Articles from 2013 – Page 108 of 150

Bored this weekend? Xbox Live Gold is free for everyone

If you’ve wanted to experience the benefits of Xbox Live’s Gold service but didn’t want to dent your wallet, Microsoft… Read More

Donate your old phone, support domestic violence aid with Verizon’s HopeLine

Old cell phones are one of those things in life that just get forgotten — they’re shoved into a kitchen… Read More

See how this UW football print ad comes to life with your smartphone

Many out there believe print media is doomed, and that no one needs to pick up a newspaper when everything… Read More

GeekWire Calendar: Must-attend events and a ‘One Man Star Wars’ ticket giveaway

Looking for some great events to attend? You may have noticed our fancy schmancy new GeekWire Calendar and now we’d like to officially kick this… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Cart Blanche wants to be the TripAdvisor for the shopping mall

Cart Blanche founder Joel Espelien is trying to change the way you shop at the local mall, combining the best of social… Read More

Back in the air: FAA approves 787 battery design changes

After three months of grounding, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is set to fly again. The Federal Aviation Administration today approved Boeing’s… Read More

5 Reasons Google Shut Down Its Affiliate Network

Industry veterans will tell you that affiliate marketing is about relationships. So when the head of the Google Affiliate Network… Read More

How hardware is changing Microsoft: Surface helps Windows revenue, at a cost

One of the luxuries of Microsoft’s longtime focus on software development — and one of the secrets to its financial… Read More

Hoping to halt sinking profits, HTC debuts One smartphone

The flagship phone that could put an end to HTC’s sinking profits finally hit stores Friday. The long-awaited HTC One is… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Perk of the Year

It’s been a long week, so we’re ready to have a little fun. And today’s category in the GeekWire Awards… Read More

Insights from Duane Campbell, a Microsoft coding legend who’s retiring after 28 years

Duane Campbell is retiring from Microsoft today, after 28 years as a software developer with the company. Chances are you’ve… Read More

Amazon Studios debuts 14 original pilots and needs you to pick the best ones

More than four months after announcing original comedy TV content, Amazon’s TV production leg now wants you to watch pilot… Read More

Washington vs. Oregon: Here are the VC deals from Q1

Last week, we reported on the new CB Insights VC report, noting that Oregon had overtaken Washington in terms of quarterly… Read More

Life on Kepler-62f? How a UW astronomer found a tantalizing new world

They’re in the zone. The habitable zone, that is: In a paper published today in Science, a team of astronomers… Read More

NPD: Xbox 360 marks 27 straight months atop U.S. market; industry sales sink 10%

Xbox 360 just keeps on dominating the U.S. console market. The latest numbers from NPD market research firm are out… Read More

Internal Memo: Ballmer on exit of Microsoft finance chief

Earlier today, Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein announced his plans to leave the company after four years in the… Read More

Paul Allen says Steve Ballmer would be a ‘great NBA owner’

Paul Allen thinks his good buddy and former colleague Steve Ballmer would be a “great” NBA owner, but isn’t exactly… Read More

Microsoft: Smaller Windows touch devices in the works

Microsoft is working with its hardware partners to develop “small touch devices” based on Windows, set for release in the… Read More

Google CEO Larry Page: Google Glass ‘gives me chills’

Larry Page is excited about the potential of Google Glass — so much so that he gets the chills when… Read More

Amazon continues to expand office footprint in Seattle

Amazon.com continues to gobble up office space in its hometown, expanding with a new 10-year lease for about 140,000 square… Read More

Microsoft profits top expectations, finance chief Klein leaving

Microsoft this afternoon reported profits of 72 cents per share, an increase of 20 percent, beating Wall Street’s estimates by… Read More

Google beats profit expectations as Q1 revenue increases 31% from 2012

Google just released its 2013 first quarter earnings and posted $3.35 billion in profits, up from $2.89 billion in the… Read More

Test riding Sidecar and Lyft, the Coke and Pepsi of ride sharing

Seattleites don’t just have an option of catching a cheap ride from a stranger with a smartphone app. We have… Read More

Video communication software startup Brandlive wins $260K at Angel Oregon

Portland-based startup Brandlive, a new video social commerce platform designed to help make the retailer-customer relationship more personal, just cleaned house… Read More

Twitter unveils sleek new #music discovery app for web, iOS

There’s a new way to find the tunes and tracks everyone is talking about. Twitter today debuted a new music… Read More

Treemo Labs rebrands itself as Flowboard, launches iPad presentation app

When Brent Brookler founded Treemo Labs seven years ago, the vision was to allow users to share content on the web… Read More

Nintendo’s digital sales on the rise as company stays focused on games

While sales of Nintendo’s Wii U continue to suffer, it appears the move to digital games has been helping the… Read More

Build words, battle friends with PopCap’s new Bookworm Heroes

After more than four months from its release in the Canadian App Store, PopCap’s Bookworm Heroes is now available globally… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote here for App of the Year

It’s time to cast your vote in one of the most hotly contested categories of this year’s GeekWire Awards: App… Read More

Nokia’s Windows Phone shipments reach 5.6M units, but Nokia is still struggling

Nokia reported a 27 percent quarter-over-quarter increase in shipments of its Lumia line of Windows Phones, rising to 5.6 million… Read More