Microsoft’s 2011 fiscal year, which ended in June, was one of its lightest on record for acquisitions. The company, which has more than $50 billion in cash and short-term investments, spent just… Read More
Guest Commentary: Colleagues are often surprised when they realize I own an Android phone. With my career now centered around iOS development (e.g. iPhone and iPad) people just assume that I own… Read More
Shares of Clearwire sank nearly 20 percent this morning after Sprint inked a network hosting deal with LightSquared valued at $9 billion over the next 15 years. Sprint owns a… Read More
We’ve been tracking some departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent days. Here are a few notable Tech Moves: Scott Howe, the former corporate… Read More
A newly surfaced Microsoft patent application proposes to serve ads inside e-books, adjusting their relevance based on the contents of the digital tome, similar to the way search engines deliver… Read More
The Kindle isn’t really known as a gaming device. But that’s not stopping developers from expanding onto Amazon’s popular electronic reading device. Today, Seattle’s Big Fish Games announced that its… Read More
Two interesting pieces of news from Amazon.com this morning could improve the company’s online video offerings and help lay the groundwork for the expected launch its new tablet computers. Amazon… Read More
Android devices are landing in the hands of more Americans, according to a new survey by Nielsen. The fast-growing mobile operating system now accounts for 39 percent of the smartphone… Read More
Apart from the dizzy spells, the biggest criticism of Nintendo’s 3DS has been the price. At $250, the handheld game system costs more than some home game consoles, including Nintendo’s… Read More
That didn’t take long. A few days after landing $37 million in venture capital financing, saying it planned to use the money to pursue acquisitions, Kirkland-based traffic data company Inrix… Read More
Rich Barton may be best known for Zillow or Expedia. But the 44-year-old entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist has a few other things up his sleeve. And one of those is officially launching today. Trover,… Read More
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of Seattle 2.0 and its archival content. For more background, see… Read More
PhotoRocket, the photo sharing service that launched to much fanfare at the DEMO conference earlier this year, has cut about forty percent of its staff after hitting a financing wall,… Read More
Panopto was founded in 2007 with technology from Carnegie Mellon University. But the company is now growing its presence in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, thanks in part to a connection… Read More
One of the overlooked tidbits in Amazon.com’s recent quarterly earnings report is that North American sales continue to grow at a robust pace, equalling the growth rate in international markets.… Read More
There’s certainly plenty of choices these days when it comes to cable or satellite TV programming. But finding the programs you want, when you want them can be a major… Read More
We’ve known this was happening for a while, based on my previous digging into city permit filings, but Microsoft today made it official, confirming on Facebook that it’s planning to open… Read More
This American Life’s investigation of Intellectual Ventures offers some important lessons for the tech industry, Mac OS X Lion signals a change in how we’ll use our computers, and Microsoft… Read More
It seemed like a scene from the future: Step onto a bus, find a good seat, crack open a laptop, log on to the Wi-Fi and stay connected for however… Read More
The Seattle Police Department is catching a ton of grief for transforming its Twitter feed from a selective news channel into an overactive police scanner — flooding its followers for… Read More
AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile for $39 billion has run into a number of opponents, including Sprint CEO Dan Hesse who argues that the wireless industry will lose its innovative… Read More
Microsoft’s Windows Phone team has completed its well-reviewed “Mango” software update and shipped the code to handset makers and wireless carriers for installation on devices to be sold in stores later… Read More
Yesterday, we told you about Facebook’s desires to find more office space in downtown Seattle. But that’s not the social networking giant’s only expansion effort in the Pacific Northwest. The… Read More
Venture capitalists took it on the chin for a few years as the initial public offering and M&A markets simply dried up. But things continue to turn around, albeit slowly.… Read More
Venture capital firms are bit like old soldiers. They never really die, they just sort of fade away. And that appears to be what’s happening at Highway 12 Ventures, the… Read More
A developer who specializes in the Bitcoin digital currency says he was sent back to China last week after he arrived at Sea-Tac Airport with only $600 in cash and… Read More
I’ve often wondered which of the tech giants breed the most entrepreneurs. Now, the social recruiting company TopProspect takes a closer look at that question, analyzing the amount of venture capital… Read More
The launch of Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect yesterday has provided a new form of creative expression to Xbox 360 users — letting them put their Xbox Live avatars in virtual settings… Read More
RadioShack announced that it plans to stop selling mobile handsets and wireless service plans from T-Mobile USA effective September 14, a move that comes as the electronics retailer enters into an… Read More
[Updated] Amazon.com is booming, in more ways than one. The e-commerce giant just turned in a big second quarter, with net sales rising more than 50 percent to more than $9.9… Read More
