Glympse drives past 10M users, makes big international push Seattle startup Glympse announced a key milestone this morning, touting that it now has more than 10 million people using… Read More
Insanely boring: ‘Jobs’ falls short of Apple’s epic story Ashton Kutcher has mastered Steve Jobs’ stooped gait and steely gaze. From certain angles he bears a striking resemblance to… Read More
Stowthat wants to be the ‘Airbnb of self-storage’ We’ve already seen the Airbnb for dog sitting (Rover.com, Dog Vacay) and for commuting (Lyft, Sidecar). Now, get ready for… Read More
Report: Boeing quietly working on automated manufacturing for 777X Even as its 787 Dreamliner continues to suffer repeated issues, Boeing is moving ahead with plans to start building the… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Brace yourself, this weekend is gonna rule! I really truly hope you’re all caught up on your zzz’s, y’all, because this weekend is going to be wicked… Read More
Bad move: The cold, blunt justice of negative reviews One day last week, my Mom had had it. “I’m going to tear them apart,” she told me over the… Read More
Geek of the Week: Dr. Jim Olson’s ‘Project Violet’ is crowdfunding potential cures for cancer When Dr. Jim Olson describes a project as the most exciting he’s ever worked on, that’s truly saying something. Olson,… Read More
Q&A: PopCap CEO Dave Roberts on the ongoing allure of zombies and why free-to-play games aren’t really evil Wow, that didn’t take long. Within an hour of hitting Apple’s app store this morning, the new Plants vs. Zombies… Read More
Microsoft: Google’s objections to YouTube on Windows Phone ‘nothing more than excuses’ Microsoft just released an extensive response to Google’s decision to block a newly developed YouTube app for Windows Phone —… Read More
Google blocks Microsoft’s new YouTube app for Windows Phone — the one that was supposedly OK [Follow-up: Microsoft: Google’s objections to YouTube app on Windows Phone are ‘nothing more than excuses’] Two days after we reported that… Read More
Congrats, Zillow, you’ve finally made it: Lampooned in The Onion OK, maybe this is the sign of finally getting to a new type of status in the tech industry. Zillow… Read More
Microsoft: Skype to come bundled with Windows 8.1 When you install Windows 8.1, you’ll now have the opportunity to video call your friends and let them know that… Read More
Battery-free wireless communication: UW research breakthrough enables ‘Internet of Things’ One of the hurdles facing the “Internet of things” is the need for every device to have a source of… Read More
Any surface a touch screen: Ubi Interactive launches Kinect app for Windows 8 Hook up a Kinect sensor to Windows 8, project the screen onto a wall or any other surface, and interact… Read More
Photos: PopCap’s Zombies take over the Space Needle The zombies are here! The zombies are here! Seattle’s iconic Space Needle has been taken over by those marauding zombies from… Read More
Expedia’s eLong establishes $100M fund to bankroll mobile travel startups It’s a good time to be a travel-oriented startup. eLong, the Chinese travel giant that’s partially owned by Expedia, said that it… Read More
The zombies are coming…again: Plants vs. Zombies 2 lurches onto iOS today If you’ve been itching for a new plant-based home defense game, Seattle’s PopCap Games has you covered. PopCap, which was… Read More
Lively raises $500,000, looks to connect music fans with high-quality concert bootlegs Like many recording artists before it, a Seattle-born mobile app that allows music fans to download live recordings from artists… Read More
Chart: Tablets settle in at 60% of PC market … for now The chart above feels like the calm before the storm, that storm being the holiday shopping season. For a while… Read More
GeekWork: Jobs at DoubleDown, luum, SweetLabs and tripket! Job seekers, seek no further! Here are some true gems from GeekWork.com for you and you alone. Are you ready… Read More
Worried about wildfires or floods? Trulia heat maps help find safest places to live If you’re looking to buy a home, you don’t want that investment taken away from you by a natural disaster.… Read More
Does Seattle have an obligation to support Windows Phone? It’s common these days for mobile app developers to start with iPhone and Android, and get to Windows Phone later… Read More
Google offers to easily track your life by mining your inbox Google may think that e-mail users have no expectation of privacy, but they’re certainly doing their best to show people… Read More
Xbox One launch delayed to 2014 in 8 European markets At E3 this year, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One would be available in 21 markets worldwide starting in November.… Read More
Japanese airline finds electrical fault in 787 fire extinguishers The hits just keep on coming for Boeing’s troubled 787 Dreamliner, which has been beset by a number of problems… Read More
The next Silicon Valley? These charts show how far other regions have to go There’s really only one Silicon Valley, and it’s unlikely that any region will supplant this epicenter of technology, innovation and… Read More
GeekWire Summit: New details on our biggest event of the year The GeekWire Summit — our biggest event of the year and the premier tech conference in the Pacific Northwest —… Read More
Gartner: Smartphone sales beat feature phones, rising tide lifts Samsung, Microsoft For the first time in the history of cell phones, smartphone sales have exceeded those of feature phones, according to… Read More
‘Now that’s odd’: Here is HTC’s bizarre new ad starring Robert Downey Jr. Earlier this week HTC announced that it hired actor Robert Downey Jr. to star in a new advertising campaign designed… Read More
Zombies attacking the Space Needle? Game company to host PR stunt on iconic landmark The Space Needle has already been the backdrop of an attack by Angry Birds. Now, the Zombies are coming! To… Read More
