Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Allen vs. Gates, Amazon Cloud Drive, Giant Thinkwell +1 This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul… Read More
Name that Tech Tune: Win A Ticket to WordCamp Seattle We brought back our popular “Name that Tech Tune” contest on this week’s GeekWire Podcast — although in this case… Read More
Nerd Notes: 10 lessons from Angry Birds, 2 Thor posters and 1 Playmobil Apple Store 10 Lessons from Angry Birds that can make you a better CIO. No, slingshotting birds at the IT staff didn’t… Read More
Hey developers: Forget the cheeseburgers, have a LOLcat The guys from Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell will be our guests on the next GeekWire Podcast. And it looks like… Read More
Chart: Google Android continues to soar, while Windows Phone slumps You’d think by this time Microsoft might have regained some of its mojo in mobile. But the latest report from… Read More
Study: Microsoft’s Ballmer sees approval rating decline Take this with a grain of salt, like a U.S. presidential approval rating based on a limited survey, but the latest… Read More
University of Washington unveils new entrepreneurial fellows program The University of Washington has been trying for years to spark more creative thinking when it comes to business formation,… Read More
RogueSheep CEO leaves the flock Chris Parrish has left the CEO post at RogueSheep, the Seattle mobile application development shop best known for its work… Read More
Good news, bad news: M&A activity slows, but momentum grows for IPOs IPOs are on the way up, but M&A deals are coming down. That’ the portrait in a new report released… Read More
Q&A: Rhapsody rebounding after RealNetworks spinoff Rhapsody International, on its own now for a full year, has added more than 100,000 new subscribers over the past… Read More
Paul Allen to reroute Columbia River, floating game trucks and other April Fool’s Day jokes For whatever reason, the tech industry just loves April Fool’s Day. Big companies, small companies and everyone in between likes… Read More
Nerd Notes: QuickBar dies, Sagan sings again, and Floodzilla The reviews are in on Amazon’s Cloud Player. Adobe dreams up an iPad Photoshop App. If A Glorious Dawn didn’t spark a… Read More
ThePlatform sets sail for new digs in downtown Seattle ThePlatform, an online video company owned by Comcast, is moving from its longtime digs in the old Airborne Express building… Read More
Casual game maker PassionFruit sold to marketing agency PassionFruit Games, a maker of casual video games for women, has been acquired by Rally Marketing Group in a deal… Read More
Sony Online to shut doors on Bellevue game studio Sony Online Entertainment is closing down game studios in Bellevue, Denver and Tucson, Arizona, a move which will eliminate 205… Read More
Podcast Rewind: Why your wireless coverage stinks, and how it could improve Our guest this past weekend on the GeekWire Podcast was mobile industry veteran Paul Griff, the CEO of wireless research… Read More
Chart: Where are the women entrepreneurs? A new survey out today indicates that Washington state lags the national average in terms of women-owned businesses. (See below… Read More
Seattle’s newest online real estate upstart: Windermere? Windermere has one of the most recognizable brands in the Pacific Northwest. But when it comes to innovating online, the… Read More
Why the founder is the first and most important salesperson of every startup Guest Commentary: The best businesses in the world do two things. They ship, and they sell. You inherently have nothing… Read More
How a modest bag clip was reborn as an iPhone ‘Kickstand’ DL Byron, the Seattle entrepreneur behind such ventures as Clip-n-Seal and Bike Hugger, was struck with the idea for his… Read More
Cloud database startup Xeround scores cash Xeround, which moves SQL databases to the cloud, has raised an additional, $4 million in debt financing, according to a… Read More
How to recruit an Amazon.com coder: Free cheeseburgers? You can recruit smart developers in a lot of ways, offering stock incentives, big salaries or cool perks. But Cheezburger… Read More
Zillow touts mobile growth, releases new BlackBerry app Zillow.com has attracted plenty of consumers with its iPhone, iPad and Android apps. But the Seattle company’s latest mobile release… Read More
Social media monitoring startup Visible Technologies raises $6 million Visible Technologies has raised an additional $6 million, money that CEO Kelly Pennock said will help the heavily-funded company accelerate… Read More
Microsoft filing antitrust complaint vs. Google in Europe Microsoft is back in the middle of an antitrust case in Europe, but this time it’s the one with the… Read More
Person, Place, Thing, or… Idea Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More
Startup Pitch: CoCollage looks to become the Facebook Wall for bars and coffee shops You’ve probably seen the technology in action at one of your favorite Seattle coffee shops. The startup is called CoCollage,… Read More
Z2Live CEO David Bluhm on latest $2.5 million round: It’s not about the money, it’s the ‘chemistry’ Last week, we told you about some of the heavy hitters from the Seattle tech community lining up behind fast-growing… Read More
Windows Phone says its apps are real, not padded What is it with these Microsoft groups feeling the need to publicly defend their numbers all of a sudden? The… Read More
Nerd Notes: Biz on Zuck, Skype in the Classroom and Noah Wyle +1 $500 Million: Too low for Twitter? Biz drops the juicy details about Zuckerberg’s courting (it happened in a car…) on Howard Stern. Nintendo announces the next console… Read More
