Most nine-year-old boys dream of meeting sports stars like Ichiro, Matt Hasselbeck or Kasey Keller. Not Owain Weinert. Weinert simply wanted to learn from the masterminds behind Bejeweled and Plants… Read More
How’s this for a reality distortion field? Prior to last night’s performance of Mike Daisey’s “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” the Seattle Repertory Theatre hosted a Steve… Read More
We’re pleased to present this special mid-week edition of the GeekWire Podcast, featuring audio highlights from my interview Friday evening with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at Town Hall in Seattle.… Read More
Anyone who thinks technical chops and fashion sense are incompatible needs to meet our latest Geek of the Week, Kate Matsudaira, vice president of engineering for SEOmoz, the Seattle-based search-engine… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $20 million to support new “game-based learning applications” in math, English and science, incorporating social networking platforms and other online tools to… Read More
Apple is finally addressing criticism of location-based tracking technologies in the iPhone, a response that comes a week after the controversy broke. In a lengthy FAQ, Apple writes that it… Read More
[Updated with Microsoft’s statement.] Barnes & Noble is rejecting Microsoft’s claims that the use of Android by its Nook e-reader violates the Redmond company’s patents — and alleging that Microsoft… Read More
We’ve seen an uptick in IPO activity in recent weeks, with two Seattle companies (Zillow.com and Impinj) deciding to take the plunge. Those filings appear to be part of a… Read More
How’s this for some swagger? Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA plans to offer a $1,000 prize to anyone in the Seattle area whose iPhone can beat its Galaxy S 4G smartphone in… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an inquiry into Amazon.com’s dispute with the state of Texas over a $269 million tax bill, according to a note in the online… Read More
It’s been a tough few days for Amazon.com. The Seattle online retailer took a PR beating after a massive outage at Amazon Web Services, then on Tuesday the company’s stock… Read More
No matter what carrier you choose, wireless coverage oftentimes is spotty. But imagine if you could overlay the coverage of Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile into one uber-network of sorts?… Read More
Hi, it looks like you’re playing a game! Would you like some help? OK, so thankfully that’s not what happens in Microsoft’s newly released “Ribbon Hero 2” — the sequel… Read More
Sony this afternoon disclosed that an “unauthorized person” hacked into its PlayStation Network online gaming system and obtained personal information about users of the system. The company had previously said… Read More
It was just a matter of time. Amazon.com’s recent Web services outage has been memorialized in a “Downfall” parody on YouTube. The parody is absolutely hilarious (see below), with the… Read More
Amazon.com just reported quarterly profits significantly below Wall Street’s expectations, despite revenues that exceeded them, and the reason is spelled out in the employment data accompanying the report. The company… Read More
Turns out RealNetworks isn’t just getting into the business of cleaning up iTunes music libraries. The digital media pioneer, trying to turn around its broader business, also plans new photo… Read More
With more than a dozen lawyers looking on — representing Google, Apple, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook and other Internet titans — a federal judge in Seattle heard arguments yesterday in the… Read More
Smartphones are now outselling personal computers. And that little factoid from IDC is creating an interesting opportunity to measure, track and analyze mobile data. A new startup called Sewichi —… Read More
Could newly-appointed University of Washington president Michael Young spark a wave of innovation and commercialization at the state’s largest research institution? If his track record at the University of Utah… Read More
Two buddies who worked as interns for the National Security Agency in high school are now turning their attention to mobile games. Their Seattle company, Happy Monster Games, is launching… Read More
Life is tough when you’re trying to come from behind against Android and iPhone in the mobile market, which means you’ve gotta take your victories wherever you can get them.… Read More
The Paul Allen-backed effort to communicate with alien life has hit a serious financial snag. The SETI Institute, which operates the Allen Telescope Array in northern California, says the government… Read More
Bob Thordarson manually tried to update his online contacts list on several occasions, but each time the Seattle entrepreneur seemed to run out of steam by the time he hit… Read More
Groupon, Living Social and hundreds of other daily deal sites are great … when they offer something of interest. But, more often than not, these sites miss the mark with… Read More
Facebook launched its much-anticipated attack on Groupon and Living Social tonight, unveiling the Facebook Deals service in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco. The New York Times has… Read More
The Harvard Business Review tried to have a very serious discussion with Ben Huh about cat pictures, misspellings and Fail Blog. Amazon and the case of the $23 million textbook. How… Read More
Amazon.com today responded in court to Apple’s lawsuit over the name of its Android Appstore — calling the iPhone maker’s claim to the “App Store” trademark baseless, and pointing to… Read More
Less than a week after its debut, T-Mobile’s free Facebook voice calling service, Bobsled, has apparently veered off course. The company noted in a message on its Facebook page that… Read More
MOD Systems will be forced out of its downtown Seattle office space at 1301 Second Avenue, the latest setback for the struggling Seattle startup. A court commissioner ordered on April… Read More