Apr 20, 2012, 5:42 AM Guess who Microsoft beat out for the AOL patent portfolio? Microsoft’s more than $1 billion acquisition of AOL’s patent portfolio earlier this month didn’t come without some competition. And now… Read More
Apr 17, 2012, 9:04 AM Microsoft reaches carbon goal, but Greenpeace says its cloud is still too dirty Reaching a goal it established three years ago, Microsoft says it has reduced its carbon emissions as a proportion of its… Read More
Apr 14, 2012, 7:26 AM GeekWire Radio: Facebook, Instagram, Kickstarter and the world of creative funding Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is Stephen Toulouse, better known as Stepto, who joins… Read More
Apr 12, 2012, 6:02 PM Facebook opens new Seattle office, plans more growth Facebook opened its first Seattle engineering office with two people less than two years ago, and has grown from… Read More
Apr 12, 2012, 2:19 PM Live from Facebook’s new Seattle engineering office UPDATE: The live broadcast is now over, but you can watch the archived version above. I’m over at the new… Read More
Apr 11, 2012, 10:49 AM New Google+ design hints at bigger ambitions for search giant’s social network Google rolled out a major redesign for its Google+ social network this morning, aiming for a cleaner look overall. New… Read More
Apr 11, 2012, 1:01 AM Comedian Jon Stewart rips Google glasses and Instagram’s $1B valuation The weird and wild gyrations of the technology industry are certainly open to ridicule. And comedian Jon Stewart of The… Read More
Apr 10, 2012, 11:34 AM Instagramers to Facebook: ‘DO NOT screw this up!’ News that Facebook will acquire Instagram for $1 billion seems to have gotten everyone excited — except its users. “I’ve… Read More
Apr 9, 2012, 11:05 PM The battle to train a market: Instagram is what Facebook has been telling you guys to do for like a year, okay? By now, it’s probably been brought to your attention that Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars on Monday, valuing… Read More
Apr 9, 2012, 4:40 PM A tale of two acquisitions: A few thoughts on the $1 billion bets by Microsoft and Facebook It’s not everyday that the tech industry sees two of its giants fork over $1 billion, especially for things that… Read More
Apr 9, 2012, 10:12 AM Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion [Updated] [Updated below with more details and background.] Facebook just announced a deal to buy Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service with… Read More
Apr 5, 2012, 11:12 PM The top Tweeters in baseball There’s perhaps no American pastime filled with as many data geeks and stat hounds as baseball, a sport where every… Read More
Apr 4, 2012, 7:47 AM Microsoft’s Skype pokes at Facebook, Twitter in ad campaign Skype partners with Facebook on video calling, and Skype’s parent company, Microsoft, is a minority owner of Facebook. But all’s fair… Read More
Mar 29, 2012, 10:09 AM 6 do-or-die tactics for Facebook success in 2012 While social sites like Pinterest and Tumblr are growing like wildfire and offering marketers plenty of opportunity to leverage new… Read More
Mar 26, 2012, 2:06 PM Poker pro Phil Gordon lands cash for online gaming tourneys, nabs former Zynga and Netscape execs As a professional poker player with career winnings of $3.5 million, Phil Gordon usually is the guy making big bets. But… Read More
Mar 22, 2012, 4:57 PM Facebook employees gripe about the long hours, while Googlers want more money Google and Facebook are two of the hottest companies in tech. And with expanding operations in the Seattle area, both… Read More
Mar 21, 2012, 2:02 PM Say, what? Myspace moves up in ranking of top 50 U.S. Web sites Facebook and Pinterest may be all of the rage. But a social networking site of another era is having a… Read More
Mar 20, 2012, 3:48 PM Facebook Timeline: Is your business ready? What KING 5 learned in making the switch Have you switched your business page to Facebook’s new Timeline yet? The new format becomes mandatory for all Facebook pages with… Read More
Mar 12, 2012, 6:11 PM Yahoo vs. Facebook: This just got very awkward for Microsoft Yahoo grabbed the attention of the tech industry today, but not with a new product announcement. The company filed a… Read More
Mar 5, 2012, 11:53 AM Facebook releases Messenger App for Windows, says Mac version also in the works Facebook just announced the official release of its Facebook Messenger for Windows application, a desktop program for sending and receiving… Read More
Mar 2, 2012, 1:33 PM Be warned Yelp and Facebook fans: Social media IPOs usually start with a pop, and then plummet As Facebook gears up for one of the largest Internet IPOs this year, they may want to take heed of… Read More
Mar 1, 2012, 1:52 PM Here are 5 tech companies from Seattle that could take the IPO plunge in 2012 The world may be waiting on a Facebook IPO. And while there’s some chatter about whether the $5 billion public… Read More
Feb 25, 2012, 7:00 AM GeekWire Radio: Google glasses, Office on iPad, and a big picture of the mobile world This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, on the eve of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we… Read More
Feb 24, 2012, 8:30 AM Why Facebook may surrender users to niche social networks What do you recall seeing in your Facebook feed recently? The following are recurring items in mine: an e-card character… Read More
Feb 23, 2012, 3:19 PM Charts: Apple has more cash than Google and Microsoft combined Apple’s balance of more than $97 billion in cash and investments is back in the news today, with CEO Tim… Read More
Feb 22, 2012, 10:54 AM PopCap doubles down on Facebook games with grand opening of Lucky Gem Casino This could get pretty interesting. PopCap Games this week launched a new series of casino-style games on Facebook in which… Read More
Feb 14, 2012, 12:03 PM What would Wael Ghonim do? 5 lessons from the world’s most successful online community manager The world’s most successful online community manager was in Seattle last week, and you probably had no idea. Wael Ghonim,… Read More
Feb 14, 2012, 7:55 AM Angry Birds finally lands on Facebook, testing the new economics of video games Sure, most of us have played Angry Birds in the past, probably on multiple devices, but even if you’ve grown… Read More
Feb 14, 2012, 6:44 AM Microsoft’s Facebook app for Windows Phone getting an upgrade — thank goodness If you’ve ever used Microsoft’s Facebook app for Windows Phone and tried to find out who clicked ‘like’ on one… Read More
Feb 9, 2012, 10:52 AM GeekWire Summit: Facebook, T-Mobile, Swype and more join lineup of speakers We’re gearing up for our big GeekWire Summit, the inaugural half-day conference March 7 in downtown Seattle. Last week we… Read More
