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Sep 9, 2014, 4:12 PM

Taking stock of the winners and losers: How Wall Street reacted to Apple’s announcements

You would have thought that new iPhones, the Apple Watch and an extensive mobile payments service would be enough to… Read More

Sep 8, 2014, 4:54 PM

5 reasons Apple is poised to finally usher in a cashless society

A endless list of companies — from wireless carriers and handset makers to tech giants as big as Google — have… Read More

Sep 5, 2014, 10:51 AM

Apple picks up U.S. smartphone market share, Microsoft sees slight gains

It looks like Apple’s back-to-school shopping promotion has done good things for the company’s sales of iPhones, according to a… Read More

Sep 4, 2014, 10:34 AM

Google agrees to refund customers $19M over kids’ in-app purchases

Google will refund at least $19 million to parents who paid for in-app purchases that their children made on Android devices without their knowledge… Read More

News Brief
Sep 2, 2014, 11:19 AM

Google rebrands enterprise products as ‘Google for Work’

Google announced today that it is rebranding its products for businesses as “Google for Work” as a part of the… Read More

Amazon Prime Air drone
Sep 2, 2014, 8:10 AM

Avoiding news copters and skyscrapers: NASA developing automated air traffic control system for drones

Everyone is talking about drones. From bans at National Parks to Google’s new experimental Project Wing, unmanned aerial vehicles are… Read More

Aug 30, 2014, 9:42 AM

GeekWire Radio: How the big wireless carriers stack up

Are you happy with your current wireless carrier? This week on the GeekWire radio show, we explore the relative strengths… Read More

Aug 28, 2014, 4:29 PM

Look out, Amazon: Google is taking to the skies with its own delivery drones

As it turns out, Amazon isn’t the only major internet company that plans to provide drone delivery. Google has been… Read More

Aug 26, 2014, 10:30 PM

Watch out, GoDaddy: Google’s no-fuss domain service poses threat to traditional registrars

Yesterday morning, Google let me into its new invite-only domain registration service, and I decided to give it a test run… Read More

Aug 26, 2014, 10:58 AM

Amazon vs. Google: Twitch deal highlights growing war between tech giants

Now that the initial shock from Amazon’s purchase of Twitch is starting to wear off, the synergies between the two… Read More

Aug 25, 2014, 4:21 PM

Google goes after Office for iPad again with new Slides app

Google has once again fired a shot across Microsoft’s bow with a new iPhone and iPad app for its Slides presentation-making… Read More

Aug 19, 2014, 12:42 PM

Microsoft relaunches OneNote for Android, with tablet and handwriting support

Android tablet users now have a better note-taking app from Microsoft. The company announced today that it’s launching a new version… Read More

Aug 19, 2014, 9:35 AM

Uber takes on Amazon, Instacart with new drug store delivery service in D.C.

Need some deodorant? Run out of contact lens solution? Uber has you covered. The transportation startup is testing out a new… Read More

Aug 18, 2014, 10:50 AM

The Amazing Book Race: We pitted Amazon vs. Google in a same-day delivery test, and this is who won

SAN FRANCISCO — At a time when it’s easier than ever to get what you want, when you want it,… Read More

Aug 18, 2014, 8:45 AM

Amazon and Google wrestle over corporate secrets in cloud employment dispute

Google is seeking to formally intervene in a lawsuit filed by Amazon against a former Amazon Web Services employee who left the… Read More

Aug 15, 2014, 10:17 AM

Chart: This is how bad the gender gap is at tech companies

Looking over the diversity data released by major tech companies over the past several months paints a bleak picture of… Read More

Aug 12, 2014, 10:19 AM

Windows Phone’s enterprise pitch falls flat; iOS remains top dog for big business

One of Windows Phone’s advantages over other mobile operating systems is Microsoft’s enterprise software pedigree. The company has been pushing… Read More

Aug 7, 2014, 10:53 AM

Yelp picks Bing over Google to translate reviews in 15 languages

Yelp announced today that it will use Microsoft Bing to translate reviews on its iPhone app. Thanks to Microsoft’s Bing… Read More

Aug 6, 2014, 9:55 PM

Barnes & Noble and Google to test same-day book delivery, swiping at Amazon

Google will offer online shoppers same-day delivery of books from Barnes & Noble stores, under a new partnership that aims to help… Read More

Aug 6, 2014, 7:22 PM

OneDrive user arrested on child porn charges following tip by Microsoft

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on child pornography charges after Microsoft tipped off law enforcement that he had uploaded… Read More

Aug 6, 2014, 4:30 PM

Tired of pesky email newsletters? Gmail adds unsubscribe button to ditch unwanted messages

We’ve all been there: once upon a time, some company or organization asked for an email address, and now, several… Read More

Jul 30, 2014, 3:06 PM

Google exec: Cloud price wars have only just begun

Google’s cloud team is on a city-by-city roadshow, trying to persuade developers to use Google Cloud Platform to run their apps and… