Take a spin with the new Swype: An Android keypad that learns from you Swype is getting a facelift, just eight months after the Seattle upstart was gobbled up for $102 million by Nuance.… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s tablet, Apple’s upgrades, and more from the week in tech I’m headed to Los Angeles on Monday for Microsoft’s mystery announcement, and we kick off this week’s GeekWire radio show… Read More
How to propose to your GF and explore space with an iPhone at the same time We love hearing about Geeks like these…guys who just think up a creative project and go. This one resulted in… Read More
From .art to .microsoft to .zappos: Applicants revealed in domain name land grab Some of the biggest names in technology, as well as some prospecting upstarts have entered applications with the Internet Corporation for… Read More
Amazon’s Cloud Player music app comes to iPhone Amazon is aiming to win more business from users of Apple devices — releasing its Amazon Cloud Player music app… Read More
Mountain Lion vs. Windows 8: Apple sets Mac update for July Apple CEO Tim Cook just left the stage at the company’s WorldWide Developer Conference down in San Francisco. Apple used… Read More
Apple’s app store records 30 billion downloads, tops 650,000 apps Just how big is Apple’s lead in the mobile app space? Consider this: Apple CEO Tim Cook just announced at… Read More
T-Mobile boosts speed for iPhone, just in time for Apple event T-Mobile USA remains the only major U.S. wireless carrier that doesn’t sell the iPhone, but the company’s wireless network will… Read More
Barnes & Noble swipes at Amazon, raises objections to DOJ e-book settlement Barnes & Noble today jumped into the complex legal battle over the future of electronic book publishing, raising objections to a… Read More
Apple CEO Tim Cook on PCs, tablets and avoiding the ‘baggage from the past’ Microsoft is pitching its upcoming Windows 8 as a “no compromise” experience — working across desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets and… Read More
Apple makes sure employees get stock dividend, too A new regulatory filing from Apple details the company’s plan to ensure its employees receive the equivalent of the dividends… Read More
E-books: Apple rails against DOJ and ‘monopolist’ Amazon Apple isn’t merely contesting allegations that it conspired with major book publishers to fix prices in the e-book industry, it’s… Read More
Brand values of Apple and Facebook soar, while Amazon and Microsoft retreat You just can’t compete with that iconic Apple logo. For the second year in a row, Apple was named the… Read More
Consumer suit vs. Apple and book publishers gets the go-ahead It’s game on for a class-action lawsuit against Apple and several major publishers accused of colluding to illegally fix prices… Read More
Robbie Bach’s four startup lessons from Xbox and Zune Former Microsoft executive Robbie Bach led the company’s entertainment division through the rise of the Xbox business, which has become… Read More
Apple employees to get exclusive restaurant deals with Pirq With a market value of more than $530 billion, Apple has created enormous wealth for thousands of employees who live,… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire slips to 4% of worldwide tablet market The Kindle Fire may have captured more than 50 percent of the Android tablet market in the U.S., according to… Read More
Scrutiny of Apple’s tax tactics renews focus on Microsoft Over the weekend, the New York Times published an extensive report on Apple’s use of creative strategies to reduce the… Read More
HP’s Windows 8 slate? Leak provides possible sneak peek Microsoft is positioning Windows 8 to work not only on traditional computers but also on tablets, aiming to compete more… Read More
Kickstarter project ‘Brydge’ makes iPad like MacBook Air — no toaster required Apple CEO Tim Cook took a thinly veiled jab at Microsoft and Windows PC makers yesterday, saying that the notion… Read More
What slump? Apple iPhone sales top 35M units, up 88% Apple just reported its results for the quarter, and all those concerns on Wall Street about the possibility of lackluster… Read More
Apple investing $250 million in central Oregon data center The Pacific Northwest data center boom continues, with The Oregonian’s Mike Rogoway reporting last week that Apple has struck a… Read More
Apple’s Tim Cook stirs up wild speculation with Valve visit Was he there for acquisition talks? Partnership discussions? Trying to convince Gabe Newell to bet bigger on the iPad and… Read More
Ask Andru: How can I make my iPad louder? In today’s Ask Andru column, we get a question about an issue with the iPad that we’ve actually experienced ourselves for… Read More
Watch the journalist who busted Mike Daisey report from Foxconn’s iPad factory Here’s what journalism actually looks like. Hats off to Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz who follows up his truth-squadding… Read More
Forecast: Microsoft third in tablets through at least 2016 The launch of Windows 8 later this year will give Microsoft a boost in the media tablet market, making Windows-based… Read More
Video: What if Google’s glasses were made by Microsoft? Google caused a stir in the tech world last week with the concept video above for its augmented reality glasses,… Read More
Amazon tests in-app purchasing In a bid to compete with Apple and Google, Amazon.com has begun testing a new service that would allow in-app… Read More
Majority of U.S. smartphone users now own an Android device For the first time in history, a majority of smartphone users in the U.S. now own an Android device, according… Read More
Here’s what people love (and hate) about the new iPad Consumer Reports today issued a glowing recommendation of the new iPad, writing that the high-resolution screen “establishes a new benchmark… Read More
