Microsoft’s Lync product group today rounded out its lineup of mobile apps with the release of apps for iPhone and iPad, bringing a core component of business communications lineup to… Read More
[Editor’s Note: GeekWire has identified more than a dozen “Geeks Who Give Back” — people who work in non-profits, mentor others and invest in the future of the tech community.… Read More
Venture capital firms have encountered plenty of headwinds in recent months, with fundraising totals falling off a cliff. But Voyager Capital, a Seattle venture firm with offices in Portland and… Read More
Online shopping is booming this holiday season, and many of us have tons of email messages in our inboxes right now with information on the purchases we’ve been making from… Read More
You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Well, here’s a new one for the holiday season that we can probably dub Expense Tuesday. A study released today by Concur,… Read More
IPOs from Zynga, Michael Kors and Laredo Petroleum this month have helped revive the market for public offerings, with 28 companies already pricing shares on various stock exchanges this quarter,… Read More
Ignition’s insane investment pace for 2011 is finishing with a bang. The Bellevue venture capital firm has partnered with Atlas Venture to lead a $6.5 million investment in San Francisco-based… Read More
It’s the corporate equivalent of getting to keep the ring. Following AT&T’s decision to give up its $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA, T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom confirmed this… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen isn’t getting out of the basketball business, but his days of spending big bucks may be over. In an interview Monday before the Portland Trail Blazers… Read More
If you bought something online last week, you were part of history. Americans spent nearly $6.3 billion to buy stuff over the Internet during the week ended Dec. 18 — an… Read More
Amazon.com has already sold millions of Kindles this holiday season, but it’s still hoping to get more of them under the tree this weekend. Today the company said that people… Read More
Hey, look what we found in the App Store today! Yep, it’s GeekWire’s first mobile app, a tidy package of all our latest headlines and stories. We’ve actually been testing and… Read More
The deal was jaw-dropping news when it was announced in March, but it wasn’t meant to be: AT&T just announced that it’s ending its $39 billion bid to buy Bellevue-based… Read More
GeekWire put out a call for geeky gifts from the Seattle region and your ideas came pouring in. So without further ado — and with just a few days left in… Read More
[Editor’s Note: GeekWire has identified more than a dozen “Geeks Who Give Back” — people who work in non-profits, mentor others and invest in the future of the tech community.… Read More
Here’s what appears to be another nail in the coffin for AT&T’s bid for T-Mobile. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AT&T’s attempts to sell assets to other carriers… Read More
Travelers across the U.S. will get a little holiday cheer thanks to Skype, which announced today that it is rolling out free Wi-Fi at 50 airports from December 21st to… Read More
Redfin is rolling out a new iPad app today, one that includes photo galleries and a new sorting option called “Redfin Special Blend” that prioritizes homes that may be of… Read More
Walmart used to be the menace of main street. But now, small mom-and-pop retailers (along with their big box brethren) have a new punching bag: Amazon.com. The Seattle online retailer… Read More
Zynga’s first day as a publicly-traded company was more of a flop, than a big pop. And now the second day isn’t faring much better. Shares of the social media… Read More
Apple is moving forward with plans for its own television set, according to a Wall Street Journal report today, citing unnamed people familiar with discussions between Apple executives and big… Read More
T-Mobile remains the only U.S. carrier that doesn’t get to sell the iPhone, but more than a million unlocked iPhones are running on its network, many of them using a… Read More
I mentioned my birthday and her eyes went wide. “Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry!” My friend stopped, gasped. Threw her arms around me in a hug. “I forgot to… Read More
The best insights, observations, comments and random zingers we heard this week. “That (Microsoft) is gone. In its place is a slow moving, uncompetitive, over the hill oaf that has… Read More
Amazon Studios has lined up three well-known Hollywood producers for three movies that have emerged from its unique public development process, taking a key step toward debuting its first feature… Read More
Now, we’ve heard some wild concepts over the years. But the latest idea getting some buzz in Silicon Valley (not to mention cash from well known angel investor Peter Thiel)… Read More
To make beer, you need water. A lot of hot water. Historically, brewers have used natural gas, electricity or other methods to boil water in their massive brewing tanks. But… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we explore Paul Allen’s new space venture, assess Google Chrome’s rise vs. Internet Explorer and Firefox, and offer a second take… Read More
Updated below with the winner and answer. We’ve featured lots of unusual songs and sounds in our weekly Name that Tech Tune challenge, but this one takes it to a… Read More
A rundown of noteworthy news and headlines on our radar this afternoon … Can it get any worse for Research in Motion? The maker of the BlackBerry, trying to get… Read More