Zillow continues to bolster its position in the online real estate sector, announcing today yet another acquisition. This time the deal happens to be in the consumer arena, with Zillow… Read More
Imagine going to an all-you-can-eat buffet and getting thrown out for eating too much. Replace the grub with internet data, and that’s what is happening to some Clearwire customers. Apparently,… Read More
It’s not easy for consumers to find a Wii U in stores and that’s good news for Nintendo. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the company estimates that… Read More
HBO has hired a longtime Microsoft manager, Drew Angeloff, as the vice president in charge of a new software development office in Seattle, focused on building out the company’s HBO Go… Read More
Speaking last month at an Ignite Seattle talk, mayor Mike McGinn stressed that the city needed to find ways to better use and present data to help the everyday lives… Read More
Typically, around these parts at least, technological innovation is associated with tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. But there’s a bit of a technological revolution brewing at one of… Read More
Nothing like coming back from Thanksgiving break to report a $400 million Google acquisition and later find out that the original press release was a hoax. That’s what happened Monday… Read More
Make no mistake about it, life is challenging for corporate IT managers these days. Not only must they now deal with ongoing cyberthreats, but an increasing number of employees are connecting… Read More
How did Microsoft’s new Windows 8 fare on its first big holiday shopping weekend? Here’s an encouraging picture, submitted by a GeekWire reader who took the photo at a Walmart… Read More
It was a good Black Friday for Amazon.com, but the stakes are especially high for the online retailer today as office workers return to their desks for some Cyber Monday… Read More
The rub on the advertising has long been that companies couldn’t really tell what was working and what wasn’t, best symbolized by John Wanamaker’s famous quote: “Half the money I spend on… Read More
Nearly every day a new infographic arrives in our inboxes — touting things like holiday shopping trends or the history of digital photography. Now, through a new service from Seattle-based… Read More
These are the type of deals that must take the wind out of the sails of Microsoft a bit. A few weeks after introducing the Microsoft Surface tablet, British banking… Read More
Artifact Technologies has raised an additional $500,000 in angel financing, money that the Seattle area startup will use to create mobile applications that utilize location information in new ways. Total funding… Read More
The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “[Microsoft has] many great assets and many great challenges. The great assets are the technology, and Windows, Office. And… Read More
During a trip to a Verizon Wireless store in Northern California earlier this week, I noticed a Windows 8 tablet sitting on a display table next to the Windows Phones.… Read More
Americans just didn’t chow down on turkey and cranberry relish on Thanksgiving Day. They also took some time to do some shopping. Experian Hitwise found that retail traffic increased 71… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we’re revisiting a few of our favorite guest segments with highlights from some of our most interesting interviews over the past… Read More
If you enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, own a smartphone and are active on social media, chances are you snapped a few photos and shared them across your networks. That happened… Read More
Seaton Gras had dreamed for years of a place where entrepreneurs could gather to commiserate (and share war stories). And this year Gras finally made that dream a reality, opening… Read More
HBO is taking steps to establish a new facility in Seattle called “HBO Code Labs,” according to a job posting and state corporations records dug up by GeekWire this week.… Read More
Startups are built to move fast. So, it’s no surprise that they sometimes attract speed freaks. But that moniker takes on an entirely new meaning for Jim Walsh, the vice… Read More
The notion of Microsoft releasing its own augmented reality glasses for a future Xbox isn’t new, having surfaced over the summer as part of a 56-page document that purported to detail… Read More
[Editor’s note: GeekWire has partnered with Seattle non-profit Vittana for the Geeks Give Back campaign, an effort to help combat youth poverty this holiday season. The winning team that raises… Read More
I spent yesterday afternoon immersed in a modern-day holiday tradition — helping my parents shop for their first smartphones. Three hours after we arrived at the mall, they each walked… Read More
It started out as a plan to create a simple tool to manage business donations. But then, Karrie and Lance Hungerford realized the opportunity grow something that connects traditional workplace giving… Read More
Rand Fishkin has put SEOmoz on a possible path to become one of the Seattle region’s next public companies. Succeed or fail, his other contribution to the community will be… Read More
Matthew Inman, the Seattle-based webcomic artist better known as The Oatmeal, responded to a threat of litigation earlier this year by launching a campaign to raise $20,000 for charity and… Read More
Microsoft isn’t quite done turning the Xbox 360 into an entertainment hub for the living room. Tom Warren over at The Verge reports that multiple sources familiar with Microsoft say… Read More
If you’re having trouble finding that perfect gift for family and friends, look no further than the gadget world. From the Microsoft Surface that Oprah loves to the dual-screen Nintendo Wii… Read More