Microsoft vets launch ‘Cloak’ to safeguard Macs, iPads from wireless snooping A Seattle startup called Cloak has launched a new service that promises to easily protect Macs and iOS devices from… Read More
Facebook iOS update allows users to send voice and video messages New updates arrived today for Facebook’s iOS app and users can now record video and voice directly within the app.… Read More
WildTangent makes mobile gaming debut with Polar Bowler WildTangent is going mobile. The Redmond-based company today officially announced its first mobile game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame. It’s the mobile version… Read More
Android vs. iOS: 136 million to 27 million shipments in Q3 Android continued to gain market share during the third quarter, accounting for 75 percent of all smartphone shipments. That compared… Read More
Inside story: How Facebook decided to go native on iOS Facebook’s new app for iPhone and iPad has made an impression on users with a significant improvement in speed and… Read More
Podcast Podcast: iOS 6, iPhone 5, and more from the week in tech We had a lot of fun putting together this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, talking at length about Apple’s… Read More
Sword of Fargoal 2 wants to add to retro dungeon-crawling with Kickstarter Jeff McCord is a well-known name within the retro gaming crowd. Over 25 years ago, he created one of the most… Read More
Apple’s Siri turns one: Do iPhone users care? One year ago today, Apple introduced Siri to the world. For some, Siri represented the future of how we might… Read More
Z2Live’s hit Battle Nations expands from iOS to Mac The phrase “cross-platform game” might conjure up images of Xbox Live and PC gaming, or turn-based games that work across… Read More
Amazon brings Instant Video service to iPad with new app Amazon.com, looking to expand its presence in digital video, debuted a new iPad app this morning that brings its Instant Video… Read More
Survey: iOS beating Android for business apps, creating opportunity for Windows 8 App developers see the tide turning in Apple’s favor inside many companies, with iOS outpacing Android as the preferred mobile… Read More
Android vs. iOS: Which one should app makers bet on? If you could bet on just one mobile platform as an app developer, which would it be? That was my… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s tablet, Apple’s upgrades, and more from the week in tech I’m headed to Los Angeles on Monday for Microsoft’s mystery announcement, and we kick off this week’s GeekWire radio show… Read More
Microsoft stuck behind Samsung Bada in smartphone sales Microsoft is aiming to make Windows Phone a strong No. 3 in the smartphone market, behind Android and iPhone, but… Read More
Ask Andru: How can I make my iPad louder? In today’s Ask Andru column, we get a question about an issue with the iPad that we’ve actually experienced ourselves for… Read More
Mobile vets: Windows Phone is great, but it has a long way to go to catch Apple and Android We brought together some of the top thinkers in the mobile industry Wednesday afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in Seattle.… 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
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
Microsoft’s latest iPhone app: Kinectimals game now on iOS Microsoft this morning took another step to expand the world of Xbox 360 games to Apple iOS devices, releasing a… Read More
Ask Andru: Apple iMessage Follow-Up The first ever Ask Andru column featured a question about Apple’s iMessage, a proprietary method the company uses to allow… Read More
Zipline releases WolfToss on iOS, Android and Chrome The significance of WolfToss isn’t necessarily the game itself — though Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper admits that he spent… Read More
Microsoft makes Xbox Live app for iPhone and iPad In an unexpected move, Microsoft today came out with a free Xbox Live app for iPhone and iPad, coinciding with… Read More
Big Fish pioneers new subscription game service for the iPad For years, here’s how things worked in Apple’s app store. You discovered a mobile app you liked, and then you… Read More
Kyle Kesterson enters Startup Battle with tapeworm game, and help from Sir Mix-A-Lot At Startup Weekend in Seattle earlier this month, Seattle artist and designer Kyle Kesterson and crew wowed the crowd with… Read More
Introducing Ask Andru: Apple’s iMessage, explained I’m a big fan of GeekWire, so when one of my Twitter followers suggested that I start a regular Q&A… Read More
Apple iOS developers make more than Android developers We’ve been writing a lot lately about the rise of Android, with some estimates showing that Google’s mobile operating system… Read More
MetalStorm game takes flight on iOS 5, integrates wirelessly with HDTV (Video) One of the new features of Apple’s iOS 5 mobile operating system is something called AirPlay Mirroring. Essentially, it allows… Read More
Afternoon Radar: BlackBerry outage, iOS 5, Xbox Live A roundup of stories making headlines across the tech industry today … BlackBerry users in the U.S. and Canada… Read More
Whose 30% is it? Apple wins financial standoff vs. Facebook The release of Facebook’s long-awaited iPad app today is being welcomed by many iPad-toting Facebook fans, but behind-the-scenes it also… Read More
Facebook releases iPad app, can we all move on now? After months of rumors and unfulfilled anticipation, a native Facebook app for iPad was starting to seem less likely than… Read More
