Google challenges Microsoft ads, and Microsoft unleashes its ‘Gmail Man’ It’s Day No. 2 in Microsoft’s three-day bid to court Google users, and Google isn’t letting Microsoft’s claims go unanswered.… Read More
Microsoft woos disgruntled Google users in full-page newspaper ads — here’s the first one Concerned about changes in Google’s search and privacy practices? Microsoft is waiting with open arms. That’s the message from the… Read More
Microsoft wins round vs. Barnes & Noble in Android case Dealing a blow to Barnes & Noble’s defense vs. Microsoft in a closely watched patent case, an International Trade Commission administrative… Read More
Amazon employment still rising, now more than 56,000 Amazon.com has been hiring employees at a rapid pace over the last two years, and the job numbers in the… Read More
Ask.com hopes to find the right answer in latest ad campaign Here’s a key question for Ask.com: Can it find a way to compete against the likes of Google and Microsoft’s… Read More
Google vs. your wife, Apple’s piles of cash, rooting for Cozi, and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “In short, we’ll treat you as a… Read More
Google shows some love for Microsoft’s Windows Phone We’re still waiting for that official Google+ app for Windows Phone, but the Google Sync team just released some updates that… Read More
Poll: Pissed or pleased about Google’s privacy changes? The privacy changes announced by Google this week highlight the classic dilemma of the digital age: Are you willing to… Read More
Study: Personal devices now used for work in 88% of businesses Nearly nine out of 10 companies are seeing employees use personal phones, tablets and computers at work — marking a… Read More
How the Microsoft search deal is reshaping Yahoo’s business, for better or worse Yahoo today reported fourth-quarter profits that met Wall Street’s relatively modest expectations, but the numbers also show how Yahoo’s 2009… Read More
Microsoft Hotmail soars on iPhone and Android, now available on Kindle Fire Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail has surpassed 12 million active users on Apple iOS devices — a dramatic climb resulting from… Read More
After Google pulls the plug, vultures flock around Picnik Users of Picnik were none too happy when Google decided to pull the plug on the popular online photo editing… Read More
Microsoft back in hiring mode: Where it’s adding new jobs Microsoft returned to modest employment growth in 2011, adding more employees around the world than at any point since making… Read More
A new era: Google outspends Microsoft in federal lobbying Google is speaking loud and clear in Washington D.C., nearly doubling its expenditures on federal lobbying efforts last year. Cnet’s… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Summify, Picnik, SOPA, PIPA — and doing good with your old PC What happens when big tech companies acquire your favorite online services? Increasingly it seems, they shut ’em down. At least,… Read More
The Picnik is over: Google plans to shutter popular photo editing service, other products Google is shutting down Picnik, the popular online photo editing service that it acquired nearly two years ago. The closure… Read More
Google CEO Larry Page pledges to keep innovating (just in fewer buckets) Google is doubling down on some of its most important products as it starts the new year, with CEO Larry… Read More
Wall Street punishes Google after topping $10 billion in revenue and adding 1,100 employees during Q4 Shares of Google fell nearly 10 percent in after hours trading today, despite the company posting record revenue of $10.5… Read More
Microsoft says it opposes SOPA ‘as currently drafted’ Much of the tech world’s attention is focused on the Stop Online Piracy Act this week, with Wikipedia and others… Read More
Google will alter its home page as part of protest against SOPA Google often plays around with its popular home page, showing creative doodles to celebrate various activities going on in the… Read More
Zuckerberg’s most admired companies: Amazon, Apple, Google (but no Microsoft?) Microsoft may start feeling like the Rodney Dangerfield of tech. It just gets no respect. The latest example comes via an… Read More
Flickr cleans house, plans to ditch Picnik and other features Flickr announced Friday that it plans to dump a number of features, part of a “New Year’s cleaning” that the… Read More
Google runs into backlash over latest search changes Google made some substantial changes to its search engine this week, part of an initiative that it calls “Search Plus… Read More
Meet the new ‘four horsemen’ of tech: Sorry, Microsoft, Dell, Cisco and Intel Oh, how the technology landscape has changed. Ten years ago, the industry was dominated by names such as Microsoft, Intel,… Read More
Yahoo picks PayPal president Scott Thompson as new CEO Well, at the end of the day and after weeks of speculation, Yahoo didn’t go with a former Microsoft or… Read More
New Microsoft patent: Walking directions that avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods Microsoft was issued a patent today on a computer system for “pedestrian route production” — better known as walking directions… Read More
Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting… Read More
Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts of 2011 A listing of the year’s most popular posts from an official company blog can say a lot about that company,… Read More
Garden gnomes and elephants: How would you answer these 25 oddball interview questions? The tech economy is firing on all cylinders, but that doesn’t mean it is any easier to get a job… Read More
Is Google playing unfair in online travel? One of the big fears over Google’s purchase earlier this year of ITA Software was that the search giant would… Read More
