May 2, 2013, 7:45 AM New devices? Apple seeks patents on curved and irregular battery shapes Newly surfaced patent applications from Apple hint at plans for new types of devices — or at least new shapes… Read More
May 1, 2013, 3:00 PM CHART: Tablet market soaring, now almost two-thirds the size of PC market The market for tablets is continuing to climb dramatically, reaching 49.2 million units shipped worldwide in the first quarter, up… Read More
Apr 29, 2013, 10:28 AM Microsoft, other tech stocks surge as Nasdaq hits high The week is starting out well for many tech stocks, with Microsoft gaining more than two percent and Apple —… Read More
Apr 29, 2013, 9:44 AM Microsoft’s raucous new Windows Phone ad pokes fun at Samsung, Apple fans Can a little humor improve Microsoft’s fortunes in the U.S. smartphone market? The company just released this preview of a… Read More
Apr 26, 2013, 9:07 AM IDC: Smartphones now more popular than feature phones These days, it’s almost surprising to see someone using an old-school flip phone, and now some numbers from the IDC… Read More
Apr 25, 2013, 3:12 PM Study: Apple MacBook the best-performing, most reliable Windows laptop When you think of reliable laptops that run Windows, the names Dell, Acer, HP or Lenovo might come to mind.… Read More
Apr 23, 2013, 2:04 PM Apple beats earnings expections, will return $100 billion to shareholders Will this be enough to fend off the Apple skeptics? The company topped Wall Street’s earnings expectations this afternoon with… Read More
Apr 22, 2013, 12:42 PM Apple Mac not immune to slump in computer market Apple will report its quarterly earnings Tuesday afternoon, providing the latest glimpse into the sales of the company’s main iPhone,… Read More
Apr 17, 2013, 11:53 AM Report: Amazon.com buys Evi, the voice recognition app that rivals Apple’s Siri Well, this could get really interesting. TechCrunch is reporting today, citing unidentified sources, that Amazon.com paid $26 million last year to… Read More
Apr 16, 2013, 12:28 PM iTunes rival: AmazonMP3 growing with 22% of online music downloads iTunes has been the king of digital music downloads for the past ten years, but the latest numbers show Amazon… Read More
Apr 10, 2013, 6:59 PM Microsoft Office for iOS delayed, set to launch fall 2014 A Microsoft Office app for iOS devices was supposed to come out right about now, but it looks like the… Read More
Apr 4, 2013, 1:08 PM Apple makes gains in U.S. smartphone market, Microsoft in distant 4th place Apple is gaining market share in the U.S. According to numbers out today from comScore, the Cupertino-based maker of the… Read More
Apr 1, 2013, 2:23 PM ‘Dear Valve, Hire Me’: What happened to the woman who wrote that song Do you remember Erin Michael Vondrak? She really, really wanted to work at Valve. So much, in fact, that she… Read More
Mar 31, 2013, 7:28 AM Google glasses ban; a sonic-powered vibrator; and other top stories of the month Here’s a look back at the top stories of the month on GeekWire. Thanks for tuning in everyone, and for… Read More
Mar 24, 2013, 2:40 PM 6 things Apple needs to copy from Microsoft Surface in iOS 7 The Microsoft Surface is an easy target. It is Microsoft’s attempt to get into touch computing and it is easy… Read More
Mar 21, 2013, 10:12 AM Air foils vs air bags: Amazon and Apple want to make sure you never bust your phone again Apple and Amazon.com are on a collision course in all sorts of businesses — from digital music to e-readers. Now,… Read More
Mar 6, 2013, 9:51 AM HTC’s February revenue nosedives 44%, lowest in 3 years HTC continues to struggle and took a serious hit in February, recording their lowest revenue in three years. Sales fell… Read More
Mar 5, 2013, 1:25 PM Xbox chief: Main rivals are Nintendo, Sony, Apple and Google … but not Valve The competitive landscape for Microsoft’s Xbox console is expanding to include Apple and Google, but the company’s top game and… Read More
Mar 4, 2013, 11:40 AM More details emerge for Apple’s high-tech watch set to debut later this year Bloomberg is out with a report this morning that unveiled more details about Apple’s souped-up watch and said that the… Read More
Feb 28, 2013, 9:21 AM Fortune’s most-admired companies: Amazon 3rd, Starbucks 5th, Microsoft 17th According to Fortune, the state of Washington has some admirable companies. Fortune released its 2013 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list… Read More
Feb 27, 2013, 9:36 AM MLB now allowing 13 teams to accept Apple Passbook; Safeco Field still waiting Major League Baseball is one of the most tech-savvy professional sports leagues around and that became more evident today as… Read More
Feb 27, 2013, 8:28 AM Amazon to iOS users: Don’t install Kindle app update Normally, app updates are supposed to allow for improvement and efficiency. That’s not the case with Amazon’s latest update for… Read More
Feb 21, 2013, 3:37 PM Youngsters think Microsoft is getting cooler as it ages Looks like those hip new Microsoft commercials are paying off. A Reuters poll found that just under 50 percent of… Read More
Feb 21, 2013, 8:06 AM Filing explains how Apple smart watch would work — and why it could succeed About a decade ago, right around the time that Microsoft was trying to get us to use the first generation… Read More
Feb 11, 2013, 1:31 PM Apple CEO Tim Cook sitting in Michelle Obama’s box for State of the Union For the second year in a row, Apple will be represented at the State of the Union. One year after… Read More
Feb 7, 2013, 12:33 PM Hedge fund manager David Einhorn to Apple: You’ve got a ‘cash problem’ (too much of it) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has taken shots at Microsoft in the past, noting that the software giant should can… Read More
Feb 7, 2013, 11:22 AM Report: New Xbox to feature Siri-esque voice recognition You wake up in the morning, walk into the living room and say “Xbox on” to activate your gaming console.… Read More
Feb 7, 2013, 10:34 AM Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry” Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just gave a 30-minute keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit in Las Vegas. He didn’t make any… Read More
Feb 6, 2013, 9:48 AM Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More
Jan 31, 2013, 9:44 AM Bill Gates says Steve Jobs was “always cooler than me” Steve Jobs may have been “cooler” than Bill Gates, and that’s OK. The Microsoft co-founder and chairman made his first-ever… Read More
