A new report from the IDC research firm says that Microsoft’s Surface tablet, with its initially limited distribution, wasn’t able to crack the top 5 in worldwide tablet shipments in… Read More
Tablet shipments worldwide topped 52.5 million units over the holidays, an increase of 75 percent — the biggest single jump in the history of the tablet market. Tablets are now… Read More
Happy Data Privacy Day. Or maybe another way to think of it is Happy Halloween in January. After attending this week’s Data Privacy Day Town Hall meeting at the Seattle… Read More
Toss out iMovie and Windows Movie Maker — Expedia’s new app is turning your travel photos into a mini-movie with a few clicks. “Facebook is already the world’s largest repository… Read More
For those who can’t keep track of Gmail and social media channels, here’s a neat new add-on for Google Chrome users. Chime for Chrome is a browser extension that aggregates… Read More
Microsoft is giving all Xbox Live users access to the Netflix app — just for this weekend. Normally, the app is only available for Gold-level subscribers who pay $60 per… Read More
What are people going to blab about next on social media? Seattle startup Blab just raised $1.5 million in new funding to help folks find out. Total funding now stands… Read More
Mark Cuban is never one to shy away from his beliefs. Now, to show his disdain for patents, he’s created a newly-endowed chair at digital rights organization The Electronic Frontier Foundation… Read More
As many devoted listeners of the GeekWire podcast know, one of our favorite mobile apps is Postagram, a simple-to-use service from Sincerely Inc. that allows users to take photos from… Read More
Giving gifts on Facebook has always been a virtual tool, but now the social media giant is unveiling physical, reusable Facebook gift cards that you can give to anyone and use… Read More
We all have childhood memories — some good, others bad. Seattle native Chris Ballew wants yours for a new song and social media experiment. Ballew, member of The Presidents of the United… Read More
Like many couples hitting the town for a bite, Chris Eigner and Devon St. Clair started scrolling through their phones to find a good place to eat. But much to their… Read More
What’s the missing ingredient in Seattle’s startup community? Is it a lack of smart money? Or a lack of solid entrepreneurs? Well, for one of Seattle’s top venture capital firms the… Read More
There’s nothing like a rousing game of ping-pong — the official pastime of the tech industry — to lift a person’s spirits and get the energy flowing. Not to mention… Read More
Steve Jobs may have been “cooler” than Bill Gates, and that’s OK. The Microsoft co-founder and chairman made his first-ever appearance on The Colbert Show last night and answered questions… Read More
nFluence Media, a Seattle and London startup that allows big consumer brands to collect data on users, has raised an additional $1.6 million in venture funding from existing investors such… Read More
Sanjay Puri thinks more needs to be done to help entrepreneurs in the Seattle region — one of the reasons why he recently formed the startup accelerator 9Mile Labs. He… Read More
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has not exactly been the web developer’s friend in years past, with quirks aplenty and “standards” all its own. But the IE team has improved the situation… Read More
Tom Huseby knows a thing or two about investing in startups. After all, the former wireless executive now is affiliated with three venture capital firms — including the mega-fund Oak… Read More
If the number of Bing searches correlates with winning football games, then 49ers fans have reason to be ecstatic. Bing has been analyzing some of the top searches relating to… Read More
The day after Apple’s latest earnings call, I got an email from a reader that asked if the days of Apple leading the world in consumer electronics innovation has come… Read More
Maybe it was Joker. Possibly Lex Luthor. Could have been Bane. It’s unclear exactly which villain hacked the Emerald City Comicon’s website and backup files, but organizers of one of the country’s… Read More
Seattle technology executive Matthew Schiltz has landed a new startup gig — just a week after he left cloud storage startup Symform. Schiltz’s new employer is Tier 3, an enterprise… Read More
Concur, the maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, today posted quarterly revenue of $122.8 million, a 22 percent increase over the same period last year. It also posted… Read More
At the end of 2008, Amazon reached a notable milestone, topping 20,000 employees worldwide. Turns out the company was getting started. Four years later, Amazon is quickly approaching the 90,000… Read More
You’ve got to be able to run through walls, leverage connections and focus on revenue — all while raising money. Those were some of the tidbits of advice today at… Read More
Geoff Entress has the BC bug. The Seattle angel investor is partnering with HootSuite founder Ryan Holmes and others to create a new startup incubator in Vancouver, B.C. dubbed Invoke… Read More
We’ve been writing about how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go of his entire staff due to the struggling Kickstarter campaign for GPG’s new game WIldman. And even though Taylor seemed pessimistic about… Read More
Foiled by storage space! My, how appropriate. Tuesday I signed up for the free trial of the new Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium (wow that’s a mouthful). The newest version… Read More
Bill Gates published his fifth annual letter today and wrote that accurate measurements and clear goals are the keys to improving the lives of poor people around the world. Gates’ letter highlights… Read More