Articles from 2011 – Page 74 of 107

A Microsoft-branded tablet? Report says company is considering it

Microsoft is thinking about coming out with its own brand of tablet computer to better compete with the iPad, according… Read More

WildTangent, T-Mobile plan free Android mobile game service

WildTangent today announced that it plans to unveil a new gaming service in partnership with T-Mobile later this summer that… Read More

In wake of Airbnb financing frenzy, Seattle super angels pump $3.5M into Buuteeq

San Francisco’s Airbnb reportedly just raised $100 million at a whopping $1 billion valuation, with high-profile backers like Ashton Kutcher… Read More

Steve Jobs puts on the most amazing City Council meeting ever, unveils ‘spaceship’

Turns out Steve Jobs can make even a night at the local municipal complex entertaining. Check out this incredible video… Read More

Microsoft buys Prodiance to bring more security to spreadsheets

Venture capitalists expressed hope that Microsoft would pick up the M&A pace following its planned $8.5 billion buy of Skype.… Read More

Jeff Bezos explains why Amazon.com is so big on tablets

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t spill the beans on any of the company’s reported plans to develop its own Android-based tablets… Read More

Pathable raises cash to make real-world events more social

Even with the rise of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, people still like to conduct business in face-to-face meetings at conferences… Read More

U2 crowd: Find yourself in this crazy high-def image

If you were one of the many thousands of people at U2’s Seattle concert at Qwest Field this weekend, the… Read More

Jeff Bezos on innovation: Amazon ‘willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time’

One question at Amazon.com’s shareholder meeting this morning in Seattle clearly made an impression on Jeff Bezos, sparking an extraordinary… Read More

Nintendo unveils Wii U game console, with touch-screen tablet controller

Nintendo just unveiled its newest home console, dubbed the Wii U, during a presentation at the E3 video game convention… Read More

Mercent plans HQ move to Amazon.com’s backyard, introduces retail paid search

After more than two years in development, Mercent today released a new search engine marketing platform designed to help retailers… Read More

Congratulations, Microsoft: Your sales of HTC Androids are booming

HTC’s revenues more than doubled in May, according to financial results released by the mobile phone maker this morning, to… Read More

Zillow’s new iPhone app helps home shoppers get mortgage quotes on the go

Zillow’s mobile applications are some of the most frequently downloaded in the real estate industry. Now, it is adding a… Read More

Microsoft HealthVault enables Facebook login, vows not to tell friends about your test results

Microsoft’s HealthVault personal online repository for health data and electronic medical records has enabled Facebook authentication as an optional method… Read More

The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk over pirated online comics

Seattle’s Matthew Inman, better known as webcomic artist The Oatmeal, is loved by fans for his funny and biting observations on… Read More

Concur makes another buy, gobbles up London’s GlobalExpense

Concur’s hunger for acquisitions continues. The Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software today announced that it plans… Read More

Ex-star of ‘The Apprentice’ James Sun takes on Groupon with Pirq

One of the big problems with daily deal sites like Groupon and Living Social is that the offers tend to… Read More

Top 10 Entrepreneurial Mistakes and Other Bits of Wisdom from William Draper III

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

Microsoft, Facebook support AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

[Updated with text of letter below.] Microsoft and Facebook are among eight technology companies that filed a letter tonight in… Read More

Sony’s new PS Vita handheld: $249 WiFi, $299 3G, on AT&T

Sony this evening unveiled the official name for the successor to its PlayStation Portable. Dubbed the PlayStation Vita, the new… Read More

Roving CEO Matthew Schiltz lands at the helm of Symform

Matthew Schiltz sure gets around. The Seattle technology executive just three months ago was named CEO of Powerit Solutions, a… Read More

Facebook, Amazon staffers are the most stressed: Google, Microsoft are the best paid

Amazon.com may allow dogs in the office and offer bus passes to staffers, but it is still among the most… Read More

IDC cuts PC forecast as iPad, Kindle and friends take toll

The IDC market research firm today reduced its forecast for PC shipments for 2011 to 4.2 percent, from its previous… Read More

Weiner says to blame him, nothing wrong with Twitter

OK, we admit it, we tuned in to see the latest in the Anthony Weiner debacle today, as the Congressman… Read More

Microsoft, Boeing giving $25M each to new scholarship fund

Washington state’s two largest private-sector employers, Microsoft and Boeing, will each be giving $25 million over the next five years… Read More

Comcast wants to serve Pioneer Square startups, bids on city broadband project

A few weeks ago, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn stood on First Avenue and asked Internet service providers to step up… Read More

Apple’s iCloud: Photo Stream is slick, iTunes Match is a half-step

For all the buzz about Apple offering its own cloud-based music service, the part of the company’s iCloud announcement today… Read More

Mike Koss sells Faves.com, investors take ‘big loss’

Faves.com is getting a second (actually, maybe even a third or fourth) chance. But the Seattle online social bookmarking service… Read More

Xbox Live plans cloud storage, Facebook friends game matching

Looks like Microsoft’s Xbox Live didn’t have room in the company’s E3 media event this morning for all of its… Read More

Microsoft says Halo 4 signals a new trilogy for Xbox 360

Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to extend the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox 360 with a new game, Halo 4,… Read More