No joke: Amazon hires Windows Phone vet Charlie Kindel for ‘something secret’ Charlie Kindel, the Seattle tech veteran who left his job as a Microsoft Windows Phone general manager in 2011 to join… Read More
Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ LTE coming to AT&T stores for $249 with two-year contract Amazon’s biggest Kindle is coming to AT&T stores later this week on April 5 and buyers can get $150 off… Read More
Meet the 10 startups Microsoft just accepted into the TechStars Windows Azure accelerator Microsoft is back with a new crop of companies for its Windows Azure accelerator program, operated in conjunction with TechStars.… Read More
Microsoft’s Do Not Tracksuit, YouTube’s end game, and more April Fool’s ‘fun’ April Fool’s Day: Because there isn’t enough misinformation on the Internet already, apparently. As people around the GeekWire office will… Read More
MetroPCS to shareholders: Say yes to T-Mobile merger MetroPCS shareholders are making it quite clear that they think the proposed merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is for the… Read More
Barry Diller’s Internet video startup Aereo secures key appeals court victory in ongoing fight with big media Just two weeks after Seattle startup Ivi lost an important chance to propel its case forward, another startup with deeper… Read More
IPO drought continues with 8 venture-backed deals in Q1 It’s a tough time to take your company public. Just eight venture-backed companies completed IPOs during the first quarter of… Read More
Quadstreaker turns the world into a giant game board: How much of your city have you seen? If the whole world were a game board, would you play? Seattle-based entrepreneur Scott Kendall kicked off his show-and-tell to… Read More
A Siri for advertising: These mobile ads talk back to you Publishers are struggling to make money on mobile, a challenging scenario given that more folks are now consuming news and… Read More
Google glasses ban; a sonic-powered vibrator; and other top stories of the month Here’s a look back at the top stories of the month on GeekWire. Thanks for tuning in everyone, and for… Read More
ExtraHop’s Jesse Rothstein: You judge a leader by the team they’ve built ExtraHop CEO Jesse Rothstein wants to help the folks who “keep the lights on” in your IT department spend more… Read More
The opportunity to redefine the feed reader experience I’ve used Google Reader almost everyday since 2008. I’m bummed it’s going away. And, clearly, I’m not alone. Millions of… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: With iPhone in hand, T-Mobile tries to shake up the wireless business [Editor’s note: Be sure to join us in person April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for the first… Read More
Name that Tech Tune: Which phone used this version of the T-Mobile ringtone? Updated below with answer and winner. Our topic this weekend on the GeekWire radio show T-Mobile’s attempt to shake up… Read More
These kids and their frisbee-flinging robots are preparing to conquer the world As volunteer referee Fred Sutton gets ready to monitor another robotics match at the Century Link Events Center Thursday afternoon,… Read More
Geek Madness Sweet 16: Torvalds trounces Musk; Darwin vs. Tesla showdown awaits Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time Geek Madness is moving right along and the final… Read More
Apps for Autism: Results from a Bing Fund hackathon Last week we told you about a weekend hackathon, organized by Microsoft’s Bing Fund and community partners, that brought together developers,… Read More
Seattle arena renderings: The nosebleed seats look ridiculously awesome Seattle’s new arena could put a new meaning to the so-called cheap seats. A few weeks after the initial renderings of… Read More
Wow, some analysts think Zillow could zoom to $70 Earlier this week, Zillow chairman Rich Barton declared how the Seattle online real estate company is leading a revolution. Wall… Read More
Remote learning: University of Washington to offer first online-only degree program In an attempt to fix a “national crisis in early childhood education,” the University of Washington is introducing its first-ever… Read More
Personal travel assistant: Expedia updates mobile app with real-time itinerary Nearly 18 months ago, Expedia laid out a vision to become a “Web 3.0 personal travel assistant,” for the mobile… Read More
Follow-up: Microsoft gets $25M annually from vendor ‘chargeback’ program Microsoft has been pulling in about $25 million a year through its unusual practice of charging its vendors for occupying space… Read More
Mobile analytics startup Medio trims staff in ‘realignment’ Medio laid off a number of employees in engineering, network operations and testing this week as the Seattle mobile analytics… Read More
Welcome to the local delivery business, Google — and good luck with that People in the Seattle region have a front-row seat for one of Amazon’s longstanding experiments — the Amazon Fresh grocery… Read More
Contour inks deal to put helmet-mounted cameras in Yamaha motorcycle shops Seattle-based Contour has sealed a deal to sell its line of helmet-mounted HD video cameras at Yamaha Motor Corp. dealers… Read More
Bungie releases new photos, videos from ‘Destiny’ At the annual GDC, Bungie today unveiled some more artwork and video from its new game Destiny. We’ve seen trailers… Read More
First look: Safeco Field’s massive 11,000 square foot scoreboard is biggest in baseball There’s a short line at the bottom of the handout I received about the Mariners new HD video board that… Read More
T-Mobile confirms layoffs as part of ‘operational changes’ Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA, which earlier this week unveiled a major overhaul of its business, today confirmed that it is making… Read More
A win for JoeyBra: Founders of iPhone-friendly brassiere prevail in court Good news for women who want to carry smartphones in their bras. A federal judge has declined to award a preliminary… Read More
Amazon buys social network Goodreads and its growing ranks of 16M book lovers Amazon.com is purchasing the San Francisco book social network Goodreads for an undisclosed price, adding a new chapter in the… Read More
