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Microsoft pokes fun at Apple and Google; Amazon.com’s amazing biodomes; and other top posts of the month

May was a busy, busy month for us here at GeekWire. We hosted more than 800 of you at our… Read More

While Microsoft expands across Pacific, Amazon’s China strategy remains hazy

Microsoft just announced a significant hiring increase in China and a renewed commitment to offering its cloud computing services in the country.… Read More

Amazon greenlights 5 TV series after ‘harrowing exercise in online democracy’

Amazon today named the five shows that will move into production as the Seattle company’s first original TV series. As… Read More

Amazon launches third-party login system, challenging Facebook, Google and Twitter for authentication

Amazon.com customers will be able to use their Amazon login credentials to sign in to third-party websites, apps and games… Read More

Kindle newspapers: How the experience needs to improve

There’s something great about subscribing to a newspaper on a dedicated e-reader for automatic daily delivery. Goodbye, wet rolls of… Read More

Bye, bye Nook? B&N e-reader makes top 10 list of brands expected to die

Amazon.com may have killed it, and Microsoft may not be able to save it. Yes, Barnes & Noble’s e-reader device,… Read More

Amazon, Apple, Facebook or Google: Who is building the coolest tech campus?

One looks like a futuristic spaceship, another includes three steel and glass biodomes. A third is being developed by world-class… Read More

Amazon’s amazing biodome; Paul Allen’s abstract art; and other top stories of the week

It’s Memorial Day Weekend. So, before the BBQs fire up and the engines purr at Indy, we’d like to take a… Read More

GeekWire Radio: Getting to know Microsoft’s Xbox One

This week on the GeekWire radio show, we dive into the details of Microsoft’s newly unveiled Xbox One console —… Read More

Bezos: Amazon closer to solving economics of grocery delivery

The Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service is one of the longest trial runs in technology history, rivaling the Gmail beta… Read More

Amazon’s Bezos: Urban campus is ‘inherently environmentally friendly,’ even before biospheres

Amazon’s expansion in Seattle was back in the news this week with the release of new plans for biospheres at the… Read More

Bezos to Amazon shareholders: It’s not only Day One, ‘the alarm clock hasn’t gone off yet’

The official business at Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting at Seattle Center this morning was quick and to the point, as… Read More

Bezos: 3D printing ‘exciting’ but not disruptive for Amazon in short term

One of the more interesting questions for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during the company’s annual shareholder meeting this morning was… Read More

Jeff Bezos grilled over violent games, movies during Amazon shareholder meeting

Amazon just wrapped up its annual meeting of shareholders at Seattle Center, with Jeff Bezos giving a broad overview of… Read More

Amazon annual meeting on tap in Seattle this morning

Amazon.com is holding its annual meeting of shareholders this morning in Seattle, and it looks like the company will avoid… Read More

Amazon expands Android Appstore to reach nearly 200 countries

On the same day Amazon rolled out Kindle Fire HD availability to 170 countries, the Seattle online giant also announced… Read More

Going global: Amazon to offer Kindle Fire HD in 170 countries

Previously available to only a handful of countries, Amazon announced today that it will be shipping both its 7-inch and… Read More

Amazon Web Services expanding in northern Virginia, plans to hire 500

Amazon.com is expanding its footprint in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, with Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announcing today that the… Read More

Check out the Apollo F-1 moon rocket engines that Jeff Bezos helped salvage

Back in March, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his Bezos Expeditions team recovered significant pieces of two F-1 rocket engines that… Read More

Chart: The top 10 biggest private tech buyouts (and where Tumblr ranks)

In the wake of Yahoo’s blockbuster $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr, Bloomberg News has produced a pretty nifty chart of… Read More

Amazon to pay royalties for fan fiction in new ‘Kindle Worlds’ program

Ready to write some fan fic? Amazon may have some money for you. The company says it will license rights… Read More

Amazon increases its tuition assistance for hourly workers

Amazon.com says it will boost the amount of tuition assistance available to its hourly employees who pursue associate degrees or… Read More

Images: Amazon.com wants to build a massive biosphere in Seattle (perfect for workers and mature trees)

Amazon.com is charting a new course for one of its proposed downtown Seattle office buildings, unveiling new drawings this week… Read More

Fraction calculator invented by 12-year-old now Amazon’s Free App of the Day

It started with some frustation over math homework at the dining room table, but now, the ideas of 12-year-old Isabel… Read More

Amazon axes Zombieland, keeps Alpha House and Betas for original comedy shows

The geeks are in and the zombies are out. That’s what Amazon has reportedly decided for the first rounds of… Read More

Amazon should introduce AWS to China the Microsoft Way, says China VC

What’s the best way for Amazon to take its vaunted cloud computing platform to China? Follow Microsoft’s lead. That’s the… Read More

Amazon.com and Google employees bullish on future, but 25% of Microsofties say things will get worse

Microsoft just hit a five-year stock high, and during the last quarterly financial report posted profits of $6 billion. But… Read More

Amazon inks deal with NBCUniversal to stream Grimm, Smash, Curious George

Amazon signed yet another streaming deal today, this time inking a content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal to stream a bevy… Read More

Amazon Web Services targets bigger companies, going toe-to-toe with Microsoft

Amazon Web Services’ partner network has grown to more than 4,000 members, up from less than 1,000 a year ago… Read More

College grads would rather work at Microsoft over Amazon, Facebook

Maybe it’s the wacky and awesome commercials they’ve been putting out. Or it could be company’s reputation as an impressive… Read More