The bidding war continues. Dish Network has boosted its offer for Bellevue-based Clearwire, just two days before shareholders were set to vote on a competing proposal by Sprint. The latest offer… Read More
Follow up: Q&A: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ on autism, space travel and the link between humanity and technology Google Glass is the type of futuristic gadget you might see on Star… Read More
Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding company led by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, is turning its attention to financial institutions. Today, the Bellevue-based firm — which has already engaged in… Read More
Alright, kids! Get your CV’s, resumes and letters of approval ready, we’ve got more top picks from the GeekWire Job Board for you — recently posted and waiting to be… Read More
If you’re a squirrel, make sure you stay well clear of Rich Barton. The founder of Expedia and Zillow on Wednesday offered some key advice from his dad, applying a… Read More
Microsoft just announced a significant hiring increase in China and a renewed commitment to offering its cloud computing services in the country. Amazon just announced a major expansion of its own cloud… Read More
Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, today launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope. Naturally, you may wonder why a startup that’s backed… Read More
Amazon today named the five shows that will move into production as the Seattle company’s first original TV series. As expected, they include two comedy series, Alpha House and Betas.… Read More
Are we witnessing a new feature war in the world of webmail? Google this morning unveiled an overhauled version of the Gmail inbox, with tabs at the top to filter… Read More
Microsoft changed up its Office product in January by offering the productivity suite as a subscription for home users for the first time — pay a recurring annual fee of $99.99/year rather than… Read More
A Wisconsin woman has filed a lawsuit against NBCNews.com’s Newsvine unit, alleging that the company violated its terms-of-service agreement by failing to pay a percentage of ad revenue to users… Read More
When Planetary Resources first announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids last year, the response was impressive. More than 3,500 people applied for jobs, another 2,500 inquired about investing and nearly 50,000 reached out… Read More
Seattle billionaire Paul Allen has been showing some of his diversity in recent weeks, selling abstract art; procuring a rare V-2 rocket; and even announcing plans to cut an album… Read More
America sure loves its fast food. That’s the latest from the April rankings of Placed Insights, a platform that is essentially the Nielsen TV ratings system or Google Analytics, but for… Read More
The topic of splitting up Microsoft is one that I’ve spent a lot of time digging into over the years, and not just in the context of the company’s antitrust… Read More
The ongoing saga of Clearwire has taken yet another turn as the independent shareholder firm Glass Lewis & Co. has recommended that minority shareholders in the Bellevue broadband wireless company… Read More
Amazon.com customers will be able to use their Amazon login credentials to sign in to third-party websites, apps and games under a new initiative launched by the Seattle company this… Read More
For nearly a decade, Rand Fishkin’s Seattle startup has been directly associated with search engine optimization, so much so that SEO was embedded right in the company’s name: SEOmoz. But… Read More
Speaking at the D11 conference down in California this evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook was careful not to reveal any specific plans by the company to get into the market… Read More
From the sounds of it, Steve Ballmer appears committed to bringing NBA hoops back to the Emerald City. Two weeks after the NBA voted to prevent an investment group led by… Read More
Every programmer likely remembers how they learned to code. For guys like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the magic began on the Teletype Model 33. For others, it may have been… Read More
Here’s a way to get more Twitter followers: Exude confidence. That’s the finding from a study done by a pair of doctoral candidates in economics at Washington State University who analyzed more… Read More
Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based in Portland, Ore. and put on by Nike and TechStars.… Read More
There’s something great about subscribing to a newspaper on a dedicated e-reader for automatic daily delivery. Goodbye, wet rolls of paper on the lawn. I love to read the New… Read More
Crosscut is continuing their wonderful series by asking leaders in the Seattle community what they’d do if they were mayor. Today’s edition features a former political insider: Bill Schrier. Schrier, the… Read More
We’re getting our first look at the Xbox One game case design today thanks to Microsoft’s Major Nelson. It’s a clean and simple look — in this case featuring Forza Motorsport… Read More
There’s certainly been some good news in the venture business in recent weeks, with Yahoo announcing its $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr and Seattle software company Tableau Software pricing shares… Read More
Circa, the mobile app hoping to redefine news presentation, today announced that it has hired Reuters social media editor Anthony de Rosa as its editor-in-chief. The seven-month-old company, which was… Read More
Worldwide tablet shipments will grow by more than 58 percent this year, surpassing shipments of portable PCs for the first time, according to new projections released this morning by IDC.… Read More
Microsoft made the case for the future of the Xbox at a splashy unveiling last week, but one well-known Wall Street analyst isn’t convinced the console business is even worth… Read More