The reviews are in on Amazon’s Cloud Player. Adobe dreams up an iPad Photoshop App. If A Glorious Dawn didn’t spark a geek crush on Carl Sagan, this new video by Symphony… Read More
ThePlatform, an online video company owned by Comcast, is moving from its longtime digs in the old Airborne Express building on Western Avenue to a larger office space in downtown… Read More
PassionFruit Games, a maker of casual video games for women, has been acquired by Rally Marketing Group in a deal of undisclosed size. Formed by laid off employees of Her… Read More
Sony Online Entertainment is closing down game studios in Bellevue, Denver and Tucson, Arizona, a move which will eliminate 205 jobs. The company also said that it would discontinue development… Read More
Our guest this past weekend on the GeekWire Podcast was mobile industry veteran Paul Griff, the CEO of wireless research company RootMetrics, who joined us to talk about the ins… Read More
A new survey out today indicates that Washington state lags the national average in terms of women-owned businesses. (See below for full chart). According to the report from American Express,… Read More
Windermere has one of the most recognizable brands in the Pacific Northwest. But when it comes to innovating online, the Seattle real estate company has been forced to play catch… Read More
Guest Commentary: The best businesses in the world do two things. They ship, and they sell. You inherently have nothing to sell until you build and ship, of course, but… Read More
DL Byron, the Seattle entrepreneur behind such ventures as Clip-n-Seal and Bike Hugger, was struck with the idea for his latest product while trying to watch a movie on his… Read More
Xeround, which moves SQL databases to the cloud, has raised an additional, $4 million in debt financing, according to a SEC filing. The company moved its headquarters from Israel to… Read More
You can recruit smart developers in a lot of ways, offering stock incentives, big salaries or cool perks. But Cheezburger — the fast-growing network of comedy Web sites — has… Read More
Zillow.com has attracted plenty of consumers with its iPhone, iPad and Android apps. But the Seattle company’s latest mobile release has another group in mind: real estate professionals. Zillow today… Read More
Visible Technologies has raised an additional $6 million, money that CEO Kelly Pennock said will help the heavily-funded company accelerate the company’s sales amid a consolidation wave in the industry.… Read More
Microsoft is back in the middle of an antitrust case in Europe, but this time it’s the one with the complaint. The Redmond company says it’s filing an antitrust complaint… Read More
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of Seattle 2.0 and its archival content. For more background, see… Read More
You’ve probably seen the technology in action at one of your favorite Seattle coffee shops. The startup is called CoCollage, and it’s looking to transform the way people interact with… Read More
Last week, we told you about some of the heavy hitters from the Seattle tech community lining up behind fast-growing mobile gaming startup Z2Live. At the time, CEO David Bluhm… Read More
What is it with these Microsoft groups feeling the need to publicly defend their numbers all of a sudden? The Windows Phone team tonight followed the Internet Explorer crew in… Read More
$500 Million: Too low for Twitter? Biz drops the juicy details about Zuckerberg’s courting (it happened in a car…) on Howard Stern. Nintendo announces the next console will not be 3D. Let’s hope it has HD support… Read More
Much has been made over the past week about Firefox 4 trouncing Internet Explorer 9 in total downloads since the new browsers were released. But Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team is… Read More
An updated version of Rhapsody’s app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad was made available for download today. Yes, the update received approval from Apple. But no, the Seattle music… Read More
One of Seattle’s hottest startup companies has scored cash from one of the region’s biggest venture capital firms. Swype, which allows consumers to input text on mobile phones and tablet… Read More
Two Romanian Web developers who recently landed in Vancouver, B.C. have just scored a first round of capital from RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield, Accel Partners and… Read More
Can Google make Internet search more social? That’s the goal with +1, a new service that allows Google users to mark things they find (think travel spots, recipes or concert… Read More
One of the big fears surrounding AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile is that the deal will decrease competition in the mobile industry, potentially leading to higher prices for consumers. The… Read More
Mich Mathews, the senior vice president in charge of Microsoft’s global marketing initiatives — more than $1 billion in annual spending to promote everything from Windows to Xbox — plans… Read More
Ok, there’s the darkness and the rain and the traffic and the political gridlock. But, really, Seattle is one of the most miserable cities in the country? That’s the finding… Read More
In telling the story of his early days with Bill Gates, a new memoir by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen appears to be writing a rocky new chapter in their relationship.… Read More
Salesforce.com today announced plans to pay as much as $326 million for Radian6, a Canadian upstart whose tools help monitor discussions on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media channels.… Read More
We’ve seen plenty of litigation in the mobile industry in recent months, with Microsoft, Apple, Google and others engaged in a massive battle for supremacy over how people access information… Read More
