Articles from 2011 – Page 95 of 107

Will Windows Phone surpass the iPhone by 2015? Gartner thinks so

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Microsoft is way behind in mobile. But the company, which is… Read More

Microsoft releases first iPad app, Bing, and it looks slick

Yes, Microsoft aspires to topple Apple’s iPad, but the company also hopes to come from behind against Google. And in… Read More

Floyd, LeFaivre, others named to NW Energy Angels advisory board

The Pacific Northwest has a solid slate of clean tech companies — from fuel cell maker ReliOn which just scored… Read More

Is Bezos’ Starship Enterprise a French-Built Luxury Jet?

Seeing news of Amazon’s Trekkie-themed corporate meeting is a reminder that CEO Jeff Bezos created an entity called Zefram LLC… Read More

Poll: Are we experiencing another tech bubble?

Here comes the “B” word again. That’s right, bubble. Venture capitalists and startups are currently engaged in a wild deal… Read More

Clearwire affiliate plans LTE network in Mexico, company inks prepaid deal

Some industry watchers thought Clearwire’s prospects were rather bleak after AT&T announced plans to gobble up T-Mobile for $39 billion.… Read More

Lockerz taps former Amazon exec, plans deeper Facebook integration

Fast-growing, youth-oriented social networking site Lockerz has been undergoing a serious growth spurt since moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to… Read More

Idea Ownership

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

Nerd Notes: Shakespeare’s Terminator 2, Microscopic Microchip Art, and tweeting for beer at the ballpark

Kevin Zelco (@MsBeerVendor) is taking beer orders (and tips) at Safeco Field via tweets. A @MrUrinal would round this venture out… Read More

Apple plans huge storage buy from Isilon: Could this be the backbone of its ‘media locker?’

Holy, Toledo. That was my reaction after reading a report in The Register that Apple has agreed to buy as… Read More

Follow-up: What Microsoft and Toyota are actually doing, and how it’s different

The news today that Microsoft and Toyota are working on a cloud computing system for cars — described by the… Read More

Matt McIlwain has the Midas Touch, but no one else does in Seattle

Is Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain a modern day Midas? Some people think so. The Seattle venture capitalist — an… Read More

AT&T: We now interrupt your day to say we’re not dropping as many of your calls

Quite a few AT&T customers in the Seattle region received text messages from the wireless carrier today informing them of… Read More

New Android map apps: Mobile coverage, home listings

How do you know when a mobile platform has entered the mainstream? When J. Lennox Scott says that making an… Read More

How Facebook’s new Seattle engineers put its mobile revamp months ahead

Seattle is Facebook’s first major remote engineering base outside its Palo Alto HQ, so it’s a test case for future… Read More

Microsoft, Toyota join forces on cloud computing for cars

Microsoft and Toyota have entered a new strategic partnership to build a next-gen information and telecommunications platform for Toyota’s vehicles… Read More

Amazon employees need to eat, so Cactus plans massive restaurant in South Lake Union

Amazon.com’s arrival in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood is bringing thousands of geeks to the once run-down neighborhood. And those… Read More

Seattle startup Dashwire inks licensing deal with Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures

Dashwire is a small mobile software company. But the Seattle upstart still has to worry about patent issues, and because… Read More

Sex columnist Dan Savage: The undisputed social media news king of Seattle

The Stranger’s Dan Savage is crude, lewd and, at times, outrageously funny. Seattle’s best-known sex advice columnist also is an… Read More

Hack alert: Eddie Bauer warns customers of email address theft

Eddie Bauer is notifying customers that customer emails have been stolen after the company’s email vendor suffered a breach of… Read More

Apple throws Microsoft’s Mac Office a MobileMe curveball

Microsoft next week will release the first service pack for its Office for Mac 2011 suite, with new features including… Read More

Meet Microsoft’s new marketing boss: Chris Capossela

The guy who previously headed marketing for Microsoft’s Office products is now taking on that role for the entire company.… Read More

Once a ‘daily deal’ naysayer, TeachStreet’s Dave Schappell gets the fever

A few months ago, TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell was lamenting the fact that nearly everyone he bumped into asked about… Read More

With upgrade, RealNetworks tries to help Helix media server through mid-life crisis

RealNetworks is attempting to remake the image of one of its oldest products, launching a refreshed version of its Helix… Read More

Startup launch: Jumala makes a game out of creating games

Why would you want to just play a video game, when you could be the mastermind who actually helped design… Read More

Nerd Notes: Commodore Revived, Bill and Ted Return and Snake Makes a Fashion Statement

Commodore USA revives the 64. LOAD “*”,8,1 FTW. Seattle startup Evri’s mobile app EvriThing Baseball is your big ticket this… Read More

Microsoft + Toyota: Cars or the cloud … or both?

Microsoft and Toyota will be announcing a “new collaboration between the companies” on Wednesday afternoon, and the involvement of CEOs… Read More

Death Cab for Cutie plans historic livestream of new music video at 4 p.m.

I am really curious to see how this turns out. At 4 p.m. today, the Seattle/Bellingham band Death Cab for… Read More

Microsoft shifts Hohm away from homes, focuses on electric cars

Microsoft unveiled the Hohm service in order to help home owners get a better sense of their energy consumption. But nearly… Read More

Rare supercar crashes in Seattle: Details from police report; driver still a mystery

A crash in Seattle typically wouldn’t generate interest beyond the region, but car geeks around the country are buzzing about… Read More