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
In a deal of undisclosed size, Seattle-based Hubspan has been acquired by Liaison Technologies. Atlanta-based Liason is a provider of cloud integration and data management services. “This is an outstanding opportunity for… Read More
Microsoft’s decision to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader business earlier this year was a fascinating move that aligns the Redmond company with Amazon.com’s archrival in the… 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
Consumer Internet companies dominate the Seattle region’s startup scene, as documented on GeekWire’s own Startup List, but the technology companies experiencing the fastest growth in the region are focusing on… Read More
Sequoia Capital is investing $5 million in FutureAdvisor, a two-year-old Seattle startup that’s looking to transform the way people choose their investments and eliminate those pesky fees along the way.… Read More
Editor’s note: Team GeekWire participated in the Geeks on a Train voyage between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. as part of the GROW conference, taking place this week in Vancouver. We… Read More
T-Mobile USA doesn’t have the iPhone — but it doesn’t have data limits, either. Well, that probably won’t work as an ad slogan, but the company is hoping that its… Read More
Intellectual Ventures has been in business since 2000, led by former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold, with a bunch of different lab spaces filled with scientists working on all… Read More
Just over a year after Electronic Arts agreed to pay up to $1.3 billion for PopCap Games, the maker of Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled is cutting staff and considering… Read More
Some reality show winners walk away with millions of dollars. Mike Kett’s big reward is a job in Microsoft’s IT department. And he’s very happy about it. The 36-year-old e-commerce… Read More
We’ve been covering a number of high-tech office expansions in the Seattle area in recent months, from Google’s plans in Bothell to HTC’s moves in Pioneer Square to Amazon’s ambitious redevelopment… Read More
Seattle is the best place in the nation for workers in the age range of 18 to 29, according to a new study by PayScale. The report found that Seattle… Read More
Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit is gearing up to launch a new sports and activities site called AfterSchool.com, designed to outfit kids with the sports, dance and art supplies. “AfterSchool.com … is… Read More
Today we’re excited to announce several new speakers for Seattle 2.0 Startup Day, the one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial boot camp to be presented by GeekWire on Sept. 22 in Bellevue. And a… Read More
Another day, another new offering from Amazon Web Services. Today, the company rolled out Amazon Glacier, described as a low-cost storage, data archiving and backup service. “With Amazon Glacier, customers… Read More
Bill Gates is among the investors putting a total of $12 million into a new Seattle-area company, Kymeta, that plans to produce high-tech antennas to make it easier to establish… Read More
Discovery Bay Games, a maker of gaming accessories and add-ons for tablet computers and smartphones, has raised $15 million from Trilogy Equity Partners and computer hardware maker Logitech. The Seattle company will… Read More
QuestionPro is buying PollBob, a small New Orleans consumer Internet startup that specializes in online and mobile polling technology. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but QuestionPro CEO Vivek Bhaskaran tells… Read More
With technology advancing quickly, it’s hard for small businesses to keep up with growing trends. Do I manage my Yelp page, my Google business page, create a mobile app or… Read More
Microsoft is making its HealthVault medical data repository more mobile with the release of a new app for iPhone and iPad, expanding beyond its existing Windows Phone app. The app,… Read More
Henry Maxon loves soccer, school and hanging with his friends. The 12-year-old also loves Pokemon, a game he’s played since the age of three when a cousin gave him some… Read More
Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Among the entrepreneurs on the agenda… Read More
A group of scientists, including a University of Washington atmospheric physicist, wants to test the theory that pumping sea salt into the sky over the ocean would combat global warming… Read More
If there were ever any question that Apple is now the undisputed king of tech, take a look at the chart above. That’s the stock performance of Microsoft (in red)… Read More
The late 1990s were tough times for many VC firms, which overextended themselves into money-losing (and often pointless) dot-com startups that eventually hit the wall. That caused big problems in the… Read More
Yammer CEO David Sacks, who just sold the company to Microsoft for $1.2 billion, sparked a lively debate on Facebook over the weekend with this post … “I think silicon… Read More
A sequel to the hit Plants vs. Zombies game will be released by late spring 2013, PopCap Games announced this morning. As the company puts it in a news release, the… Read More
Seattle City Hall may typically be a place for budget talks and transportation debates. But on Sunday, the building served a much different purpose. Tiny white balls buzzed across the… Read More
There’s a survey for just about everything these days, and this one certainly grabbed our attention. Warranty provider SquareTrade has ranked the states where people are most likely to drop,… Read More