Here are the top Pacific NW companies on Inc. 500 list: Level 11, HasOffers, Spoken, Puppet Labs and others Just how important is the technology industry in the Pacific NW? Well, consider this: Of the 13 companies from Washington… Read More
Want WIRED on your iPad? Amazon starts selling Condé Nast ‘All Access’ subscriptions Moving further into the world of publishing, Amazon.com this morning announced a deal with Condé Nast to sell and oversee “All… Read More
Microsoft: You will fail your college classes using an iPad It’s late August, and that means back to school at thousands of college campuses around the world. Aimed at university… Read More
PopCap: Plants vs. Zombies 2 hits 16M downloads, biggest mobile launch in EA history Plants vs. Zombies 2 has been downloaded more than 16 million times since its release last Thursday, making it the… Read More
Those Doritos bags that police gave to pot-smokers are lighting up on eBay It was Hempfest in Seattle over the weekend, and for this particular celebration of cannabis, the local police force lent… Read More
Disconnected: 20% of Americans still don’t use the Internet The Internet is everywhere nowadays, from our homes to our phones and now even our glasses. But that doesn’t mean… Read More
Zillow prices public offering at $82, raises $205 million Zillow has a lot more cash in its bank account as of this afternoon. The Seattle online real estate company… Read More
Next Big Thing: InsideSocial Co-Founders Brewster Stanislaw and Joey Kotkins [Editor’s Note: GeekWire is pleased to present the latest episode of The Next Big Thing, the popular podcast by Seattle… Read More
Communication hub: Skype officially integrated with Outlook.com Outlook.com users who want to make Skype phone calls without opening up another app can now do so from their… Read More
Amazon just lost $4.8M after going down for 40 minutes When you’re an online retail giant, every second that your website stays inaccessible means thousands of dollars out the virtual… Read More
Update: Amazon back online after 40-minute outage Amazon.com is back up and running. We’ve updated this post with details. Original story: Online shoppers take notice: Amazon.com is… Read More
A path to entrepreneurship: Smoking pot, skipping school and being a smart white dude I’ve interviewed hundreds — probably thousands — of entrepreneurs over the past 15 years as a technology journalist. And here’s… Read More
These sensor-infused socks that track your steps are blowing past crowdfunding goal It seems as though people like the idea of smart socks. Heapsylon, a company founded two years ago by three… Read More
Windows Phone Diary: Grappling with Microsoft’s ‘other storage’ problem I was feeling good Saturday morning, with a full weekend ahead and the news that Microsoft had released “Halo: Spartan… Read More
iFlop: Steve Jobs movie disappoints on opening weekend If you were looking to share your thoughts on the new “Jobs,” movie today at the water cooler, chances are… Read More
Microsoft brags that Xbox One has the ‘best games,’ but so do the other consoles Microsoft is getting the week started with a new Xbox One promo trailer out today and the video’s title is… Read More
RIP, Microsoft Tag: Barcode service will end in 2015 Microsoft’s Tag barcode service will shut down in two years, according to a notice issued by the company this morning.… Read More
After adding more than 600 customers, Portland’s Jama lands $13M in first VC round Portland-based Jama Software has reeled in $13 million in fresh funding, money that the enterprise software company plans to use… Read More
Legislators want Expedia, online travel agencies to pay more taxes Expedia and other big online travel agencies may be looking at higher tax expenses thanks to a recent push by… Read More
Zillow paying $50M to buy New York’s StreetEasy, files to raise more cash Zillow is taking a big bite out of the Big Apple. The Seattle online real estate company today announced that… Read More
Images: Amazon’s latest biosphere designs look like Starfleet Command New renderings submitted by Amazon’s architects show updated designs for the three giant, connected biospheres that will serve as the… Read More
Chart: Bargain shoppers, new moms and hip urban singles are big iPhone users Who is using the iPhone and iPad? And where and when? A new study out from Flurry Analytics attempts to… Read More
Nextcast Q&A: Tier 3 co-founder Jared Wray on the future of cloud computing Jared Wray, founder and CTO of cloud computing startup Tier 3, is helping to build the future of enterprise business.… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Google Chromecast, Xfinity X1 and what’s next for your TV There are seemingly endless ways to get video onto your television set these days, and the GeekWire team has been… Read More
Review: PopCap strikes right chord with fun and charming Plants vs. Zombies 2 Seattle’s PopCap Games has long stood for excellence in casual gaming, and this week’s release of Plants vs. Zombies 2:… Read More
Images: Amazon plans dedicated ‘cycle tracks’ around new Seattle campus Amazon.com’s planned three-block campus on the northern edge of downtown Seattle is making headlines again, this time for an amenity… Read More
Microsoft: Zune holdouts will still get 10 free monthly songs Good news for all of you remaining Zune users — all three of you. Microsoft is making a series of… Read More
Market Leader shareholders green light Trulia’s $355 million acquisition Shareholders of Market Leader today overwhelmingly approved Trulia’s $355 million acquisition of the company. The deal, which was first announced in… Read More
Community news site Patch pulls plug in Washington state, lays off staffers Online news site Patch is pulling up roots in Washington state as part of a larger shakeup at the AOL-owned… Read More
Former Amazon manager takes Chinese e-commerce company global Watch out, Amazon.com. A Chinese e-commerce company is out to redefine notions of customer service. If you think free shipping… Read More
