Microsoft, other tech stocks surge as Nasdaq hits high The week is starting out well for many tech stocks, with Microsoft gaining more than two percent and Apple —… Read More
Microsoft’s raucous new Windows Phone ad pokes fun at Samsung, Apple fans Can a little humor improve Microsoft’s fortunes in the U.S. smartphone market? The company just released this preview of a… Read More
IDC: Smartphones now more popular than feature phones These days, it’s almost surprising to see someone using an old-school flip phone, and now some numbers from the IDC… Read More
Study: Apple MacBook the best-performing, most reliable Windows laptop When you think of reliable laptops that run Windows, the names Dell, Acer, HP or Lenovo might come to mind.… Read More
Apple beats earnings expections, will return $100 billion to shareholders Will this be enough to fend off the Apple skeptics? The company topped Wall Street’s earnings expectations this afternoon with… Read More
Apple Mac not immune to slump in computer market Apple will report its quarterly earnings Tuesday afternoon, providing the latest glimpse into the sales of the company’s main iPhone,… Read More
Report: Amazon.com buys Evi, the voice recognition app that rivals Apple’s Siri Well, this could get really interesting. TechCrunch is reporting today, citing unidentified sources, that Amazon.com paid $26 million last year to… Read More
iTunes rival: AmazonMP3 growing with 22% of online music downloads iTunes has been the king of digital music downloads for the past ten years, but the latest numbers show Amazon… Read More
Microsoft Office for iOS delayed, set to launch fall 2014 A Microsoft Office app for iOS devices was supposed to come out right about now, but it looks like the… Read More
Apple makes gains in U.S. smartphone market, Microsoft in distant 4th place Apple is gaining market share in the U.S. According to numbers out today from comScore, the Cupertino-based maker of the… Read More
‘Dear Valve, Hire Me’: What happened to the woman who wrote that song Do you remember Erin Michael Vondrak? She really, really wanted to work at Valve. So much, in fact, that she… Read More
Google glasses ban; a sonic-powered vibrator; and other top stories of the month Here’s a look back at the top stories of the month on GeekWire. Thanks for tuning in everyone, and for… Read More
6 things Apple needs to copy from Microsoft Surface in iOS 7 The Microsoft Surface is an easy target. It is Microsoft’s attempt to get into touch computing and it is easy… Read More
Air foils vs air bags: Amazon and Apple want to make sure you never bust your phone again Apple and Amazon.com are on a collision course in all sorts of businesses — from digital music to e-readers. Now,… Read More
HTC’s February revenue nosedives 44%, lowest in 3 years HTC continues to struggle and took a serious hit in February, recording their lowest revenue in three years. Sales fell… Read More
Xbox chief: Main rivals are Nintendo, Sony, Apple and Google … but not Valve The competitive landscape for Microsoft’s Xbox console is expanding to include Apple and Google, but the company’s top game and… Read More
More details emerge for Apple’s high-tech watch set to debut later this year Bloomberg is out with a report this morning that unveiled more details about Apple’s souped-up watch and said that the… Read More
Fortune’s most-admired companies: Amazon 3rd, Starbucks 5th, Microsoft 17th According to Fortune, the state of Washington has some admirable companies. Fortune released its 2013 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list… Read More
MLB now allowing 13 teams to accept Apple Passbook; Safeco Field still waiting Major League Baseball is one of the most tech-savvy professional sports leagues around and that became more evident today as… Read More
Amazon to iOS users: Don’t install Kindle app update Normally, app updates are supposed to allow for improvement and efficiency. That’s not the case with Amazon’s latest update for… Read More
Youngsters think Microsoft is getting cooler as it ages Looks like those hip new Microsoft commercials are paying off. A Reuters poll found that just under 50 percent of… Read More
Filing explains how Apple smart watch would work — and why it could succeed About a decade ago, right around the time that Microsoft was trying to get us to use the first generation… Read More
Apple CEO Tim Cook sitting in Michelle Obama’s box for State of the Union For the second year in a row, Apple will be represented at the State of the Union. One year after… Read More
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn to Apple: You’ve got a ‘cash problem’ (too much of it) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has taken shots at Microsoft in the past, noting that the software giant should can… Read More
Report: New Xbox to feature Siri-esque voice recognition You wake up in the morning, walk into the living room and say “Xbox on” to activate your gaming console.… Read More
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry” Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just gave a 30-minute keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit in Las Vegas. He didn’t make any… Read More
Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More
Bill Gates says Steve Jobs was “always cooler than me” Steve Jobs may have been “cooler” than Bill Gates, and that’s OK. The Microsoft co-founder and chairman made his first-ever… Read More
Ask Andru: Where is Apple’s innovation? It takes time The day after Apple’s latest earnings call, I got an email from a reader that asked if the days of… Read More
Our first look at Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs and freaking out about user interface When the name Ashton Kutcher comes up, we might think of That 70s Show, Demi Moore or even Zaarly. Now… Read More
