Two of our top stories during the month of April involved one of Seattle’s geekiest (and most controversial) denizens. Former Microsoft CTO and current Intellectual Ventures chief Nathan Myhrvold’s comments… Read More
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down from the board of Groupon just 16 months after joining forces with the fast-growing Chicago-based daily deal site. According to a SEC filing… Read More
A new ranking of the Best and Worst Airports in the United States, published by Travel + Leisure, ranks Sea-Tac Airport the second-best in the country for wireless Internet access,… Read More
Attention, mobile game developers: Here’s your new mark to beat. Angry Birds maker Rovio today announced that “Angry Birds Space” reached 50 million downloads in its first 35 days on… Read More
Recently we received a news release about a new book called Stack Rank This! Memoirs of a Microsoft Couple. Apart from the subject, what caught my attention was the fact that… Read More
Issues of competition and cooperation are never simple in the technology industry, but Microsoft’s surprise $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble’s new Nook subsidiary this morning puts Amazon further… Read More
If you saw the “Hunger Games” movie but haven’t bothered reading ahead in the books, you might want to keep your head down when you venture outside. An outdoor ad… Read More
Over the weekend, the New York Times published an extensive report on Apple’s use of creative strategies to reduce the taxes it pays on the sale of digital goods. Apple’s… Read More
Zombies on your lawn are a not a good thing, but what about in your kid’s room? PopCap Games, maker of Plants vs. Zombies and other well-known franchises, this morning… Read More
[Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system and bolster its position in tablet computers, Microsoft today announced… Read More
In this new era of mobile communication, one might think that the age-old paging technology might be going the way of the dinosaur. But Ivy Corp. CEO Mary Jesse, the former… Read More
We’ve been having fun tracking the progress of Jordan Weisman’s Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, watching in amazement after it blew past its original $400,000 goal in 28 hours. Now,… Read More
With Facebook’s IPO pending, the social media mammoth has been bolstering user offerings and analytics capabilities with major acquisitions, most recently with the social photo sharing app, Instagram. With news… Read More
You can find dedication in all kinds of places. The office. The football field. The glossy, old-school arcade tucked in the back of Ballard’s Full Tilt Ice Cream. Eighteen-year-old Kevin… Read More
Microsoft is trying hard to win fans for Windows Phone. And while the mobile operating system is still way behind rivals such as Android and iOS, the company received an… Read More
We’ve got all sorts of innovation to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast. We start on a lighter note, talking about one of the more attention-getting… Read More
Post updated below with answer and winner. It was a big week in the space business in the Seattle region, and we chose this week’s Tech Tune in honor of… Read More
The designer of the iconic collectible physical card game Magic: The Gathering has a new venture in the virtual mobile game world — and has launched a crowd-funding initiative to make… Read More
Call it a noble experiment: only a month to re-imagine institutions with centuries of tradition and, some might say, baggage. But that’s exactly what the University of Washington’s Master of… Read More
As we reported earlier today, Big Fish Games announced that its founder, Paul Thelen, would be returning to the role of CEO and president of the Seattle-based casual games company,… Read More
If you say nothing else about social media, you can at least say it’s developing a sense of humor. Mean? Maybe. Self-deprecating? Definitely. But it’s a sense of humor. The… Read More
Our new Geek of the Week, Ivan Braiker, first made his mark in the world of broadcasting, building radio networks including Olympia Broadcasting and New Northwest Broadcasters, and co-founding the… Read More
Cheezburger Network founder Ben Huh has been uncharacteristically quiet about Circa, his online journalism startup. Now word is out that Circa has raised $750,000 in seed funding. TechCrunch reports that… Read More
Microsoft is positioning Windows 8 to work not only on traditional computers but also on tablets, aiming to compete more effectively against the iPad. The Apple device has been making… Read More
In a surprise shakeup at the top of Big Fish Games, Jeremy Lewis will step down as CEO and president of the Seattle-based casual games company. Paul Thelen, the company’s… Read More
It’s become depressingly trendy to be a startup. Even the United States Federal Government is out stumping the benefits of the startup economy. Just like being an investment banker in… Read More
Movie streaming and digital downloads may be rising in popularity, but it looks like many of us aren’t quite yet ready to give up on good old-fashioned DVDs — even… Read More
Amazon.com is once again in the $100 billion club after posting strong quarterly earnings this week. The company’s stock is up more than 14 percent in early morning trading, giving… Read More
On the surface, OpenTable may not seem to hold many similarities with Zillow. After all, one specializes in restaurants, and other in real estate. But Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff sees similarities… Read More
Amazon.com has reached a settlement in one of its largest and longest-running state tax disputes, striking a deal with the Texas comptroller to resolve the state’s claims that the company… Read More