Microsoft details Windows Store, set to debut with Windows 8 beta in February Microsoft today previewed the Windows Store, the new app marketplace that will be included in Windows 8, the next version… Read More
Inside the ‘BingBox’ team: Microsoft looks to its console to change the game vs. Google Michelle Holtmann has been at Microsoft for almost 12 years, which means she understands the natural conflicts that can happen… Read More
How Steve Jobs reacted to Microsoft’s Bungie acquisition Microsoft recently marked the 10th anniversary of Halo, bringing back lots of fond memories of the blockbuster Xbox franchise. And… Read More
Apple’s secretive project ‘Maverick’ may bring massive data center to Oregon Apple is considering building a massive new data center in Prineville, Oregon, next door to where Facebook opened its own… Read More
Survey: iPhone 4S owners love Siri, and hate the short battery life The vast majority of iPhone 4S owners are “very satisfied” with the new device, and they especially love the Siri… Read More
Amazon: Kindle sales jump 4X to unspecified levels of greatness Amazon is infamous for declining to release specific sales figures for its Kindle devices, but that doesn’t keep the company… Read More
Microsoft’s reality distortion field, shopping with pepper spray … and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “She was competitive shopping.” — Los Angeles Fire… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Kinect on Windows, Apple on the rise, and Xconomy’s Curt Woodward This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about Microsoft’s plan to develop a new Kinect device… Read More
Apple pulls subscription service from Big Fish Games, removes Play Instantly from the app store Earlier this week, Big Fish Games announced a new subscription gaming app that allowed iPhone users to pay a monthly… Read More
Patent office pays tribute to Steve Jobs with giant iPhone exhibit This is pretty cool. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rolled out a tribute to Steve Jobs, marking the… Read More
Microsoft: Windows Phone was way ahead of Apple’s Siri Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, is making news today for recent comments downplaying Apple’s Siri intelligent assistant… Read More
‘Hello, computer!’ UW prof and students search outside the box Like Scotty in Star Trek, the day is coming soon when we’ll talk with our computers instead of just typing… Read More
Introducing Ask Andru: Apple’s iMessage, explained I’m a big fan of GeekWire, so when one of my Twitter followers suggested that I start a regular Q&A… Read More
Amazon offers megadiscount on smartphones, sells a slew of Android devices for a penny Black Friday hasn’t hit yet, nor has cyber Monday. But that’s not stopping Amazon.com from rolling out big discounts on… Read More
Apple iOS developers make more than Android developers We’ve been writing a lot lately about the rise of Android, with some estimates showing that Google’s mobile operating system… Read More
Prediction: Apple to become biggest PC vendor in 2012 … if the iPad is a PC Is the iPad a PC? The research firm Canalys counts it as one, and based on that it’s predicting that… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: iTunes Match, Google Music and Tunebox take tracks to the cloud This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we break down the latest developments in online music — including… Read More
Apple turns up heat on Amazon over use of ‘appstore’ for Kindle Fire Apple’s attack on Amazon.com and its use of the phrase “appstore” continues. The Cupertino, California maker of the iPad and… Read More
Inspiration, adoration and Steve Jobs’ sneeze For 70 minutes Thursday night, I sat in the Landmark Metro Cinemas on 45th Avenue and watched Steve Jobs. I… Read More
Tunebox: A new way to listen to music from your Dropbox account Seattle developer Phil Kast was rock climbing in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder two months ago when he slipped off a… Read More
Steve Jobs ‘Lost Interview’ debuts in theaters tonight Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview will get special showings in Landmark Theatres around the country tonight and Thursday night, including… Read More
Worldwide smartphone sales surge, driven by Android More and more people are buying smartphones, but fewer of those folks are choosing Windows Phone as their platform of… Read More
Startups are like standing in line for Space Mountain; Google as Death Star… and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “A friend, on the choice to quit… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad, and Microsoft’s tablet strategy This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we explore the rising competition between Barnes & Noble and Amazon… Read More
Sir Mix-a-Lot busts out a ‘Baby Got Back’ iPhone app I had the honor of judging the Battle of the Geek Bands with legendary musician Sir Mix-a-Lot earlier this month.… Read More
Does Steve Jobs deserve to be Time’s Person of the Year? NBC Nightly News TV anchor Brian Williams thinks Apple co-founder Steve Jobs should be Time’s Person of the Year, noting… Read More
Did Amazon just buy a speech recognition startup to compete with Siri? The Siri voice recognition service is a big hit with users of Apple’s new iPhone 4S. Now, is Amazon.com looking… Read More
Voting by iPad: Oregon picks Apple device for election test Oregon elections officials are testing iPads to help people with disabilities vote in today’s special election in the state, after… Read More
Zuckerberg on the tech ‘war’ with Amazon, Apple and Google Mark Zuckerberg is more of a lover, than a fighter. After all, he doesn’t want to engage in an all-out… Read More
Chart: Majority of 18-to-44 year old mobile users own a smartphone Well, the economy is in rough shape, and it’s still tough to find a job. But, somehow, more Americans are… Read More
