Amazon continues to grow and today announced plans to build three new fulfillment centers in Texas, creating more than 1,000 new jobs in the Lone Star State. Last week Amazon… Read More
Talk about a makeover. At the Blackberry 10 event, CEO Thorsten Heins announced today that his company will no longer be called Research in Motion (RIM), and instead just “Blackberry.”… Read More
More than three years in the making, the new Skulls of the Shogun video game from Seattle-based indie game developer 17-BIT is a standout in the category of turn-based strategy… Read More
Steve Ballmer has made a habit of publicly downplaying competitors right before they eat Microsoft’s lunch. His comments about the iPhone in 2007 will be cited in business school case studies… Read More
Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate. With the revolution has come insane amounts of data, analytics and information about customers, followers and users. How can companies leverage this… Read More
Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday quarter, following the launch of the new console in November.… Read More
The health care system in the U.S. remains a confusing landscape, which is creating all sorts of new business opportunities. FlexMinder, which aggregates and automates the reimbursement process for healthcare… Read More
We talk a lot around here about the importance of venture capital — the fuel for new business ventures. But venture capital may be a bit overrated — at least… Read More
When his dream of becoming a professional baseball player didn’t pan out, Seattle native Bryce Anderson decided to switch his career path to business. But year after year, spreadsheet after spreadsheet,… Read More
President Barack Obama wants to make it easier for foreign-born startup founders to stay in the U.S. after launching successful companies. In a speech today discussing immigration policy, Obama said… Read More
Last week, we reported on the odd story of how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go of his entire staff due to the struggling Kickstarter campaign… Read More
Amazon.com posted a 45 percent decline in quarterly profits this afternoon, but Jeff Bezos says one of the company’s biggest benefits is paying off, as digital books and the company’s… Read More
Amazon this afternoon posted a 45 percent decrease in profits for its biggest quarter of the year, falling short of Wall Street’s expectations. The company’s profits of $97 million for… Read More
A Seattle startup called Cloak has launched a new service that promises to easily protect Macs and iOS devices from snooping on unsecured wireless networks. Founded by three Microsoft veterans,… Read More
Tolling of the Interstate 90 is inching toward reality, with the Washington State Department of Transportation saying that it is continuing to investigate whether to implement tolls on the floating… Read More
Microsoft surprised just about everyone when it made the move to disband the popular Flight and Train Simulator franchises back in 2009. But some of those same employees who were laid… Read More
Less than two weeks ago, GeekWire launched our “Golden Geek” program — an annual membership providing VIP access to Seattle’s best tech events, and unique perks such as the ability to… Read More
Last week, we wrote about a Seattle-based startup allowing people to order coffee from their mobile phones. Now, another local coffee company could be entering the seamless ordering space, but… Read More
Sigby is a service designed for folks like me — a busy parent who wants to find educational and fun activities for their kids. And within the first 30 seconds… Read More
Parallels, best known for software that runs Windows on Macs, is announcing a new tool today that further bridges those two worlds. It’s more evidence of Apple machines gaining traction… Read More
Microsoft is launching a new version of Office for Windows PCs and Macs today, with a new twist: Families and home users will have the option to subscribe to the… Read More
You may have heard, people in Northern California are none too happy about a deal to sell their Sacramento Kings to a Seattle investment group that includes Microsoft CEO Steve… Read More
The University of Washington’s Master of Communications in Digital Media program already teaches the ins and outs of intelligent relationship-building strategies and is now adding an additional degree focused on communication within… Read More
If you’re thinking about upgrading your existing Windows PC to Microsoft’s Windows 8, time is running out to do it on the cheap. Later this week, Microsoft will raise the… Read More
Social media is taking over the sports world. Well, not really. But Akron University is certainly doing something I’ve never seen before: The school is printing its Twitter handles on… Read More
New updates arrived today for Facebook’s iOS app and users can now record video and voice directly within the app. The “Nearby” tab has also been improved and incorporates more… Read More
Marissa Mayer continues to make her mark at Yahoo. The company today reported revenue of $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter, a two percent increase over the same period last… Read More
How do you watch TV? Well, if you are like a growing contingent of Americans, you likely have a smartphone, tablet or laptop by your side as you breeze through… Read More
Execs at Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and maybe even Valve are licking their chops this morning at the latest news from China. China Daily is reporting that the Chinese government is… Read More
In terms of dominating the Android tablet market, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is on fire. According to some rough estimates from mobile app analytics service Localytics, Kindle Fire devices in the… Read More