Way beyond dot-com: New era begins with orders for .menu, .luxury and other ‘gTLDs’ Can’t get your favorite dot-com address? GoDaddy announced today that it will start taking pre-registrations for a quartet of new… Read More
Intellectual Ventures teams with SURF incubator, aims to teach startups about patents Intellectual Ventures can be a lightning rod for controversy in the technology industry, but the company has found a receptive… Read More
Startup leaders not happy with securities administrator’s support of regulations that could ‘cripple’ startups Seattle angel investor Dan Rosen has worked hard in recent months to shed light on the potentially damaging effects that proposed… Read More
Report: Gogo users will be able to make calls and text in flight Fresh off its deal with Glympse to allow users to share their location while up in the air, in-flight Wi-Fi… Read More
Microsoft CEO search playing out like a soap opera in media A report by Bloomberg News this morning quotes anonymous sources saying that Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft exec and Nokia… Read More
Bartell Drugs to bring print-on-demand book publishing machine to Seattle store Thanks to a new partnership, you’ll soon be able to pick up a new book with your prescription refills. Bartell… Read More
Here are the entertainment apps coming to Xbox One starting on launch day ESPN, Hulu Plus and Netflix will be among the first wave of apps to debut the Xbox One, part of… Read More
Xbox One first impressions: Up close with Microsoft’s versatile new console The clock is ticking down inside Studio A on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. In the heart of Xbox country, a giant… Read More
Adobe breach hit more than 150 million usernames and passwords It seems like we may be closing in on the total size of Adobe’s password security breach, and it’s big.… Read More
Apple releases update to fix Gmail problems in Mavericks Gmail users, your Mavericks-induced suffering is over. Apple released an update to Mail.app today that should fix compatibility issues with… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: The Simpsons, astronauts and aquarium dance parties Looking for something to do in Seattle? There are some very diverse events coming up. We just announced tickets going… Read More
Tech Moves: Priceline CEO steps down; Barrie Cohen heads NWEN; Boeing names CIO; and more —Priceline President and CEO Jeff Boyd has stepped down from his chief executive position in a surprising move announced during… Read More
Twitter’s 1st day as TWTR: Shares closes at $44.90 after opening at $45.10 Day 1 as a public company is in the books for Twitter (TWTR), which saw a relatively steady day on the… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Forks offers instant ways to save money on food in a crowded coupon space Juggernauts like Groupon and Living Social certainly have a strong presence in the digital coupon space. But one Seattle-based company… Read More
Rhapsody loss deepens amid management shakeup, regulatory filing shows Subscription music service Rhapsody, which recently cut 15 percent of its workforce and shook up its top management, posted a… Read More
In light of IPO, here’s why employees love working at Twitter Twitter became a public company today, setting an opening price of $45.10 with a market value of $24.5 billion. The… Read More
SHAZAM! Netflix announces new superhero shows in partnership with Marvel Studios While Amazon is still looking to get its legs under itself in the online original television space, Netflix is hoping… Read More
Newsvine co-founder and CareerBuilder.com vet start BeLeave with $1M from Second Avenue Partners Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer is leading a $1 million financing round in a stealthy startup company that’s tentatively operating… Read More
Microsoft adds real-time collaboration to Office web apps, catching up to Google If you need to work with someone else on crafting the perfect PowerPoint presentation, Microsoft now makes that easy for… Read More
It’s the end of the road for Optify: Assets sold, startup shuts doors Optify, a Seattle maker of marketing software that laid off its staff and hit the wall in September, has sold… Read More
Internet Explorer 11 gets official release on Windows 7 Microsoft this morning is releasing the latest version of its web browser, Internet Explorer 11, for the most widely used… Read More
Twitter shares open at $45.10 with a market value of $24.5B History was just made as Twitter began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The opening price was set at… Read More
Preferling raises $100K to be friend-recommended, personalized version of Yelp For Andrew Vest, using Yelp is often frustrating. While the platform can legitimately recommend highly-regarded companies, restaurants and other service-based… Read More
Airbiquity partners with Nissan to link its cloud to cars Seattle-based Airbiquity has partnered with Nissan to bring its “Choreo” connected car solution to the car-maker’s lineup. Choreo will give… Read More
Microsoft in discussions to buy Real Madrid’s soccer stadium naming rights It’s certainly early in the discussion, but talks are underway between Microsoft and the Real Madrid soccer club over naming… Read More
Daniel Bernstein’s UpTap raises $160K to fuel development of tablet, mobile games Daniel Bernstein’s newest venture hasn’t quite found the level of success that Sandlot Games sustained during the last decade. But… Read More
Twitter’s bittersweet IPO: Our little social media’s all grown up Twitter will become a public company Thursday when millions of shares in the social media company go up for sale… Read More
Microsoft unifies Windows and Windows Phone developer programs If you’re a Windows developer, you’re now a Windows Phone developer, too, and vice versa. Microsoft announced today that it… Read More
Twitter prices IPO at $26 per share, expects to raise about $2 billion Twitter, naturally, just tweeted its IPO price at $26 per share in anticipation of Thursday’s debut of TWTR on the… Read More
Hey Google, why didn’t Seattle get a mystery barge? All around the web, Google has been getting lots of press for its four barges, two in San Francisco and… Read More
