I’m not the only one spending some of my holiday shopping time picking up the new iPhone. A study out today indicates that Apple has achieved its highest ever share… Read More
Windows 8 is so easy even kids can use it. At least that’s the message Microsoft wants to get across in its Portugal store. The Redmond software giant is using… Read More
Rovers, particles, and skydiving from the edge of space. And that was just the beginning. Earlier this week, GeekWire documented our favorite lowlights of 2012 with our list of biggest… Read More
Looks like Amazon is taking a bite out of the Apple. GigaOM spotted a trademark application indicating that Amazon is considering an extended warranty and repair service for the Kindle. It’s… Read More
The Worm is making a basketball comeback. Well, at least virtually. Dennis Rodman, a former NBA star rebounder known for his wild antics on and off the court, has signed… Read More
Expedia is expanding its presence in Europe today with an announcement that it has acquired 61.6 percent of Trivago, a 7-year-old Düsseldorf, Germany-based hotel search company. Bellevue-based Expedia is paying $632… Read More
Madrona Venture Group is finishing the year with a bang, bankrolling a series of startup companies. The latest is 2nd Watch, an Amazon Web Services premier partner and cloud services… Read More
Our guest this past weekend on the GeekWire Podcast was Russell Benaroya, the CEO of EveryMove, a Seattle-area startup that lets users track their exercise and other healthy habits either manually… Read More
Amazon.com has been experimenting with delivering goods to lockers for more than a year now in the Seattle area, part of a trial by the online retailer to get even… Read More
After opening the doors to a limited beta of Steam for Linux to just 1,000 people last month, Valve is now rolling out Steam Linux beta for all users. People can now… Read More
Mobile app developers need all of the help they can get when trying to build momentum. After all, hundreds of thousands of apps have been released this year alone, making… Read More
According to what’s people are searching for, Amazon is gaining popularity. For the first time ever, the term “Amazon” cracked Experian’s yearly list of the top-10 most-searched terms in the United… Read More
“Time to rock this WAN From Seattle to Japan Time to rock the LAN And cloudburst in Kazakhstan F5 is the key to my, master plan! Master plan” I… Read More
Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make it easier for music-lovers to access its service. We wrote last week about how you can now listen to music on Rhapsody with Xbox Live.… Read More
Dr. Rebecca Gardner and her colleagues at Seattle Children’s Research Institute are altering the body’s infection-fighting blood cells to attack cancer in the same way those cells fight viruses. The… Read More
Solavei has already attracted more than 100,000 members to its growing pre-paid service wireless offering, driven largely on an affiliate networking program which rewards customers for signing up friends, family… Read More
IMDb said today that its popular app for movie, TV shows and other entertainment content has been downloaded 50 million times, with Android and iOS each accounting for about 25… Read More
Seattle-area technology company ClevX is partnering with Kingston to boost the security of two models of Kingston USB flash drives. The ClevX technology runs on the flash drives themselves to keep them free of… Read More
Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of Bellevue-based T-Mobile, announced today that CEO Rene Obermann plans to step down by the end of next year. He’s worked with the company for 16… Read More
It is typical for seed-stage startups to fizzle out before they really get going, oftentimes unable to raise the next round of funding or gain traction with customers. But a… Read More
There were rumblings earlier this year about Amazon producing its own original TV content, and now the online retail giant is pulling back the curtains on its plans for six… Read More
Privacy is important and understandably, people often opt-out of having their location tracked by certain apps. But a new app from Seattle location analytics startup Placed encourages tracking by allowing users… Read More
After a one month delay, Nintendo’s TVii for the Wii U is finally ready to debut today. The TVii service will debut in the U.S. and Canada Thursday, more than… Read More
Your computer’s graphics processor might be more charitable than you think. CoinLab, a Seattle-based tech startup that focuses on the Bitcoin digital currency, has come up with a way for… Read More
It was a big deal earlier this year when Best Buy lured Stephen Gillett away from Starbucks to lead digital efforts for the Minneapolis consumer electronics retailer. But shortly after… Read More
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman popped by the TechCrunch offices earlier today to talk about the company’s new Collections photo service, which we wrote about earlier. But that’s not what caught… Read More
Thanks to heavy media coverage, most people are familiar with mass school shootings at Columbine, Virginia Tech, and now, Newtown. But there are many other tragic stories that often go… Read More
Ah, the holiday season. A great time to sit back and reflect on some of the most memorable moments of the past year — mislabeled maps, inappropriate dance routines, social… Read More
Facing a delisting notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market, struggling mobile software company Motricity is currently weighing a reorganization plan in which it would become a wholly owned subsidiary of a… Read More
Consumers are spending money online in record-setting fashion. A new report out from comScore on holiday spending was released today and people spent more than $7 billion — $7 billion! —… Read More