Black Friday hasn’t hit yet, nor has cyber Monday. But that’s not stopping Amazon.com from rolling out big discounts on smartphones. The online retailer has slashed prices on many popular… Read More
We’ve been writing a lot lately about the rise of Android, with some estimates showing that Google’s mobile operating system now accounts for the majority of smartphone sales. But market… Read More
BookieJar wants to connect readers to the authors they love, helping readers discover new titles and allowing authors to more easily promote and publish their digital works. Founded by former Microsofties… Read More
Maybe the “Seattle Nice” stereotype really does hold true. Well, at least when it comes to doing business. Consumer Reports today unveiled its 2011 Naughty & Nice Holiday List, showcasing the… Read More
Shares of Zillow, the Seattle online real estate company, lost more than thirteen percent of their value today after employees and other early investors were able to sell shares for… Read More
Are you coming to the GeekWire Gala on Dec. 8? Here’s one of the surprises we’ve been working on. Everyone who attends will get a GeekWire 2012 Calendar, a special… Read More
Of all the stories we covered on GeekWire in 2011, one of the most remarkable was the tale of Daniil Kulchenko, a high school sophomore from Kenmore, Wash., who sold his… Read More
One of the biggest story lines of the past couple of years in the Seattle tech community has been the arrival of titans such as Facebook, Salesforce.com, EMC, Zynga and… Read More
Is the iPad a PC? The research firm Canalys counts it as one, and based on that it’s predicting that Apple will overtake HP as the top PC vendor in… Read More
Expedia is investing more in China, a key market for the Bellevue online travel company’s international expansion efforts. The company today announced that it is paying $72.4 million to acquire… Read More
Happiest Minds, a Bangalore, India-based IT consulting firm, has chosen Seattle for its first U.S. office. The company was started just three months ago by Ashok Soota who previously co-founded… Read More
It’s one of those cool concepts that points to the potential of the digital age. You’re reading a Kindle book when a question comes to mind, and with the press… Read More
Opscode, a cloud computing startup that specializes in infrastructure automation, continues to expand its fast-growing team. The Seattle company has named George Moberly, a former F5 Networks and Blade Logic… Read More
Well, it’s actually happening. Bill Gates has taken the witness stand in Salt Lake City, Utah, this morning to testify in Novell’s suit against Microsoft over antitrust allegations against the Redmond… Read More
This is Bill Gates, coming full circle. During a rare appearance last month on the University of Washington campus — where he snuck into buildings with his boyhood friend Paul… Read More
Seattle has top-notch engineers, well-respected technology giants and a culture of entrepreneurialism and risk taking. So, what’s the region really lacking when it comes to becoming a world-class technology hub?… Read More
The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Dear Internet, Could you hurry up a resurrect Kozmo please? There’s more than enough stupidity and laziness… Read More
Zillow continues to fly high after its blockbuster IPO in July, with the Seattle company overtaking Realtor.com to become the second most visited online real estate site in the country.… Read More
Groupon has already taken the public markets by storm, with the Chicago-based daily deal site posting a massive $16 billion market value just a few days after its IPO. Now,… Read More
Over the years, several members of the Seattle tech community have plowed some of their wealth into Washington’s burgeoning wine industry. Venture capitalist Tom Alberg is the owner of Novelty… Read More
Microsoft is looking for a few good Kinect hackers, and it’s turning to TechStars to help discover those teams. Microsoft this week launched the Kinect Accelerator — a new incubation… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we break down the latest developments in online music — including Google Music and iTunes Match — with the help of… Read More
Updated below with answer and winner. We’re going retro on this week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge, testing your memory as much as anything else. And you’re going to need… Read More
Shares of Kirkland-based mobile broadband company Clearwire fell more than 20 percent in trading today after its CEO told the Wall Street Journal that it’s contemplating skipping a $237 million… Read More
Apple’s attack on Amazon.com and its use of the phrase “appstore” continues. The Cupertino, California maker of the iPad and iPhone said in court documents filed this week that the… Read More
How are people actually using the web and mobile apps to interact with traditional television content? What’s next for the set-top box? And why isn’t Comcast supporting the Kindle Fire… Read More
Hines Global REIT Inc. is paying $160 million to buy Fisher Plaza, a purchase that includes the headquarters building and data center operation of Fisher Communications. In a press release,… Read More
Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens likes to move fast, tackling opportunities before the moment passes. And no one, and I mean no one, moved as quickly in Seattle tech as Cavens… Read More
Jeff Bezos has posted two new videos of his Blue Origin project’s spaceship taking off and landing on a “short hop” test flight earlier this year in Texas. You can… Read More
For 70 minutes Thursday night, I sat in the Landmark Metro Cinemas on 45th Avenue and watched Steve Jobs. I listened, too. We all did. Intently. It was the second… Read More