Why in the world is AT&T asking our permission to retweet news stories? Chalk this up as one of the oddest emails of the week. A person who represents AT&T asked our permission… Read More
This wacky Englishman plans to spend 72 hours this weekend piloting a virtual jet around the world, all for a good cause Some people spend Memorial Day weekend barbecuing with friends, or hitting the local parade. Not Zeke Iddon, a 30-year-old video… Read More
Congrats, Zillow, you’ve finally made it: Lampooned in The Onion OK, maybe this is the sign of finally getting to a new type of status in the tech industry. Zillow… Read More
Twitter mystery: The strange case of Lockerz and the Ethiopian supermodel Lockerz, the heavily-funded Seattle social commerce startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and others, is going… Read More
No joke: Justin Bieber, Paul Allen’s Vulcan sued over loudness at Portland concert Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been tied up in all sorts of lawsuits during his technology career. That just goes with… Read More
FunnyJunk lawyer ends bizarre lawsuit against The Oatmeal, still claims victory One of the strangest legal cases we’ve seen in some time is now over. Charles Carreon, an attorney for the… Read More
Watch this man destroy a T-Mobile store in England (and then get arrested) T-Mobile is trying to go for a little bit of a tougher image with its advertising campaign. But I don’t… Read More
Memo of the day: Who keeps calling 911 from RealNetworks? We’ve heard about companies being on life support, but this is a new one on us. With flatlining revenues and… Read More
Redfin exposes gritty underbelly of real estate with Twitter feed @REConfidential Who knew that being a real estate agent entailed so many odd encounters. But thanks to Redfin we are now… Read More
Startup incubator takes to the seas with wild idea to house foreign entrepreneurs Now, we’ve heard some wild concepts over the years. But the latest idea getting some buzz in Silicon Valley (not… Read More
B-1 bomber, headed our way, gets stuck on side of the road You don’t see this on the road every day — and especially not on the side of it. A B-1… Read More
How EA could have spent $1.3B on a company called Sexy Action Cool Do you think Electronic Arts would have shelled out $1.3 billion for a company called Sexy Action Cool? It could… Read More
Image: PopCap’s zombie greeting to the new bosses at EA It’s a good thing to know that the folks over at PopCap haven’t lost their sense of humor– even though… Read More
Jeff Bezos touts the power of long-term thinking, budgets $42M for a 10,000 year clock We’ve talked before about how Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is not afraid to be misunderstood for long periods of time.… Read More
Inside Seattle’s geek craft fair The Happy Go Techy Expo, held Saturday at the University of Washington, was a little bit geek craft fair, and… Read More
Meet the geek dogs of Seattle Every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day here at GeekWire and, for that matter, at dozens of other… Read More
How one Seattle company is looking to capitalize on The Royal Wedding A few days ago, someone asked me if GeekWire had any plans for covering the royal wedding. At the time,… Read More
Practical Nerd: A Norwescon vision of tomorrow’s tech I have seen the future. And it wears goggles and Victorian clothing. At least, that’s the immediate impression you might… Read More
Earthquake-proof desk designed to withstand one million pounds of debris The next time the “big one” hits, wouldn’t it be nice if there was a steel-plated desk (complete with oxygen… Read More
Another victim of technology: Nordstrom piano players? We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with… Read More
Sprint’s latest ad strategy: Wish a Missouri woman a happy 100th birthday Sprint is locked in a heated battle with Verizon and AT&T, a situation that got more challenging with AT&T’s planned… Read More
Apple finds PopCap game ‘Unpleasant Horse’ just a little too unpleasant This probably was not the way that PopCap Games’ experimental game studio 4th & Battery wanted to start off. Then… Read More
Death Cab for Cutie plans historic livestream of new music video at 4 p.m. I am really curious to see how this turns out. At 4 p.m. today, the Seattle/Bellingham band Death Cab for… Read More
Jeopardy Fail? Contestants unable to identify FailBlog on game show Maybe Alex Trebek is a secret FailBlog fanatic. The wildly popular humor Web site — developed by the folks at… Read More
Princeton, UCLA, Duke and Georgetown in the Final Four? I spent a portion of my Sunday evening analyzing the NCAA Men’s basketball pool. It was a tough task trying… Read More
Cool Web Site of the Week: Seattle All Stairs Some people spend their time knitting, reading books or playing sports. Susan Ott Ralph and David Ralph like staircases. Public… Read More
Video: The soda fountain of the future debuts at Taco Time It’s sleek. It’s cool. And people from all over the city are traveling to see it (and grab a taste… Read More
Stuck on I-5, driver apologizes on Twitter: ‘Yeah, that’s me’ If your car broke down in the middle of Interstate 5, how would you react? KING 5 has a funny… Read More
