For those who just can’t get enough Plants vs. Zombies, today PopCap debuted new trading cards that will help fans become expert zombologists. The full retail box, priced at $79.20,… Read More
The headlines coming out of Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting this morning focused on Steve Ballmer’s comment that Microsoft and its partners are selling four times more Windows Phones than at… Read More
Bill Nye is back again — this time, though, he’s not teaching science on the tube or challenging the skeptics of evolution. Instead, the former Boeing engineer is helping launch… Read More
Why is Amazon.com going to kick the butt of Microsoft, IBM and everyone else in cloud computing for a long time to come? Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy essentially… Read More
Are startups in the DNA of the University of Washington? If not right now, they will be once President Michael Young finished his work. Young, who took the helm of… Read More
The laptops issued to students in the Lake Washington School District were supposed to accelerate learning, but now a nasty computer virus spreading everywhere is disrupting class and costing the district… Read More
Americans are spending more money online this holiday shopping season. For the first 26 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season, Americans spent $16.4 billion, a 16 percent increase over the… Read More
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing the company’s annual shareholders meeting right now in Bellevue, Wash. He started by talking about the uptake of Windows 8, citing the 40 million… Read More
Citadel, the Chicago hedge fund led by billionaire financier Kenneth Griffin, has filed documents with the SEC disclosing that it owns 6.1 percent of Seattle online real estate company Zillow.… Read More
Microsoft is attacking Google’s new shopping advertising model and they’ve even created a new word and website to prove it. “Don’t get Scroogled” — yes, that’s short for “Don’t get… Read More
Centri Technology has raised $4.5 million in fresh funding in a deal led by Matthew Pritzker Company. The funds will be used for product development, strategic partnerships and hiring. Founded in… Read More
Rick Sherlund, the veteran Wall Street analyst who has covered Microsoft since it went public, this morning reduced his earnings estimates for the company by 4 percent for the upcoming… Read More
You were probably as surprised as I was to get this in an email from Facebook last Wednesday. “We recently announced some proposed updates to our Data Use Policy, which… Read More
Intellectual Ventures is no stranger to controversy, with the Bellevue patent holding firm routinely taking heat in the media (including the comment threads of GeekWire). Now a Berkeley patent analytics… Read More
Stratolaunch Systems, the commercial space venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has cut ties with one of its high-profile partners, SpaceX, one of the pioneers in the industry. Gary… Read More
Who’s got the best stache in Seattle? Obviously, not me. In fact, my attempt at growing a mustache to celebrate “Movember” this year was nothing short of a disaster. First, in… Read More
Guests of Amazon employees might soon have a convenient place to spend the night. The Seattle Times reports that San Francisco-based developer Stanford Hotels filed early paperwork to build a 15-to-16 story hotel right… Read More
How are new users interacting with Windows 8 and using its new features? It’s a key question given all the changes in the operating system, and today Microsoft provided the… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Lee LeFever of Seattle’s Common Craft, known for making explanatory videos for the likes of Google and Twitter, has written a new book, The Art of Explanation. In… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was grilled by both Charlie Rose and Jimmy Fallon last week about the potential of an Amazon smartphone, yet Amazon’s boss still remained mum. But a… Read More
This just in from Microsoft: The company has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses since the Oct. 26 launch of the new operating system. In addition, the company says Windows… Read More
We wrote yesterday about Nintendo selling more than 400,000 Wii U consoles last week. While it isn’t new and doesn’t have dual-screen capabilities, the Xbox 360 still sold nearly double that for… Read More
Ratio Interactive has hired Kevin Dillon as president, a new position for the Seattle digital agency. Ratio, whose customers include Condé Nast, Intel, Meredith and Microsoft, has hired 30 employees this year… Read More
Whether or not Microsoft is poised to lead the way in the tablet, video game and search engine arenas is still to be determined. But when it comes to language… Read More
Webcomic artist Matthew Inman is known for his wicked and funny takes on modern life as The Oatmeal. But the Seattle resident made another mark in the tech world this… Read More
INRIX continues to add horsepower to its board, as the Kirkland provider of traffic data preps for an initial public offering. The latest addition is John Connors, a venture capitalist… Read More
Amazon announced this morning that Cyber Monday was the biggest day on record for Kindle sales, and sales of the devices over the holiday shopping weekend were more than double… Read More
Tim Cook might want to send a thank you card to Steve Ballmer this morning. It should read like this: Dear Steve, Just wanted to say thank you. Thanks to… Read More
Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, and now, Microsoft Stores. Sources familiar with Microsoft told the Financial Times that the company is discussing expanding its storefronts across the Atlantic Ocean to… Read More
Amazon.com raised $3 billion on Monday by selling bonds for the first time in nearly 15 years. The company says in an SEC filing that it will use the proceeds… Read More