Articles from 2013 – Page 22 of 150

If you invested $1,000 in Amazon at the IPO, it would now be worth $239,045

Update, May 2017: 20 years after Amazon IPO, here’s what a $1,000 investment would be worth today Amazon.com’s meteoric rise… Read More

Concur posts 31% revenue gain, says $1B annual revenue run rate ‘now in sight’

Concur, the Bellevue maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, added 4,000 new customers during its past fiscal year… Read More

Microsoft gives temporary reprieve to Skype headsets and recording apps, but still axing third-party chat

Last week, people who use the Microsoft-owned Skype phone/IM/video chat system on desktop computers received an unwelcome surprise. Via a… Read More

Meet Inori Aizawa: Here is Internet Explorer’s wacky anime mascot

Microsoft released a new ad for Internet Explorer featuring…well, just look for yourself. That video, posted to the Internet Explorer… Read More

You’ll still have to pay for Xbox Music on the Xbox One

While Microsoft allows Windows 8.1 and web users to stream tunes for free on Xbox Music, those using the app… Read More

GeekWire Gala: Tickets now on sale for our big holiday bash

‘Tis the season to get geeky. Back by popular demand, we’re excited to announce one of our favorite events of… Read More

Go get ’em Twitter, but remember your roots: 4 hopes on the eve of the big IPO

Three years ago, I founded my third company. I left my old company, risked my livelihood (again), put my social… Read More

‘Alpha House’ star John Goodman not sure how this Amazon TV thing will work

The actor John Goodman is blazing a trail as the star of Alpha House, an original comedy series from Amazon… Read More

Truce? New Amazon program will give indie bookstores a cut of Kindle e-book sales

Can Amazon peacefully coexist with the corner bookstore? A new program announced by the Seattle company today will attempt to… Read More

Mobile gaming vet David Bluhm partners with Wargaming for new Seattle game publisher

One of Seattle’s most accomplished entrepreneurs is jumping back into the gaming industry with some ambitious goals. David Bluhm, co-founder of… Read More

Glympse inks deal with Gogo, allows real-time location sharing while flying

To find the location and arrival time of a family member or friend’s flight, people typically use the “Flight Status,”… Read More

America’s most walkable cities: No. 1 New York; No. 2 San Francisco; No. 8 Seattle

Fewer and fewer Americans are driving these days, instead relying on public transit and their legs as a means of… Read More

This iPad-loving, 5-year-old genius is Sony’s worst nightmare

Arden Hayes, a 5-year-old “whiz kid” from Carlyle, Ill., was back on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, expanding beyond his… Read More

Report: Elop, Mulally on short list for Microsoft CEO, alongside 3 internal candidates

If a new report is to be believed, the pool for who’s going to become the next top dog at… Read More

Microsoft Ventures invests in Ranku to help students find the best online degree

Microsoft Ventures announced today that it has expanded its investment portfolio to include Ranku, a service that aims to be… Read More

GeekWork: Sweet gigs at Booking.com, DataSphere, Tableau and BitTitan

Here we are again with the best of the best from GeekWork.com. We’ve gone through the listings and have found a… Read More

Enough, already! Amazon’s 1st employee takes MacKenzie Bezos to task for her blistering critique of Brad Stone’s book

The reviews for Brad Stone’s book profiling Amazon’s early years are beginning to resemble something approaching a water cooler for… Read More

Apple reveals government requests, says it hasn’t received any under disputed section of Patriot Act

Apple released its Report on Government Information Requests today, outlining just how many times different law enforcement agencies around the… Read More

Revenues increase 34% at Blucora, losses grow

Bellevue-based Blucora — operator of the TaxAct online tax preparation business and InfoSpace search business — saw its revenues rise… Read More

Crowdfunding campaign will embed an NFC chip in your hand for $99

Entering your home with keys or logging into your PC with a password might be a thing of the past… Read More

Zillow posts $1.2M loss as Q3 revenues rise 67%: CEO Spencer Rascoff says company in ‘hyper growth mode’

Zillow today posted record revenue of $53.3 million for the third quarter, up 67 percent over the same period last… Read More

A 5-step guide to writing a perfectly satirical Onion article from co-founder Tim Keck

It must be fun to be a writer at the The Onion. You get paid to compose utterly ridiculous and hilarious… Read More

Author of Amazon book responds to review by Bezos’ wife — and Amazon disputes his response

Brad Stone, the journalist whose detailed account of Amazon’s rise received a withering, one-star review from Jeff Bezos’ wife MacKenzie… Read More

Square Wallet creator debuts ‘Knock’ tool that unlocks your Mac with two taps on your iPhone

Well, here’s a new way to unlock your Mac: Tap on your iPhone. Yes, that’s right: There’s now a way… Read More

Budding entrepreneurs pitch marijuana-related startup ideas to 60 investors in Seattle

In both Washington and Colorado, you’ll soon be able to walk into a store, purchase some pot and light one… Read More

Storage startup Coho Data raises $25M from Ignition, Andreessen Horowitz

Coho Data, an integrated storage startup with offices in Vancouver, B.C. and Sunnyvale, Calif., has raised a $25 million venture… Read More

2nd Watch lands $23 million, assists businesses with cloud migration to Amazon Web Services

It’s been a big day for venture capital financings in the Seattle area, from a small seed round for UW… Read More

Amazon enables game streaming via AWS with new graphics rendering service

Thanks to Amazon, there’s a chance you could be streaming next year’s release of “Call of Duty” to your Kindle.… Read More

Demand Media domain spinoff ‘Rightside’ will be based in Seattle region

Kirkland, Wash., will be home to a new domain services company called Rightside Group after its spinoff from Santa Monica,… Read More

Zemanta names Todd Sawicki CEO, grabs $2M from Union Square Ventures, others

Zemanta has landed new cash and a new CEO. The company announced today that Seattle startup vet Todd Sawicki, who… Read More