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NFL commish says new multi-year partnership with Microsoft will ‘change the game of football’

By Taylor Soper at 1:55 pm on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

The nation's most popular sport is about to get real geeky thanks in large part to technology from Microsoft. During today's big Xbox One launch in Redmond, Microsoft announced a new multi-year partnership with the NFL that will, according to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, "change the game of football." NFL.com is reporting that the deal is for five years and … Read More...

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Official word: Xbox One requires Internet connection, but not ‘always on’

By Todd Bishop at 1:33 pm on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

Remember all that controversy over the reports of a required "always on" Internet connection in the new Xbox? First, reports surfaced that Microsoft would require a persistent Internet connection, then the word was that it wouldn't. Here's the official word from a newly published FAQ from Microsoft. Does Xbox One require an “always on” Internet connection? A:   … Read More...

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Startup Spotlight: Stride taps user feedback to build a CRM product with ‘love’

By John Cook at 1:22 pm on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

It took just 24 hours for the self-described "startup junkies" at Stride to get their new customer relationship management service off the ground. But they didn't stop there, and now just over a year after its formal launch, the team is still iterating and developing. The Stride app — created by Andrew Dumont, Nathan Carnes, Adrian Pike and Amiel Martin —has attracted … Read More...

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Xbox One: Here is the official video from Microsoft

By Todd Bishop at 1:09 pm on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft unveiled the new "Xbox One" console in Redmond today, with highlights including souped-up hardware, live TV integration, Skype functionality, an upgraded (and bundled) Kinect sensor, a "snap view" for multitasking, and an operating system that bridges the worlds of Xbox and Windows. The company also announced partnerships with the NFL and EA Sports, and showed … Read More...

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Reactions mixed as group of 14 Xbox fans watch console launch at Microsoft Store

By Taylor Soper at 12:43 pm on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

It certainly wasn't as exciting nor populated as the Surface tablet debut or the Halo 4 launch party, but a group of 14 Xbox aficionados still managed to gather at the Microsoft Store in Seattle's University Village to watch the Xbox One launch streamed over Xbox Live. Everyone stayed to watch the hour-long presentation and as Microsoft announced several of the more … Read More...

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Sorry, but Xbox 360 games won’t play on Xbox One

By Todd Bishop at 12:32 pm on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft executives are on stage right now here in Redmond giving the rundown on the major technological changes in the new Xbox One console, unveiled by the company today. In fact, the changes are big enough that Xbox One won't be backward compatible with Xbox 360 games, company executives are acknowledging to reporters. That means that Xbox 360 game discs won't be … Read More...

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Up close with Xbox One: Pics, specs and the backside

By Todd Bishop at 11:44 am on 05/21/2013 | 7 Comments

Posting from Redmond: I'm here at the Xbox One unveiling, where Microsoft gave the media an up-close look at the new console on stage following the press event in the giant tent on the Xbox campus. See above for one of the most important views of the console, showing the ports and options for connectivity. (Click for larger image.) No pricing was announced at the event. … Read More...

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Commencement speech showdown: Advice to recent grads from Redfin’s Kelman and Zillow’s Rascoff

By John Cook at 11:31 am on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

It's that time of year when commencement speeches ring out across the nation, with everyone from President Barack Obama to philanthropist Melinda Gates to comedian Jimmy Kimmel offering words of wisdom to recent grads. Now, LinkedIn is taking a very special approach to the commencement speech tradition, asking several of its so-called "influencers" to … Read More...

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Images: Amazon.com wants to build a massive biosphere in Seattle (perfect for workers and mature trees)

By John Cook at 9:52 am on 05/21/2013 | 14 Comments

Amazon.com is charting a new course for one of its proposed downtown Seattle office buildings, unveiling new drawings this week which show a massive spherical greenhouse-like structure capable of housing multiple forms of plant life as well as mature trees. And, yes, of course, throngs of Amazon workers will be permitted too. The new proposal, which will be discussed at … Read More...

