Articles from 2011 – Page 81 of 107

TechStars Seattle – What we’ll do different and better this year

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

San Francisco picks Microsoft for big cloud email contract

San Francisco has picked Microsoft’s Exchange Online email service for more than 23,000 employees across the city and county, the… Read More

Yahoo buys Jim Heckman’s online ad startup 5to1.com

5to1.com, an online advertising startup led by Seattle entrepreneur and former Fox Interactive media exec Jim Heckman, has been acquired… Read More

Excerpt: BBC host grills Bill Gates on Microsoft’s prospects

Well, on a program called “Hard Talk,” it only makes sense that host Stephen Sackur didn’t accept Bill Gates’ standard… Read More

PopCap’s 4th & Battery studio brings back Candy Train (this time for the iPhone)

PopCap’s new game studio, 4th & Battery, is gearing up for the release of its second game. And it’s an… Read More

Lovelletters: Failed startup shattered my life and all I got was this crappy t-shirt

Dear Geeks – This week’s top submission was juicy enough that names were changed to protect the not-so-innocent…otherwise, reprinted verbatim here. – Rebecca Dear… Read More

AT&T allowing Amazon Appstore on new (and some old) Android devices

One of the challenges for Amazon.com when it launched its Android Appstore in March was the inability for AT&T customers… Read More

Chris Pirillo’s CDN in a Box looks to make Web sites hum at ‘Google-like speeds’

Seattle super geek Chris Pirillo has a loyal following who love his offbeat musings on technology. But sometimes Pirillo’s network… Read More

Geek of the Week: Arianna O’Dell — entrepreneur, marketer, startup sparkplug

Arianna O’Dell, GeekWire’s latest Geek of the Week, has an infectious entrepreneurial spirit, a mind for marketing, and a million startup… Read More

Venture capital returns rebound as IPOs come back

Returns at venture capital firms improved across most time horizons during the fourth quarter of last year, driven by a… Read More

Zaarly looks to take on Craigslist, with help from LeVar Burton and Ashton Kutcher

Need a plumber, a DJ or a chainsaw carving of a bear? Welcome to Zaarly. Born at Startup Weekend in… Read More

Ericsson taking over management of Clearwire network, 700 employees making shift

Big move by Clearwire this morning, announcing that Ericsson will take over day-to-day management of the Kirkland company’s wireless 4G broadband… Read More

Plot thickens for Amazon with new “Thomas & Mercer” mysteries and thrillers

Amazon.com is clearly having a lot of fun naming the brands that it’s using to expand further into the world… Read More

Bill Gates a ‘strong proponent’ of Microsoft’s Skype deal

There was no boardroom brawl in Redmond over Microsoft’s proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, at least not between Bill… Read More

Rain-soaked Seattle sports stadium gets solar panels

The way the rains have been hammering Seattle over the past few months, I am not sure if this technology… Read More

Q&A: ‘Final Jeopardy’ author Stephen Baker on Watson, IBM, the future of e-books and the fate of humanity

Stephen Baker is the journalist and author who traced IBM’s Watson project from its inception and development all the way… Read More

With gas prices rising, Zebigo.com rolls out new carpooling service in Seattle

Seattle drivers are accustomed to clogged roadways. But a new startup called Zebigo.com is hoping to relieve some of that… Read More

Video: Mobile startup lets you listen to Twitter

Google News rolled out some new features last week, allowing mobile phone users to find relevant news tied to nearby… Read More

What do you think of the Smithsonian’s new Bill & Melinda Gates portrait?

The National Portait Gallery in Washington D.C. features some of the country’s most influential Americans, from Abraham Lincoln to Martin… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Art Sumo tracks down cool art all over the world (so you don’t have to)

Startup ideas strike at all different times, and in all different places. For Naysawn Naderi, inspiration hit when he bumped… Read More

State university computer science faculty fear deeper cuts as pressure builds on WWU

Western Washington University’s computer science department isn’t the only one encountering the harsh realities of the state budget crisis. Eastern… Read More

Microsoft customer satisfaction hits new high as Windows 7 takes hold

Have we finally witnessed the death of the Blue Screen of Death? OK, so that’s still a bit of a reach,… Read More

Expedia boosts stake in Chinese travel site eLong

Expedia is investing $41 million in eLong, the second biggest online travel company in China, as part of an effort… Read More

Meet Marcy: An original Web comedy from Lockerz

Lockerz just scored $30 million in venture capital financing from the likes of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former Microsoft… Read More

Socrata unveils the new data.gov, opening vault on government data

At the Technology Alliance annual luncheon in Seattle earlier this month, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra explained how the… Read More

Land Ho: The Product/Vision Click

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

What’s that sound? It might be the IPO pipeline filling up

We’ve finally seen a bit of activity on the IPO front in Seattle, with both Impinj and Zillow.com filing for… Read More

Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures distances itself from iOS in-app patent dustup

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding company and invention house run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, confirmed today… Read More

Latest on Amazon tablets: Code names, processors and bigger offices near Apple?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has all but acknowledged that the company is coming out with its own multipurpose tablet computer… Read More

Old relationships pay off: Divergent sees big return on $327M Pliant buy

Divergent Ventures, a small Seattle venture capital firm, saw a big payoff today when Milipitas, California data storage drive company… Read More