Michelle Wilson, the general counsel of Amazon.com since 1999, will step down from the position next month, taking a parental leave to care for a newly adopted child, a company… Read More
Apple came out on top this afternoon in its landmark patent battle with Samsung, as a jury in California awarded the iPhone maker more than $1 billion in damages —… Read More
It seemed like such a miniscule amount when Mike Myers asked for “one million dollars” as Dr. Evil. But, seriously, a million is a lot of coin. And the Oatmeal,… Read More
With the NFL regular season fast approaching, the football league this week announced its first-ever NFL Fan Rewards. The program gives regular users of NFL.com virtual coins in exchange for… Read More
GeekWire is hearing from a reliable industry source that Amazon is testing a device with a screen resolution of 768×1024 pixels. That’s all we know for sure, but we can offer… Read More
Microsoft appears to be building the buzz for its Surface tablet computer with a series of chalk street art installations on buildings in New York City. Their appearance, documented by… Read More
The Space Elevator Conference is in town this weekend. Intrigued by the concept, we talked to the general chair of the event, Bryan Laubscher, who also owns Odysseus Technologies located… Read More
T-Mobile USA is positioned to improve its coverage in more than a dozen U.S. cities following FCC approval this week of a deal that will allow Verizon Wireless to purchase… Read More
LiquidPlanner, the Bellevue-based project management software company, this morning named a new CEO — Liz Pearce, 35, a marketing specialist who previously worked as the company’s chief operating officer and, before… Read More
Amazon this morning announced a deal with NBCUniversal to add more shows to the Amazon Prime Instant Video service, including past seasons of Parks and Recreation, Parenthood, Friday Night Lights,… Read More
Turns out there is life on Mars, at least in the world of Angry Birds. Rovio Entertainment, those masters of marketing and publicity stunts, launched an update for Angry Birds Space… Read More
Election Day may still be more than two months away, but Microsoft announced some efforts today to get more young people informed about this upcoming election. And their medium of… Read More
Some of us like to visit casinos, but Shannon Romano is immersed in the world of casino gaming — at least in a virtual sense. Romano is game development… Read More
One particularly bleak January day, while staring at my computer screen for what seemed the 17th hour on an incredibly tedious, time-consuming freelance project, I did what many would do… Read More
Valve, the Bellevue-based company behind the Steam gaming platform, saw a big jump in usage during July — demonstrating the extent of the company’s reach and the enduring appeal of… Read More
When he’s not partying with has-been celebs, Paul Allen is hosting a salvage crew aboard his Octopus yacht — and reporting back to the world about what’s happening. In a… Read More
Every day I engage with at least one person about how startup investing will change because of the JOBS Act. Crowdfunders want to know when they can set up platforms and… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Amal Graafstra, who has the distinction of being a “double RFID implantee” — with Radio Frequency ID tags under… Read More
We’re still waiting to see how Amazon will upgrade its Kindle lineup, but at least now we know when we’ll know. Amazon sent out invites a short time ago for… Read More
Facebook today rolled out new versions of its iPhone and iPad apps, moving away from web-centric HTML5 code and instead using the native programming language for Apple iOS, resulting in… Read More
Hard-core gamers are a different breed. So, it makes some sense that they need their own social network. Duxter, which recently relocated from Los Angeles to Seattle, is hoping to… Read More
We’ve written about StudentRND in the past, and we’re always impressed with the projects that these students are kicking around. Earlier this year, the tech-oriented program announced plans for an all-student-run startup incubator… Read More
Microsoft this morning unveiled a new logo, the first major revamp in 25 years, but the design won’t be a shock to anyone who has been tracking the company’s products.… Read More
Editor’s note: Team GeekWire participated in the Geeks on a Train voyage between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday night as part of the GROW conference, taking place this week… Read More
When Microsoft expanded its Kinect sensor to Windows and made a software development kit available for commercial applications, we wondered when we’d see the technology start to trickle out into… Read More
Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist. He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor. The term angel could not be more oxymoronic when applied to McClure.… Read More
Space elevators may not be a reality — yet — but if you want to revel in talks about these awesome lifts to the sky and beyond, then this is… Read More
Calling all art geeks: here’s your chance to get your design on top of the Space Needle. Now through Sept. 20, the Space Needle is accepting design submissions for its… Read More
Editor’s note: Team GeekWire is attending the GROW conference in Vancouver, B.C. this week, covering some of the talks. Perhaps no entrepreneur can entertain and inform a crowd like… Read More
Microsoft is adding content from top contributors on the Quora question-and-answer site to the “social sidebar” on its Bing search results pages, trying to boost the usefulness of the feature. The results… Read More