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Xbox One: Live from Microsoft’s new console unveiling in Redmond

By Todd Bishop at 9:29 am on 05/21/2013 | 6 Comments

The doors are about to open here in Redmond for the much-anticipated unveiling of Microsoft's next-generation Xbox. I'm here along with hundreds of others for the day. Follow along here as the news unfolds, and stay tuned for updates throughout the day. See this post by Xbox Live's Major Nelson for information about watching the live stream, and also see this earlier … Read More...

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Microsoft launches live, interactive TV show on Xbox Live called Music Room

By Taylor Soper at 8:58 am on 05/21/2013 | 1 Comment

We're expecting to find out about some sort of entertainment-related features at the next generation Xbox reveal this morning, but Microsoft is already getting a head start in that department with the debut of a new live, interactive music show exclusively on Xbox. It's called The Music Room, a two-part program hosted by Laura Jackson featuring music from Everything … Read More...

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Transforming takeout: Madrona’s Brian McAndrews named chairman of merged GrubHub and Seamless

By John Cook at 8:30 am on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

Brian McAndrews, the former aQuantive CEO who now serves as a venture partner at Seattle's Madrona Venture Group, is already playing a role in the transformation of the news business (as a board member at The New York Times) and of the mobile broadband business (as a board member at Clearwire). Now, the former online advertising executive is going to play a big role in … Read More...

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Sprint boosts offer for Clearwire to $3.40 per share, delays shareholder vote to May 31

By John Cook at 7:56 am on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

Sprint is boosting its bid for Bellevue mobile broadband company Clearwire to $3.40 per share, an increase of about 50 percent over the previous offer. As a result of the increased bid, Clearwire has pushed its shareholder voter, originally scheduled for today, to Friday, May 31 at 10:30 a.m.. (Editor's note: The date of the new shareholder meeting has been updated in the … Read More...

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Customer satisfaction with Microsoft software declines slightly after Windows 8

By Todd Bishop at 6:42 am on 05/21/2013 | 1 Comment

New data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index shows satisfaction with Microsoft software declining slightly this year, falling 1.3 points to a score of 74 on a scale of 100. The result follows the release of Windows 8 last fall, with a new interface that creates a learning curve for many longtime Windows users. David VanAmburg, director of ACSI, tells … Read More...

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UW partners with non-profit edX to offer free online courses

By Alisa Reznick at 4:00 am on 05/21/2013 | Leave a Comment

In another attempt to help expand university-level instruction access on a wide scale, the University of Washington announced a new partnership Tuesday with edX, an online learning platform founded by MIT and Harvard that provides Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. MOOCs are online courses that use streamed lectures, auto-graded exams and peer-led collaboration … Read More...

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5 things I learned while working on the original Xbox

By Jonathan Sposato at 9:40 pm on 05/20/2013 | 2 Comments

[Editor's Note: With Microsoft preparing to unveil the third generation of the Xbox on Tuesday, we asked GeekWire Chairman Jonathan Sposato to share his lessons learned while working on the original Xbox games effort, in this installment of his Startup Jedi column.] Before Xbox was an entire division of hundreds, it started out as a ‘startup’ within Microsoft. I was … Read More...

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Fast-growing HasOffers raises $9.4M, promises to keep ‘bootstrapper spirit’ alive

By John Cook at 9:01 pm on 05/20/2013 | 2 Comments

HasOffers built a pretty impressive business over the past four years, using the company's revenue to fuel expansion as it grew to 79 employees and added profits to the bottom line. Now, after bootstrapping their way to success, the team is looking to supercharge efforts. HasOffers, which helps companies manage affiliate advertising programs, just scored $9.4 million in … Read More...

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How Silicon Valley VCs would react to a pitch from the greatest geek ever, Nikola Tesla

By Taylor Soper at 5:13 pm on 05/20/2013 | 2 Comments

GeekWire's Greatest Geek of All Time is making headlines again, and this time it relates directly to the startup world. Palo Alto-based Northern Imagination produced the parody video above to help promote its Kickstarter campaign for a Wi-Fi-enabled Nikola Tesla statue in Silicon Valley. It's a comical clip that sheds light on the short-attention span of … Read More...

