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Microsoft board member says group is no rubber stamp

Microsoft’s board of directors has been under increasing scrutiny lately amid renewed calls for CEO Steve Ballmer to step down.… Read More

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Rewind: Google+, Facebook, Microsoft Bing and the evolution of Internet search

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Rand Fishkin, the CEO of SEOmoz, the… Read More

Microsoft ‘Imagine Cup’ finals: Ballmer and students on CNN

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup student technology competition has grown into a massive event in less than a decade of existence, with… Read More

Marc Andreessen: Wall Street hates tech and why Microsoft and others are undervalued

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, who has quickly become one of the most influential Silicon Valley venture capitalists, made some waves… Read More

Amazon wins first round vs. Apple in ‘app store’ fight

Amazon.com’s “Appstore” for Android can keep its name, at least for now, after a federal judge denied Apple’s request for… Read More

Zuckerberg: Microsoft deal gives Skype a ‘sense of stability’ in Facebook’s eyes

One of the more interesting angles on Facebook’s rollout of a new Skype video chat feature today is Microsoft’s role… Read More

Report: Microsoft chases Samsung over Android, seeking $15 per phone

A report out of South Korea this morning says Microsoft is continuing its effort to get royalties from makers of… Read More

Mobile stats: Microsoft lost more than half its U.S. market share in past year

The latest numbers from comScore Networks continue to illustrate the challenge facing Microsoft in the mobile market. On a three-month… Read More

Allrecipes ‘Dinner Spinner’ app comes to Windows Phone

Windows Phone continues to bolster its library of apps, and for some reason Microsoft seems to be having more than… Read More

Tech Moves: Dave Scott heads to NYC; Lockerz CTO takes a break; and many more

We’ve been tracking a number of key appointments, departures and relocations in the Seattle tech industry in recent days. Here… Read More

Microsoft Bing innovates on iPad with ‘Lasso’ quick search

Microsoft today is releasing an update for its well-received Bing app for Apple’s iPad, with a new feature designed to… Read More

Microsoft announces another Android patent deal and signals claims vs. Chrome

Microsoft today announced that another Android hardware maker, Wistron Corp., has agreed to pay royalties to Microsoft for its use… Read More

Kinect quadrocopter flight, perfected by Swiss researchers

One of the projects recently used to demonstrate Microsoft’s new Kinect software development kit for Windows was a quadrocopter control… Read More

Microsoft Bing aims for bigger role in China with Baidu deal

Microsoft today confirmed an expanded partnership with China’s largest search engine, Baidu, to provide English search results to Baidu users… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Google+ vs. Facebook, Ballmer sounds off, and new stuff in Internet search

On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we analyze Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s booming response to the question of… Read More

Windows Phone loads up on apps, still waiting on users

Good news and still-not-very-good news for Microsoft’s Windows Phone today … Good: The Windows Phone Marketplace now boasts more than… Read More

Report: Microsoft in the mix as Hulu explores possible sale

Microsoft would no doubt have the money to buy Hulu, the popular online television and movie service, but would it… Read More

Microsoft, Apple, others beat Google with $4.5B bid for giant Nortel patent trove

A consortium that includes Microsoft, Apple and Sony bid a whopping $4.5 billion in cash to win more than 6,000… Read More

Microsoft closing down Hohm energy management service

Attention, startups: The home-energy management market just got a lot less competitive — for anyone who can figure out a… Read More

Microsoft doesn’t need to replace Ballmer as much as it needs to replace Gates

Commentary: With his booming voice and boundless optimism, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is the technology industry’s version of a head… Read More

Ballmer: Microsoft profits climb, despite still losing ‘a few billion’ on Bing

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s positive comments about the company’s financial outlook during his Seattle Rotary Club appearance yesterday appear to… Read More

Amazon Web Services cuts prices on Data Transfer, CloudFront

Amazon Web Services suffered a massive outage back in April, one that caused all sorts of havoc developers. So, here’s… Read More

Steve Ballmer on bringing the Sonics back to Seattle: It’s a real estate problem

In a high-energy talk at the Seattle Rotary Club Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer covered everything from Windows 8 to Kinect… Read More

Audio: Microsoft’s Ballmer gives a bellowing response to calls for his dismissal

[FOLLOW-UP: GeekWire Commentary: Microsoft doesn’t need to replace Ballmer as much as it needs to replace Gates] You’d think that the… Read More

Microsoft issues new Internet Explorer 10 tech preview

Microsoft today released a new preview of the technology going into Internet Explorer 10, the next version of its web… Read More

Ex-Microsofties raise $500,000 for Connected, a rival to Seattle’s Gist

A San Francisco upstart by the name of Connected — led by two former Microsoft employees — has raised $500,000… Read More

Angry Birds, Mango and more add up to ‘big day’ for Microsoft’s Windows Phone

Sure, people have been playing this game on their iPhones for what seems like eons at this point, but Microsoft’s… Read More

Office 365: Microsoft makes pitch for businesses to stop futzing around with servers

Microsoft today is launching its Office 365 online service, including new online versions of Exchange, SharePoint and other Office products… Read More

Tech moves: Conrad Saam joins Urbanspoon; Monica Guzman leaves Intersect; and more

We’ve been tracking some key hires and people on the move in the Seattle tech industry in recent days. Here… Read More