Articles from 2013 – Page 110 of 150

Windows Phone exec throws cold water on rumors of Microsoft phone

The Microsoft executive who leads the company’s Windows Phone group, this morning came very close to outright denying any plans… Read More

Microsoft’s “88 Acres” broadens the landscape for corporate storytelling

This interactive online story, 88 Acres, looks at first glance like it comes from a big independent news site —… Read More

Report: Microsoft update will give Windows 8 users option to boot directly to desktop

As concessions from Microsoft go, this one would be pretty significant, even if it is symbolic. The upcoming “Windows Blue”… Read More

Netflix says it’s dumping Microsoft Silverlight and embracing HTML5, someday

Netflix says it will stop using Microsoft Silverlight’s technology to stream video on Windows PCs and Macs — just as… Read More

Latest links and tech news from the Boston Marathon explosions

Like everyone else across the country, we’ve been closely following the tragic events in Boston this afternoon, including a number… Read More

MetroPCS encourages shareholders again to vote for T-Mobile deal

It looks like the MetroPCS board is happy with Deutsche Telekom’s recent changes to the proposed merger between MetroPCS and… Read More

EA pulls plug on some Facebook games, doubles down on PopCap

Electronic Arts today announced that it is retiring three of its popular Facebook games, including The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society.… Read More

Missing Google Reader? Bing updates News app with RSS support, offline reading

Those of you still pissed that Google Reader is going away may like the latest updates to Bing’s News App for… Read More

Verizon wants to buy Clearwire spectrum for $1.5B

Both Sprint and Dish Network are looking to buy Clearwire, the Bellevue-based wireless broadband operator that’s most coveted for its… Read More

Xbox Live outage caused by network configuration problem

The widespread outage of the Xbox Live system this weekend was not the result of anyone hacking the service, Microsoft… Read More

Hunger Games: Microsoft and Lionsgate push limits of HTML5 with new site

Is this a glimpse of the future? Lionsgate this morning released a new website that promotes the next “Hunger Games”… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Remitly announces free money transfers to the Philippines

Seattle startup Remitly just announced pricing for its new international money-transfer service to the Philippines, and customers are probably going… Read More

Concur’s Q2 revenue growth rate will fall short, but that’s because business is so good

Here’s the bad news. Concur, the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, warned Wall Street this morning… Read More

Amazon targets aging baby boomers, unveils specialty store for those 50 and older

Amazon.com’s latest speciality store doesn’t have a nice ring to it. In fact, it is a bit a mouthful. But… Read More

Memo: Dish Network offers $25.5 billion to buy Sprint Nextel

The wireless business continues to go through some wild transformations, and the latest example happened Monday morning as Dish Network… Read More

Report: Microsoft may give smartwatches another try

Microsoft is no stranger to the concept of wrist-based computing, having worked with watchmakers to release a line of smartwatches… Read More

Slideshow: 7 steps to raise a geek child

GeekWire columnist Frank Catalano wrote one of our favorite posts of all time with his seven tips for raising a… Read More

Hey, NYC: Thanks for finally recognizing Seattle but your infographic stinks

The Big Apple versus The Emerald City. Could this be an epic showdown over data geeks? That’s the discussion in… Read More

Extended outage hits Xbox Live during peak weekend hours

Update, 4:10 p.m.: The service is now back, Microsoft says. Here’s the updated message on the Xbox Live status page:… Read More

Cloud wars: The battle lines are changing in online storage

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… people used filing cabinets to store their documents and files,… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Do you know this Nintendo game?

Updated below with answer and winner. This week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge is on the tougher end of the… Read More

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: Tech’s new champion for immigration reform

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced his position on immigration reform in a Washington Post op-ed on Wednesday, no one was… Read More

Sonics update: Bidding war? Seattle group increases bid by $25M

The Seattle investment group led by Chris Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is raising its bid to bring the… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio on stage: Here is our broadcast from Seattle’s Pioneer Square

Technology was the central topic, naturally, as we recorded the GeekWire radio show for the first time in front of… Read More

Why I uninstalled Facebook Home in 30 seconds

Facebook Home is out today in the Google Play Store for those fortunate enough with one of the five Android-based… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Healthentic looks to reduce health care costs using ‘big data’

Can we make the world healthier with big data? Healthentic thinks so, and the Seattle startup is hoping to reduce… Read More

Search stats: Google slips, Microsoft continues slow growth

The monthly U.S. search stats from comScore are out for March and it shows Google slipping just a bit with… Read More

Bing adds ‘Pin It’ Pinterest feature to image search

Bing is making “Pinning” to Pinterest easy. Today the Microsoft search engine introduced a “Pin to Pinterest” feature that allows users… Read More

Sonics update: Former Facebook exec joins Sacramento investor group

Another California tech titan is joining the group trying to keep an NBA team in Sacramento and away from Seattle.… Read More

T-Mobile customers wait in line, swap Androids for iPhone 5

University of Washington student and T-Mobile customer Mustafa Ahmed got up earlier than normal Friday morning, giving himself enough time… Read More