Have you ever lost your cell phone connectivity in a tunnel, subway or sports stadium? We have, including some of our frustrating visits to CenturyLink Field here in Seattle. Well,… Read More
Microsoft this morning released a finished version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, the operating system that now runs on more than 40 percent of desktop PCs around the… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Hadi Partovi is on a mission to transform computer science education in the U.S. And Partovi is off to a pretty fast start with Code.org, the nonprofit which he… Read More
Down in Silicon Valley, the current fashion focus apparently isn’t on suits, ties or pants. As the New York Times puts it, it’s all about “flamboyantly colored, audaciously patterned” socks. That trend… Read More
Well, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that the San Francisco Bay Area ranks on top when it comes to acquisitions of privately-held tech companies. But what’s amazing is… Read More
Welcome to the home of Master Chief. Across the 520 bridge in Kirkland is 343 Industries, the Microsoft-owned company now responsible for the Halo franchise after Bungie became private in… Read More
Gabe Newell is already well-known as a video game legend, and now he’s being honored across the pond. The Valve CEO will be awarded with the British Academy of Film… Read More
This is pretty cool. Microsoft researcher Andrés Monroy-Hernández, an expert in social media analysis, has come up with an interesting way to view Seattle. (One we’ve never quite seen before). Think… Read More
Dear Spotify, Rhapsody and any other music-streaming service out there: Here comes Google. The Wall Street Journal and now Bloomberg are reporting that Google is planning to launch a worldwide music streaming… Read More
Are you a ping-pong wizard? Do you run your company’s table, and routinely skunk your co-workers? This is your chance to show off your skills in front of hundreds of… Read More
Social game publishing company Zynga today announced the closure of its Baltimore office and consolidations at three other studios. The Seattle development office was not affected, a Zynga spokeswoman told… Read More
Getting driving and transit directions on Windows Phone can be an inconsistent experience, at best, but Nokia is making an attempt to improve the situation today by releasing its “Here”… Read More
If you’re a woman and an entrepreneur, there are few better places to be in than Seattle. That’s according to a new study from personal finance site Nerd Wallet, who… Read More
Nearly three years ago, Reston, Virginia-based TNS acquired Cequint in a deal that valued the Seattle caller ID startup for as much as $112.5 million. At the time, everyone appeared happy.… Read More
Nokia announced two new Windows Phone 8 models during its news conference this morning at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — aiming to expand its market share by appealing to… Read More
Airbiquity, a Seattle-based company that develops tech solutions for vehicles, today announced a partnership with China Unicom to provide connected vehicle services for the Chinese auto market. The two plan… Read More
It must be agricultural science day here at GeekWire. I just wrote about Phytelligence, a WSU spinout that’s developing more robust apple and cherry trees, scoring new funding. Now, here… Read More
We write about a lot of high-tech stuff here at GeekWire. But here’s a new company that’s bringing a high-tech twist to one of the region’s oldest industries: agriculture. Phytelligence… Read More
Bootstrapping sensation BigOven today is announcing that it has recorded more than eight million downloads of its recipe finder app across iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Nook and Kindle Fire. Not… Read More
Nearly a year after Microsoft agreed to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook business unit, the bookseller is seriously considering what to do with the electronic book reader. A… Read More
Anyone who has entered the startup arena knows that things move fast, get broken and can change on a whim. So much so, that entrepreneurs who aren’t baptized in lean… Read More
Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. 3-D Pen: A new pen called the “3Doodler” will allow you to draw in 3-D. The $75 gadget… Read More
Updated below with details on pricing and access. The Seattle Times in mid-March will join the growing legions of daily newspapers that charge for unrestricted access to their primary websites,… Read More
Amazon is out with a new Kindle ad, but the commercial’s most attention-getting message has little to do with the e-reader itself. Instead, it’s about gay marriage. Here’s what goes down… Read More
More than 50 developers from Seattle’s independent video game scene gathered this week to network and show off their latest projects at the Seattle Indies meetup, an informal gathering hosted… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we’re gearing up for Emerald City Comicon, the big comic book and pop culture fan-fest coming up March 1-3 at the… Read More
Updated below with answer and winner. Last week’s Name that Tech Tune Challenge was so easy that literally nobody got it wrong, and almost everyone made fun of me for… Read More
Amazon.com is expanding aggressively in Canada, with plans to open a new development center next month in Vancouver, B.C. We discovered the new office via a Facebook post from Amazon.com… Read More
Microsoft has revealed that, just like Facebook and Apple earlier this week, it too was victim to hacking. Matt Thomlinson, general manager of Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft, just wrote a… Read More
It’s Friday afternoon and sometimes there’s nothing better to do than ending your week with some Halo. Unfortunately for gamers everywhere, that’s not possible right now. The Xbox Live servers… Read More