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Here’s what Microsoft is paying its new CFO Amy Hood

By Todd Bishop at 4:52 pm on 05/20/2013 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft's newly appointed chief financial officer, Amy Hood, will start at an annual base salary of $570,000, along with Microsoft stock valued around $6.5 million based on today's share price, according to regulatory filings from the company today and last week. That's in addition to a potential cash bonus based on future performance. Hood was named to the position … Read More...

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Study: The biggest social collaboration tool inside big companies is … Facebook?

By Todd Bishop at 2:45 pm on 05/20/2013 | 2 Comments

Salesforce.com, Microsoft, IBM and many smaller companies are competing aggressively in the market for enterprise social collaboration, offering advanced tools specifically designed to help workers communicate and share insights. But it turns out the dominate social collaboration tool inside big companies is plain old Facebook, followed by Twitter. That's one of the … Read More...

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Nike Accelerator Spotlight: FitDeck turns exercise into a card game

By Taylor Soper at 2:36 pm on 05/20/2013 | Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based in Portland, Ore. and put on by Nike and TechStars. GeekWire is featuring each company leading up to the June 10 demo day.  Many bad ideas percolate inside college dorm rooms. Phil Black and his roommates, however, … Read More...

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You did what? Why we chose debt over venture capital

By Liz Pearce at 1:55 pm on 05/20/2013 | 2 Comments

If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance that many of your conversations — and a good chunk of your inner dialogue — are consumed by thoughts of fundraising. You can’t open a web browser or email or Twitter without being bombarded by opinion pieces, research, case studies, and news on the topic. On this site alone, searches for “fundraising” and … Read More...

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Digital marketing firm AudienceScience trims staff

By John Cook at 1:43 pm on 05/20/2013 | Leave a Comment

AudienceScience is cutting staff again. The Bellevue digital marketing company, formerly known as Revenue Science and digiMine, has laid off employees. "AudienceScience had a small strategic layoff to further align employee skillsets with its enterprise technology offering," the company said in a statement. The company declined to say how many people were let go, though … Read More...

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Fraction calculator invented by 12-year-old now Amazon’s Free App of the Day

By Taylor Soper at 11:22 am on 05/20/2013 | 3 Comments

It started with some frustation over math homework at the dining room table, but now, the ideas of 12-year-old Isabel Hughes are front-and-center on Amazon's App Store. Earlier this year, we wrote about the cool story of how Isabel and her father, Aidan, teamed up to develop best-selling calculator apps sold across several platforms. Today marks a milestone for the … Read More...

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The next Xbox: What to expect from Microsoft’s new console

By Taylor Soper at 10:51 am on 05/20/2013 | 7 Comments

Well, we're almost there. In less than 24 hours, the tech world will be listening and watching in anticipation as Microsoft officially unveils the next generation of the Xbox. The console market has been struggling, but Microsoft — which has led in the U.S. in console sales for 28 consecutive months — is aiming to shake things up with its third-generation … Read More...

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Sony teases PS4 hardware in new video, one day before Xbox launch

By Taylor Soper at 10:46 am on 05/20/2013 | 1 Comment

Less than 24 hours before Microsoft reveals the new generation of Xbox, Sony has just posted a teaser video showing off aspects of the Playstation 4 console. But if you were looking for high-def pictures of the new console, you'll be disappointed. The 39-second clip shows a blurry black box and quick glimpses of the console itself — a tease, really. If you didn't … Read More...

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Genome barcoder NanoString Technologies files to raise up to $86 million in IPO

By John Cook at 10:31 am on 05/20/2013 | 1 Comment

When it rains, it pours. Just a few days after Tableau wowed Wall Street with a spectacular IPO, another Seattle company is looking to make the leap into the public marketplaces. This time, it is NanoString Technologies, a maker of genomic analysis tools. NanoString was spun out of genomics pioneer Leroy Hood's Institute for Systems Biology in 2003. The … Read More...

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Shares of Tableau still surging after strong IPO, now valued near $2B

By John Cook at 10:15 am on 05/20/2013 | 1 Comment

Everyone is talking about Yahoo's big buy of Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. It's a sexy story, in part because Yahoo is trying to revive itself with the ultra-hip New York online media powerhouse. But I am still watching the aftermath of Tableau's blockbuster initial public offering. After pricing shares last Thursday night at $31, Tableau came out screaming on The … Read More...

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