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Jan 13, 2012, 7:28 AM

Tech Moves: Scott Blanksteen leaves AppStoreHQ for Amazon; Maveron promotes Jason Stoffer; and more

Fast-growing Amazon.com continues to gobble up talent from the Seattle tech community. The latest addition is Scott Blanksteen who just… Read More

Jan 12, 2012, 12:34 PM

Say, what? Seattle M&A expert says Microsoft should buy Barnes & Noble

We’ve heard a lot of wild M&A chatter to start off the new year, including Amazon.com’s reported interest in RIM. But… Read More

Jan 12, 2012, 11:17 AM

Amazon: Indie authors raking it in with Kindle exclusives

Amazon.com doesn’t traditionally disclose a lot of numbers when it comes to the Kindle, but the company is getting specific… Read More

Jan 11, 2012, 9:02 AM

Amazon.com workers get a new unflattering nickname in their hometown: Am-holes

Perhaps no Seattle neighborhood has undergone as radical a transformation in such as short period as South Lake Union. And… Read More

Jan 11, 2012, 7:43 AM

Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl to publish out-of-print books with help from Amazon.com

Nancy Pearl is perhaps the only celebrity librarian that we know of, regularly appearing on National Public Radio and immortalized… Read More

Jan 10, 2012, 9:00 PM

The Climate Corp. picks Seattle for branch office, looks to cultivate talent to crunch weather data

Over the course of the past 18 months, a number of California tech titans (Facebook, Salesforce.com, Zynga and Hulu) have… Read More

Jan 9, 2012, 8:27 AM

Analyst report: Amazon sold 5.5 million Kindle Fires last quarter

It’s always a guessing game trying to figure out how many Kindle devices Amazon.com has sold during a selected period.… Read More

Jan 9, 2012, 6:51 AM

Free Nook? B&N cuts prices with purchase of NYT or People subscription

Posting from Las Vegas: Barnes & Noble this morning rolled out a new promotion that brings the price of its… Read More

Jan 8, 2012, 8:24 AM

CES: Amazon.com is here … teaching classes and looking for ‘ninja coders’

Posting from Las Vegas: As the Consumer Electronics Show begins this week, one of the big subjects of conversation will… Read More

Jan 6, 2012, 5:18 PM

This is the 40-year-old actress suing Amazon for revealing her age

The 40-year-old actress who sued Amazon.com’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for revealing her age disclosed her identity in a court… Read More

Jan 6, 2012, 1:21 PM

Tech Moves: RealNetworks VP joins Amazon’s Kindle team; etc.

Another day, another executive departure from RealNetworks. Yesterday, we reported that chief financial officer Michael Eggers — a 14-year veteran… Read More

Jan 6, 2012, 10:20 AM

Meet the new ‘four horsemen’ of tech: Sorry, Microsoft, Dell, Cisco and Intel

Oh, how the technology landscape has changed. Ten years ago, the industry was dominated by names such as Microsoft, Intel,… Read More

Jan 6, 2012, 8:26 AM

Amazon’s LoveFilm inks deals with BBC and ITV as battle with Netflix intensifies in Europe

Amazon.com is expanding its attack on Netflix in Europe, announcing today that it has landed deals to stream programs such… Read More

Jan 6, 2012, 12:30 AM

Flotype raises cash from Ignition, Salesforce and others to help coders build applications faster

Flotype, a cloud startup led by former Amazon.com and University of California Berkeley employees and researchers, has raised $1.4 million… Read More

Jan 5, 2012, 12:36 PM

Amazon.com settles patent dispute over Kindle Fire

Amazon.com has settled a patent infringement suit brought against the online retailer by Smartphone Technologies, a subsidiary of Acacia Research,… Read More

Jan 5, 2012, 11:45 AM

Tablets are the new game consoles, and other game industry predictions for 2012

Guest Commentary: The video game industry is changing like never before. Here are my best attempts at peering into the crystal… Read More

Jan 5, 2012, 7:59 AM

Barnes & Noble ponders spinning off Nook e-reader business

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Barnes & Noble was looking to sell its book publishing arm. Today, the company… Read More

Jan 5, 2012, 7:47 AM

Welcome to Seattle, where 1 out 124 people own a Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire has been an absolute smashing success, and nowhere has it caught ablaze quite like Amazon.com’s hometown of… Read More

Jan 4, 2012, 4:22 PM

As Amazon accelerates into book publishing, rival Barnes & Noble plans exit

This certainly is interesting timing. As Amazon.com accelerates its push into the book publishing business, Barnes & Noble appears to… Read More

Jan 4, 2012, 10:48 AM

Walmart scoops up mobile dev shop that built iPhone apps for Starbucks, Zipcar and others

Small Society, a tiny Portland mobile application development firm which in the past has developed apps for Starbucks, Amazon.com, Zipcar… Read More

Jan 4, 2012, 9:59 AM

Seattlepi.com chief Michelle Nicolosi resigns to launch new electronic book publishing firm

Michelle Nicolosi, who led the charge for the SeattlePI.com after Hearst Corp. shut down the physical newspaper operations in March… Read More

Jan 3, 2012, 5:03 AM

Apple vs. Amazon: Plot thickens with reports of iBooks event

Amazon.com’s growing rivalry with Apple appears poised to take an interesting twist. Apple is planning a press event later this month… Read More

Jan 2, 2012, 9:02 AM

Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers

It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting… Read More

Dec 31, 2011, 4:46 PM

Our picks: GeekWire’s favorite stories (and people) of 2011

Earlier this week, we listed your favorite stories of 2011 — the 100 most-popular news items, columns and features on… Read More

Dec 30, 2011, 1:25 PM

Bidding heats up for AllRecipes: Are Amazon, AOL and Random House stirring in the kitchen?

It’s no secret that AllRecipes.com — the wildly popular online recipe site — is on the auction block. In fact,… Read More

Dec 29, 2011, 2:06 PM

Amazon’s Bezos spends hours in computer science labs, checking in on the future

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos spent several hours at the University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering department before the holiday… Read More

Dec 29, 2011, 10:27 AM

Year in Review: The 100 most popular stories on GeekWire

Whoa, can we catch our breath now? We’ve certainly had plenty to cover on the tech beat over the past… Read More

Dec 29, 2011, 7:44 AM

Amazon Kindle line sets new mark, topping 4M in December sales

Amazon.com this morning released new Kindle sales stats and called this the best holiday on record for the product line… Read More

Dec 28, 2011, 10:32 AM

Garden gnomes and elephants: How would you answer these 25 oddball interview questions?

The tech economy is firing on all cylinders, but that doesn’t mean it is any easier to get a job… Read More

Dec 28, 2011, 8:36 AM

A huge haul: U.S. online holiday spending tops $35B

Online retailers raked in some big bucks this holiday season, with comScore today releasing a report showing that e-commerce spending… Read More