Amazon patent shows how Alexa-powered devices could turn into extension phones We’ve known for weeks that Amazon has been working on ways to give Alexa-powered, voice-controlled devices the ability to make… Read More
How Amazon wants to use sensors to make device notifications smarter Are you sitting on the couch looking at your tablet, or walking with your phone in your pocket? The answer… Read More
Geek of the Week: ‘See Jane Fix’ founder Alex McConnehey fixes devices with a personal touch Getting a tablet or smartphone fixed by Alexandra McConnehey is not your ordinary repair shop experience. No dropping off your device at a… Read More
Bankers have shopped BlackBerry for a year without success Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has been on the auction block for more than a year, but no one has really… Read More
Zuckerberg on Facebook Home: ‘I think of it more as a seed that we’re planting’ While much of the talk on today’s Facebook second quarter earnings call centered around the company’s positive financial performance, one… Read More
Air foils vs air bags: Amazon and Apple want to make sure you never bust your phone again Apple and Amazon.com are on a collision course in all sorts of businesses — from digital music to e-readers. Now,… 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
Clean out your desk and attic: It’s battery recycling day in Seattle Got some old batteries laying around the house or office. Well, here’s your chance to get rid of them in… Read More
T-Mobile’s discount push continues, inks deal with 6,400 Dollar General stores T-Mobile continues to carve a niche around selling phones and no-contract service plans at discount retailers across the U.S. The… Read More
Will your next smartphone have a backside display? A newly surfaced patent filing from Microsoft provides a glimpse of where our smartphones might be headed — even if… Read More
Microsoft wants you to publicly dump your Android phone for Valentine’s Day Microsoft wants to put an arrow through the heart of Android this Valentine’s Day, and it is turning to a… Read More
Whoa, Amazon considered buying BlackBerry maker RIM I guess Amazon.com really is serious about getting into the mobile phone business. Reuters today reported that the Seattle online… Read More
HTC sells 13.2 million smartphones, releases new Vivid with AT&T HTC, the Taiwanese mobile phone maker whose North American operations are based in Bellevue, today said that it sold 13.2… Read More
Follow-up: HTC boss says they don’t want to kill the iPhone GeekWire readers certainly had a lot to say after HTC’s North America president Martin Fichter told mobile leaders at a… Read More
Amazon.com and T-Mobile want your dusty old gadgets Suddenly that old phone gathering dust in your drawer is in high demand. Amazon.com today expanded its existing trade-in program… Read More
