Articles from 2013 – Page 95 of 150

Startup Spotlight: Stride taps user feedback to build a CRM product with ‘love’

It took just 24 hours for the self-described “startup junkies” at Stride to get their new customer relationship management service… Read More

Xbox One: Here is the official video from Microsoft

Microsoft unveiled the new “Xbox One” console in Redmond today, with highlights including souped-up hardware, live TV integration, Skype functionality,… Read More

Reactions mixed as group of 14 Xbox fans watch console launch at Microsoft Store

It certainly wasn’t as exciting nor populated as the Surface tablet debut or the Halo 4 launch party, but a… Read More

Sorry, but Xbox 360 games won’t play on Xbox One

Microsoft executives are on stage right now here in Redmond giving the rundown on the major technological changes in the new… Read More

Up close with Xbox One: Pics, specs and the backside

Posting from Redmond: I’m here at the Xbox One unveiling, where Microsoft gave the media an up-close look at the… Read More

Commencement speech showdown: Advice to recent grads from Redfin’s Kelman and Zillow’s Rascoff

It’s that time of year when commencement speeches ring out across the nation, with everyone from President Barack Obama to… Read More

Images: Amazon.com wants to build a massive biosphere in Seattle (perfect for workers and mature trees)

Amazon.com is charting a new course for one of its proposed downtown Seattle office buildings, unveiling new drawings this week… Read More

Xbox One: Live from Microsoft’s new console unveiling in Redmond

The doors are about to open here in Redmond for the much-anticipated unveiling of Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox. I’m here along… Read More

Microsoft launches live, interactive TV show on Xbox Live called Music Room

We’re expecting to find out about some sort of entertainment-related features at the next generation Xbox reveal this morning, but… Read More

Transforming takeout: Madrona’s Brian McAndrews named chairman of merged GrubHub and Seamless

Brian McAndrews, the former aQuantive CEO who now serves as a venture partner at Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, is already… Read More

Sprint boosts offer for Clearwire to $3.40 per share, delays shareholder vote to May 31

Sprint is boosting its bid for Bellevue mobile broadband company Clearwire to $3.40 per share, an increase of about 50… Read More

Customer satisfaction with Microsoft software declines slightly after Windows 8

New data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index shows satisfaction with Microsoft software declining slightly this year, falling 1.3 points… Read More

UW partners with not-for-profit edX to offer free online courses

In another attempt to help expand university-level instruction access on a wide scale, the University of Washington announced a new partnership Tuesday with… Read More

5 things I learned while working on the original Xbox

[Editor’s Note: With Microsoft preparing to unveil the third generation of the Xbox on Tuesday, we asked GeekWire Chairman Jonathan… Read More

Fast-growing HasOffers raises $9.4M, promises to keep ‘bootstrapper spirit’ alive

HasOffers built a pretty impressive business over the past four years, using the company’s revenue to fuel expansion as it… Read More

How Silicon Valley VCs would react to a pitch from the greatest geek ever, Nikola Tesla

GeekWire’s Greatest Geek of All Time is making headlines again, and this time it relates directly to the startup world. Palo… Read More

Here’s what Microsoft is paying its new CFO Amy Hood

Microsoft’s newly appointed chief financial officer, Amy Hood, will start at an annual base salary of $570,000, along with Microsoft… Read More

Study: The biggest social collaboration tool inside big companies is … Facebook?

Salesforce.com, Microsoft, IBM and many smaller companies are competing aggressively in the market for enterprise social collaboration, offering advanced tools… Read More

Nike Accelerator Spotlight: FitDeck turns exercise into a card game

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

You did what? Why we chose debt over venture capital

If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance that many of your conversations — and a good chunk of your… Read More

Digital marketing firm AudienceScience trims staff

AudienceScience is cutting staff again. The Bellevue digital marketing company, formerly known as Revenue Science and digiMine, has laid off… Read More

Fraction calculator invented by 12-year-old now Amazon’s Free App of the Day

It started with some frustation over math homework at the dining room table, but now, the ideas of 12-year-old Isabel… Read More

The next Xbox: What to expect from Microsoft’s new console

Well, we’re almost there. In less than 24 hours, the tech world will be listening and watching in anticipation as… Read More

Sony teases PS4 hardware in new video, one day before Xbox launch

Less than 24 hours before Microsoft reveals the new generation of Xbox, Sony has just posted a teaser video showing off… Read More

Genome barcoder NanoString Technologies files to raise up to $86 million in IPO

When it rains, it pours. Just a few days after Tableau wowed Wall Street with a spectacular IPO, another Seattle… Read More

Shares of Tableau still surging after strong IPO, now valued near $2B

Everyone is talking about Yahoo’s big buy of Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. It’s a sexy story, in part because… Read More

Amazon axes Zombieland, keeps Alpha House and Betas for original comedy shows

The geeks are in and the zombies are out. That’s what Amazon has reportedly decided for the first rounds of… Read More

Take a picture with your voice? Microsoft wants a patent on it

Tired of using a timer to snap a picture? Microsoft has a solution for you. Well, it’s not a particularly… Read More

Tech Moves: Joanna Lord named CMO at BigDoor; Brian Arbogast joins the Gates Foundation; and more

—Online marketing whiz Joanna Lord has left her VP job at SEOmoz to become chief marketing officer at BigDoor, the Seattle… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on $1.1 billion Tumblr deal: ‘We promise not to screw it up’

Well, this kind of says something. In her first public remarks about the blockbuster $1.1 billion cash purchase of Tumblr, Yahoo… Read More