Maveron, Ram Shriram, Hugh Crean and others invest $6 million in Decide.com Some of the top venture capital firms and angel investors in Seattle and Silicon Valley are tossing their financial muscle… Read More
After a long squabble, Sprint agrees to invest $1B in Clearwire Negotiations between Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have been going on for months, sometimes heated and often playing out in the… Read More
Cheezburger Network’s latest book celebrates the best ‘DIY disasters’ Cheezburger Network may be the master of online comedy snippets, surprises and hijinks. But the Seattle Internet company, which just… Read More
Jeff Bezos-backed Social Gaming Network sells out to Chris DeWolfe’s new gig, MindJolt Chris DeWolfe, the University of Washington grad who went on to co-found MySpace, continues to reinvent himself as an online… Read More
Growth spurt continues at DataSphere; hyperlocal blog platform to hire 220 in Ariz. DataSphere Technologies may specialize in hyperlocal advertising. But the Bellevue company is undergoing what can only be described as …… Read More
Review: Paul Allen’s new book isn’t mean, it’s just honest I’ve just finished reading an advance copy of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s memoir, “Idea Man,” due out Tuesday. You know,… Read More
Mobile commerce: Innovation in Africa, by way of Seattle Femi Akinde, the CEO and founder of Seattle-based technology company SlimTrader, is one of the speakers Wednesday afternoon during a… Read More
Groupon gobbles up Pelago, but plans to unplug its mobile check-in app Whrrl Groupon is pushing deeper into the mobile world today, gobbling up Seattle startup Pelago for an undisclosed price. Tricia Duryee… Read More
Chart: Zillow is the third most visited real estate site, while Redfin cracks the top 20 This sure is timely. Just a few hours after Zillow.com announced its intentions of going public, Experian Hitwise released its… Read More
Another Microsoft app for Apple iOS: Photosynth panorama stitching Microsoft has made plenty of apps for Apple’s iOS in the past, but lately it’s becoming almost prolific. Fresh off… Read More
Zillow.com files to go public, beats Trulia to the punch It has been a long dry spell. But a Seattle Internet company is finally getting ready to take the IPO… Read More
Microsoft opens Office subscriptions to masses, with app store — er, ‘marketplace’ Microsoft this morning launched the public beta of “Office 365” — a new subscription service that lets small businesses pay… Read More
Another victim of technology: Nordstrom piano players? We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with… Read More
Videos: Lesley Stahl grills Paul Allen about Bill Gates, and GeekWire about Allen Screaming matches. Dumpster diving. And a deep bond between two super geeks from Seattle. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen provided a… Read More
Microsoft vs. i4i at U.S. Supreme Court: Future of patent law at stake Microsoft and i4i L.P., a small Canadian tech company, will square off this morning in oral arguments before the U.S.… Read More
Concur continues online travel expansion, invests $40 million in India’s equivalent of Kayak Concur Technologies has been on a bit of a buying binge lately, gobbling up mobile travel planning service TripIt and… Read More
Save PR for Launch Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More
Penny Arcade expands empire with new developer event Interesting news this weekend from the team behind the ever-growing Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX: Building on the… Read More
GeekWire Month #1: Hanging with Lesley Stahl and getting the word out Growing up in the Cook household, Sunday night meant two things: Coccia House pizza and “60 Minutes.” So, you can… Read More
Root beer peeing unicorns, and other comments of the week Some lively discussions erupted on GeekWire this week as members of the tech community debated what it will take to… Read More
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. goes on an anti-tech rant, blames the iPad for U.S. job losses Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. appears to think technology gadgets — including tablet computers like the iPad — are the reason… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: 60 Minutes, Zynga, and what’s hot in computer science now This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about the time we spent with a “60 Minutes” crew, the opening… Read More
Name That Tech Tune: Win a GeekWire laptop sticker This week’s GeekWire Podcast features another installment of our popular Name that Tech Tune Contest. As prizes this week, we… Read More
Sales of ‘e-books’ soar, now the #1 format over paper I confess, I’ve never read an “e-book.” But, it turns out, I very well be in a shrinking class. According… Read More
Nerd Notes: A Kinect controlled armchair, a chameleon attacks and a president steals a pen An official Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer is released featuring slick CG apes, courtesy of Weta Digital… Read More
Judge to ex-Microsoft GM: You can’t take that job at Salesforce.com, either A judge in Seattle today denied a former Microsoft general manager’s new attempt to carve out a role for himself… Read More
Morrison tapped to lead Verizon Wireless operations in the NW Verizon Wireless has named Bobby Morrison as president of the Pacific Northwest Region. He’ll replace Kelly Kurtzman, a 10-year vet… Read More
T. Rowe Price invests $190 million in Facebook: More validation for Steve Ballmer’s early bet Microsoft was criticized three years ago when it sunk $240 million into Facebook, valuing the upstart social networking company at… Read More
Podcast Rewind: Andy Sack on startups, TechStars and the promise of Seattle’s tech scene Joining us for our latest GeekWire Podcast was Andy Sack of TechStars Seattle, Founders Co-op and Revenue Loan — the… Read More
Is the ‘Seattle Underground’ the key to solving Pioneer Square’s Internet woes? The solution to Pioneer Square’s Internet connectivity problems may be found in a cavernous, mid-19th century underworld. The City of… Read More
