Here’s a look back at the top stories of the month on GeekWire. Thanks for tuning in everyone, and for being a part of the GeekWire community. Happy Easter, and… Read More
ExtraHop CEO Jesse Rothstein wants to help the folks who “keep the lights on” in your IT department spend more time innovating. The Seattle startup, backed by Madrona Venture Group,… Read More
I’ve used Google Reader almost everyday since 2008. I’m bummed it’s going away. And, clearly, I’m not alone. Millions of people are using Google Reader — evidence that there is… Read More
[Editor’s note: Be sure to join us in person April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for the first time, at the HUB Seattle in Pioneer Square.] T-Mobile USA… Read More
Updated below with answer and winner. Our topic this weekend on the GeekWire radio show T-Mobile’s attempt to shake up the wireless industry, and in keeping with that theme, this… Read More
As volunteer referee Fred Sutton gets ready to monitor another robotics match at the Century Link Events Center Thursday afternoon, he only chuckles when asked if he’s having a good… Read More
Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time Geek Madness is moving right along and the final four geeks on the technology side of the bracket are… Read More
Last week we told you about a weekend hackathon, organized by Microsoft’s Bing Fund and community partners, that brought together developers, designers and other experts to come up with technologies to… Read More
Seattle’s new arena could put a new meaning to the so-called cheap seats. A few weeks after the initial renderings of the city’s potential new arena were released, the Seattle investment… Read More
Earlier this week, Zillow chairman Rich Barton declared how the Seattle online real estate company is leading a revolution. Wall Street seems to be buying into that vision. Not only… Read More
In an attempt to fix a “national crisis in early childhood education,” the University of Washington is introducing its first-ever online-only degree program. The Early Childhood and Family Studies degree… Read More
Nearly 18 months ago, Expedia laid out a vision to become a “Web 3.0 personal travel assistant,” for the mobile world. Now, we’re seeing some of those plans come to… Read More
Microsoft has been pulling in about $25 million a year through its unusual practice of charging its vendors for occupying space on its campus while working on Microsoft projects, according to… Read More
Medio laid off a number of employees in engineering, network operations and testing this week as the Seattle mobile analytics startup undergoes what CEO Robert Lilleness describes as a “realignment.”… Read More
People in the Seattle region have a front-row seat for one of Amazon’s longstanding experiments — the Amazon Fresh grocery ordering and delivery business. Those trucks that roll through our… Read More
Seattle-based Contour has sealed a deal to sell its line of helmet-mounted HD video cameras at Yamaha Motor Corp. dealers across the country, another big retail distribution point for the… Read More
At the annual GDC, Bungie today unveiled some more artwork and video from its new game Destiny. We’ve seen trailers and some screenshots already, but the concept artwork released today and… Read More
There’s a short line at the bottom of the handout I received about the Mariners new HD video board that said “the details such as blades of grass and uniform… Read More
Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA, which earlier this week unveiled a major overhaul of its business, today confirmed that it is making an unspecified number of job cuts “to better align our… Read More
Good news for women who want to carry smartphones in their bras. A federal judge has declined to award a preliminary injunction over a patent claim by a British man who filed suit… Read More
Amazon.com is purchasing the San Francisco book social network Goodreads for an undisclosed price, adding a new chapter in the Seattle retailer’s quest to get closer to its core customers:… Read More
Comcast is doubling the Internet speeds for customers in Washington state who subscribe to its Blast! and Extreme 50 offerings. The changes are being made at no additional cost, part… Read More
Panos Panay, the corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft’s Surface tablet business, made a brief appearance this morning at the company’s U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, running… Read More
Xbox Live is getting a bunch of new entertainment content, including some cool SmartGlass support for the popular show Game of Thrones. Now when watching season 3 of Game of… Read More
More adults text while driving than teens — at least enough that are willing to admit it. That’s according to a new AT&T study provided to USA Today, which found… Read More
Microsoft this morning published a searchable online list of its patent holdings — more than 40,000 patents held by the company and its subsidiaries in the U.S. and internationally —… Read More
Say you’ve just returned from a weekend trip in Vegas. You and all your raging friends took many, many pictures — some of them are already Facebook, others on Instagram… Read More
Based on how much brain power is going into creating health and fitness technologies, you’d be surprised that there’s an obesity problem in this country. Nearly every week we come… Read More
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer nearly lost his Whidbey Island vacation home yesterday due to a scary mudslide that forced evacuations and damaged one house. About 90 minutes north of Microsoft’s headquarters… Read More
I got a call last week from a Bay Area venture capitalist who was gathering intel on the Pacific Northwest, wondering what the region was all about and how they… Read More