Amazon invests in Foxit, aims to improve Kindle PDF reading Amazon.com has made an investment in Foxit Corp., a PDF technology company based in Fremont, Calif. — saying it plans… Read More
EquaShip raises $600,000, looks to accelerate shipping business Just two months after its launch, Seattle startup EquaShip has raised an additional $600,000 in cash. Led by entrepreneur Ron… Read More
Tech Moves: Mobilisafe adds marketing VP; Theraclone names CEO; BigDoor; etc. Sajal Sahay has joined Seattle mobile security upstart Mobilisafe as vice president of marketing with the goal of helping to… Read More
Daily deal site Zulily to add up to 600 jobs in central Ohio Zulily, the fast-growing Seattle daily deals site, is planning to establish a new distribution and fulfillment center in central Ohio… Read More
Inside the ‘BingBox’ team: Microsoft looks to its console to change the game vs. Google Michelle Holtmann has been at Microsoft for almost 12 years, which means she understands the natural conflicts that can happen… Read More
Geek Humor: Why this foul-mouthed California politician refuses to use his Kindle I thought the whole Amazon online sales tax debate had pretty much blown over in California, following a September compromise in… Read More
How do you pay for your lattes? Starbucks says customers increasingly use mobile phones Starbucks customers are increasingly paying for their coffee drinks and snacks with their mobile phones. The Seattle coffee retailer said… Read More
Fisher Interactive unveils daily deal site SeattleNow.com Fisher Interactive Network has launched a new daily deal Web site under the name SeattleNow.com, an offering that the company said… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Smilebox CEO Andrew Wright builds big business on life’s little moments It’s that time of year when folks start thinking about connecting with family and friends through holiday cards. And Smilebox… Read More
Clearwire to raise up to $345 million in stock offering Clearwire just announced plans to raise up to $345 million by selling additional shares of stock, part of the mobile… Read More
Washington state pumps $5 million into new W Fund to bankroll university spin-outs Just last week, we picked up on a new report which showed that The University of Utah, MIT, Purdue, Johns Hopkins… Read More
How Steve Jobs reacted to Microsoft’s Bungie acquisition Microsoft recently marked the 10th anniversary of Halo, bringing back lots of fond memories of the blockbuster Xbox franchise. And… Read More
Can struggling Clearwire reverse the curse of this bad-luck office building? This one kind of slipped under our radar. Clearwire, the broadband wireless company founded by Craig McCaw, has moved its… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Google engineer Steve Yegge, the accidental newsmaker We’re just a few days from finishing the rollout of our 2011 GeekWire Newsmakers, a roster of people who made… Read More
Livemocha takes a crack at Rosetta Stone in retail Livemocha CEO Michael Schutzler hasn’t been shy about taking some shots at rival Rosetta Stone over the years. Last year,… Read More
Kindle Fire users report Wi-Fi bugs Users of Amazon.com’s new $199 Kindle Fire device have reported ongoing problems with the ability to connect to the Internet,… Read More
Adapx wins $1.65M DARPA contract to bring speech and sketch to battlefield plans Seattle startup Adapx has won a $1.65 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to incorporate speech… Read More
Microsoft tries to reinvent TV ads in Xbox Live overhaul Microsoft’s overhauled Xbox Live dashboard, rolling out this week, marks the start of a new effort by the company to change… Read More
Remembering Tom Phillips: Longtime Microsoft GM had rare acumen across business and tech Tom Phillips made his career in the computer business, but he also loved to fly. “He described flying like you… Read More
GlobalScape buys file sharing startup TappIn for up to $17 million In the past few months, file sharing and cloud storage startups Box and Dropbox have raised massive amounts of cash… Read More
Xbox TV: Live from Verizon in December; on-demand from Comcast in early 2012 With the revamp of the Xbox Live service this week, one big addition in the U.S. will be live and… Read More
Ready to talk to your TV? Microsoft’s Xbox Live revamp bets big on voice navigation Six years after the original Xbox 360’s debut, Microsoft this week is overhauling its video-game console, again, with a big… Read More
Apple’s secretive project ‘Maverick’ may bring massive data center to Oregon Apple is considering building a massive new data center in Prineville, Oregon, next door to where Facebook opened its own… Read More
Swashbuckling Glenn Kelman says he was ‘unprepared’ for the Redfin job Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has never been afraid to speak his mind. But sometimes his statements get him in hot… Read More
Stop Online Piracy Act: An important step, or the worst Internet legislation ever? Stephen Colbert rarely books two guests to (more or less) seriously debate hot topics, but that’s precisely how “The Colbert… Read More
Updated: Amazon.com executive killed in Lake Huron plane crash Tom Phillips, a general manager with Amazon Web Services and a former Microsoft executive, died Saturday night in a single-engine… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: F5’s John McAdam quietly creates a billion dollar business F5 Networks CEO John McAdam helped guide the company to more than $1 billion in revenue in 2011 Over the… Read More
Better than Flight Sim? ‘Microsoft Flight’ prepares for takeoff with upcoming beta Microsoft Flight, the long-awaited successor to the company’s classic Flight Simulator franchise, has started accepting applications for its first public… Read More
Tech IPOs start with a strong pop, and then promptly tank Shares of Groupon soared to $26.11 on its first day of trading as a public company, a very healthy (and somewhat surprising)… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Inside stories from former Microsoft games chief Ed Fries Our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast is Ed Fries, the video-game guru and startup adviser who… Read More
