Inside the small, carpeted basement of Matt Heaton’s house, the scene is reminiscent of Jeff Bezos and the origins of Amazon. As Heaton tip-toes around hundreds of boxed fossils laying… Read More
One of iFixit’s staff members was among the lucky few to get one of Valve’s Steam Machine prototypes, so, of course, he let his co-workers completely dismantle it and post… Read More
Microsoft gave an end-of-year report on its retail stores this morning, saying that it opened a total of 35 stores over the past year, bringing the company’s total to 83… Read More
The battle for who might buy T-Mobile is heating up. A report by Reuters today said that Dish Network is considering a bid for the Bellevue-based wireless carrier. It also says… Read More
For people looking to put together a Mac with some serious horsepower under the hood, the launch of Apple’s Mac Pro is an important event. The company said in October… Read More
If you’re flying out of Seattle-Tacoma International on Dec. 23 or 24, Uber and Alaska Airlines are offering up a sweet deal: Free rides to the airport. On either of… Read More
Silicon Valley may get all of the buzz. But don’t underestimate the power of Seattle and its surrounding communities. A new analysis by Bloomberg indicates that Washington state — home… Read More
It’s fitting that the first documentary slated for Microsoft’s Xbox is about video games. But it sounds like a great story even for non-gamers. Atari’s “mass burial” of unsold game… Read More
Cyanogen’s plans to disrupt the mobile operating system market just became a little more legitimate. The Seattle-based company today announced a $22 million series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz… Read More
Stride, an easy-to-use customer relationship management tool, has been acquired by KISSMetrics founders Neil Patel and Hiten Shah. Terms of the all cash deal were not disclosed. “Stride was created… Read More
In what’s becoming a common occurrence, another TechStars Seattle 2013 team is raising a seed round. The latest is ResolutionTube, which today announced a $1.5 million seed round led by… Read More
Sometimes, getting up off the couch to go take a walk can be hard. Especially after a long day at work, it can be tempting to just kick back and… Read More
A Reddit user participating in the annual redditgifts Secret Santa gift exchange got a major surprise this week when she opened her card and package and belatedly came to the… Read More
For Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2, it seems like updates to the device take one step forward, then two steps back. In a forum post first spotted by The Verge, a… Read More
Nokia really wants its new Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet to succeed. There’s a good reason for that: after all, they don’t want their Windows RT tablet to go the way of… Read More
Bill Gates certainly knows a lot of stuff, from computer software to global health, and much more. This contest is a bonus for GeekWire Daily Digest subscribers. Subscribe for free to be eligible… Read More
We’re tracking some interesting moves in the world of online real estate today. First off, Trulia has completed a debt offering that raised $223.3 million, with $30 million of that… Read More
Amazon Studios announced today that it has launched a new tool to help screenwriters map their ideas for a new film or television project. Storybuilder is a way for creators… Read More
Amazon made a big splash in the media recently with the unveiling of its plans for Amazon Prime Air — a future network of “octocopter” drones that would deliver packages… Read More
SquareHub, the family networking app, has launched its new Family Sharing feature on Android, which will allow users of its family-based social network to share content from the app outside… Read More
The holiday season is here, and we know that many of you are still looking for gifts for the special people in your lives. And we’ve got a suggestion for… Read More
If you’re a frequent Delta Airlines customer and hate the idea of people making in-flight cell phone calls, there’s some good news for you this morning. Delta CEO Richard Anderson… Read More
ContentGuard, a subsidiary of Bellevue-based patent holding firm Pendrell Corporation, announced today that it has filed a massive patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon, Apple, BlackBerry, Huawei and Google-owned Motorola Mobility.… Read More
According to a report by Indie Statik, this year’s upcoming Penny Arcade Expos will feature a “Roll for Diversity Hub & Lounge,” based on documents leaked by somebody close to… Read More
Code Fellows is upping its ante. The Seattle-based program, which runs two-month programming classes for aspiring software engineers, previously guaranteed a salary of $60,000 or more post-graduation. Now, though, Code Fellows says… Read More
From the folks who earlier this year brought us the list of the most foul-mouthed Americans (yes, my home state of Ohio is frickin’ No. 1) here comes the latest… Read More
When will Nintendo release a full-blown Mario or Zelda game — or any of its popular franchises — for iPhone and Android? That’s a perennial question, and the consistent answer… Read More
Fresh off its $50 million funding round, Redfin continues to expand into new markets. GeekWire has learned that the company — which offers discounted real estate brokerage services— is now… Read More
Amazon Web Services will open a new China region starting with a limited preview in the country early next year, the latest step in the Seattle-based company’s worldwide expansion of… Read More
While Apple’s iBooks finally made the jump to the desktop this fall thanks to a new app in the latest update to the Mac OS, one key capability hadn’t come… Read More