Articles from 2011 – Page 28 of 107

Startup Spotlight: Order SM looks to take a bite where GrubHub has yet to feast

GrubHub earlier this month landed $50 million in venture capital, money that it will use to try to transform the way people… Read More

Hold on to your pants: Microsoft ‘PocketTouch’ enables device input through fabric

Microsoft researchers have come up with a way to make devices sensitive to touch input through fabric — for silencing… Read More

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman sounds warning bell about money-hungry ‘media sites’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman walked into a bit of a lion’s den Monday morning, hosting a conference call with real… Read More

Wireless carriers to provide free alerts to help consumers avoid ‘bill shock’

Oftentimes,wireless customers are hit with a nasty case of sticker shock when they receive their monthly statements. But a new… Read More

Chart: The best (and worst) wireless carriers in Seattle

As we head into the holidays, many Americans are weighing new smartphone purchases. That’s especially the case with the blockbuster… Read More

Bill Gates among mourners at Steve Jobs memorial

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among a large group of technology executives, Hollywood stars and political figures who attended the… Read More

Apple: iPhone 4S sales surpass 4M units in first weekend

Apple this morning is reporting iPhone 4S sales of more than 4 million units in its first three days of… Read More

Why Microsoft just launched one of the largest advertising campaigns in its history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g30omUwhHTs A Microsoft television ad that debuted Sunday night is the beginning of a new campaign that aims to connect… Read More

On the Scene: A Geek’s Guide to the Wall Street Occupation

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71wym2qYQdA&version=3&hl=en_US] Editor’s Note: Seattle lawyer William Carleton spent several days last week in New York’s Zuccotti Park, the nerve… Read More

Microsoft touts Kinect at tiny hut in shadow of Apple store

Crowds flocked to the Apple store at University Village in Seattle on Saturday afternoon, enticed by the possibility of picking… Read More

Take the Money and Run: An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital

[Editor’s note: Gerry Langeler of OVP Venture Partners shares an excerpt from his new book “Take the Money and Run:… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon Lockers, iOS 5, and an inside look at a Facebook ‘casino’

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the pilot of the Amazon Locker delivery system,… Read More

Name that Tech Tune to win GeekWire Meetup tickets

Updated on 10/22 with answer and winners. We’re back with another installment of our Name that Tech Tune contest, this… Read More

Open source developer objects to news hackathon’s 11-page contract

Seattle developer Jeff Reifman was looking forward to participating in this weekend’s Hacking Seattle News contest, a three-day hackathon sponsored… Read More

Congressman lobs bombshell at Amazon’s new Silk browser, claims shades of Orwell’s 1984

There may be a new “big brother” in town, and it might just go by the name of Amazon.com. That’s… Read More

Giving back and paying forward

After nearly two decades of startup life, and over forty years of, well, life, I decided it was time to… Read More

Post-it Wars, Part Three: This Super Mario looks unbeatable

For the past couple weeks we’ve been tracking a creative explosion of Post-it art in downtown Seattle, as companies one-up… Read More

Ex-Microsoft researcher unveils Clipboard to save pieces of Web pages

We’ve been wondering what computer scientist Gary Flake has been up to ever since we discovered his new startup company,… Read More

Struggling to find engineers in Seattle, Apptio sets up shop in North Carolina

Bellevue-based Apptio is growing fast, so fast in fact that it can’t find enough software engineers in the Seattle area.… Read More

With Hulu off the market, Amazon on its own in online video

The consortium behind Hulu said late yesterday that the popular web video service is no longer for sale — pulling… Read More

Microsoft completes Skype deal, reassures Apple and Android users

Microsoft completed the largest acquisition in its history overnight, paying $8.5 billion for online communications company Skype a week after receiving… Read More

Geek on the Street: Why are you in line for an iPhone 4S?

It might not have the appeal of an iPhone 5, but tomorrow’s launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S has still managed… Read More

Geek of the Week: Giordano Contestabile, PopCap Games mobile strategist

Our latest Geek of the Week, Giordano Contestabile, is working at one of the most interesting intersections of technology right… Read More

Video: Mitt Romney on how he tried to hire Steve Ballmer

(Post updated with excerpts from Romney’s remarks on free trade.) I’m over in Redmond this afternoon to hear Mitt Romney,… Read More

Hiring boom continues at Google as shares soar on profit and revenue increases

Google engineer Steve Yegge may think some things are messed up at Google. But the search giant continues to deliver,… Read More

BigOven unveils meal planning organizer, looks to end the daily ‘dinner scramble’

If you’re like me, meal planning doesn’t rank too high in the list of daily priorities. Typically, by the time… Read More

Classic rant by Google engineer rips apart Google + and describes Jeff Bezos as a micromanager

I’ve never met Steve Yegge. But after reading the Google engineer’s 4,771-word rant — in which he slashes everything from… Read More

Amazon’s new locker delivery system now live in New York

Amazon.com has activated its new Amazon Locker package delivery system in New York City, expanding a test that first surfaced… Read More

Let’s stop the Silicon Valley comparisons, and take a look at why NYC is kicking butt

Overdone. Counterproductive. Tired. Whiny. Those are some of the words I’ve heard in the past few weeks as the Seattle… Read More

Quincy leases Microsoft water treatment plant in novel deal

The city of Quincy, Wash., will lease a water treatment plant from Microsoft on the site of the company’s data… Read More