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Sprint seals Clearwire deal by upping offer to $2.2 billion

Sprint has reached an agreement to acquire the remainder of its longtime partner, Bellevue-based Clearwire, for $2.2 billion — an… Read More

How I spent my Saturday trying to find a cheap iPhone 5 (and lived to tell about it)

What better way to spend a cold rainy Saturday in Seattle than shopping for a new iPhone 5? Actually, I… Read More

Sweet deal: Wal-Mart offering iPhone 5 for $127, third-gen iPad for $399

Both my colleague John Cook and I are in the market for a new smartphone, and Wal-Mart’s latest deals certainly just caught… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Amazon and Microsoft vets unpack Boxella to track product manuals

Vikas Khandelwal and Pankaj Sethi met as classmates nearly 16 years ago at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. As… Read More

This Clearwire investor thinks Sprint’s $2.1B offer really stinks

Well, we saw this coming. One of Clearwire’s largest shareholders isn’t too pleased about Sprint’s $2.1 billion offer to buy… Read More

Junk mail eliminator PaperKarma processes more than 1M requests, named one of Apple’s top apps

One of our favorite technology products of the year here at GeekWire is PaperKarma, a mobile application that allows recipients of… Read More

It’s official: Sprint is trying to buy the rest of Clearwire for $2.1B

The ongoing fluctuations in the mobile market took yet another turn today as Sprint Nextel announced its intentions to buy… Read More

Clearwire shares surge after Sprint positions for full buyout

Shares of Clearwire jumped more than 10 percent today after CNBC reported that Sprint Nextel may try to acquire its… Read More

Here are 6 hot tech jobs that will make you more money in 2013

It’s a good time to be a talented technologist, whether a designer, developer or engineer. After all, as we’ve chronicled… Read More

Here comes the iPhone: T-Mobile beefs up coverage in Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis

T-Mobile today announced enhanced coverage in three major metro areas including Seattle, paving the way for the nation’s fourth-largest carrier to… Read More

Support documents show Microsoft Office coming to iPad

It looks more and more like Microsoft Office is coming to Apple’s iPad. There have been rumors and screenshots of Office… Read More

Starbucks vets emerge with $10 million for mobile payments startup Cardfree

Cardfree, a San Francisco startup led by the team who previously worked on Starbucks’ mobile app, today is emerging with… Read More

Google Ventures and others invest in Apptentive, a maker of in-app feedback tools

Google Ventures has joined with a number of angel investors to bankroll Apptentive, a TechStars Seattle grad that’s developing new… Read More

Rhapsody’s new SongMatch app takes on Shazam

Rhapsody is taking on Shazam’s music recognition model with a little twist. Seattle-based Rhapsody recently launched SongMatch, an Android app… Read More

Help from abroad: Microsoft teaming with China Unicom to boost Windows Phone sales

The Windows Phone is getting a little help from abroad. The China Daily reports today that China Unicom, the world’s third-largest… Read More

Time’s top apps of 2012: WhitePages makes the cut with Current Caller ID

It’s an age-old tradition in journalism to come up with top 10 lists at this time of year. And Time magazine… Read More

T-Mobile, Apple will team up to sell products in 2013

Looks like those rumors last week about the iPhone coming to T-Mobile had some validity. According to an announcement made today by… Read More

Smartphone service for kids inks deal with Clearwire

Kajeet, which offers cell phone service for kids that includes parental controls and location tracking, has struck a wholesale agreement… Read More

Windows Phone on a budget: Nokia unveils Lumia 620

Nokia unveiled its third Windows Phone 8 today, the cheapest model yet. Joining the Lumia 920 and 820, the Lumia… Read More

Blow into your iPhone to create virtual glasswork: Museum unveils Chihuly app

Now, you too can be a glassblowing artist in the style of Seattle master Dale Chihuly — sans the heat,… Read More

Tablet prediction: Microsoft to steal some thunder from Android and iPad by 2016

The latest tablet predictions from the IDC research firm is out and here’s the lowdown: Android is gaining traction while… Read More

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson teams with Verizon to stop texting and driving

The country’s most favorable wireless carrier and Seattle’s most popular athlete — at least right now — are teaming up… Read More

IDC cuts Windows Phone forecast, now sees Microsoft in third place in 2016

Long-term forecasting in the technology industry isn’t easy, as we’ve documented in the past, and it’s especially difficult in a… Read More

Smarter address book: LinkedIn, Microsoft vets launch ‘addappt’ for iPhone

Over the years, plenty of companies have tried to tackle the problem of keeping our contact information up to date.… Read More

7 top apps for the arts, compiled by Art Zone and GeekWire

The arts are an integral part of our lives, but how are they making the transition to our devices? I… Read More

Ex-Facebook general counsel Rudy Gadre backs Yabbly

A few weeks ago, we told you about Yabbly, a new Seattle startup that’s led by former Amazon.com and Off &… Read More

Mobile market share: Android extends lead in wake of iPhone 5 launch

Google continues to remain on top in the race for dominance in the American smartphone market, commanding a majority of… Read More

Sprint taps Airbiquity to bring the cloud into cars

Wireless provider Sprint is moving into communication and entertainment systems for vehicles, and it’s bringing Airbiquity along for the ride.… Read More

Welcome to the party: T-Mobile rumored to carry iPhone

If you’ve been a T-Mobile customer and feeling jealous every time a friend whips out that snazzy iPhone — I’ll… Read More

The people’s champ: Verizon is most favorable carrier

Remember those “Can you hear me now?” Verizon commercials? Turns out there’s actually some truth to those messages. The people… Read More