Hotmail gets interactive with Netflix, Posterous, LivingSocial Microsoft’s Hotmail team today will show how more companies plan to use its “Active Views” technology — interactive email messages… Read More
Meet the geek under the beak: Microsoftie moonlights as Seattle Seahawks mascot Blitz You’ve probably seen him on the sidelines, in the stands or beating the drums at Qwest Field. After all, with… Read More
Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore apologizes, says Windows Phone update ‘has been rocky’ Microsoft continues to take heat over delays in its Windows Phone update program, with corporate vice president Joe Belfiore admitting… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: AT&T, T-Mobile and a wild week in tech This week on the GeekWire Podcast: We look back on one of the biggest weeks we can remember in technology… Read More
How Microsoft would get people to watch commercials Today’s nomination for Wackiest Microsoft Idea of the Week is a newly surfaced U.S. patent application with this head-scratching title:… Read More
Why Microsoft is paying $7.5M for 600,000 IP addresses Microsoft is dropping more than a few jaws with the news that it’s spending $7.5 million to acquire 666,624 IP… Read More
Facebook: Mystery search box was caused by someone ‘targeting the browser’ Turns out the mystery web search box that some people saw at the top of Facebook today was a mystery… Read More
Facebook web search could be boon for Bing, if it happens [Update: Facebook: Mystery web search box was the result of someone ‘targeting the browser’] A report this afternoon says Facebook… Read More
Apple on a $200 billion warpath? Apple has already exceeded Microsoft as the biggest technology company on the planet in terms of market value. (Apple’s is… Read More
Firefox: Something fishy about Microsoft’s IE9 aquarium Since its earliest previews of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has been pointing to its IE9 Test Drive site for demos… Read More
AT&T’s Windows Phone users face longer wait for update Microsoft is giving more details about the rollout of the long-awaited update that will bring copy-and-paste capabilities (and other improvements)… Read More
How Stephen Colbert made Nathan Myhrvold blush It’s a little rare to see Nathan Myhrvold rendered speechless. After all, the former Microsoft chief technology officer seems like… Read More
A Microsoft IT tool for iOS, Android and Symbian? Yep You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Microsoft’s “System Center Configuration Manager,” which IT departments can use to… Read More
Windows Phone copy-paste update is finally here, almost Microsoft has started to roll out the long-awaited “NoDo” update for Windows Phone — bringing features including copy and paste… Read More
Firefox 4 soars, thanks to Microsoft’s luddite customers Maybe it’s time for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team to reconsider that whole Windows XP thing? Firefox 4 clocked about 5… Read More
Rhapsody app debuts on Windows Phone, in beta Rhapsody has quietly released the beta of its app for Windows Phone 7, bringing its subscription-based music service to the… Read More
Airbiquity on board with OnStar’s retail mirror Our region has seen the rise of a cottage industry in automotive “infotainment,” and Seattle-based Airbiquity is continuing the streak… Read More
Google: Microsoft’s Android claims ‘threaten innovation’ Google itself hasn’t yet been named as a defendant in any of Microsoft’s patent litigation over Android, but the search… Read More
Former Microsoft GM David McCann takes CEO reins at Varolii Former Microsoft general manager David McCann has been named the new CEO of Varolii, a 224-person Seattle company that provides… Read More
Firefox 4 ‘Do Not Track’: How it works, what it really means One of the most interesting new features in Firefox 4 is one of the most simple. Called “Do Not Track,”… Read More
Apple suing Amazon.com over “Appstore” name Amazon.com has made a point of calling its upcoming mobile marketplace for Android an “Appstore,” as opposed to an “App… Read More
The patents Microsoft is using to sue Barnes & Noble Just how many anti-Android patents does Microsoft have up its sleeve? In reading through the Redmond company’s lawsuit this afternoon… Read More
Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over Android in Nook Microsoft says it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Barnes & Noble and the manufacturers of its Nook e-reader, based… Read More
‘If you don’t like IE don’t use it,’ and other comments of the week We’ve been having a ball telling stories of new technologies, entrepreneurs and the exploits of some of the world’s biggest… Read More
Facebook’s latest acquisition: No mobile phone left behind Sure, smartphones get all the headlines these days, but what about devices on the other end of the bell curve?… Read More
Podcast Here it is, the first GeekWire Podcast: We’re back! One of the pleasant surprises after starting GeekWire was the number of people who asked if we would continue doing… Read More
Nokia CEO: Why would Microsoft want to buy us? Shortly after Stephen Elop joined Nokia as CEO, speculation arose that Elop’s former employer, Microsoft, might make a move to… Read More
Why Firefox 4 isn’t abandoning Windows XP One of the most divisive aspects of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 release this week was the company’s decision to support… Read More
Ex-Microsoft GM lands CEO gig at Mac security firm Jeff Erwin, a former Microsoft general manager and Seattle area startup veteran, has been tapped as CEO of Mac security… Read More
Microsoft helps knock out notorious ‘spambot’ Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has disrupted one of the world’s largest purveyors of spam, a complex “botnet” that was capable… Read More
