Online Q&As with public figures are all the rage these days, but one coming up next week is definitely worth watching. Nathan Myhrvold, the former Microsoft technology chief who now… Read More
Could the Wal-Mart shopper become the next-generation UPS guy or gal? The giant retailer, looking to compete more aggressively with Amazon.com in online retail, is considering a plan in which… Read More
Clearwire has agreed to take an $80 million payment from Sprint Nextel in April, possibly pushing the Bellevue-based company closer into the hands of its majority shareholder. The decision follows… Read More
The blockbuster merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is encountering some new headwinds after Institutional Shareholder Services on Wednesday recommended that shareholders vote against the deal. According to a Bloomberg report,… Read More
Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time The Sweet 16 is set and Geek Madness is about to get intense. Our final eight matchups wrapped up… Read More
Amazon Studios is piloting its eighth comedy, and this is one that tech geeks may really enjoy — unless it ends up anything like Bravo’s “Startups: Silicon Valley,” of course.… Read More
The world’s largest aircraft needs a ginormous place to live, and that’s exactly what Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch has built. Stratolaunch Systems, the commercial space venture backed by the Microsoft co-founder,… Read More
Seattle online real estate startup Estately is expanding service to six states, marking a 10 percent increase in properties on the site. New additions include Arizona, South Carolina, Maine, Vermont, New… Read More
Washington native Kenny Mayne is one of the more hilarious people around sports broadcasting. A quick YouTube search of his name or a scroll through his latest Tweets is a surefire way… Read More
One of the top mobile games is finally coming to Windows Phone. At this week’s Game Developer’s Conference, Microsoft announced that Temple Run will be arriving in the Windows Phone… Read More
Microsoft employs tens of thousands of people in the Seattle area, but those teams are supplemented by a large “shadow workforce” employed and supplied by outside firms — often working… Read More
Zillow has been on fire as of late. Its stock is up 100 percent so far this year, with Wall Street now valuing the Seattle real estate company at nearly… Read More
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Microsoft is in discussions with Ericsson to sell its IPTV service to the wireless network maker. Citing people with knowledge of the talks, Bloomberg… Read More
Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures on Tuesday filed its second complaint against Canon and first against Ricoh for infringing on its patents dealing with printing technology. IV approached both companies and… Read More
Microsoft is meeting with hundreds of public officials in Redmond starting this morning for its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit, trying to make inroads for Windows 8, Office 365 and… Read More
A Seattle data technology startup is taking the phrase “know your customer” to a whole new level. Versium Analytics today introduced a new analytics platform called LifeData. Led by former InfoSpace… Read More
Need a little extra incentive to get in shape, save money or volunteer your time with a non-profit? Enter Proof, a new mobile app for Android and iPhone from Seattle… Read More
Big Fish currently sits atop the GeekWire 200 list, our ranking of the top privately-held companies in the region. And here’s a good reason why. The Seattle game maker, founded… Read More
Apparently the execs from BMW have been spending lots of time in the Seattle region. The carmaker overnight announced that it will be integrating four new iPhone apps into its… Read More
Amazon’s ownership of IMDb, the widely used Internet Movie Database, might have been a head-scratcher or a novelty in years past. But all that data is becoming increasingly useful to… Read More
Maveron struck gold a few years ago when it provided the initial seed funding to a young e-commerce startup by the name of Zulily, housing the startup at its offices… Read More
The Seattle Times has officially joined the ranks of newpapers charging for unlimited online access. Visitors to Seattletimes.com are now notified that their access will end after reading an unspecified… Read More
For the second time in three months, Seattle startup Glympse has partnered with a big-name automaker to provide its hands-free location-sharing technology. Just two months after inking a similar deal with Ford, today… Read More
There are lots of different spins people put on the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament — a.k.a. March Madness — from different sports to subjects. PayScale did their own bracket… Read More
Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time On Monday we kicked off the last four first-round matchups in the technology bracket, and today we’re doing the same… Read More
We’re gearing up for our GeekWire Meetup & Radio Show, the evening of April 11 in Seattle — the first time we’ve recorded our longstanding show in front of an… Read More
The tech industry was buzzing this week after Yahoo announced its acquisition of Summly. It wasn’t so much the acquisition itself, but the entrepreneur behind the idea. You see, Summly… Read More
Top-10 lists are fun, whether it’s the world’s best entrepreneurial hubs or tips for surviving at a startup. But many are slightly questionable, like the list we just found that… Read More
Wal-Mart is looking to turn its huge brick-and-mortar retail footprint into a beneficial asset as it continues to battle against Amazon.com. And it’s latest effort to do so is an… Read More
No, the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies hasn’t arrived yet (it’s coming this summer). But in the meantime, PopCap is introducing an adaptation of the original game called Plants vs.… Read More