Why Madrona’s Matt McIlwain is hanging at the GOP convention in Tampa this week Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain usually spends his days scouring the Pacific Northwest landscape for the hottest startups. But not… Read More
Atari relaunches classic games on web, in HTML5 with multitouch support Say farewell to any semblance of productivity at the office today. Atari is relaunching eight of its classic games on… Read More
Samsung’s ATIV S: Pics of first Windows Phone 8 device Samsung this morning unveiled a new line of devices under the name ATIV — a collection of tablets, convertible notebooks… Read More
Zulily taps ex-Zumiez exec as CFO Marc Stolzman must like the letter “Z.” Last week, Stolzman notified Zumiez that he planned to resign as CFO of… Read More
RealNetworks cuts 80 jobs, more ahead — Glaser says it sucks but he has a plan RealNetworks is cutting 80 jobs, or 7 percent of its workforce, and plans to eliminate an additional 80 positions in… Read More
Samsung putting Start menu back into Windows 8 [Update, Wednesday 8/29: Ed Bott reports on ZDNet that Samsung won’t be including the Start menu in its Windows PCs… Read More
Ad for Nexus 7 tablet pops up on Google’s home page Google’s traditionally sparse home page is delivering a surprise today: An ad for the company’s Nexus 7 Android tablet that… Read More
Yahoo’s new marketing chief an expert on Gen Z kids, says Facebook weirds them out Anyone trying to get a sense for where Marissa Mayer hopes to take Yahoo should take a look at the… Read More
In ongoing battle versus media powerhouses, streaming video service Ivi loses appeal Seattle streaming video startup Ivi Inc. has been hit with another setback in its battle against some of the country’s… Read More
T-Mobile’s LTE aspirations get a boost with Verizon swap T-Mobile USA is positioned to improve its coverage in more than a dozen U.S. cities following FCC approval this week… Read More
Barnes & Noble’s Nook: Did Microsoft make a bad bet? Microsoft’s decision to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader business earlier this year was a fascinating move… Read More
Seattle’s fastest-growing technologies: Databases, camera slings and roofing Consumer Internet companies dominate the Seattle region’s startup scene, as documented on GeekWire’s own Startup List, but the technology companies… Read More
T-Mobile bucks trend with new unlimited 4G data plan T-Mobile USA doesn’t have the iPhone — but it doesn’t have data limits, either. Well, that probably won’t work as… Read More
Intellectual Ventures: Why haven’t there been more spinoffs? Intellectual Ventures has been in business since 2000, led by former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold, with a bunch… Read More
Seattle’s tech office market is red hot, but rents aren’t rising like the Valley or NYC We’ve been covering a number of high-tech office expansions in the Seattle area in recent months, from Google’s plans in… Read More
Seattle ranks No. 1 for startup-loving Gen Y workers Seattle is the best place in the nation for workers in the age range of 18 to 29, according to… Read More
Highlighter, 20MM release free interactive sociology book Do you remember hitting ye olde campus bookstore back in your college days and getting sticker-shock from the final tally… Read More
LadyCoders reach Kickstarter goal for ‘Women in Tech’ series Why aren’t there more women in tech? And what can we do to get and keep them there? These are… Read More
Washington state adds jobs in July, but the unemployment rate jumps to 8.5 percent Sometimes it is a bit tough to tell what’s going on when you look at the numbers. And that appears… Read More
The Carlyle Group gobbles up Getty Images for a cool $3.3B Getty Images, the Seattle distributor of digital images and video, is transitioning from one private equity firm to another. The… Read More
Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet, from the user interface to the back end Speaking to a crowd in Seattle earlier today, Bill Gates sounded at times like he was talking about a technology… Read More
Gubernatorial candidates Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna talk tech (and education) Taxes. Health Care. Jobs. Regulatory reforms. Those were some of the topics on the agenda Tuesday morning as Republican Rob… Read More
RealPlayer for Android exits beta with new premium option RealNetworks released its free RealPlayer for Android today, bringing the app out of beta and attempting to grab the attention… Read More
Northeastern University picks South Lake Union for new Seattle branch campus Northeastern University today announced that it plans to establish its new campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, sharing space… Read More
Tech M&A deals slow, but report predicts upsurge based on $1.1 trillion corporate cash pile The number of tech-oriented M&A deals during the second quarter declined by 15 percent to 55 transactions, a weakness attributed… Read More
IT automation software firm UC4 sold for $270 million UC4, a Bellevue maker of IT process automation software, has been purchased by private equity firm EQT for $270 million.… Read More
A feisty Nathan Myhrvold defends his quest for ‘Global Good’ Scientists and researchers working with Intellectual Ventures have come up with lots of wild ideas over the years. Some of… Read More
ToorCamp Journal, Day 1: Let the hacking begin [Editor’s Note: Amal Graafstra is one of hundreds of people attending ToorCamp, a summer camp for geeks now under way on the… Read More
This simple touchscreen device might be grandpa’s next computer — or ours Do your parents or grandparents really need a full-blown computer? One startup thinks the answer might be no. Seattle-based Pure… Read More
Two More Reasons to Sign Up for Startup Day GeekWire is gearing up for Startup Day, coming up Sept. 22 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, and we have… Read More
