Articles from 2013 – Page 52 of 150

Amazon unveils Kindle MatchBook, turning physical books you’ve purchased over the years into digital copies

Amazon.com is already doing it with CDs. Now, it’s turning its focus to books. The Seattle online retailer today unveiled a… Read More

Make no mistake: Nokia is Microsoft’s biggest deal ever

Yes, in raw numbers, Microsoft is paying less for Nokia’s Devices & Services business than it did for Skype —… Read More

Jeff Bezos gives first interview since buying Washington Post, will use Amazon tactics for newspaper

Up until Monday evening, Jeff Bezos’ motivations for acquiring the Washington Post for $250 million were largely unknown. The newspaper… Read More

Microsoft: Economics make Nokia a ‘smart acquisition’

Microsoft’s gross margin from royalties on Windows Phones sold by Nokia is less than $10 per unit, but the margin… Read More

Reaction: Here’s what people think about Microsoft’s huge Nokia acquisition

Just as most of us were winding down from Labor Day Weekend on Monday evening, Microsoft announced one of its… Read More

Microsoft buying Nokia Devices & Services business for $7.2 billion

Microsoft will pay nearly $7.2 billion for Nokia’s Devices and Services business, including its smartphone unit, in a landmark deal… Read More

Meet the first crowdsourced spam blocker for your phone

It’s the end of a long day at work and you’re relaxing at home watching some TV or eating a… Read More

Q&A with Skytap CEO Thor Culverhouse: How this washed-up football player made the leap into tech

Thor Culverhouse is more than just an impressive name. He’s also the CEO at fast-growing cloud company Skytap. Although new… Read More

Now you can own those body-worn cameras worn by police

For the past six years, Seattle-based Vievu has helped more than 3,000 police agencies around the world with body-worn cameras that… Read More

Verizon buys Vodafone stake for $130B, ends joint venture

Verizon Wireless announced today that it is buying out Vodafone’s 45 percent stake in the company for $130 billion, giving… Read More

New Kindles on the way? Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi is out of stock

Update, 10 a.m. Sept. 3: Amazon has put up a product page for the new Kindle Paperwhite online here. The WiFi version… Read More

How Major League Baseball dominates the big data and mobile game

There is more data in baseball than perhaps any other sport. From the basic stats — balls, strikes, runs —… Read More

Look out, kids: Microsoft patent would give parents ultimate control over family phones

Microsoft has already given parents an extra element of control with the “Kid’s Corner” feature in Windows Phone 8 —… Read More

Hey, startups: Pretty soon you’ll be able to talk about your fundraising efforts

The world changes for startups on September 23. How? On that date, thanks to the JOBS Act, it will become… Read More

Microsoft’s bad-ass Xbox projector is still too expensive for customers

We have learned very little about Microsoft’s IllumiRoom since first hearing about the crazy technology back in January. Now, though, we… Read More

Meet Jeffrey Ubben: The guy who cracked Microsoft’s board explains what he does

If you follow Microsoft at all, you’re going to be hearing a lot about Jeffrey Ubben. Ubben is the founder,… Read More

The demise of Contour; Steve Ballmer’s surprising exit; and other top posts of the month

August is supposed to be the month when the tech industry takes a breather, relaxing for a few moments before… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Chase Jarvis on photography, creativity and the new world of learning

[Note to radio listeners: GeekWire is airing at a new time starting this weekend, at 7 p.m. Saturdays on KIRO… Read More

Optify hits the wall, lays off staff

What’s up at Optify? From what we’re hearing, the company is on its last legs. Multiple sources informed us on… Read More

PAX Day 1: Photos of gamers, goons and Game of Thrones girls

Well, that was insane. I just came out of the ridiculous Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, being held at the… Read More

Mad Money host Jim Cramer flip flops again on Zillow, shames short sellers who don’t get the growth story

Wow, it’s a bit tough to really figure out what CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer feels about Zillow. You… Read More

Microsoft: ValueAct wins option for board seat under ‘cooperation agreement’

Microsoft this afternoon announced a “cooperation agreement” with ValueAct Capital that includes the option for the activist investment firm to… Read More

PAX: Molyneux’s ‘Godus’ looks great — and he urges you to use it for evil

Addressing a packed house at the opening keynote at PAX in downtown Seattle this morning, game designer and developer Peter… Read More

PAX: Xbox One and PS4 face off on show floor, sorta

Whoever laid out the show floor at the Penny Arcade Expo has a sense of humor, or at least a… Read More

Xbox Live Marketplace now called Xbox Games Store

Bye bye, Xbox Live Marketplace. Days after Microsoft moved from Microsoft Points to real world currency, the company has rebranded… Read More

More transparency: Microsoft not satisfied with government’s new security request plan

Back when the NSA’s snooping practices were revealed in June, Microsoft joined fellow tech giants Google and Facebook in asking the U.S. government for… Read More

Maveron-backed Potbelly Sandwich Shop files for $75M IPO

This IPO could be really yummy? Potbelly Sandwich Shop, a Chicago restaurant chain founded in 1977, has filed to raise… Read More

Plants vs. Zombies: Who’s behind this epic corn maze?

The people at PopCap Games shared the picture above this morning, saying only that it’s somewhere in Oregon. Also, they… Read More

Nine years later, PAX is a global phenomenon

A giant and mostly friendly crowd will descend on downtown Seattle for the next four days — yes, four days… Read More

Lyft co-founder: Ride-sharing startups will make taxi companies more money

One by one, riders and passengers of fast-growing Lyft came up to the microphone Thursday night in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood,… Read More