Comcast wants to give pirates a legal alternative to torrenting: Make them paying customers The cat-and-mouse game between media companies and pirates has a long and sordid history. Currently, “big content” is relying on… Read More
Why Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post: Best reactions, commentary and insights I guess at this point we shouldn’t be surprised by the moves of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who in the… Read More
Michael Schutzler named CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association The Washington Technology Industry Association has tapped Seattle entrepreneur and angel investor Michael Schutzler to serve as president and CEO.… Read More
‘Amazon Art’ puts multi-million dollar paintings in your shopping cart A $2.5 million Monet? Sure, what the heck, add it to the cart. Just make sure 1-Click ordering isn’t turned… Read More
Nokia ad: Every day, more crappy photos taken on iPhone than any other device Nokia released a new ad today touting the camera on the Nokia Lumia 925 Windows Phone by comparing it to… Read More
Bing for Windows Phone gets new coat of paint, functionality Windows Phone users rejoice: Microsoft is re-vamping the Bing search functionality for Windows Phone in the image of its work… Read More
Robots? Kindles? Door desks? How should Bezos reinvent the Washington Post? Free Kindles for every newspaper subscriber! Papers delivered by Amazon’s Kiva robots! Door desks in the newsroom! Certainly Jeff Bezos… Read More
Zynga announces closure of OMGPOP, games When Zynga closed its New York office, home to OMGPOP, earlier this summer, there was some question as to what… Read More
Memo: Bezos already giving Washington Post employees some of that Amazon religion Jeff Bezos is buying the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in his individual capacity, separate from his role at… Read More
Crowdfunding, eh? Kickstarter launches in Canada Following its launch in the United Kingdom late last year, one of the world’s most popular crowdfunding platforms is coming… Read More
Breaking: Jeff Bezos buying Washington Post for $250M In a surprise move, Jeff Bezos has reached a deal to acquire the Washington Post Co.’s newspaper publishing business for… Read More
Shares of Market Leader jump after Q2 revenue spurt Last week, we heard about the financial results of Trulia. On Tuesday afternoon, we’ll get a better sense of how… Read More
Startup contest: ‘gdgt Live’ returning to Seattle, joining forces with Engadget Gadget reviews and recommendations site gdgt is coming back for another event in Seattle at the end of this month… Read More
Ubers aweigh! Grab a ride in San Francisco by boat Looking for a windier way to get back to the East Bay Area from San Francisco tonight? Uber wants to… Read More
Report shows 95% of iOS developers working on updates for iOS 7 As we near fall, the newest version of Apple’s mobile operating system is just around the corner. But one question… Read More
Social media storm continues with #DempseyFound: This startup is helping Sounders FC manage the chaos What happens when an international soccer star arrives secretly in your hometown, setting off a social media storm of epic… Read More
Kinect-controlled water fountains? Student contest focuses on fluid interfaces Next stop, the Bellagio? Computer-controlled water fountains are giving an unusual twist to an annual student contest that explores new… Read More
President Obama to answer real estate questions alongside Zillow CEO this Wednesday, stock soars Get your real estate questions ready. President Barack Obama wants to hear from you, and he’s turning to Zillow to… Read More
Obama veto in Apple’s Samsung dispute throws a new twist into patent cases What will the White House do? That’s the question that many big companies will be asking themselves after the Obama… Read More
Here are the 11 startup companies that just got into TechStars Seattle TechStars Seattle is kicking off their latest class of companies, hoping to churn out the next great startup. This year,… Read More
Microsoft cuts Surface Pro by $100, now starts at $799 Microsoft, trying to recover from lackluster sales of its Surface tablets, today cut the price of its Surface Pro by… Read More
An open letter to Jeff Bezos; Microsoft Surface revenues; and more top posts from July Amazon and Microsoft news dominated the pages of GeekWire during the month of July. In fact, every single one of… Read More
7 questions to ask your startup lawyer Not all lawyers are created equal — and for an early-stage startup, the counsel you choose can seriously impact the… Read More
App of the Week: Foresee helps plan your activities around the weather There are a lot of weather apps out there. Some give you local maps and video footage. Some include barometric… Read More
Patent filing is latest evidence of Microsoft’s augmented-reality ambitions It’s easy to brush off patent applications from big companies as pie-in-the-sky ideas that will never see the light of… Read More
Apple blasts DOJ’s ‘absurdly broad’ remedy as a ‘draconian and punitive intrusion’ This morning, the Justice Department proposed a remedy in the Apple e-book pricing case that requested a smorgasbord of sanctions… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Music in the woods and lanterns on the lake Hi ho! Summer is still going strong and here in the Pacific Northwest, that means cramming your weekends with as… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer on soccer, tech and ‘big’ deals in the works We’ve got a great guest on the GeekWire radio show this week: Adrian Hanauer, the general manager and co-owner of… Read More
Tech Moves: Zones names CEO; Zillow promotes Philips —Zones has named Murray Wright as its new CEO effective September 1, replacing Firoz Lalji who will remain as chairman.… Read More
Yahoo buys, kills Rockmelt in the same day The question floating around Silicon Valley seems to be: what isn’t Yahoo buying these days? Social browser company Rockmelt is… Read More
