Dec 29, 2014, 11:37 AM Chart: Apple dominates holiday device sales, with glimmer of hope for Microsoft There were a lot of people unwrapping iPhones this holiday season, according to a new report from mobile analytics company… Read More
Dec 29, 2014, 9:19 AM Gmail completely blocked in China in alleged case of government censorship Gmail users in China have been unable to access the popular email service for the past few days, in an… Read More
Dec 24, 2014, 2:20 PM Where’s Santa? Ask Microsoft…or Google As Christmas Day approaches, parents everywhere are looking for ways to keep their kids satisfied while they wait for the… Read More
Dec 24, 2014, 10:18 AM Apple-led Rockstar Consortium sells patents to RPX RPX Corporation purchased nearly 4,000 patents from the Rockstar Consortium, a patent holding entity that was formed by a number… Read More
Dec 24, 2014, 7:44 AM Microsoft and Google to hotels: Stop blocking personal Wi-Fi hotspots Microsoft and Google want you to be able use personal wi-fi hotspots at hotels, even though some hotel chains are… Read More
Dec 17, 2014, 2:30 PM Seahawks, Super Bowl and composting: Seattle’s top Google trends for 2014 Yesterday, we told you about Google’s national trends on search. But today, they gave us the lowdown on Seattlelites’ favorite… Read More
Dec 12, 2014, 10:20 AM T-Mobile becomes first carrier to sell LTE-enabled Nexus 9 tablet T-Mobile announced today that it is selling the LTE-enabled version of Google’s Nexus 9 tablet, making it the first carrier… Read More
Dec 11, 2014, 4:27 PM Amazon app disappears from Google Play Store as companies joust over Amazon Appstore access Amazon’s main Android app has been quietly but unceremoniously removed from the Google Play Store’s search after the Seattle-based company added… Read More
Dec 11, 2014, 8:43 AM Microsoft buys app testing platform HockeyApp, boosting its mobile development cred Microsoft has acquired HockeyApp, a developer tools platform that allows people to manage beta testing and analytics for apps running on… Read More
Dec 9, 2014, 2:42 PM Amazon hires longtime Google VP who led Seattle-area operations Chee Chew, who led Google’s operations in the Seattle region as a vice president of engineering, has been hired by Amazon… Read More
Dec 9, 2014, 10:10 AM Apple, Amazon refuse to release federal diversity info More tech companies are starting to release information about the demographics of their workforces, but not every firm is interested… Read More
Dec 3, 2014, 4:03 PM Google launches Device Assist app to give Android owners a helping hand Google may not have shiny stores where people can go to troubleshoot new Android devices, but the company wants to… Read More
Dec 2, 2014, 12:50 PM New update allows editing of Office documents in Gmail Google updated its Drive cloud storage and productivity service to let Gmail users edit Microsoft Office documents they receive without… Read More
Dec 1, 2014, 3:08 PM Rudolph rumble? Microsoft faces off with Google over tracking Santa It’s December, and that means it’s officially time for tech companies to start kicking off their holiday tomfoolery. Google and… Read More
Dec 1, 2014, 11:10 AM New, Intel-powered version of Google Glass reportedly coming next year Google Glass is still alive and kicking, with the Mountain View-based tech giant expected to deliver a new version of… Read More
Nov 26, 2014, 8:57 AM EU regulators: ‘Right to be forgotten’ in search results should be global The European Union’s “right to be forgotten” may be going global, if a set of regulators have their way. A… Read More
Nov 25, 2014, 11:14 AM Yahoo and Microsoft looking for search engine love from Apple Yahoo and Microsoft are fighting to be the search engine provider for the iPhone when Apple’s contract with Google expires… Read More
Nov 24, 2014, 9:44 AM Google updates mobile search results with 3D views of products Google has updated the product listings for mobile devices just in time for Black Friday with new features designed to help… Read More
Nov 21, 2014, 12:10 PM European Parliament plans to call for Google’s break-up The European Union Parliament is posed to call for Google to break up into multiple businesses over antitrust concerns, according… Read More
Nov 21, 2014, 9:03 AM Google offers holiday Chromebook buyers 1TB free cloud storage In an attempt to put laptops running its Chrome OS at the top of holiday gift lists this year, Google… Read More
Nov 20, 2014, 12:40 PM Google wants to let you crowdfund publishers with a monthly contribution Google launched a new service today that’s aimed at allowing super-fans to support their favorite site while ditching distracting ads.… Read More
Nov 19, 2014, 2:46 PM Firefox ditches Google and makes Yahoo its default search engine In a massive shift, Mozilla has signed a five-year partnership with Yahoo to be the default search provider for Firefox… Read More
Nov 19, 2014, 11:31 AM Microsoft, Apple and other tech titans get top marks in survey of LGBT inclusion policies Major players in the tech industry earned top marks from the Human Rights Campaign for workplace policies relating to lesbian,… Read More
Nov 18, 2014, 9:03 AM Google now tells you which sites are mobile friendly in search results Google today launched a tool that features a “mobile-friendly” tag for websites in search results. Now, when searching for something… Read More
Nov 17, 2014, 9:12 AM Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More
News Brief Nov 12, 2014, 6:47 AM An Internet without ads? Google’s DoubleClick for Publishers suffers outage If you’re noticing a lack of ads on GeekWire and many other sites today, there’s a reason: Google’s DoubleClick for Publishers… Read More
Nov 11, 2014, 9:16 AM Google Chromecast adds games, using iPhone and Android as controllers Google’s $35 Chromecast streaming device is adding a series of games to its lineup of content, expanding beyond its core video and… Read More
Nov 10, 2014, 10:47 AM New stats: iPhone 6 launch gives boost to iOS in enterprise By all accounts, Apple’s launch of its new smartphones has been a blockbuster. CEO Tim Cook says the company is… Read More
Nov 7, 2014, 3:10 PM App of the Week: Google’s Inbox is a new approach to solving email overload If there’s one great challenge of the digital age, it’s managing email effectively. It’s easy to be inundated by hundreds of messages… Read More
Nov 4, 2014, 10:19 PM New scorecard knocks Skype and other messaging services for lacking security features Looking for a secure messaging tool? The Electronic Frontier Foundation just released a new scorecard comparing a wide variety of… Read More
