It was kind of fitting that on a night that the St. Louis Cardinals won game six of the World Series with a dramatic walk-off home run, that Seattle entrepreneur… Read More
Redbox is raising prices on DVD rentals from $1 to $1.20 due to higher operating costs associated with debit card fees. It marks the first time in eight years that… Read More
A big thanks to all of you who came out for our first-ever GeekWire Meetup last night. As you can see from these pictures by photographer Annie Laurie Malarkey, a… Read More
Bill Gates made a rare appearance at the University of Washington this afternoon, talking about how qualitative and measurable advances in technology are coming together for major advances in the… Read More
Chris Borkenhagen wants to make it easier to invite friends to do fun things together, and then split the bill once they’ve purchased movie tickets or gone to dinner. The… Read More
A lot of folks love Siri, the popular voice-recognition application on the iPhone 4S. But some Seattle geeks have a new type of Siri love. Check out this short video… Read More
Shares of Expedia fell more than five percent in after hours trading Thursday after the Bellevue-based online travel company posted earnings that disappointed Wall Street. The company boosted revenue by… Read More
HP, the world’s largest PC maker, won’t be selling its PC business, after all. The company announced the news this afternoon, making its biggest reversal yet under the direction of new CEO Meg… Read More
Calling it a “great quarter,” InfoSpace CEO Bill Ruckelshaus today announced that the Bellevue Internet search company posted net income of $2.7 million on revenues of $56.3 million. That compared to… Read More
An innovation that revolutionizes your life is the dream of every entrepreneur. But that dream may die hard if you don’t have the right expectations. What sort of expectations should… Read More
Google+ is still trying to find its niche as an alternative to Facebook, with mixed results. But the company announced a series of enhancements to Google+ today, hoping to boost… Read More
At the time of Redfin’s last venture capital round, CEO Glenn Kelman indicated that it would be the company’s last. But, as we all know in the world of startups,… Read More
Here’s a reminder of just how fickle the video-game business can be. Nintendo this morning released a revised financial forecast for its current fiscal year, projecting a loss of 20… Read More
We heard rumblings last week that Redfin — the Seattle online real estate broker — was out looking for new financing. Well, it’s official. The company announced today that Globespan Capital… Read More
Vulcan Capital has been a bit quiet on the venture capital financing front lately. But that changed today with news that Paul Allen’s investment arm is leading a $14 million… Read More
This might be as close as we’re going to get to a time machine. Unless they’re working on that, too. Microsoft this morning is premiering a new video that shows… Read More
The mobile phone landscape continues to morph, change and shift. And here’s the latest development. Sony today agreed to buy out its longtime partner, Ericsson, in the joint venture Sony… Read More
Visible Technologies has reeled in an additional $1.5 million, bringing total financing in the maker of social media monitoring technologies to $50.5 million, GeekWire has learned. Advertising giant WPP, an… Read More
Amazon.com’s corporate lawyers are going to be pretty busy in the coming weeks. According to the company’s quarterly report released today, the online retailer has been named in more than… Read More
The Seattle chapter of the Awesome Foundation has awarded its first monthly, no-strings-attached $1,000 grant, officially bringing the organization’s mission of supporting “awesomeness” to our region. And yes, after talking… Read More
Guest commentary: Since Google+ launched in June of this year, two questions have been on everyone’s mind in the digital community: 1) Can it become a huge success for Google?… Read More
There are so many mobile apps floating around these days for books, music, games and TV that it can be a bit daunting to find the ones that matter to… Read More
Windows Phone is already a huge hit with the over-30 crowd in Redmond, Wash. Now Nokia is hoping to boost the appeal of its new Microsoft-powered devices for 20-somethings in… Read More
Participants in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — private companies working on spacecraft to take U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station — testified today during a hearing before the U.S. House… Read More
Shares of Clearwire have been on an absolute roller coaster in the past three months, usually swinging wildly based on the movements of partner and investor Sprint. Today was another… Read More
Navigating Cancer, an online resource for patients who are dealing with various forms of cancer, has raised $3 million in financing from Rustic Canyon Partners and an undisclosed angel investor.… Read More
F5 Networks doesn’t get a lot of press. But the Seattle company, which makes software and hardware products to speed up the delivery of applications over the Internet, continues to… Read More
Nokia this morning unveiled the first two Windows Phones to result from the partnership it struck with Microsoft earlier this year. It’s a key moment for Microsoft in the Redmond… Read More
Shares of Amazon.com are taking a beating today after the online retailer posted weak earnings on Tuesday that disappointed Wall Street. The stock is off more than 10 percent, trading just above… Read More
Anne Krook, who spent 13 years at Amazon.com, most recently overseeing disaster response and disaster recovery, has joined Seattle startup Mindbloom as vice president of operations. Mindbloom, which launched in September,… Read More
