Articles from 2011 – Page 90 of 107

Ubuntu 11.04: The desktop Linux you’ve been waiting for?

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu version of Linux, is making a new push for a larger slice of the… Read More

Urbandipity: A social network to connect people in the real world

Sometimes you just can’t find a friend to go to the ball game, the sushi restaurant or the lecture at… Read More

Microsoft, Nokia make it official: Turning point for Windows Phone?

Sealing a deal they announced in February, Microsoft and Nokia have finalized their mobile partnership ahead of schedule, the companies… Read More

Ballmer memo: Microsoft plans unprecedented boost in employee compensation, simpler reviews

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this morning signaled a broad set of changes in how the company’s employees are evaluated and… Read More

Massive failure at Amazon Web Services causes havoc for Quora, Foursquare and others

Amazon.com is experiencing a serious outage this morning with its Elastic Compute Cloud and other Web services, causing downtime at… Read More

My ahhha moment…

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

Naveen Jain’s next big thing: Own a piece of the moon?

Naveen Jain is looking to save planet Earth by reaching for the moon. The Seattle Internet entrepreneur emerged today as… Read More

Nerd Notes: Whales inspire pianos, bugs inspire robots and marijuana inspires Ziggy

How to fix any computer by The Oatmeal. Kohler introduces new $6,000 “smart” toilet. The perfect place to spend the… Read More

Ken Griffey Jr. is a pilot, flies a plane with giant parachute

This was news to us, but apparently Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. has been working on his pilot’s license.… Read More

Google or not, Microsoft cloud tools win federal security nod

Microsoft says the federal version of its Business Productivity Online Suite cloud-based communications tools — including Exchange and SharePoint Online… Read More

How cell phones are reshaping the developing world

The mobile phone is transforming the developing world, reshaping how people conduct business and communicate. But that’s not always a… Read More

Shares of F5 soar after posting net income of $55 million, beating Wall Street projections

F5 Networks today posted strong financial results for its fiscal second quarter, sending shares of the Seattle company on a… Read More

Apple bucks trend with 28% increase in Mac unit sales

Apple is just out with its quarterly earnings, reporting record revenues of $24.67 billion and profits of nearly $6 billion.… Read More

ManDeals launches new daily deal site, just for the dudes

Like most guys, Coby Dilling loves a good deal. But when his wife signed him up for Groupon last November,… Read More

Apple has your permission to do whatever it wants with that location data it’s tracking

Two researchers, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden, are making headlines across the web today with news of their discovery that… Read More

Geek of the Week: Yaw Anokwa: UW Ph.D. student, Open Data Kit and Change

One of the goals of GeekWire’s “Geek of the Week” feature is to shine a light on extraordinary people in… Read More

The urban dwelling of the future, built like a Lego set

The future of urban dwellings may be making its debut in a SoDo warehouse today. The Seattle architecture firm of… Read More

Yahoo delays Microsoft ad rollout, says adCenter ‘limitations’ hurting revenue

Microsoft’s partnership with Yahoo in Internet search and advertising has hit a bump, with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz saying on… Read More

Amazon introduces library lending for Kindle books

Amazon.com plans to launch a new service later this year in which Kindle users can borrow digital books from 11,000… Read More

Obama to tout Startup America, entrepreneurship at Facebook ‘Town Hall’

President Barack Obama today plans to host a Town Hall event at Facebook’s headquarters in Silicon Valley in a move… Read More

As iPhone battle mounts, AT&T holds its ground against Verizon

Analysts, bloggers and other tech prognosticators (ourselves included) thought AT&T’s loss of exclusive iPhone rights might serve as a death… Read More

Curbed and Eater hit Seattle, dish scoops to real estate nerds, foodies

Seattle has long been a center of hyperlocal news experimentation, from gritty upstarts like MyBallard.com and The West Seattle Blog… Read More

More changes to Clearwire’s board

We’ve had a hard time keeping up with all of the changes in Clearwire’s board room. But there’s even more… Read More

Looking to make Seattle buildings efficient, Mayor McGinn launches Community Power Works program

Mayor Mike McGinn today kicked off his support of the Community Power Works program, an effort to create “green jobs” and… Read More

Practical Nerd: Alaska Airlines’ digEplayer enjoys a long flight to obsolescence

[Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome Frank Catalano, a veteran of the Pacific Northwest technology scene, as a GeekWire columnist.… Read More

T-Mobile’s Bobsled promises free phone calls through Facebook

T-Mobile is heading down the slopes with a new offering today called Bobsled, a free application that allows users to… Read More

Kobo inks $50 million round for electronic reading gadgets, digital bookstore

Amazon.com’s Kindle may have a leadership position right now in electronic reading devices and digital books. But the market continues… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin, Boeing get NASA cash to build new spaceships

Seattle may have lost a bid to house one of the retired Space Shuttles. But, who needs a clunky, old… Read More

Phone usage shows iPad users aren’t just Apple fanboys

Hey, you over there with the iPad — is that a BlackBerry in your pocket? Research firm comScore is out… Read More

Seattle startup community mourns passing of Tom Music

It is with great sadness that I report that Tom Music has died at the age of 31 after a… Read More