Valve unveiling Steam Box this year, will run on Linux It looks like the Steam Box is coming and will run on Linux. German IT site Golem is reporting that… Read More
Amazon stock hits record high after analyst upgrade Amazon’s stock hit an all-time high today, closing at $268.43 per share, after a Wall Street analyst upgraded the company’s… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Amazon vet Rob Frederick guides Gripwire to profitability Not many of the upstarts we feature in the Startup Spotlight have hit profitability. But Rob Frederick’s Gripwire — a developer… Read More
Real-life Bejeweled: Hasbro, PopCap bringing video games to the real world These days, it’s not surprising to see traditional board games like Monopoly and Scrabble move from the physical to the… Read More
MetroPCS subscribers fall, with T-Mobile deal pending MetroPCS Communications lost a net total of 93,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter, dipping to fewer than 8.9 million subscribers,… Read More
Bootcamp for engineers: Andy Sack unveils new digital trade school Code Fellows Everywhere you go in Seattle these days, companies are talking about how difficult it is to find talented developers, designers… Read More
Introducing The Tech Show, Seattle’s new monthly three-ring circus networking event Take the Emerald City’s most well-known techies and geeks. Then, bring them together once a month for a live 70’s… Read More
Apple App Store tops 40 billion downloads — half of them in past year Microsoft recently announced that the Windows Phone more than doubled the size of its app catalog in 2012, adding more than… Read More
F5 names two new board members F5 Networks has named Sandra Bergeron — a former executive at McAfee — and Steve Smith — the CEO of Equinix… Read More
Clipboard raises cash for online archiving service, tops 100,000 registered users Clipboard has reeled in a fresh round of cash for its online archiving service from strategic investor Scientia, money that… Read More
Swype debuts Living Language to help create real-time, crowd-sourced dictionary The Swype keyboard for Android devices already has a pretty robust dictionary, but now it is improving even more by… Read More
Never text and drive again: Ford inks deal with Glympse for hands-free location sharing Texting and driving continues to be a big problem, despite powerful public service announcements condemning the practice. Now, a new… Read More
Forget pens and paper: Egraph paves way for autographs of the future No more fighting your way through a throng of sports fans to score an autograph. With just a few clicks… Read More
This startup just boosted salaries 2 percent to offset the payroll tax hike Startup companies tend to operate in a bubble outside of the policies in Washington D.C. But the recent battle in… Read More
Michael Cronan, the man behind the Kindle and TiVo names, dies at the age of 61 Michael Cronan, the San Francisco designer and artist who came up with product names TiVo and Kindle, died Tuesday after… Read More
Seahawks Sunday: Tech tips to help you follow the big playoff game against Washington Don’t expect to see many people on the streets of Seattle tomorrow afternoon. That’s because thousands will be tucked inside… Read More
Report: Thieves steal iPads from Microsoft, leave everything else Thieves who targeted Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus over the holiday break walked away with five iPads but apparently didn’t consider… Read More
Yapta takes flight with cash as it ponders next venture round Seattle travel startup Yapta has received a $1.1 million bridge loan, money that the company will use to continue operations… Read More
Podcast Podcast: Nook vs. Kindle, future of Xbox, and settling in with our new devices Has Amazon’s Kindle lineup distanced itself even further from Barnes & Noble’s Nook over the past couple months? Could the… Read More
Name that Tech Tune: Chance to win a Nike+ Kinect game Updated below with answer and winner. We’re taking you back to the arcade for this week’s Name that Tech Tune… Read More
Leaving Hulu: CEO Jason Kilar, CTO Richard Tom Two top Hulu executives with roots in the Seattle region are leaving the online video powerhouse. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar… Read More
Hard-core Facebook game: U4iA brings ‘Offensive Combat’ to social network FarmVille this is not. U4iA expanded its browser-based first-person shooter “Offensive Combat” to Facebook today, aiming to broaden its audience and… Read More
Taylor Swift and Adele help boost digital music sales to record heights in 2012 There’s a lot of chatter out there about the transformation of the music industry, with the rise of online music… Read More
Driver data: Race Capture Pro delivers real-time racing info Race car drivers all share one thing in common: To cross the finish line in as little time as possible. Seattle-based… Read More
Microsoft inks $617 million deal to bring Windows 8 to 330,000 Department of Defense employees Score one for Microsoft. The Redmond software giant just inked a three-year, $617 million software deal with the United States Department… Read More
Shares of Coinstar fall after CEO announces retirement Shares of Coinstar, the Bellevue operator of the coin-counting kiosks and Redbox movie rental service, fell more than four percent… Read More
Windows Phone Diary: Week 1 of an uncertain relationship Let me start with what I love about my new Windows Phone. Then I’ll get to the rest. I am… Read More
Amazon teams with A&E Networks, adding more content to Prime Instant Video Amazon is adding more content to its Prime Instant Video service, announcing today an agreement with A+E Networks. Shows like… Read More
Madrona-backed photo storage service ThisLife reportedly in acquisition talks Shutterfly is reportedly in talks to buy Madrona-backed photo organizer ThisLife for as much as $25 million, according to a… Read More
Big Fish teaming up with game-friendly Wikipad tablet This past summer, Big Fish Games co-founder Paul Thelen addressed the crowd at Casual Connect and talked about how his company’s… Read More
