New Windows ads will battle old nemesis: Yesterday’s PCs Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” campaign was originally launched as a counterpoint to Apple, embracing the phrase from the Mac maker’s… Read More
Job tips: Expert advice in mobile development, cloud computing, business intelligence What can people do to better position themselves for emerging jobs in technology? That was a core question earlier this… Read More
The Woz to Paul Allen: Stop patent trolling, start innovating In the annals of tech history, Paul Allen and Steve Wozniak will likely be remembered as the forgotten co-founders. Each… Read More
Apple will lead the pack in app store revenue for years to come, no matter what you call it No wonder that Apple is suing Amazon.com over the use of the name “Appstore.” There’s a lot of money at… Read More
Microsoft Bing gets big beachhead on BlackBerry Most surreal moment of the day so far in the tech world: Steve Ballmer making a surprise appearance at the… Read More
Amazon.com’s new tablet would be the anti-iPad There have been tons of reports lately about Amazon.com planning to take on Apple’s iPad with its own color-screen, Android-based… Read More
Microsoft’s retail chain growing to 11 stores, but should there be more? Microsoft today confirmed plans for a new retail store in Century City, Calif. It will be the company’s fourth… Read More
Amazon starts MP3 price war with 69 cent popular tracks Used to be that Amazon.com’s 69-cent MP3 section was the digital equivalent of the bargain bin at the record store,… Read More
Kyle of South Park surprised by iPhone location tracking You know you’ve got a PR situation on your hands when the South Park creators get involved. Apple is no… Read More
Nine-year-old boy gets his wish, creates an iPhone game Most nine-year-old boys dream of meeting sports stars like Ichiro, Matt Hasselbeck or Kasey Keller. Not Owain Weinert. Weinert simply… Read More
A crowd full of black turtlenecks? Yep, it’s a Steve Jobs lookalike contest How’s this for a reality distortion field? Prior to last night’s performance of Mike Daisey’s “The Agony and the Ecstasy… Read More
Apple to iPhone customers: We’re not stalking you, but we do plan to fix a location ‘bug’ Apple is finally addressing criticism of location-based tracking technologies in the iPhone, a response that comes a week after the… Read More
Court grapples with ‘cast of thousands’ in Paul Allen suit vs. Google, Apple and others With more than a dozen lawyers looking on — representing Google, Apple, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook and other Internet titans —… Read More
Study: Microsoft’s Windows Phone losing developer interest at slower rate than BlackBerry Life is tough when you’re trying to come from behind against Android and iPhone in the mobile market, which means… Read More
Amazon.com tries to toss Apple ‘app store’ trademark suit, cites Steve Jobs in its own defense Amazon.com today responded in court to Apple’s lawsuit over the name of its Android Appstore — calling the iPhone maker’s… Read More
How to become Apple’s iPhone ‘App of the Week’ That right there is the type of publicity a startup can’t buy — a huge graphic currently promoting Seattle’s Zapd… Read More
Apple Trivia: Win tickets to see ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’ We’ve long been fans of actor Mike Daisey, dating back to his hilarious (and scathing) monologue: “21 Dog Years: Doing… Read More
RealNetworks plans new ‘Rinse’ clean-up tool for iTunes RealNetworks has developed a new program called Rinse for cleaning up and organizing Apple iTunes libraries on Windows PCs and… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: iPhone tracking, Kindle lending, and a tech news extravaganza This week’s GeekWire Podcast is a little different — a technology reporters’ roundtable featuring special guests Tricia Duryee of AllThingsD… Read More
Microsoft, Nokia make it official: Turning point for Windows Phone? Sealing a deal they announced in February, Microsoft and Nokia have finalized their mobile partnership ahead of schedule, the companies… Read More
Apple bucks trend with 28% increase in Mac unit sales Apple is just out with its quarterly earnings, reporting record revenues of $24.67 billion and profits of nearly $6 billion.… Read More
Apple has your permission to do whatever it wants with that location data it’s tracking Two researchers, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden, are making headlines across the web today with news of their discovery that… Read More
Phone usage shows iPad users aren’t just Apple fanboys Hey, you over there with the iPad — is that a BlackBerry in your pocket? Research firm comScore is out… Read More
Review: Paul Allen’s new book isn’t mean, it’s just honest I’ve just finished reading an advance copy of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s memoir, “Idea Man,” due out Tuesday. You know,… Read More
Another Microsoft app for Apple iOS: Photosynth panorama stitching Microsoft has made plenty of apps for Apple’s iOS in the past, but lately it’s becoming almost prolific. Fresh off… Read More
Microsoft data center GM leaves, reportedly for Apple The general manager in charge of Microsoft’s data center operations, Kevin Timmons, has left the company for a job at… Read More
Revenge of the iPad? PC market tanks in first quarter New numbers this afternoon from the IDC research firm show worldwide PC shipments falling 3.2% during the first quarter —… Read More
Sneak peek: Is this Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Store? Microsoft’s early planning documents for Windows 8, the next version of the PC operating system, suggested that the company was… Read More
Windows app store Allmyapps reaches 100,000 users Allmyapps, an online app store for Windows PC reminiscent of Apple’s App Store for Mac, this morning announced that it… Read More
Nerd Notes: Woz seems lonely, YouTube seems bored and Apple doesn’t seem to like horses Woz says he’d mull return to Apple if asked — which he hasn’t been. Geek Zodiac. Too bad geeks don’t… Read More
