Articles from 2011 – Page 78 of 107

Sparkbuy’s Dan Shapiro on why he sold to Google: It puts ‘turbo chargers’ on the idea

Sparkbuy founder Dan Shapiro doesn’t like talking to people on airplanes. But on a trip between Silicon Valley and Seattle… Read More

Livestream: Presentations from the final round of the UW business plan competition

You can watch entrepreneurial activity in real time this afternoon as five teams compete in the University of Washington’s annual… Read More

Microsoft board backs Ballmer after hedge fund manager calls for CEO’s resignation

Investor David Einhorn stirred up a hornet’s nest earlier this week when the hedge fund manager reportedly said that Microsoft CEO… Read More

Clearwire shareholder to CEO John Stanton: Time to sell some spectrum in order fill ‘cash hole’

Clearwire faces a nagging “cash hole in its business plan and Sprint is the only game in town to fill… Read More

GeekBall: Another reason to attend GeekWire’s June 22nd launch party

The playing field is 24 feet long by 12 feet wide, featuring artificial turf, faux cherry borders, and oversized pool… Read More

Bursting at the seams at Bellevue HQ, Expedia inks lease next door

Expedia has outgrown its downtown Bellevue headquarters location in Tower 333, and as a result plans to expand into a… Read More

Microsoft takes heat after Skype outage enrages users

Microsoft doesn’t even own Skype yet, but it is already taking blame for an outage that impacted some users of… Read More

Ready to pay with your phone? ‘Google Wallet’ signals NFC wave

Google this morning unveiled plans for a new mobile app, Google Wallet, that will let people use their phones to… Read More

Team of nerds brings 100 Mbps ‘super broadband’ to Seattle

Spectrum Networks co-founder John van Oppen likes to describe his team as a group of nerds who thrive on speed.… Read More

“Time Kills All Deals”

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

Amazon touts 99 cent Lady Gaga album again, and says this time they’re ready

Amazon.com’s first attempt at selling Lady Gaga’s new album for 99 cents didn’t go so well, with the promotion crashing… Read More

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff joins board of travel startup

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff has a lot on his plate these days, including positioning the Seattle online real estate company… Read More

Hedge fund manager calls for Microsoft’s Ballmer to step aside

Multiple reports this afternoon quote influential and controversial hedge fund manager David Einhorn, a longtime Microsoft shareholder, saying that it’s… Read More

The biggest time wasters at work

Technology was supposed to make people more productive. But a new study out from market research firm uSamp indicates that… Read More

Q&A: Weather guru Cliff Mass on science, math, Carl Sagan, coastal radar … and whatever else he wants to talk about

Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, found himself in a tempest of a different… Read More

Welcome to Olympia: Where the water is crystal clear and the broadband flows

Olympia’s water is legendary, giving rise to one of the region’s best beer slogans ever. But Washington’s capitol may soon… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kelly Franznick, Blink CEO

Kelly Franznick is the type of person who can spend his vacation working on a stop-motion animation projects, and his… Read More

Microsoft’s MSN releases ‘Onit’ app for iPhone, iPad

Microsoft this morning continued its steady pace of app development for Apple’s iOS, as the company’s MSN unit released a… Read More

Who will Microsoft buy next: LinkedIn, Citrix, BlueKai or the maker of Angry Birds?

Microsoft made a big bet earlier this month when it gobbled up Skype for $8.5 billion, a move that got… Read More

Boeing, Alaska Air, WSU and others set ‘flight plan’ for renewable aviation fuels in the NW

A group of more than 40 regional companies, government entities and educational institutions have come together to explore the possibilities… Read More

Geek Pride Day: Why it’s OK to let your geek flag fly (Charts)

As you might imagine, we here at GeekWire gave a lot of thought to the meaning of the word “geek”… Read More

BlueStacks brings Android apps to Windows, raises cash from ex-Microsofties

Have you ever wanted to take your favorite Android games, news or travel apps to your Windows PC? A new… Read More

Expedia dials up virtual agent to assist with customer service

You may have already encountered Jenn, the friendly virtual travel agent who answers questions about everything from mileage plans to… Read More

ShopIgniter lands $8 million to help retailers establish storefronts on Facebook

ShopIgniter has helped Nike, CafePress and more than 100 other customers establish retail outposts on Facebook. Now, the Portland startup… Read More

Report: Zynga is getting ready to pull the trigger on an IPO

Fast-growing social gaming powerhouse Zynga, maker of hit games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars, is expected to file for… Read More

Now leaving: The guy who led Microsoft’s iPad rival … years before the iPad existed

Long before Apple introduced the iPad, Otto Berkes and his team at Microsoft were working on devices called UltraMobile PCs… Read More

Amazon knocks $25 off Kindle 3G for those who want ‘special offers’

Amazon.com is reducing the price of its high-end Kindle 3G by $25 for those who sign up for the company’s… Read More

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo this weekend: ‘The coolest thing since that show Alf’

That console over there and many of those games occupied so many hours of my youth, it’s almost hard to… Read More

Microsoft vet Dave Chase sets out to fix the ‘broken’ health care system with Avado

There’s perhaps no industry as screwed up in America as health care. And Dave Chase, who helped create the healthcare… Read More

How Oprah ‘made’ Baconnaise (and Jon Stewart helped a bit too)

Our favorite bacon-flavored food startup is back in the news. J&D Foods, makers of the wonderfully American Bacon Salt and… Read More