Updated at bottom with picture of the crew compartment after it was unwrapped. We (and our kids) had a great time today down at the Museum of Flight, where NASA’s… Read More
Paul Allen’s magical life continues. The Microsoft co-founder and guitarist has a new band, Paul Allen and the Natural Born Swimmers — and you’ll hear one of their songs if… Read More
Team GeekWire and family are getting ready to head down to Seattle’s Museum of Flight this morning for what promises to be a real spectacle — the scheduled 11 a.m.… Read More
Ah, summer camp. Hiking, campfires, sing-alongs, s’mores … and hacking? Our subject on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast is camping, with a geeky twist. Our guest is David Hulton, a… Read More
[Updated below with answer and winner] We’re challenging you to identify an especially obscure Tech Tune this week, but the prize is worth the mental energy. Up for grabs is… Read More
For the second time this month, Amazon Web Services is suffering after a power outage at its datacenter in northern Virginia. “We can confirm that a large number of instances… Read More
It was bound to happen. With larger, easier-to-view screens and their sheer portability, tablets have now overtaken smartphones as devices for shopping, according to Monetate, a provider of cloud-based technology for online… Read More
It appears that the content-sharing partnership forged by Twitter and LinkedIn in 2009 — like “peanut butter and chocolate,” according to LinkedIn’s blog post at the time — is no more.… Read More
A report out from Reuters today indicates that a leftist militant group operating under the name of International Revolutionary Front has claimed responsibility for an attack on Microsoft’s offices in Athens.… Read More
Google had a giant week, introducing the new Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus Q streaming media device, and pulling off the most impressive keynote stunt we’ve ever seen in… Read More
Geeks can rejoice — burlesque is now embracing its inner nerd. At least four nerd-themed burlesque shows — or nerdlesque — are planned for Seattle, starting this weekend. “Behind the… Read More
Eric Hadley, the former Microsoft Bing marketing executive who rubbed shoulders with celebs before being dismissed in an unusually public move by the Redmond company, has landed a new job… Read More
When I visited Zillow at its new office space at in the Russell Investments Center in downtown Seattle back in December, the online real estate company had nearly outgrown the space. I surmised… Read More
Amazon.com is getting into fireworks. No, don’t worry, the company isn’t selling them online. The company has stepped up as one of the corporate supporters of Seattle’s annual 4th of… Read More
Ever wonder what you should wear to a party? What plants would grow best in your garden? Or the best blockbuster movies to see this summer? If those sorts of… Read More
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion found itself in an even deeper hole this week after delaying the launch of BlackBerry 10, cutting jobs and reporting a significant quarterly loss. And… Read More
Seattle’s skyline is officially getting a new addition today as the Great Wheel — a 175-foot tall Ferris wheel sporting 42 climate-controlled gondola cars — opens for business along the… Read More
Walking the floor at Microsoft’s conference center in Redmond yesterday for the conclusion of the three-month Kinect Accelerator startup program, it was remarkable to see not just tech demos but… Read More
Deciding whether to make a move or not might just be easier with this — real estate site Zillow launched a new feature called Compare, a search tool that lets… Read More
Did Stephen Colbert just get away with calling the Gates Foundation a ‘slut factory?’ Last night the cantankerous faux right-winger took aim at Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill &… Read More
No matter which side of the aisle you sit on*, today’s ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, is a big deal for the… Read More
There’s been a lot of debate and discussion in recent months about Seattle’s technology industry, and how it compares to other spots like Silicon Valley (See: Seattle and Silicon Valley, the… Read More
After three months of work, putting in long hours to hone their technologies and business plans, eleven startups will be making a pitch more than 100 investors in Redmond this… Read More
thump thump…. thump thump….. thump thump……. My heart rate was starting to rise. As I looked around the room I noticed it overflowing with people. There must have been hundreds…. Was… Read More
Google is taking direct aim at Amazon.com in tablets, with yesterday’s announcement of the Nexus 7. Today, it is a completely different area where the tech titans are lining up… Read More
Got some old batteries laying around the house or office. Well, here’s your chance to get rid of them in an environmentally-friendly way. Today is the City of Seattle’s first-ever… Read More
Seattle’s Lighter Capital, which offers an alternative to venture capital and traditional bank loans, today announced three new investments in startups based in Dallas, Minneapolis and the Seattle area. It… Read More
There’s been a lot of chatter (not to mention crazy PR stunts) this week around Google’s unveiling of the Nexus 7, a 7-inch tablet computer which by all accounts will… Read More
Home prices are on the rise again in some major U.S. cities, sparking enthusiasm that the worst of the real estate bust is in the rear view mirror. And that… Read More
Google yesterday surprised developers at its Google I/O conference by delivering its augmented reality glasses to the Moscone Center stage via skydivers and announcing that attendees would have the exclusive… Read More