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Articles from 2013

Windows Phone gets new Shazam app with Start screen song tagging

Shazam is rolling out a redesigned Windows Phone app with features including the ability to start identifying songs directly from… Read More

Slick video shows why Portland is an awesome city for tech startups

When we sat down with Elemental CEO Sam Blackman earlier this month, the GeekWire Startup CEO of the Year wasn’t shy about his thoughts on Portland… Read More

The state of education: Yes, we suck

Ten years ago, then Boeing Commercial Airplanes boss Alan Mulally declared in front of the Seattle Rotary Club that Washington… Read More

Microsoft’s $1M Vringo patent settlement comes with a Google twist

Microsoft will pay Vringo subsidiary I/P Engine $1 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit over technology originally developed by… Read More

Windows 8.1: Microsoft confirms Start button’s return and desktop bootup, plus new details

It’s official: the Start button is coming back to the Windows desktop … sorta. Microsoft just released a series of… Read More

Dish boosts offer for Clearwire to $4.40 per share as bidding war with Sprint escalates ahead of Friday vote

The bidding war continues. Dish Network has boosted its offer for Bellevue-based Clearwire, just two days before shareholders were set to… Read More

Video: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ checks out Google Glass for first time: ‘How do I reset?’

Follow up: Q&A: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ on autism, space travel and the link between humanity and technology Google Glass is… Read More

Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures is now going after banks, sues PNC and First National Bank of Omaha

Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding company led by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, is turning its attention to financial institutions.… Read More

Sweet gigs: The Clymb, Booking.com, and Filter!

Alright, kids! Get your CV’s, resumes and letters of approval ready, we’ve got more top picks from the GeekWire Job… Read More

Zillow co-founder Rich Barton: ‘Kill the squirrel’

If you’re a squirrel, make sure you stay well clear of Rich Barton. The founder of Expedia and Zillow on… Read More

While Microsoft expands across Pacific, Amazon’s China strategy remains hazy

Microsoft just announced a significant hiring increase in China and a renewed commitment to offering its cloud computing services in the country.… Read More

Kickstarter campaign for public space telescope reaches $100K in 2 hours

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, today launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space… Read More

Amazon greenlights 5 TV series after ‘harrowing exercise in online democracy’

Amazon today named the five shows that will move into production as the Seattle company’s first original TV series. As… Read More

Google revamps Gmail inbox to filter graymail, following in footsteps of Outlook.com

Are we witnessing a new feature war in the world of webmail? Google this morning unveiled an overhauled version of… Read More

Microsoft Office 365 tops 1M Home Premium subscribers

Microsoft changed up its Office product in January by offering the productivity suite as a subscription for home users for the… Read More

Citizen journalist sues after NBCNews.com’s Newsvine unit fails to pay $183 in ad revenue

A Wisconsin woman has filed a lawsuit against NBCNews.com’s Newsvine unit, alleging that the company violated its terms-of-service agreement by… Read More

Asteroid-mining company launches $1M Kickstarter campaign for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope

When Planetary Resources first announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids last year, the response was impressive. More than 3,500 people applied for… Read More

Paul Allen bankrolls documentary film that touts promise of nuclear power

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen has been showing some of his diversity in recent weeks, selling abstract art; procuring a rare… Read More

Placed Insights reveal how much Americans love fast food and McDonald’s

America sure loves its fast food. That’s the latest from the April rankings of Placed Insights, a platform that is essentially… Read More

Should Microsoft sell its Xbox business? Sorry, but it’s probably too late

The topic of splitting up Microsoft is one that I’ve spent a lot of time digging into over the years,… Read More

Firm urges Clearwire investors to vote no on Sprint deal; board calls decision ‘superficial’

The ongoing saga of Clearwire has taken yet another turn as the independent shareholder firm Glass Lewis & Co. has… Read More

Amazon launches third-party login system, challenging Facebook, Google and Twitter for authentication

Amazon.com customers will be able to use their Amazon login credentials to sign in to third-party websites, apps and games… Read More

SEOmoz changes name to Moz, unveils new analytics software

For nearly a decade, Rand Fishkin’s Seattle startup has been directly associated with search engine optimization, so much so that… Read More

Wearable computing: Apple’s Tim Cook wary of glasses but says ‘the wrist is interesting’

Speaking at the D11 conference down in California this evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook was careful not to reveal any… Read More

Sonics: Hansen expects Ballmer to stay on investment team until NBA is back in Seattle

From the sounds of it, Steve Ballmer appears committed to bringing NBA hoops back to the Emerald City. Two weeks… Read More

Calling all coders: How did you learn how to program?

Every programmer likely remembers how they learned to code. For guys like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the magic began on… Read More

Study: Gain more Twitter followers by being confident with predictions, not accurate

Here’s a way to get more Twitter followers: Exude confidence. That’s the finding from a study done by a pair of doctoral… Read More

Nike Accelerator Spotlight: Chroma.io rewards exercise with customizable fighting robots

Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based… Read More

Kindle newspapers: How the experience needs to improve

There’s something great about subscribing to a newspaper on a dedicated e-reader for automatic daily delivery. Goodbye, wet rolls of… Read More

Seattle’s former chief geek: City needs a chief innovation officer

Crosscut is continuing their wonderful series by asking leaders in the Seattle community what they’d do if they were mayor. Today’s… Read More

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