arora Prior to getting into the call advertising business, Marchex was a big acquirer of domain names. But that’s no longer… Read More
Nerd Notes: Iron Man goes to work, Jobs lands a comic and a woolly Robin Williams makes commercial Bungie announces Bungie Mobile. Keep tabs on your Halo: Reach score and your buddies via iOS. Goodbye capes and Spandex, hello… Read More
Votocracy looks to shake-up 2012 presidential race, recruits Average Joes to campaign online Think you’re better equipped to run for president than Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? If so, Votocracy wants… Read More
Microsoft says Office is still growing fast — cloud or not Microsoft is marking the first anniversary of the Office 2010 launch today with a series of stats that show the… Read More
Report: Americans now spend an average of 6.3 hours per month on Facebook The way people spend their time online is changing with the rise of social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook,… Read More
Comcast wins high-speed broadband contract for Seattle’s Pioneer Square Comcast has won a high-profile contract to provide high-speed Internet access to businesses and residences in Pioneer Square, an important… Read More
Chart: Washington state sheds jobs as tech companies lament tight talent pool in Seattle It may be too early to call it a “double dip.” But Washington state’s job growth slowed in May, as… Read More
T-Mobile aggregating daily deals with ‘More For Me’ app T-Mobile this morning jumped into the daily deal business — or at least the daily deal aggregation business — with… Read More
Geek of the Week: Braden Moulton, GameHouse Back in the 1990s, Braden Moulton scripted a website to display his resume as if it were the opening text… Read More
Ballmer asks for speech advice, gets career advice Microsoft this week invited its industry partners to suggest topics they’d like to hear CEO Steve Ballmer cover during his… Read More
Maveron’s counterintuitive bet: House parties to sell women’s handbags Maveron likes to place bets on new consumer-oriented startups. Those range from sandwich shops (Potbelly) to pet insurance (Trupanion). Now, the… Read More
Bubble 2.0: The infographic We’ve been writing a lot about some of the frothy conditions in the tech market. And the bubble talk was highlighted… Read More
Ad impressions surge for Windows Phone, but Microsoft’s mobile OS share still small Here’s the bad news for Microsoft from Millennial Media’s MobileMix report: Windows Phone commands just one percent of the smartphone… Read More
Despite competition from Amazon, Rhapsody and others, Pandora soars in stock market debut Meet the country’s newest multi-billion dollar Internet company. It is Pandora, the music radio service which went public today with… Read More
Starbucks unveils Android app, brings mobile payment to Safeway Starbucks today rolled out a new Android application that allows users to pay with their mobile phones, find nearby stores… Read More
A SXSW for Seattle? Northwest geeks tout new interactive conference For years, Seattle techies have trekked to Austin to participate in the SXSW music, film and interactive conference. But why… Read More
Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez on technology, creativity, and the need for ‘a bigger gun’ At a splashy launch event in Seattle tonight, chip-maker AMD introduced its new Accelerated Processing Units, or APUs, and brought… Read More
Video: Dan Savage takes aim at Rick Santorum, Tracy Morgan at Webby Awards Dan Savage’s social media campaign, “It Gets Better,” has sparked thousands of supportive videos in an effort to eradicate bullying… Read More
Zillow makes real estate ‘sexy,’ revamps Zestimate algorithm Zillow is making big changes to its Zestimate, the algorithm it uses to determine the value of homes across the… Read More
Clarian trumps Bill Gates with rotary-piston hybrid battery Bill Gates and inventors connected to Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures made headlines two years ago with a patent application for… Read More
Practical Nerd: When content is KING-FM Is there a place for an old linear medium in a bright shiny digital media world? That is the question… Read More
Bob Crimmins starts MoonTango, looks to revolutionize online shopping for women A few months ago, Bob Crimmins launched a daily deal site called Dealometry targeted just at dudes. Now, the Seattle… Read More
Lockerz unveils iPhone app, creating new ways to earn PTZ Lockerz boasts more than 19 million members of its social shopping service. But until today it was largely a Web-based… Read More
How it works: AMD’s new Accelerated Processing Unit Here’s one for the silicon geeks. At a conference in Bellevue this morning, AMD introduced its new Fusion A-Series Accelerated Processing… Read More
Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. GeekWire Interview: Shel Kaphan, Amazon.com’s first… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Wine geeks toast success of Corkz app On a trip to China two weeks ago, Matt Kowalczyk ordered a top-notch bottle of wine from a fancy restaurant.… Read More
Seattle area 15-year-old sells startup to ActiveState Some entrepreneurs wait a lifetime to experience the thrill of selling their startup companies. Daniil Kulchenko, a Seattle area high… Read More
InfoSpace introduces Content Experience Platform We’ve been wondering how InfoSpace plans to pivot, especially after news Monday that the company had entered into a deal… Read More
Stop Punching Yourself in the Face Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More
