Husband-and-wife team turn to Kickstarter to bankroll new iPhone charging dock Seattle area designer Mike Kemery has helped design products for Nike, T-Mobile and Yakima Products. But now Kemery, and his… Read More
Polls: How many Apple and Microsoft products do you have in your house? Earlier this week, CNBC published a survey which found that half of American households now own at least one Apple… Read More
Top 10 tech CEOs: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos takes a big fall (and Steve Ballmer is nowhere to be found) Apple is not only killing it in the stock market and in the living room. The company’s top brass also… Read More
Half of U.S. households own at least one Apple device Now, here’s a really good reason why Apple boasts a market value of $575 billion. Half of U.S. households now… Read More
Microsoft embraces, extends open source mapping File this under “the enemy of my enemy is my friend:” Microsoft is reportedly lending “big support and big dollars”… Read More
Cash-rich tech giants have $300 billion to spend: Is a new wave of tech M&A coming? Could we see a new wave of technology-related mergers and acquisitions? Well, that’s one possible scenario given that the top… Read More
HasOffers sees opportunity in Apple’s UDID blocking Apple reportedly has begun rejecting new iOS apps that access unique device identifiers, leading to developer concern — and potential… Read More
Playwright Mike Daisey: ‘I would like to apologize’ Ten days after being put in an unflattering spotlight after public radio’s This American Life retracted its story about him,… Read More
Memo: Microsoft won’t be paying for its sales team’s iPads A recent study showed Apple’s iPad making significant inroads among corporate buyers. But the trend stops in Redmond, apparently. An… Read More
Apple: 3 million iPads sold, strongest launch yet Apple just announced a record launch for the new iPad, with sales of more than 3 million units since the… Read More
Dell looks to challenge the iPad with tablets based on Windows 8 Apple’s lead in the tablet market may seem insurmountable, especially with last week’s release of the lastest iPad. But don’t… Read More
Apple plans dividend, buyback — will pay out $45B over 3 years Apple this morning confirmed plans to start issuing a dividend for the first time in 17 years — part of… Read More
Is the Apple dividend coming? CEO Tim Cook schedules press call to discuss company’s ‘cash balance’ Update, Monday morning: Apple plans dividend, buyback — will pay out $45B over 3 years What’s Apple going to do… Read More
Mike Daisey alters theatrical performance to include latest controversy I’ve been thinking a lot this weekend about the controversy surrounding playwright Mike Daisey, the creator of the wildly popular… Read More
Ira Glass: Playwright Mike Daisey lied to me about his Apple monologue This American Life today retracted a story that it aired in January which included excerpts from the one-man show “The… Read More
iPad Launch Day: Why these crazy people are waiting in the Seattle rain It’s pretty miserable out here right now at Seattle’s University Village, with the rain and cold, but there’s still the… Read More
Amazon Appstore marks first year, still fighting with Apple over ‘app store’ trademark Amazon’s Appstore for Android has been in business for a year now, and the company is marking the occasion with… Read More
Hello, Palo Alto: Microsoft expanding retail presence in Apple’s backyard Can Microsoft win new fans in Silicon Valley? The company is giving it a shot, with some help from Jerry… Read More
Apple: iPad demand ‘off the charts,’ preorders sell out, but you can still get in line Apple says it has sold out of the first round of pre-orders for the new iPad, and people who order… Read More
PS2 still tops PS3 in U.S. homes, and other surprising stats from the game world Fifty-six percent of U.S. households own at least one current-generation video-game console, up from 50 percent a year ago. Thirty-nine… Read More
Apple disputes e-book conspiracy claims, says Kindle isn’t a threat The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the Department of Justice is investigating Apple and major book publishers over… Read More
Mobile vets: Windows Phone is great, but it has a long way to go to catch Apple and Android We brought together some of the top thinkers in the mobile industry Wednesday afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in Seattle.… Read More
DOJ takes aim at Apple and publishers over e-book pricing Perhaps this is a sign of just how badly Apple wants to compete with Amazon.com in the electronic book business.… Read More
Apple’s new iPad ups ante with retina display, voice dictation Apple is in the process of introducing the new iPad at an event in San Francisco right now. We’re in… Read More
The new iPad: Can you feel it? Haptic technology is commonly associated with force feedback in video games — the shaking of the controller in sync with… Read More
Microsoft’s smartphone share slips: Apple, Google gain steam Despite relatively positive reviews of its Windows Phone mobile operating system, Microsoft is still having a hard time grabbing marketshare… Read More
Next IT’s virtual travel agent aids airlines without the human touch You may have already come across “Jenn” at Alaskaair.com or “Alex” at United.com, the virtual travel agents that help consumers… Read More
Reality distortion field? Apple’s Siri wrong on Daylight Savings If you have an iPhone 4S, try this. Ask Siri when Daylight Savings Time starts. At least on my phone,… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Windows 8, Apple, BuddyTV and a new era in the digital living room This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we chat with BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu about all the changes… Read More
Channels as apps? How Apple could reinvent television The reports of Apple’s attempts to come out with a new television product just got a little more interesting. The… Read More
