Articles from 2013 – Page 141 of 150

President Obama: Let’s reward successful foreign-born entrepreneurs with startup visas

President Barack Obama wants to make it easier for foreign-born startup founders to stay in the U.S. after launching successful… Read More

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor pessimistic about Kickstarter outcome

Last week, we reported on the odd story of how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go… Read More

Bezos on eBooks: Amazon is ‘now seeing the transition we’ve been expecting’

Amazon.com posted a 45 percent decline in quarterly profits this afternoon, but Jeff Bezos says one of the company’s biggest… Read More

Amazon falls short of expectations in key quarter

Amazon this afternoon posted a 45 percent decrease in profits for its biggest quarter of the year, falling short of… Read More

Microsoft vets launch ‘Cloak’ to safeguard Macs, iPads from wireless snooping

A Seattle startup called Cloak has launched a new service that promises to easily protect Macs and iOS devices from… Read More

Tolls on I-90: Here’s your chance to comment

Tolling of the Interstate 90 is inching toward reality, with the Washington State Department of Transportation saying that it is… Read More

From Flight Sim to scuba diving: Former Microsoft vets to debut virtual game

Microsoft surprised just about everyone when it made the move to disband the popular Flight and Train Simulator franchises back in… Read More

Meet GeekWire’s first members: Join today for VIP access, plus new perks

Less than two weeks ago, GeekWire launched our “Golden Geek” program — an annual membership providing VIP access to Seattle’s best… Read More

Analyst: Starbucks to let customers order from car dashboard

Last week, we wrote about a Seattle-based startup allowing people to order coffee from their mobile phones. Now, another local… Read More

Sigby raises cash to help busy parents find cool activities for their kids

Sigby is a service designed for folks like me — a busy parent who wants to find educational and fun… Read More

Macs in the mainstream: Parallels giving IT staff more control over Apple machines

Parallels, best known for software that runs Windows on Macs, is announcing a new tool today that further bridges those… Read More

New era for Office: Microsoft launches yearly subscription for home users

Microsoft is launching a new version of Office for Windows PCs and Macs today, with a new twist: Families and… Read More

Microsoft to Sacramento: Don’t blame us for taking your NBA team

You may have heard, people in Northern California are none too happy about a deal to sell their Sacramento Kings… Read More

UW creates new degree focusing on communication within organizations

The University of Washington’s Master of Communications in Digital Media program already teaches the ins and outs of intelligent relationship-building strategies and… Read More

Poll: Are you upgrading to Windows 8 before prices rise?

If you’re thinking about upgrading your existing Windows PC to Microsoft’s Windows 8, time is running out to do it… Read More

Akron men’s hoops team printing Twitter handle @ZipsMBB on back of jerseys

Social media is taking over the sports world. Well, not really. But Akron University is certainly doing something I’ve never… Read More

Facebook iOS update allows users to send voice and video messages

New updates arrived today for Facebook’s iOS app and users can now record video and voice directly within the app.… Read More

Yahoo posts revenue growth for first time in four years

Marissa Mayer continues to make her mark at Yahoo. The company today reported revenue of $1.3 billion for the fourth… Read More

Digital multi-taskers rule: Majority of Americans access the Internet while watching TV

How do you watch TV? Well, if you are like a growing contingent of Americans, you likely have a smartphone,… Read More

Report: Chinese government could lift 12-year-old ban on video game hardware

Execs at Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and maybe even Valve are licking their chops this morning at the latest news from… Read More

Kindle Fire scorching Android tablet market with 33% share

In terms of dominating the Android tablet market, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is on fire. According to some rough estimates from… Read More

Xbox 360 ‘Kinect Effect’ fades as console market declines

A little more than a year ago, in the fall of 2011, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 business was basking in the… Read More

Barnes & Noble to shut 200+ stores in the next 10 years as Amazon.com threat looms

Let’s just call it the Amazon.com impact. An executive for Barnes & Noble tells The Wall Street Journal that it… Read More

Randomized food delivery service nomON takes 1st place at Startup Weekend UW

It was already 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon of Startup Weekend UW when a group of five collegiates realized their business… Read More

Trulia to Zillow: Your patent is ‘invalid on its face’

Zillow and Trulia have been at each other’s throats for years now. The two online real estate companies just don’t… Read More

A non-creepy Craigslist: CampusWall rolls out a safer marketplace for college students

We’ve all encountered those questionable Craigslist ads: one person looking for an “R. Kelly Impersonator,” another selling a portable stripper… Read More

Commentary: It’s time for our own crowdfunding law

As you are probably well aware by now, Congress passed a federal crowdfunding law. This was really exciting. But the… Read More

From Shawn Kemp to Edgar Martinez: Favorite phones and apps of Seattle’s sports stars

In between Washington’s most well-known sports stars from past and present, there was one geek running around Benaroya Hall Friday… Read More

App of the Week: ‘1 Second Everyday’ helps iPhone users document their lives

“Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life,” says Cesar Kuriyama in the promo video… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Windows 8, Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, and computer scientist Yaw Anokwa

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re pleased to be joined by one of our former Geeks of the Week, Yaw… Read More