Articles from 2013 – Page 9 of 150

Fast-growing IT automation startup Opscode raises $32M, changes name to Chef

Seattle entrepreneur Barry Crist likes to say that the best time to raise money is when you don’t really need… Read More

Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech rivals urge Obama, Congress to curb snooping

While they’re usually fierce competitors, an octet of leading technology companies have banded together to ask the U.S. to take… Read More

Silicon Valley VC view: 5 reasons why Seattle will become a hub of business cloud services

I’ve recently read several articles about the difficulties that Seattle entrepreneurs face when building business-to-business companies. While some might find… Read More

Why Apple’s Newsstand isn’t working out as hoped for ‘The Magazine’

When Marco Arment created The Magazine in October of last year, it caused a splash as one of the first… Read More

Startup Spotlight: High school buds start Taggle to build a universal online review platform

They might not be starting the next Microsoft, but two graduates from Seattle’s Lakeside School — the alma mater of… Read More

Penny Arcade shutters video network and news site

Seattle area-based gaming comic Penny Arcade has decided to roll back its empire-building plans. The Penny Arcade Report, the company’s… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon Drones, Artefact’s ‘Juice Box,’ a beautiful app and a classic console challenge

We’re getting very futuristic on this week’s GeekWire radio show — starting with our thoughts on Amazon’s surprising “Prime Air”… Read More

Report: Google prepping Nexus TV set-top box

According to a report by Amir Efrati at The Information, Google is working on a set-top box called the Nexus… Read More

Supreme Court accepts software patent case, setting stage for pivotal ruling

Software patents are finally getting their day in the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Alice… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Highlights: Startup Grind, DevCon5 and Code Chix

You know, sometimes you just need to take a break from all the holiday cooking, cleaning, shopping, planning and stressing.… Read More

Mmm, tasty: New Microsoft ad for the $99 Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet is … arousing?

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a ridiculous Microsoft commercial. But now the creative folks in Redmond have done… Read More

Mitch Hill, 1958-2013: Former Avanade and Opscode CEO was a fierce competitor who led with quiet confidence

Mitch Hill, the former CEO of Avanade and Opscode, passed away Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He… Read More

Here’s why the new University of Washington football coach keeps his players off Twitter

Update, 2:10 p.m — We caught up with UW president Michael Young and added his comments to this story When… Read More

Microsoft takes to the street to bash Google Chromebooks

It almost seemed like we could make it a week without another Microsoft ad attacking Google. Well, no. It’s another… Read More

eBay CEO on Amazon’s drones: ‘We’re not focused on long-term fantasies’

It looks like eBay isn’t too concerned about its competitor’s audacious plans to have fleets of aerial drones delivering products to… Read More

Apple starts tracking customers inside its stores to send mobile alerts based on where they’re standing

Starting today, when customers walk into an Apple Store, their phone will be ready to sell them products wihtout a… Read More

Seattle VCs pick their deal of the year, and it’s a no-brainer

Well, we could see this one coming. The Evergreen Venture Capital Association, the group that represents the Seattle venture capital… Read More

Geek Madness: Vote for the greatest game console of all time

Earlier this year, we asked our readers to help us identify the greatest geek ever. We called it “Geek Madness.”… Read More

Eric Schmidt says consumers shouldn’t have drones, even though Google wants to use them

In an interview with the Guardian, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said that consumers shouldn’t be able to keep drones… Read More

It’s getting easier to raise $100M: Mega-financings increase 50% in 2013

Earlier this week, we covered the massive $120 million series A financing round for Seattle biotechnology upstart Juno Therapeutices, one… Read More

Best practices for push notifications: Focus on quality, not quantity

Portland-based Urban Airship, a leading provider of mobile push notifications, released its latest Good Push Index report today, which examines… Read More

Microsoft launches preview of Bing Maps, showing what its Google Earth rival can do

Microsoft is taking another shot at Google’s Maps supremacy with a public preview of its Bing Maps app for Windows… Read More

The Seattle 10: Hot startups sketch business concepts on giant cocktail napkins

What happens when you ask ten of Seattle’s most innovative young startups to spend a few weeks sketching their business concepts… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsofties join Amazon drone team; Skype CFO to Puppet Labs; Porch hires 3 execs

—It seems as though just about everyone has heard of Amazon’s audacious plan to deploy flying delivery drones. Some are… Read More

ComScore: iOS, Android and Windows Phone gain share as Blackberry continues to slip

The latest numbers released by comScore show that the smartphone market seems to be in a state of figuring out… Read More

Fanzo raises another $600K to help sports fans find out what everyone is talking about

Things are rolling for Fanzo, the Kirkland-based startup that helps sports fans keep up with the latest news. The company just closed… Read More

Alan Mulally isn’t going anywhere until the end of 2014, Ford director says

While Ford CEO Alan Mulally is considered one of the front-runners to replace Steve Ballmer at Microsoft, he may not… Read More

Are you a Galactic Geek? Support GeekWire by becoming a member

GeekWire is more than a top-ranked technology news site — as evidenced by the 1,000 people who joined us for… Read More

Report: Amazon Fresh coming to San Francisco next week

Amazon’s bright green grocery trucks might finally make their way to the heart of California’s tech world. All Things D… Read More

Scenes from the GeekWire Gala: 1,000 geeks celebrate the holidays in epic fashion

More than 1,000 Seattle geeks, tasty food, cold drinks, great conversation and an epic impromptu dance floor inside one of… Read More