Startup Spotlight: Earn rewards for exercising with Earndit Sometimes it can be a little tough to motivate yourself to go for a jog, paddle or bike ride. That’s… Read More
Amazon’s IMDb targets Android tablets with app update Will this be one of the showcase apps for Amazon.com’s long-rumored Android tablet? Internet Movie Database, the Amazon.com service better… Read More
Swype raises more cash, looks to top 100 million installs Swype, which allows mobile device owners to input text with the swipe of a finger rather than the traditional tap,… Read More
Swype CEO responds to jailbroken iPhone ‘hack’ Nearly every time I see Swype CEO Mike McSherry, I ask him a simple question: When will the popular mobile… Read More
Ex-Microsofties score cash for mobile collaboration startup With the rise of smartphones, tablets and laptops, the workplace is becoming increasingly mobile. And while that’s creating new efficiencies,… Read More
Seattle startup goes viral with ‘Flu App Challenge’ prize Yes, it turns out there’s an app for just about everything — even for the flu. The People’s Choice Award… Read More
LOLs in your pocket: Cheezburger (finally) unveils official iPhone app Cheezburger Network’s growth over the past few years has been absolutely mind-numbing, with more than 19 million visitors and over… Read More
Watch Abe Lincoln’s face turned into a 3-D talking head Two former game developers at Valve Software have released a new iOS application called Morfo 3d Face Booth, which allows… 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
Running late for a meeting? Glympse attracts $7.5M to help mobile phone users share locations with friends There’s no shortage of applications that help mobile phone users share their physical locations. Even so, Glympse — a Redmond… Read More
A special Father’s Day text: ‘Hi Daddy, I Love You!’ This morning, I received a text message that said: “Hi Daddy, I love You!” It wasn’t from my 18-month-old son,… Read More
Smith & Tinker re-emerges with iOS game Marvel Kapow! Smith & Tinker, the heavily-funded Seattle company founded by gaming veteran Jordan Weisman, has released a new iOS game in… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Wine geeks toast success of Corkz app On a trip to China two weeks ago, Matt Kowalczyk ordered a top-notch bottle of wine from a fancy restaurant.… Read More
Want to avoid an avalanche? A new Android app might just help Next time you’re facing an avalanche, you may want to make sure your Android phone is securely in your pocket.… Read More
Amazon.com exec: We haven’t been trying very hard in mobile … yet Amazon.com conducted more than $1 billion in sales through its mobile channel last year. Not bad, considering that the company… Read More
WildTangent, T-Mobile plan free Android mobile game service WildTangent today announced that it plans to unveil a new gaming service in partnership with T-Mobile later this summer that… Read More
Android users not playing around: Games scarce among most popular apps The world of Apple’s iTunes App Store is dominated by games. Of the top 10 free apps as currently listed,… Read More
MetalStorm iPhone game takes off, approaches five million downloads Z2Live’s new air combat game, MetalStorm, is turning on the after burners. Since its release in Apple’s App Store on… Read More
Don’t call it an app store: Amazon launches new ‘Mac Software Downloads’ section Amazon.com today quietly launched a new section of its site dedicated to digital downloads of software for Apple Macs, providing… Read More
Buster Benson sells popular iPhone app, focuses efforts on new social game Seattle developer Buster Benson has sold Locavore — a popular mobile application that assists people in their quest to find… Read More
Windows Phone ‘Mango’: The phone is the app — but can it improve Microsoft’s chances? Since the beginning, Microsoft’s strategy with Windows Phone has been to create a unified experience across the device — drawing… Read More
Video: Mobile startup lets you listen to Twitter Google News rolled out some new features last week, allowing mobile phone users to find relevant news tied to nearby… Read More
Attention mobile devs: Hack the World’s Fair this Saturday The organizers of “The Next Fifty,” a series of events that will mark the anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair… Read More
Who needs Skype? Eight top apps for chatting, messaging and calling on iPhone and Android With the announced mega-acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, the world of VoIP, group messaging, and chat apps has been brought… Read More
Top 10 iPhone Music Apps: Classics, Hits and Deep Cuts It’s springtime, and the sun has begun peeking through the clouds, so music is in the air for sun-starved Seattleites.… 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
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: The business, technology and art of podcasting, with Luke Burbank and Rob Greenlee This week on a special edition of the GeekWire Podcast — a discussion about podcasting. Yeah, we’re going meta on… Read More
Unpleasant Horse arrives on the iPhone … ‘uncensored’ 4th & Battery’s first mobile game, Unpleasant Horse, is now available in Apple’s app store, and it arrives “totally uncensored,”… 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
Music apps: Seven of the best for Android and iPhone Last week we took a look at some great baseball apps for the Android platform. This week we’re going to… Read More
