Comcast doubling Internet speeds, promises up to 105 Mbps for Extreme 50 customers Comcast is doubling the Internet speeds for customers in Washington state who subscribe to its Blast! and Extreme 50 offerings.… Read More
Surface chief hints at broader plans for Microsoft tablet Panos Panay, the corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft’s Surface tablet business, made a brief appearance this morning at… Read More
Xbox Live adds new entertainment content, SmartGlass support for Game of Thrones Xbox Live is getting a bunch of new entertainment content, including some cool SmartGlass support for the popular show Game… Read More
Survey: Adults more likely to text while driving than teens More adults text while driving than teens — at least enough that are willing to admit it. That’s according to… Read More
Microsoft publishes list of its entire patent portfolio, makes case for transparency Microsoft this morning published a searchable online list of its patent holdings — more than 40,000 patents held by the… Read More
An app for your apps: WideAngle puts your photos in one place Say you’ve just returned from a weekend trip in Vegas. You and all your raging friends took many, many pictures… Read More
Here comes Cody, another fitness-oriented app Based on how much brain power is going into creating health and fitness technologies, you’d be surprised that there’s an… Read More
Steve Ballmer’s island home on outer edge of massive mudslide Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer nearly lost his Whidbey Island vacation home yesterday due to a scary mudslide that forced evacuations and… Read More
Welcome to the Northwest (where startups are cheaper than the Valley) I got a call last week from a Bay Area venture capitalist who was gathering intel on the Pacific Northwest,… Read More
Nathan Myhrvold meets Slashdot: This should be interesting Online Q&As with public figures are all the rage these days, but one coming up next week is definitely worth… Read More
Wal-Mart may reward in-store shoppers for delivering packages to online customers Could the Wal-Mart shopper become the next-generation UPS guy or gal? The giant retailer, looking to compete more aggressively with… Read More
Clearwire to take another $80 million Sprint payment as it continues talks with Dish Clearwire has agreed to take an $80 million payment from Sprint Nextel in April, possibly pushing the Bellevue-based company closer… Read More
Top advisory firm suggests MetroPCS shareholders vote against T-Mobile deal The blockbuster merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is encountering some new headwinds after Institutional Shareholder Services on Wednesday recommended that… Read More
Geek Madness Sweet 16: Elon Musk battles Linus Torvalds Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time The Sweet 16 is set and Geek Madness is… Read More
Amazon Studios greenlights ‘Betas,’ a comedy about Silicon Valley geeks Amazon Studios is piloting its eighth comedy, and this is one that tech geeks may really enjoy — unless it… Read More
Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch opens giant hangar for world’s largest aircraft The world’s largest aircraft needs a ginormous place to live, and that’s exactly what Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch has built. Stratolaunch… Read More
Estately expands real estate search service in six states Seattle online real estate startup Estately is expanding service to six states, marking a 10 percent increase in properties on… Read More
ESPN’s Kenny Mayne on childhood prank calls, cloud computing and his love for Twitter Washington native Kenny Mayne is one of the more hilarious people around sports broadcasting. A quick YouTube search of his name or… Read More
Good news, gamers: Windows Phone finally getting uber-popular Temple Run One of the top mobile games is finally coming to Windows Phone. At this week’s Game Developer’s Conference, Microsoft announced… Read More
Microsoft boosting rent for vendors, setting new terms for its shadow workforce Microsoft employs tens of thousands of people in the Seattle area, but those teams are supplemented by a large “shadow… Read More
Zillow’s Rich Barton: ‘We are a team that dreams of leading the revolution’ Zillow has been on fire as of late. Its stock is up 100 percent so far this year, with Wall… Read More
Report: Microsoft in talks to sell MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Microsoft is in discussions with Ericsson to sell its IPTV service to the wireless… Read More
Intellectual Ventures sues Ricoh and Canon, says they pose a ‘threat to innovation’ Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures on Tuesday filed its second complaint against Canon and first against Ricoh for infringing on its… Read More
How Microsoft is battling Apple and Google inside public agencies and schools Microsoft is meeting with hundreds of public officials in Redmond starting this morning for its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit,… Read More
Versium debuts ‘LifeData’ analytics platform to help companies fully understand customers A Seattle data technology startup is taking the phrase “know your customer” to a whole new level. Versium Analytics today introduced… Read More
Prove to friends that you can do 50 pushups or run a marathon with this mobile app Need a little extra incentive to get in shape, save money or volunteer your time with a non-profit? Enter Proof,… Read More
Big Fish touts 2 billion game downloads, reports $220 million in bookings last year Big Fish currently sits atop the GeekWire 200 list, our ranking of the top privately-held companies in the region. And… Read More
Hitching a ride with BMW: Rhapsody, Audible join Glympse Apparently the execs from BMW have been spending lots of time in the Seattle region. The carmaker overnight announced that… Read More
Amazon’s ‘X-Ray’ feature expands to TV shows, with help from IMDb Amazon’s ownership of IMDb, the widely used Internet Movie Database, might have been a head-scratcher or a novelty in years… Read More
Maveron to plant a seed each month, unveils plan to sprout early-stage consumer startups Maveron struck gold a few years ago when it provided the initial seed funding to a young e-commerce startup by… Read More
