An opinion piece today by Reuters BreakingViews is getting lots of attention for suggesting that Microsoft needs to find a buyer for Bing, turning the search business over to another… Read More
As CEO of Expedia in 1999, Rich Barton missed out on the excitement of the company’s initial public offering. After all, the online travel company priced shares on the day… Read More
In a visit to Seattle last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed the importance of the company’s newly-opened Seattle office, touting the high-quality engineers located in the region. Now, the… Read More
Microsoft this morning announced plans to release an Xbox 360-branded headset that can be used in conjunction with a PC, mobile phone or the company’s game console. Long term, this… Read More
Varolii, which helps airlines, utilities, banks and other companies send automated alerts to customers, has raised $8 million and named Seattle venture capitalist Bill Bryant and former FileNet CEO Lee… Read More
SeniorHomes.com, an online directory designed to help families find nursing homes, retirement centers and other elder care facilities, has raised $3 million in startup capital. Led by former Microsoft and… Read More
I usually don’t think of mobile software — or Tweets for that matter — as art. But, then again, the definition of modern art often eludes me. Nonetheless, a new… Read More
Now, admittedly, I’m getting to write this guest post because I lost a bet. But let’s not let that muddy the waters. I get to write a post, on GeekWire,… Read More
A tweet by Microsoft UK caused an uproar today by suggesting its followers remember the late singer Amy Winehouse by downloading her “Back to Black” album on the company’s Zune… Read More
Bob Muglia, the former Microsoft Server & Tools president, is joining Juniper Networks as executive vice president of its Software Solutions Division, the Sunnyvale, Calif. company announced today. Muglia’s departure… Read More
Netflix’s quarterly results today are being closely watched for the impact of the customer outrage over the price hikes recently announced by the company through the separation of its DVD-by-mail… Read More
Bellevue-based Ignition Partners led a $20 million financing round in Motif Investing, a San Mateo, Calif.- based company founded by former Microsoft general manager Hardeep Walia and former hedge fund analyst… Read More
Researchers such as the University of Washington’s Phil Howard study revolutions in places such as the Middle East, often by going there. Howard, profiled on GeekWire earlier this month, may… Read More
Inner Fence, the Redmond company taking on high-profile San Francisco startup Square in mobile payments, today released a credit-card reader accessory for merchants on Apple’s iPad. The accessory plugs into the iPad… Read More
Seattle-based Rhapsody and Amazon Kindle are among a wave of businesses that have removed links to their external digital stores from inside their iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps in… Read More
After a long wait, Microsoft today is releasing Avatar Kinect, the online video chat application for Xbox that uses the Kinect sensor to track facial expressions and mouth movements and… Read More
Linux vendor Novell Inc. is no longer a standalone company, but Microsoft today announced an agreement with its successor, Attachmate’s SUSE unit, to extend by four years the technology collaboration… Read More
Guest Commentary: I have a ton of work to do today. But I’m spending most of my day on the golf course instead. Today is the annual Washington Technology Industry… Read More
With Hulu reportedly for sale and Netflix taking heat over its price hike, Comcast is making a bigger push to deliver online video content to mobile devices. The cable giant… Read More
Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, a veteran of the Seattle region’s tech community who worked for more than a decade at Microsoft, died Sunday in a car crash in Kirkland.… Read More
No matter whether you live in Copenhagen, Chengdu or Cincinnati, everyone hates traffic jams. But that very painful aspect of commuter life represents a very big business. And Kirkland-based Inrix,… Read More
Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm and invention house founded by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, was already-well known in technology circles. But the Bellevue-based company has been thrust… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Seattle author Christopher Johnson, aka The Name Inspector, shares an excerpt from his newly-released book, Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little, with GeekWire. In this chapter, Coin a New… Read More
I was absolutely glued to the radio today as I listened to the latest episode of This American Life in which Planet Money’s Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Laura Sydell report… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about Apple’s new Mac OS X Lion ushering in a new trend in computing; explore the implications of Zillow’s… Read More
[Update, July 29: Thanks to everyone who entered. Here’s the answer and the winner.] This week’s Name that Tech Tune contest is one of the most challenging we’ve ever run,… Read More
The demise of Borders is causing many of us to consider the role of bookstores — heck, the role of any physical stores — in our increasingly digital world. Sure, we… Read More
We’ve seen a lot of silly mobile apps emerge in our time on the tech beat. But here’s one that certainly caught our eye, or should we say our entire… Read More
Sometimes it can be a little tough to motivate yourself to go for a jog, paddle or bike ride. That’s where Earndit steps in. The 16-month-old startup, led by Harry… Read More
Microsoft added a net total of more than 1,000 employees worldwide in the quarter ended June 30, bringing its total employment back above 90,000, according to newly updated figures from… Read More