Articles from 2013 – Page 142 of 150

Square COO resigns over sexual harassment claims

Square COO Keith Rabois is departing the mobile payments company due to sexual harassment allegations. Rabois penned a blog post about his decision,… Read More

Sunday marks new era in cellphone carrier market power

New cellphones purchased after this Saturday Jan. 25, 2013 can be unlocked only with the permission of the carrier; phones… Read More

Camera + cloud: Fun with photos at GeekWire, and a Four Peaks TV sneak peek

I’m honored to be the guest this weekend on Four Peaks TV, hosted by journalism vet Hanson Hosein of the University… Read More

Bill Gates says you should read these 5 books in 2013

I wish I knew how many books Bill Gates has read in his life. The man inspires me to read… Read More

Why this entrepreneur is moving to Vegas, and what it means for the Seattle scene

Order Mapper founder Jim Bricker tried to raise seed capital in Seattle. But the former Microsoft and Avanade developer didn’t… Read More

Friday laugh: European startups or Pokemon characters?

Startups come up with some really cool and also really odd company names. The Wall Street Journal had some fun… Read More

Bill Gates wants your help to change the world by 2030

Once a year, Bill Gates pens an annual letter that recaps the work being done around the world that’s helping… Read More

Microsoft: Windows 8 launch hurt by ‘limited assortment’ of touch devices

Computer makers have known for a long time that Microsoft’s Windows 8 would attempt to move the PC operating system… Read More

Amazon touts Stephen King’s new ‘Guns’ essay as Kindle Single exclusive

An essay called “Guns,” completed by Stephen King a week ago, was published this morning as a Kindle Single, exclusive… Read More

Hey, engineers: Don’t forget to add some personality

“Why so serious?” — The Joker in Batman Returns. If you are fortunate enough to be building software for a living,… Read More

This full-service, high-tech wine cellar lets you access your collection with an iPad

Deep underneath the streets of Seattle exist two rooms separated by a few steps, both dedicated to the art of… Read More

The cat’s out of the bag: Former Cheezburger CTO Scott Porad joins dog sitting service Rover.com

In his previous life, Scott Porad ran the technical operations for one of the world’s largest cat blogs: I Can… Read More

Amazon’s favorite startups: Grand Cru, LogMyCalls, MortarData and TraceLink

Amazon.com caters to startups, largely so that early-stage companies will jump on its Web services platform. One of the ways… Read More

Q&A: Vanessa Fox on Facebook, Google and the changing world of search

During last week’s GeekWire podcast, Todd Bishop and John Cook had the opportunity to chat with search industry veteran and startup… Read More

Ignition changing course as it seeks to raise new fund

Ignition Partners has experienced a number of transformations over the years, launching a fund in China and debuting a fund… Read More

New computing institute on UW campus will focus on big data problems

The University of Washington is already a budding hub for computer science. Now, with some help from a national laboratory,… Read More

Microsoft posts mixed results for critical holiday quarter

Microsoft this afternoon posted earnings per share of 76 cents for the December quarter, beating Wall Street’s expectations by 1… Read More

Our first look at Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs and freaking out about user interface

When the name Ashton Kutcher comes up, we might think of That 70s Show, Demi Moore or even Zaarly. Now… Read More

Open letter to Skype from digital rights advocates urges Microsoft to issue transparency reports

Over 100 Internet advocates, journalists and other organization members penned an open letter to Microsoft today, urging the Redmond software… Read More

Startup Spotlight: BuildersCloud makes construction document sharing a breeze

We first encountered BuildersCloud at GeekWire’s Startup Day last fall when 28-year-old co-founder Andrey Nokhrin took the first place prize in… Read More

Tech Moves: Hark hires a Bing vet; Vertafore bulks up; IV adds Duke scientist; etc.

Rajeev Chand has been named director of product development at Hark, the Seattle startup that distributes hundreds of thousands of sound… Read More

The future of education: What entrepreneurs need to know about entering the e-learning space

The education space is a promising field that has garnered tons of investor attention. The numbers don’t lie: education technology raised… Read More

Fuel cell maker ReliOn nabs investment from Cummins

ReliOn, a hydrogen fuel cell maker whose products are used for backup power systems, has received an investment from engine… Read More

Chart: How Netflix views the streaming competition

Grousing about the selection in the Netflix streaming library may be a popular pastime, but the company is taking new steps… Read More

Mindbloom hires a big brain: Ex-msnbc.com, InfoSpace exec McElfresh joins as CTO

Seattle startup Mindbloom has hired Travis McElfresh as chief technology officer and vice president of product development and engineering, a… Read More

Amazon buys the company behind Kindle ‘text to speech’

The voice of Kindle now belongs to Amazon. Amazon says it has acquired IVONA software, a company based in Poland… Read More

Dude, where’s my Dreamliner? Michael Dell’s 787 order may be delayed

Michael Dell’s most recent purchase may be put on hold thanks to Boeing’s latest woes. According to a report out… Read More

Tech salaries rise: Survey says average pay rate tops $85,000

“The fastest way if you are in the 99 percent and want to join the one percent … is to… Read More

Venture capitalist Mark Ashida takes reins at cloud storage startup Symform

Well, here’s one job you can score if your venture capital firm starts to wind down: Take over the CEO… Read More

Apple CEO: ‘Huge opportunity’ for iPads to replace Windows PCs

Earlier today Apple reported a sharp increase in iPad sales for the holiday quarter, a stark contrast with the declining… Read More