Articles from 2013 – Page 3 of 150

T-Mobile’s GoSmart to offer free access to Facebook for prepaid customers

GoSmart, T-Mobile’s pre-paid phone service, just got a whole lot more attractive for heavy Facebook users. The company announced today… Read More

Marketing fail: Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smartwatch ad is downright awful

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch hasn’t exactly been a hit. So now, the company wants to make guys believe that the device… Read More

Deals of the Year: The top 28 venture capital investments we tracked in 2013

Venture capital investing in Washington state started out with a whimper in 2013, but it is ending with a bang.… Read More

Microsoft plans massive new data center in Quincy, Wash., paying $11M for 200 acres

Microsoft has reached a deal to buy another 200 acres of land in Quincy, Wash. which it plans to use… Read More

Aviary freezes its Windows and Windows Phone photo SDK, citing ‘lack of general platform traction’

Aviary, a photo-editing technology company backed by investors including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, says it is discontinuing work on its photo-editing… Read More

Maveron joins the billion-dollar club, one of 10 VC firms to generate big returns in 2013

Venture capital is a high-risk, high-reward game where the funds at the top tend to grab the lion’s share of… Read More

Anatomy of a $631,230 Kickstarter campaign video

In early September, I launched a Kickstarter campaign for Robot Turtles – a board game that teaches programming to kids… Read More

Feeling down? Mindbloom’s new app inspires happiness

Mindbloom’s apps are all about improving your life and the company’s newest endeavor certainly fits in that category. The Seattle… Read More

Favorite things: The 10 most loved products of the year

Brace yourselves, shoppers – there are only a few days left in the year, but the gift-giving, product-swapping season has… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Attendible’s event calendar helps people find things to do

From festivals to concerts to performances, there is always a bevy of local events going on at any given time… Read More

Push-button book reviews: BooksILove app aims to simplify reading recommendations

When recommending a new book, sometimes it can be hard to put a finger on exactly what makes it great.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon at $400, favorite gadgets of 2013, and the new world of airplane tech etiquette

We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price,… Read More

Security firm RSA got $10M from the NSA to push bad crypto

Security firm RSA took $10 million from the NSA to make a flawed cipher the default in one of its… Read More

Kickstarter-funded Republique iOS game garners 5-star reviews, featured on iTunes Store

Republique, a new iPad game made in Seattle, is currently proving three things: that you can have console-quality gaming on… Read More

Microsoft appoints Jim DuBois as new CIO

Microsoft this afternoon announced Jim DuBois as the company’s chief information officer. DuBois had served as the interim CIO for… Read More

T-Mobile to unveil Uncarrier 4.0 strategy at CES

According to an invitation sent to journalists today, T-Mobile will be hosting a media event at the Consumer Electronics Show… Read More

Playstation 4 back in stock for ‘limited time’ at Amazon

Both the Xbox One and Playstation 4 have been selling like crazy for the past month, but looks like the… Read More

A cloudy 2014 for enterprises? Three trends to watch

We are in Seattle and thus deep in the world of clouds: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, CenturyLink Savvis, and… Read More

Pacific Science Center lands NASA grant for STEM education

The Pacific Science Center has been named as a recipient of a NASA Collaboration Grant to help it promote STEM… Read More

Matchmaking platform LikeBright raising $1M to help singles land a 2nd date

Online dating site LikeBright has been around for a few years now, first participating in the Techstars Seattle program in… Read More

Lessons from Highway1: Brady Forrest’s tips for fledgling hardware startups

Brady Forrest has a unique perspective on the world of hardware these days as the leader of Highway1, a hardware startup… Read More

Optimistic VCs and startup CEOs expect even better things ahead in 2014

It’s been a pretty good year in the startup community, with the IPO market heating up and plenty of dollars… Read More

Nike+ Running iPhone app gets new ‘coach’ feature

The Nike+ Running app got an update today that includes a new Coach feature that gives users encouragement and provides… Read More

New milestone: Amazon stock surpass $400 for first time ever

This summer, Amazon.com’s stock hit $300 for the first time. Now, five months later, it has reached a new milestone:… Read More

Commercial real estate upstart Hightower lands $2.12M, moves to NYC

Hightower, a startup that is looking to modernize the commercial real estate industry, has landed $2.12 million in seed funding.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Real VP named GM of Urbanspoon: T-Mobile taps CIO; etc.

—Keela Robinson, a mobile industry veteran who previously worked at Amazon, WhitePages, RealNetworks and T-Mobile, has been named senior vice… Read More

This morning’s Seattle snow is a triumph of technology

If you’re just waking up in the Seattle region, there’s a surprise waiting outside: a nice coating of snow. In… Read More

Gates Foundation funds urine-powered fuel cells, and more

Thanks to a team at the University of West England, Bristol, it may be possible to power a cell phone… Read More

Favorite tech things: 3 products this reviewer actually chose to buy

Makers of tech products are often told to “eat their own dog food” – actually use what they tout in… Read More

Ex-Microsoft manager charged with insider trading on Barnes & Noble deal and Microsoft earnings reports

Two Seattle-area men, including a former senior manager in Microsoft’s treasury group, were charged this afternoon with 35 counts of… Read More