The next version of Microsoft Office: A user’s perspective

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I was in attendance at yesterday’s Microsoft event in San Francisco where the company unveiled the new version of Office. We are part of a small group of customers who have been evaluating the new version over the past couple of months using a pre-release version of Windows 8 and Office 2013 running on a… Read More…

A mirror image? Canadian real estate brokerage accused of ripping off Estately

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Sutton WestCoast Realty, one of the largest real estate brokerages in Canada, has received a cease-and-desist letter asking that the brokerage take down a Web site that allegedly mirrors one from Seattle online real estate upstart Estately. The two companies had been partners for the past three years, with Sutton WestCoast using Estately’s map-based technology… Read More…

Q&A: Findwell’s Kevin Lisota on how tech is changing homebuying, and how it isn’t

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Our guest on a recent episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Seattle tech veteran Kevin Lisota, the CEO of real estate startup Findwell. We talked about how technology has been changing the process of buying and selling homes (and how it hasn’t), and explored the recent dustup over real estate listing services such as… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: Microsoft vs. Google, Facebook IPO, and a geek’s guide to real estate

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This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about Amazon’s acquisition of Seattle startup TeachStreet, Microsoft’s ad campaign against Google, and the juicy details of Facebook’s finances, as revealed by its IPO filing this week. We’re joined in the studio by Seattle tech veteran Kevin Lisota, the CEO of real estate startup… Read More…

Office 365: Microsoft makes pitch for businesses to stop futzing around with servers

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Microsoft today is launching its Office 365 online service, including new online versions of Exchange, SharePoint and other Office products available for a monthly subscription fee. One interesting factoid from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer via the launch event webcast from New York: More than 70 percent of the companies testing the service have been small… Read More…

Meet the geek dogs of Seattle

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Every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day here at GeekWire and, for that matter, at dozens of other tech companies around Seattle. It’s pretty commonplace to see canine companions wandering the offices startups in Pioneer Square, Belltown and South Lake Union. But, in true celebration of the official holiday today, we’re showcasing some… Read More…