You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Microsoft’s “System Center Configuration Manager,” which IT departments can use to manage, update and deploy devices inside their organizations. But you’re… Read More
Starbucks has always aspired to be the quintessential “third place,” giving people another place to settle in apart from home and work. During the company’s annual meeting with shareholders this… Read More
Our guest this past weekend on the inaugural GeekWire Podcast was television news veteran and gadget aficionado Hanson Hosein, director of the University of Washington Master of Communication in Digital… Read More
Fred Wilson issued a challenge this morning to startup lawyers: can we close a startup’s seed financing round for legal fees of $5,000 or less? Yes, it can be done,… Read More
Digital subscriptions to the Economist aren’t cheap, but temporary online access to the magazine’s contents just dropped to the price of a cup of coffee, and a trip to the… Read More
Everyone loves a good rivalry. And in online real estate, there’s nothing better than San Francisco-based Trulia versus Seattle-based Zillow.com. I’ve followed the back-and-forth fireworks between the two heavily-funded companies… Read More
Supercomputer maker Cray Inc. has eliminated 52 positions as the Seattle company undergoes a restructuring, one that will allow it to invest more in software engineering, customer support and other… Read More
Microsoft has started to roll out the long-awaited “NoDo” update for Windows Phone — bringing features including copy and paste to users of its new mobile platform. The release was… Read More
The transformation of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood — sparked by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate — continues as Amazon.com and others move in to the former industrial zone on… Read More
Maybe it’s time for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team to reconsider that whole Windows XP thing? Firefox 4 clocked about 5 million downloads on its first day and is fast approaching… Read More
Could this be a sign of big things to come for Zillow.com? The online real estate company has signed a lease for three floors at the Russell Investments Center in… Read More
In the mood for some evening reading about the future of online books? Here’s the full text of the ruling in which a federal judge today turned down Google’s 2008… Read More
[See update below] The Platform, an online video management company which has been owned by Comcast for the past five years, may be on the auction block again. That’s the… Read More
Fisher Communications says has retained a financial adviser to “explore alternatives for maximizing the value of Fisher Plaza in Seattle,” home to one of the region’s largest technology data centers,… Read More
Amazon.com isn’t the only company being targeted by Apple for using the phrase “app store” in conjunction with its Android marketplace. Seattle-based MiKandi, which bills itself as “the world’s first… Read More
Paul Allen’s Institute for Brain Science has named Dr. Christof Koch — a 25-year veteran of the California Institute of Technology — to the post of chief scientific officer. Koch… Read More
Rhapsody has quietly released the beta of its app for Windows Phone 7, bringing its subscription-based music service to the Microsoft mobile platform. The company already offers apps for iPhone,… Read More
Our region has seen the rise of a cottage industry in automotive “infotainment,” and Seattle-based Airbiquity is continuing the streak with the news today that it will provide data-over-voice technologies… Read More
There’s a Les Schwab tire shop across the street. A flower distribution warehouse around the corner. And a distributor of hydraulic fittings and hose next door. Welcome to Georgetown, the… Read More
PopCap Games raised more than $200,000 this past weekend for Japan’s earthquake relief efforts by donating proceeds from mobile app sales to the International Red Cross. It is part of… Read More
When it comes to enjoyable activities in life, the legal intricacies of angel financing deals might rank just above a root canal. But two Seattle startup attorneys are having a… Read More
Google itself hasn’t yet been named as a defendant in any of Microsoft’s patent litigation over Android, but the search giant obviously has a vested interest in the case as… Read More
Google was awarded a patent today on something known in intellectual-property lingo as “Systems and methods for enticing users to access a web site,” invented by its co-founder Sergey Brin.… Read More
Maybe there actually is some room for all of those Groupon clones. A new report out from Local Offer Network estimates that Americans will spend a whopping $2.6 billion on… Read More
Amazon.com this morning launched its new Appstore for Android, despite a last-minute lawsuit from Apple over the “App Store” trademark. The Seattle company is looking to entice customers with the… 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
Former Microsoft general manager David McCann has been named the new CEO of Varolii, a 224-person Seattle company that provides automated text-message, phone call and email alerts to customers on… Read More
One of the most interesting new features in Firefox 4 is one of the most simple. Called “Do Not Track,” it’s a basic check-box in the settings that allows users… Read More
Electronic book lending service Lendle may be entering its last chapter. Amazon.com today revoked API access to the company, essentially killing a service once described as the “easiest, fastest, fairest,… Read More
Amazon.com has made a point of calling its upcoming mobile marketplace for Android an “Appstore,” as opposed to an “App Store.” So much for subtle distinctions. On the eve of… Read More
