Articles from 2011 – Page 75 of 107

Xbox plans Live TV, YouTube, Bing search, hints at DVR

Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to offer a live television service to users of its Xbox Live service, and hinted… Read More

Laid off copywriter honored for travel blog The Everywhereist

Seattle’s Geraldine DeRuiter started the travel blog, The Everywhereist, after losing her job as a copywriter. Now, she says the… Read More

Video: Kinect goes Star Wars

One of the E3 leaks from Microsoft’s website this morning was a new Star Wars game for the Kinect motion-sensor,… Read More

Halo 4 in development, and other E3 leaks from Microsoft’s own site

Halo 4 is “on the way.” That’s the (inadvertently) official word from Microsoft this morning. The company isn’t taking the stage… Read More

A Hubble Telescope for the immune system: Seattle’s Adaptive TCR raises $5.8M

Adaptive TCR, a Seattle company that’s attempting to profile and measure the body’s immune system, has raised $5.8 million in… Read More

Startup sets world record, lines up 17,782 rubber ducks

Maybe this will go down in the history books as one of the bigger accomplishments in Seattle’s tech industry. Well,… Read More

Best Ideas from the June 1st Idea Sprint

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

Broadband: Does the city of Seattle really need to step in?

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is pushing to bring high-speed fiber-optic connections to businesses in the city, starting in Pioneer Square.… Read More

Apple, Xbox set to battle for attention of tech world

It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks… Read More

Hacker group hits Nintendo, no consumer data stolen

Nintendo of America confirmed today that its computer servers in the U.S. were infiltrated by the hacker group Lulzsec a few… Read More

‘Seattle feels a lot like Bangalore,’ and other comments of the week

Fashion advice for Bill Gates. A new operating system that could rival … Vista. And how Seattle compares to Bangalore,… Read More

Bono’s shout out to Bill Gates: Thanks for your passion, your brain power (and your cash)

More than 70,000 people turned out Saturday night for the U2 concert at Seattle’s Qwest Field, listening as Bono belted… Read More

‘Pranksters’ or ‘vandals’? Windows logo installed on future Apple store

This video, taken outside an Apple store under construction in Hamburg, Germany, is spreading around the Internet like wildfire this… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Groupon’s IPO, Microsoft’s Windows 8, and Twitter’s place in the world

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Groupon’s IPO, the unveiling of Microsoft’s next Windows version, and the end… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: What is this classic video game theme song?

In honor of next week’s big E3 video-game convention, this week’s Name that Tech Tune contest digs into the archives… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows 8 demo video is a low-budget hit

Microsoft’s video this week unveiling the new Windows 8 interface was remarkable not just for the content but for the… Read More

Don’t tell the IT guy: Rogue cloud services on the rise

Avanade, the Seattle-based technology consulting company, this week released the results of its third global survey on cloud computing — finding… Read More

Saturn and Nine Inch Nails in a beautiful space mashup

For your Friday viewing pleasure, this video is the handiwork of filmmaker Chris Abbas of Digital Kitchen in Seattle, featuring… Read More

Startup advice: Take that first step

The key to any entrepreneurial venture is taking that very first step, even if you aren’t sure about step two… Read More

Shakeup at RootMetrics: Paul Griff out as CEO, replaced by Bill Moore

Paul Griff has stepped down as CEO of RootMetrics, the Bellevue startup that tracks the performance of wireless networks in… Read More

Future of comic books? Microsoft, Disney release ‘Tron: Legacy’ in HTML5

Comic books made the leap to the online world long ago, but Microsoft and Disney are aiming to take things… Read More

Adam Bosworth unveils Keas, a social game that uses peer pressure to make co-workers healthier

It has been two years since Ignition Partners backed Adam Bosworth’s stealthy consumer health startup Keas. But the London-born entrepreneur,… Read More

Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming

Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by… Read More

Drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore to depart following Walgreens buy

Walgreen Co. has completed its $409 million purchase of drugstore.com, the Bellevue online seller of medicine, vitamins and beauty products.… Read More

Poll: Marc Andreessen doesn’t think there’s a bubble: Do you?

Marc Andreessen doesn’t think we’re experiencing a tech bubble. But Groupon just filed for an initial public offering that could… Read More

Video: Bill Gates wrote the checks, and Melinda drove the vision for foundation campus

Bill Gates may have written the checks for his foundation’s beautiful new $500 million campus in the heart of Seattle.… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Microsoft’s ‘Ben the PC Guy’ on the new ‘Golden Age of PC Design’

Sure, Windows 8 looks snazzy with that tile interface and stuff, but what are you going to buy in the… Read More

IPO filing reveals Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s stake in Groupon

Groupon’s growth rate over the past two years has been absolutely insane. Consider this: The daily deal site had just… Read More

Android users not playing around: Games scarce among most popular apps

The world of Apple’s iTunes App Store is dominated by games. Of the top 10 free apps as currently listed,… Read More

Fast growing Groupon files for $750 million IPO despite $522 million deficit

IPO fever continues to spread through the ranks of technology companies. The latest to catch the bug is Groupon, which… Read More