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Jan 22, 2016, 5:28 AM

Report: Google paid Apple $1B in 2014 for using its search engine on iPhone

Google paid Apple $1 billion in 2014 to use its search engine on the iPhone, according to court records dug up by… Read More

Jan 11, 2016, 8:49 AM

Apple will make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android, under pressure from European wireless carriers, report says

If transferring data from your iPhone is the biggest thing keeping you away from Android, European wireless carriers may be your… Read More

Jan 8, 2016, 10:15 AM

Lenovo teams up with Google to bring 3D-sensing Project Tango phone to consumers

Google and Lenovo are teaming up to bring powerful augmented reality to your next smartphone, using the search giant’s Project… Read More

Jan 4, 2016, 12:31 PM

Ford SYNC adds support for Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Concur, Glympse and more

LAS VEGAS — In what is expected to be a big week of automotive technology announcements for the automaker at… Read More

Jan 2, 2016, 8:09 AM

GeekWire Radio: Grading ‘Star Wars’, favorite stories of 2015, and New Year’s tech resolutions

How would you grade “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”? We offer our opinions of the blockbuster film in this special New Year’s… Read More

Dec 22, 2015, 8:59 AM

Google partnering with Ford to make self-driving cars

Perhaps one of the biggest questions in automotive land was exactly how far big tech companies were going to go in… Read More

Dec 14, 2015, 9:38 AM

Google beefs up Inbox’s trip-planning features just in time for holiday travel

There are plenty of ways to keep track of your trips. TripIt keeps robust itineraries with all your travel plans, or… Read More

Dec 10, 2015, 2:16 PM

Google updates Chromecast Audio with multi-room support, hi-res audio playback

Getting the same tunes pumping all around your house used to mean wiring up special speakers. Sonos solved some of that… Read More

Nov 23, 2015, 1:52 PM

Google lets users choose between the Dark Side and the Light Side with Star Wars tweaks to Gmail, Maps and more

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is less than a month away, and Google has teamed up with Disney to get… Read More

Nov 23, 2015, 10:55 AM

Google partners with Zillow for new ‘Google Compare’ mortgage comparison product

With a little help from Zillow Group, Google today rolled out a new Google Compare product for those looking to… Read More

Nov 21, 2015, 9:00 AM

Facebook’s epic office plan, Uber at the airport, and dancing with Matt Harding

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An inside peek at Facebook’s new Frank Gehry-designed offices in Seattle,… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 8:59 AM

Google engineers praise Microsoft open-source collaboration: ‘We share the same soul’

“It really became apparent that we share the same soul, and we’ve been able to work really well together because… Read More

Nov 17, 2015, 3:03 PM

Google+ hits the reset button with ‘drastically simplified’ design, more focus on interests

Google is rolling out a complete design overhaul for Google+, its social network that is still searching for traction four years after… Read More

Nov 17, 2015, 1:48 PM

Asus launches Chromebit, an $85 ‘candy-bar-sized’ device that turns a TV into a computer

Google and Asus officially unveiled the Chromebit on Tuesday, an $85 HDMI stick that delivers the full Chrome OS experience… Read More

Nov 16, 2015, 2:32 PM

Google says its app can better understand your questions now

Google says that its app can better understand the meaning behind more complex queries, making it more able to deliver the… Read More

Nov 16, 2015, 2:29 PM

Nest Labs expands to Seattle area with new Kirkland engineering outpost

Updated with additional details on Nest’s plans for the Seattle region. Nest Labs, the company known for the Nest Learning… Read More

Image: Self Driving car
Nov 13, 2015, 8:42 AM

What happens when a self-driving Google car gets pulled over by the police

Google’s self-driving car experienced another rite of passage of road life this week — getting pulled over by the cops.… Read More

Nov 9, 2015, 10:15 AM

Google open-sources ‘TensorFlow’ machine learning system, offering its neural network to outside developers

You’ve likely used products shaped by Google’s machine learning system. The neural network has helped Google understand the subject in each Google… Read More

Alan Mulally
Oct 29, 2015, 9:13 AM

After starring roles at Boeing and Ford, Alan Mulally says ‘I’m a Googler now’

Alan Mulally started out designing Boeing jets in 1969, and eventually made his mark as the president and CEO of Boeing Commercial… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 2:43 PM

Huge growth: Amazon reaches 222,400 employees, hires 39,000 in last quarter alone

Amazon is hiring like crazy. The Seattle e-commerce giant added 39,300 employees during its most recent quarter, which is record… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 2:20 PM

Math nerds take note: Google’s Alphabet hides Easter egg in stock buyback announcement

Google parent company Alphabet’s stock shot up nearly 11 percent after announcing more than $5 billion in stock buybacks today. But it wasn’t… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 1:15 PM

Shares of Google parent company Alphabet soar 11% after Q3 earnings beat expectations

Alphabet today beat analyst expectations for both earnings and profit during its third quarter. Alphabet, first announced in August as a… Read More

Oct 7, 2015, 10:42 AM

Speed Rules: Google’s ‘AMP’ accelerates mobile websites, challenging Apple and Facebook

Speed rules the internet, and that’s even more true on mobile. If a page isn’t loading fast enough, users may leave… Read More

Oct 1, 2015, 12:10 PM

Amazon to halt sales of Apple TV and Google Chromecast, due to lack of compatibility with Prime Video

Amazon is pulling two of its bestselling electronics from their shelves because the Apple and Google video-streaming boxes are not compatible with the… Read More

Sep 30, 2015, 1:35 PM

Microsoft and Google reach sweeping settlement in longstanding patent suits

After years of wrangling over Google’s Chrome and Android technologies, Microsoft and the search giant announced a wide-ranging legal settlement this… Read More

Sep 29, 2015, 11:27 AM

Google debuts new Chromecast hardware with faster WiFi, new Chromecast Audio for music streaming

The battle for your TV screen isn’t slowing down. With Apple’s new app-capable Apple TV coming out next month and… Read More

Sep 29, 2015, 10:46 AM

Google unveils two new Nexus phones with bigger camera sensors, fast fingerprint recognition

Google introduced two new Nexus phones today at a special press event. Both phones have larger batteries, bigger camera sensors… Read More

Sep 24, 2015, 4:38 PM

Note-taking app Google Keep comes to iOS more than 2 years after Android release

It has been two years since Google introduced its OneNote- and Evernote-competitor “Keep” on Android and the web, and now… Read More

Sep 18, 2015, 10:28 AM

Report: Google likely to unveil new Chromecast and new Nexus phones at Sept. 29 event

September is shaping up to be the month of new TV streaming boxes. Apple kicked things off with the new… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 10:25 AM

Google scoops up former Amazon Lab126 employees for reboot of Google Glass

Amazon’s Fire Phone may have been a total flop, but Google seems to think the engineers may have been on… Read More

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