Articles from 2013 – Page 109 of 150

SeattleHacks: An information resource for developers, by developers

Part of Carter Rabasa’s job at Twilio is to support the developer community here in Seattle, and he’s already done… Read More

Egencia partners with Concur to make business travel simple

In an effort to make business travel more seamless, Egencia is partnering with Concur, the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management… Read More

Movie time: Flixster arrives on Xbox Live

If Netflix or any other movie app on Xbox Live ain’t cutting it for you, there’s another option now available:… Read More

Here’s why your next meeting should be spent walking, not sitting

(Thanks to Twitter user @TroyJMorris for the Aaron Sorkin “Walk and Talk” tip — hence the video above) For those… Read More

App of the Week: Yabbly helps you make better buying decisions

What’s the best way to find top-notch products, and avoid bad ones? Ask a trusted group of people who have… Read More

Startup valuations rise even as VCs don’t get as many exits

Valuations at startup companies continue to increase, even though venture capitalists aren’t cashing out on deals as frequently as they’d… Read More

‘Gates’ bio is back on Kindle, with new take on Jobs vs. Gates

More than a decade ago, as I was getting up to speed on the Microsoft beat, one of my new… Read More

Report: Amazon.com buys Evi, the voice recognition app that rivals Apple’s Siri

Well, this could get really interesting. TechCrunch is reporting today, citing unidentified sources, that Amazon.com paid $26 million last year to… Read More

Amazon expanding Android Appstore globally, plans to reach nearly 200 countries

A little more than two years after opening its Appstore for Android, Amazon.com says it will be expanding the market… Read More

Concur CEO Steve Singh punctures lung in bike accident, misses big Fusion client event

Concur CEO Steve Singh suffered a punctured lung and other injuries in a bike accident in Hawaii this past weekend,… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for the ‘Next Tech Titan’

Today’s featured category in the GeekWire Awards voting is a big one, literally. The Next Tech Titan — brought to… Read More

Microsoft confirms plan to boost security with two-factor login

Microsoft this morning confirmed that it will roll out two-factor login for Microsoft Accounts across its major consumer products and… Read More

T-Mobile tries to lure Android fans with special monthly Galaxy S4 pricing

T-Mobile announced pricing plans today for Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 phone. Starting April 24 on T-Mobile.com, you can order Samsung’s… Read More

Intel CEO: Microsoft’s Windows 8 faces an ‘adoption curve’

What’s going on with Windows 8, anyway? That was the gist of a question posed to Intel CEO Paul Otellini during… Read More

New Ethan Stowell restaurants implementing Viableware payment system

If you choose to dine at Ethan Stowell’s newest Seattle-based restaurants, Bar Cotto and Rione XIII, then you’ll likely encounter a… Read More

Blake Irving wants GoDaddy to grow up, and keep its edge

It’s hard not to notice: New GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving looks a lot like that dude in the company’s logo… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Former Microsofties launch BevyUp to let friends shop together

Would you have more fun shopping with a buddy? BevyUp founders Mauricio Cuevas, Brian Toba, Chris Rallo and Reymarx Gereda think… Read More

Microsoft strikes patent deal with Foxconn parent company for Android and Chrome

China’s Hon Hai, the Taipei-based parent company of contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, will pay patent royalties to Microsoft for the… Read More

Amazon vet’s robot-powered apparel startup expanding to downtown Seattle, Silicon Valley, Las Vegas

Things are moving fast for Nadia Shouraboura, the former Amazon exec who’s now running Seattle’s newest men’s clothing store that’s powered by… Read More

Officials want Instagram photos, Vine videos for Boston Marathon investigation

Social media may provide a huge hand in solving the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Officials are asking spectators to provide… Read More

BeatBio gets $2.5M for new ‘super fuel’ that boosts pumping power of heart muscles

BeatBio, a Seattle life sciences startup led by former Vulcan Capital managing director Michael Kranda and former VieVax CTO Gregory… Read More

Intel profit drops 17% on softening PC sales

Last week, IDC issued a sobering report which indicated that PC shipments for the first quarter fell by 13.9 percent,… Read More

Update: Amazon disputes our report that it’s ending Kindle e-ink app developer program

Updated throughout to reflect Amazon comment disputing this story. Two developers of third-party apps for Kindle readers say they were… Read More

iTunes rival: AmazonMP3 growing with 22% of online music downloads

iTunes has been the king of digital music downloads for the past ten years, but the latest numbers show Amazon… Read More

This 19-year-old just auctioned off 10 percent of her salary for 10 years to fund a startup

Follow-Up No. 2: This is ‘Sarah Hanson’: Startup founder confesses to idiotic plot to hoax tech press Follow-Up: Does ‘Sarah Hanson’ exist?… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Young Entrepreneur of the Year

We’ve collected hundreds of nominations and listened to the feedback of dozens of expert judges. Now, it’s your time to… Read More

Proof of concept: Majority of angel investments made in revenue producing startups

Angel investors historically have placed bets at the earliest stages of a company’s formation, oftentimes when the business is nothing… Read More

Planetary Resources pulls in cash from nation’s largest engineering firm to help mine asteroids

Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace, just announced a big… Read More

Microsoft’s Craig Mundie joins board of Institute for Systems Biology

We’re getting a better idea of how longtime Microsoft executive Craig Mundie is going to spend some of his time… Read More

After bootstrapping to $10M in sales, BizX scores real cash for virtual currency

Why pay cash, when you can just trade for services? That’s the question driving BizX, which is not your traditional startup.… Read More