The way T-Mobile USA is touting its shift away from wireless contracts has Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson seriously irked. So much so, in fact, that Ferguson demanded that… Read More
Amazon this afternoon reported first-quarter profits of $82 million, or 18 cents a share, a decline of 37 percent from the same quarter a year ago but more than enough… Read More
Atlanta is apparently the place to be for gamers, nerds and now, startup hopefuls. Personal finance site Nerd Wallet just released a new study, this time analyzing the best cities to… Read More
Bellevue-based RootMetrics is out with its 2012 mobile carrier performance review and it shows good news for all four of the nation’s big carriers, with download speeds up and fewer calls… Read More
We’re back for another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards. And today’s category — Hire of the Year — is a critical one as companies engage in an all-out… Read More
When you buy a Hyundai, you’re going to be a lot more forgiving than when you buy a Lexus. Apparently the same goes for the tablet market. A new study… Read More
There’s a new boss overseeing Redmond-based Nintendo of America: Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s global president and CEO. Iwata will be taking over the role from Tatsumi Kimishima, who has been Nintendo of… Read More
The results are in from the initial rounds of the University of Washington Business Plan Competition, and there’s no shortage of diversity in the teams moving on to the final… Read More
Former president Bill Clinton has joined Twitter — and this time the ex-commander-in-chief is doing so without the help of comedian Stephen Colbert. You may recall that Colbert helped Clinton… Read More
For a golfer trying to perfect his or her swing, there are several ways to be like Tiger Woods: You can hire a coach, enroll in a school, buy books or… Read More
Here’s a fun new category in this year’s GeekWire Awards: Geekiest Office Space, where geeky = cool. Cryptograms on the walls, swanky furniture in the lobby, or a hidden room… Read More
Coming soon to Facebook and Twitter: In-depth discussions of Zillow’s operating margins. Blazing a trail for social media channels and earnings reports, the Seattle company said today that it plans… Read More
A lot has happened since Bellevue-based Planetary Resources announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids just one year ago. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, the company just held a half-hour live… Read More
Paying for online content was a funny idea back when Napster was a hero and no one had heard the word “paywall.” Now it seems that’s changed. Almost without noticing,… Read More
Amazon.com plans to release its own TV set-top box, setting its sights on the living room and creating a flagship device for its Instant Video streaming service, according to a Bloomberg… Read More
OK, geek fans, we’re back for another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards. And today’s category promises to be a fun and competitive one: Startup Deal of the Year, presented… Read More
It’s official: We’ll get to see the next generation Xbox next month. Microsoft just sent out invitations to a “special unveiling” of the new Xbox on May 21 at the… Read More
Traffic may be getting worse, but it’s a good indicator of a rebounding economy. That’s the latest from Kirkland-based traffic data company INRIX, which just released its sixth annual Traffic Scorecard… Read More
Knoxville is full of romantic people, Cambridge has lots of entrepreneurs and Alexandria is a flat-out well-read city. Those are some of the conclusions we can make after seeing Amazon’s… Read More
For those who fly on Alaska Airlines and need to keep the gadgets juiced, help is on the way. Starting this fall, the Seattle-based airline will be adding power outlets… Read More
Microsoft overnight announced another patent agreement with a major maker of Android and Chrome devices, this time licensing its patents to China’s ZTE, the large manufacturer of smartphones, tablet and… Read More
T-Mobile customers ready to get their hands on the Samsung Galaxy S4 will need to wait a few more days after an inventory delay has pushed back online sales. Originally… Read More
The merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA is completed, as MetroPCS shareholders approved the deal this morning. Shareholders were expected to give the nod to the deal, especially after T-Mobile… Read More
Nintendo returned to annual profitability in financial results reported overnight, but the company fell short of its own earnings forecast, and the underlying trends in its hardware sales do not… Read More
Updated at 7:40 a.m. with comments from Tippr CEO Martin Tobias. Tippr, the heavily-funded Seattle daily deals platform, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by Atlanta’s nCrowd.… Read More
VoloMetrix has raised $3.3 million in series A financing, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue developing an online service which helps make organizations more efficient by pinpointing… Read More
GreenCupboards, a Spokane startup led by 27-year-old entrepreneur Josh Neblett, has changed its name to Etailz and acquired the assets of Ecomom. Etailz, which sells more than 25,000 environmentally-friendly products,… Read More
A Seattle man says he hoaxed the media, including GeekWire, to get publicity for his startup. The man, named Steinar Skipsnes, admits in a blog post that he posed as “Sarah Hanson,”… Read More
Swype’s Android keyboard is finally out of “beta” phase and now available to the masses. Swype, a Seattle-area startup that was acquired by Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance for $102.5 million back in October… Read More
Master Chief has done so much in the last decade, tirelessly fighting off the Covenant in countless epic battles throughout the Halo series. Now, the quiet legend can add a new… Read More