As a professional poker player with career winnings of $3.5 million, Phil Gordon usually is the guy making big bets. But the 41-year-old Gordon — a computer scientist and former Netsys… Read More
The last time I caught up with Wesley Zhao and Ajay Mehta, the 19-year-old entrepreneurs were working from the home of Mehta’s parents in Bellevue on an online gift card… Read More
Apple reportedly has begun rejecting new iOS apps that access unique device identifiers, leading to developer concern — and potential upside for ad tracking firms including Seattle’s HasOffers. Over the… Read More
Urbanspoon may be best known for helping folks find new dining experiences, from sushi restaurants in Seattle to steak houses in Kansas City. But a growing component of Urbanspoon’s business… Read More
Ten days after being put in an unflattering spotlight after public radio’s This American Life retracted its story about him, playwright Mike Daisey has posted a public apology on his… Read More
A few weeks ago on the GeekWire podcast, Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph challenged Todd Bishop and I to a speed test, matching our iPhones against his Windows Phone as we performed… Read More
Well, maybe that goofy stunt at Seattle’s Space Needle actually paid off. Rovio today said via Twitter that its latest title, Angry Birds Space, achieved 10 million downloads in its… Read More
Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire is known as a solid reading and media device. But when it comes to email, well, maybe not so much. Users who’ve struggled with the Kindle Fire’s… Read More
It is not everyday that you buy a refrigerator or washer and dryer set. So, when that moment actually hits, you’ll want to know for sure whether you are getting… Read More
Microsoft’s efforts to catch back up in mobile will begin in earnest on April 8th when two new 4G LTE Windows Phones are released: the HTC Titan II and the… Read More
Hang around Seattle long enough, and someone will likely share this rather counterintuitive factoid with you: The Emerald City sells more sunglasses per capita than any other major city in the… Read More
Just last week, Microsoft announced that developers have created some 70,000 applications for the Windows Phone. Not a bad start, but still way behind the likes of Android and Apple’s… Read More
I never took Paul Allen — the billionaire software tycoon — for a citizen journalist. But that’s what the Microsoft co-founder essentially became today as Allen shared a series of… Read More
Opscode has raised $19.5 million in venture capital financing, the second large funding round in a Seattle area business-to-business software company this month. The deal, which was led by Bellevue-based… Read More
We procrastinate for a variety of reasons. Fear. Intimidation. Laziness. Distractions. All reasonable obstacles. But if you’re prioritized your tasks and projects correctly, the work still needs to get done.… Read More
There’s no shortage of folks developing tools to help companies make sense out of social networking chatter. Last year, Salesforce.com gobbled up Radian6 for up to $326 million, while other… Read More
When you walk into Metrix Create: Space in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, it’s hard to know exactly what you’ve gotten yourself into. With long tables piled with electronics,… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we get a preview of next weekend’s Emerald City Comicon from the conference director, Jim Demonakos. He’s a multitalented guy (and past… Read More
Update, March 30: We’ve given out the tickets and updated the post below with the answer. We’ve got a couple great prizes to give away in this week’s Name that… Read More
Washington FIRST Robotics is holding its annual regional competition at the Century Link Events Center in Seattle today and Saturday, and we got a chance to stop by the event… Read More
OK, now I get it. Here’s the end result of the “Angry Birds Space” promotion that Rovio and friends were creating yesterday at the Space Needle in Seattle. It’s of… Read More
OK. That’s it. It’s time this social media “lesson” got a review. On March 3, former Miss Phoenix Jean-Sun Hannah Ahn was crowned Miss Seattle. Soon after, KIRO-FM’s website, MyNorthwest.com,… Read More
Microsoft hasn’t quite been able to make inroads against Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android. But the company is holding out hope that its partnership with Nokia, and more specifically the… Read More
AT&T appears to still be smarting over its failed $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA, a deal that fell apart last December under intense government scrutiny. Now, some of those… Read More
Like many of you in the Seattle region, I stayed up past bedtime last night (well, it was past my bedtime, at least) to watch Jenni Hogan’s experiment in social… Read More
One of the most fascinating rivalries going on in tech right now isn’t between Apple and Microsoft. Or Google and Facebook. It’s actually the battle for online retail dollars between… Read More
There are multiple ways to watch movies on airplanes. Some rely on the selection in the airline’s inflight entertainment system, while others load up on personal DVDs or download their… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is back in the news, talking about the importance of nuclear power. And while the software titan is bullish on the energy source, it will likely… Read More
Google and Facebook are two of the hottest companies in tech. And with expanding operations in the Seattle area, both offer dream positions for many top-notch geeks. Of course, Facebook… Read More
A big thanks to the hundreds of you who tuned in for our impromptu live stream from the Angry Birds Space launch event at Seattle’s Space Needle this year. And… Read More