Portland’s Bettery partners with Safeway to install rechargeable battery swap kiosks The next time you go shopping at Safeway, there very well could be a Coinstar-like kiosk that lets you buy… Read More
Smartwatch Diary: The good, bad and ugly of wearing a Samsung Galaxy Gear for the past week It’s been fun wearing Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smartwatch for the past week. Nearly everyone who sees it has some… Read More
Microsoft will patch zero-day IE vulnerability Tuesday As a part of tomorrow’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft will be patching a zero-day vulnerability that the internet’s nefarious elements have… Read More
T-Mobile building its war chest by selling more than 66M shares T-Mobile, in the middle of a campaign to upend the wireless industry, is aiming to give itself more financial resources… Read More
From doctor to dog sitter: Why this MD left the hospital to take care of four-legged friends The barking in the background at times makes it difficult to hear Jennifer Tserng describe the last few years of… Read More
Mystery: Microsoft’s Surface Excel billboard doesn’t add up One of the competitive differentiators for Microsoft’s Surface vs. the iPad is the availability of the core Microsoft Office apps,… Read More
AT&T’s grip on MotoMaker ends, Moto X customization expands to other carriers AT&T’s control over the MotoMaker web application has ended, opening the floodgates for the other major U.S. carriers – T-Mobile,… Read More
Internet Explorer chief changing jobs to start mysterious Microsoft team Dean Hachamovitch, the longtime leader of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team, is leaving the role — announcing this morning that he will… Read More
Amazon giving away $50K Audi sports car as part of Xbox One sweepstakes If you’re a Forza Motorsport fan and wonder what it’s actually like to race around a track in a speedy sports… Read More
Bing update changes how you search for music videos The days of watching music videos through the tube on MTV are long gone. Now, most of those clips are… Read More
Jim Heckman is back at the helm of Scout.com, the sports network that sold to Fox in 2005 Jim Heckman must really have a burning desire to run a sports site. The digital media entrepreneur has emerged at… Read More
Sony parodies Daft Punk with PS4 unboxing video Daft Punk fans may enjoy Sony’s latest Playstation 4 promo. In “The Official PS4 Unboxing Video,” Sony parodies the video… Read More
Long-time comic book publisher Fantagraphics using Kickstarter to help save business It has been a rough last couple of months for the folks at Fantagraphics, the Seattle-based comic book and graphic… Read More
Amazon’s Johnson & Johnson headache illustrates challenge of third-party sales Amazon and Johnson & Johnson are in a tiff over the sale of damaged or expired J&J products including Tylenol… Read More
Amazon to begin Sunday delivery, partnering with the Postal Service Looking to accelerate its dominance in online retail with a combination of speed and convenience, Amazon.com announced that it will… Read More
A dead end for WhichBus: Seattle transit app pulls plug WhichBus, a mobile application that helped people find bus route around Seattle, has ceased operations. “After over a year and… Read More
This handheld device helps you lose weight by detecting acetone levels in your breath Determining whether that three-mile run or the 8-minute abs session helped trim more pounds is difficult to measure for most… Read More
Amazon and Microsoft bite back, Twitter takes the plunge, and more quotes of the week Some of the best quotes, comments and random zingers from the past week … “We appreciate Bloomberg’s foray into fiction… Read More
Here’s the iPhone app supermodel Gisele Bündchen uses to organize her busy family life with star QB Tom Brady Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen seems to have it all — extreme wealth; off-the-charts beauty; and a superstar quarterback for a husband… Read More
Startup Spotlight: PitchBook provides robust private equity market data for VC professionals For nine years, John Gabbert led the team at a venture capital data provider called VentureSource. But while there, he saw… Read More
Startup Day Recap: Tips, lessons and real-world advice Last month, I attended GeekWire’s Startup Day at the Showbox SODO in Seattle. Surrounded by some of the brightest entrepreneurial… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Amazon vs. author, Xbox One first take, and favorite iPad apps We’ve assembled the GeekWire news team in the studio for this week’s episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast,… Read More
Xbox One for sale on Ebay for $3,000 after early shipping fiasco If you want to get your hands on the Xbox One before anyone else, you’ll have to pay some extra… Read More
Gamers receive Xbox One two weeks early thanks to Target ‘systems error’ Thanks to a Target shipping error, a few gamers received an early Christmas present in the form of an Xbox… Read More
Redfin looking to expand in Minneapolis Redfin expanded in a big way earlier this year — announcing in February that it had opened for business in Houston,… Read More
Alaska Airlines flyers can now use electronic devices from gate-to-gate, starting today You may not have to interrupt that movie, book or game next time you’re flying on Alaska Airlines. The Seattle-based… Read More
Oops: Seahawks caught using Twitter bots to promote #Seahawks hashtag (updated with team comment) Update, Nov. 13 5:10 p.m.: We caught up with Josh Decker, CEO of Tagboard, the Seattle-based social media company specializing in… Read More
Here are 5 great apps for your new iPad Air If you’re among the masses who turned out over the weekend to pick up the new iPad Air, you probably… Read More
Severed from the Internet, San Juan Islands declare official state of emergency Some people voluntarily cut themselves off from the Internet and smartphones periodically to reclaim their sanity, but what happens when… Read More
Forget texts: Hotspot wants to help you meet up with friends If you’re about to hit the bars tonight and want to invite a couple friends, you may send off a… Read More
