Articles from 2013 – Page 73 of 150

GeekWire Calendar picks: Retro gaming, Sub Pop and outdoor movies!

Wowee! This is one packed weekend! From Seattle Retro Gaming Expo to the Sub Pop Records Silver Jubilee, there’s a… Read More

Steam Store goes down after gamers flock Valve’s annual Summer Sale

Good news for gamers looking to save cash on their next purchase: Valve’s Steam Summer Sale kicks off today. Bad… Read More

These students 3D-printed a race boat with plastic milk jugs

Just last month we reported on University of Washington engineering students building bad-ass, award-winning Formula race cars. Now the latest… Read More

New peak: Amazon shares surpass $300 for first time

The rapid growth of Amazon.com was echoed Thursday on Wall Street, as the company’s stock briefly topped $300 for the… Read More

These are the keys to social business, according to Eventbrite’s VP of Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO — For Eventbrite, social media is a key component of its business plan. According to Tamara Mendelsohn, its… Read More

Don’t buy a $10 domain and other tips from HubSpot’s Dharmesh Shah

Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO at Hubspot and chief blogger at OnStartups.com, laid out some gems of advice at this… Read More

Report: Microsoft allowed NSA to bypass encryption for access to Outlook emails, Skype conversations

Throughout the year, Microsoft has lambasted Google and accused them of shady privacy policies via its “Scroogled” campaign. But now, new… Read More

Vine, Path, Flipboard — but not Instagram — coming to Windows Phone 8

The just-announced Nokia Lumia 1020 will be able to take some pretty amazing pictures with the 41-MP camera, but users… Read More

Ballmer’s big bet will reshape Microsoft — with lots of risk

How can a company of more than 90,000 employees become more nimble and competitive? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laid out… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Glimpse the future at our signature technology conference

Speaking on a panel at the GeekWire Summit last year, T-Mobile USA’s then-marketing chief floated what seemed at the time… Read More

Nokia debuts Lumia 1020 with 41MP camera, available July 26 for $299 on AT&T

Nokia today officially unveiled its new Lumia 1020, complete with an impressive 41-megapixel — yes, 41-megapixel — camera. The obvious… Read More

GeekWire Game Night gallery: Catan, casinos and a ton of fun

Catan vs. Craps. That was the scene Wednesday evening at the Spitfire Grill as more than 300 gaming geeks took part… Read More

Swype keyboard coming to Android phones from TCL

Swype will become the touch screen keypad on Android devices from TCL Communication, a Chinese electronics company which markets the… Read More

T.A. McCann leaves BlackBerry as transformation continues at struggling smartphone maker

T.A. McCann is moving on from BlackBerry two-and-a-half years after selling his Seattle startup Gist to the smartphone maker. The… Read More

Microsoft Research gets new leaders as part of overhaul

Rick Rashid, who built and led Microsoft Research for more than two decades, will be leaving the position and joining… Read More

Romotive shows new ‘training’ options for iPhone robots

SAN FRANCISCO — A popular iPhone-powered robot just got a whole lot more customizable. Romotive, the TechStars Seattle-incubated robotics startup… Read More

Full text: Ballmer promises ‘One Strategy, One Microsoft’ in memo to employees

Here’s the full text of the memo from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlining the sweeping reorganization of the company, as… Read More

‘One Microsoft’: Ballmer unveils massive overhaul, vows to change how Microsoft does business

Microsoft will reorganize into four engineering groups, centralize its core business functions, reshuffle its executives, rearrange its product teams, discard the… Read More

Redfin, Zillow and Trulia agree on the next big thing in real estate: Finding a home through automated recommendations

SAN FRANCISCO — The titans of the online real estate business took the stage Wednesday at the Real Estate Connect… Read More

Seattle Children’s cites early progress fighting cancer by reprogramming blood cells

Marking a milestone in the fight against cancer, Seattle Children’s Research Institute this afternoon reported that the first patient in… Read More

Geek of the Week: Prateek Jetly is aiming to disrupt the world of daily deals

Prateek Jetly was in the 8th grade, playing games in an Indian army computer lab when the commanding officer walked… Read More

Peace out, PCs: Shipments of personal computers dip for 5th consecutive quarter

The popularity of the personal computer continues to fade away, as the latest numbers from market researcher Gartner show worldwide PC shipments… Read More

Amazon inks streaming deal with Miramax for Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill

Amazon today inked a streaming deal with Miramax to bring titles like Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, Kill Bill and… Read More

5 bootstrap dos and dont’s to cement and grow your business

You may be familiar with bootstrapping, an economic circumstance in which intrepid entrepreneurs launch and operate a business with little… Read More

Microsoft to release ‘feature pack’ update for Windows Phone 8 in 2014

Microsoft announced today that a “feature pack” update will be arriving to Windows Phone 8 in the first half of… Read More

T-Mobile’s LTE network now reaches 157M in 116 markets including Seattle

T-Mobile began rolling out its LTE coverage back in March and today, the carrier announced that its service is now reaching… Read More

Here are the 5 biggest VC deals in Seattle from the past two years

Money is flowing, and it sure seems like it’s a good time to be a startup entrepreneur. Just how good?… Read More

Nokia Lumia 925 coming to T-Mobile on July 17 for $49 down

As part of many big moves being made today, T-Mobile announced details for the Nokia Lumia 925, its first 4G LTE… Read More

T-Mobile debuts ‘Jump,’ lets you upgrade phone twice a year for $10/month

T-Mobile just unveiled its “boldest move yet” today with a program called JUMP! (Just Upgrade My Phone) that allows customers… Read More

No more secrecy? SEC votes to allow startups, VCs, hedge funds to talk about fundraising

Nearly every week I come across a startup company or investment firm that offers this explanation when I ask for… Read More