Microsoft’s royalties from its patent claims on Google Android devices are now in the range of $444 million a year, according to a Goldman Sachs estimate reported this morning by… Read More
It’s kind of the equivalent of the stats on the back of a baseball card, but in this case for real estate agents. Scouting Report, a new online service that’s launching… Read More
T-Mobile USA this morning showed off a new look that will be rolled out to nearly 400 of its stores. The dingy carpets and random layouts are going away in… Read More
Pendrell Corp., the Kirkland company formerly known as ICO Global, today announced that it is paying $90.1 million in cash to purchase a 90.1 percent stake in El Segundo, California-based… Read More
Skype competitor Messagenet is asking European regulators to prevent Microsoft from integrating Skype with Windows as a condition of approval for its $8.5 billion acquisition of the online communications company.… Read More
It started simply enough. Drew Bennett, an engineer at SEOMoz, used some of his artistic talents last week to recreate a Space Invader on the company’s windows constructed entirely of… Read More
Guest Commentary: In science fiction stories, everybody has that amazing device that people can carry in their pockets but magically expands to a full-size computer. It recognizes hand motions and you can… Read More
Advertisers continue to pump dollars into online advertising campaigns, including search, display, classifieds and email. The Interactive Advertising Bureau reported today that ad revenues soared to $14.9 billion during the… Read More
Guest Post: Summing up a conference with an agenda as broad as GigaOM’s Mobilize 2011 in San Francisco is no easy task. The breadth of topics covered and companies represented… Read More
Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary this week, now encompassing some 850 computer scientists. Its leader, chief research officer Rick Rashid, has been there since the beginning, having been… Read More
Pandora transformed the way people listen to music, creating personalized stations based on the listening habits of users. Now, MyArtMatch founder and CEO Bruce Worrall wants to do the same for… Read More
A Seattle area startup by the name of 9Slides has raised a tiny bit of angel financing that it will use to roll out a new service that synchronizes videos… Read More
After months of speculation, Amazon.com today finally took the wraps off its long-awaited Android tablet, the Kindle Fire. With a 7-inch touch screen, it offers access to movies, TV shows,… Read More
We’ve been tracking a number of high-profile real estate expansion stories in the Seattle tech industry in recent weeks, from HTC’s desire for a new building in Pioneer Square to… Read More
Jeff Bezos just announced a new Kindle Fire tablet based on Google’s Android operating system. Steve Ballmer says Microsoft deserves patent royalties from Android device makers. And the existing patent… Read More
Amazon.com’s move from Beacon Hill to South Lake Union is helping to revitalize the up-and-coming neighborhood in the center of the city. But the real estate company that operates the… Read More
Quincy, Washington — an agricultural town near the Columbia River in central Washington — continues to attract technology companies in search of cheap power for massive data centers. The latest… Read More
Amazon.com this morning overhauled its lineup of Kindle devices and expanded for the first time into the world of general-purpose computing for consumers — taking on the likes of Microsoft… Read More
Technology giants such as Intel, Google and Cisco have found value in bankrolling small startup companies that help meet their corporate missions. Now, the athletic apparel and sneaker giant Nike… Read More
Seattle’s biofuels industry took a big hit a few years ago when Imperium Renewables canceled its IPO, laid off staff and lost key contracts. But the biofuels industry (including Imperium)… Read More
It’s not just Kindles and tablets in the news from Amazon this morning. The Seattle company is also announcing a new web browser, dubbed Amazon Silk, that makes use of… Read More
A new startup specializing in explanatory animated videos is launching in Seattle this week — and for a group of people taking the entrepreneurial plunge, it would be hard to… Read More
Amazon.com is rolling out the big guns at its news conference in New York City this morning even before the unveiling of its Kindle Fire tablet. The biggest news so… Read More
Whether or not this was planned by Amazon this way, Bloomberg Businessweek has been breaking the news of the company’s tablet plans this morning in advance of its official announcement.… Read More
Amazon hasn’t formally unveiled its tablet yet, but Bloomberg News reports that the Kindle Fire will sell for $199. The aggressive price, compared with $499 for the least-expensive iPad, shows how… Read More
[UPDATED] Microsoft and Samsung, the world’s No. 2 smartphone maker behind Apple, just announced a patent licensing agreement that gives Samsung legal coverage for its use of Google’s Android operating system… Read More
Microsoft started rolling out its Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update to the world Tuesday, promising “a simultaneous, coordinated, global update that cuts across carriers, phone models, and countries.” It could still… Read More
The high-end electric sports cars from Tesla Motors are a favorite among tech geeks. And given that love affair, what better spot to showcase the capabilities of the vehicles than… Read More
This is starting to feel like something out of a science fiction novel, with mysterious contraptions showing up inexplicably in random locations, awaiting commands from the mother ship to carry… Read More
Microsoft’s ongoing battle against nasty botnets has continued, with the company announcing today that it has dismantled the Kelihos botnet and filed suit against defendants in central Europe related to… Read More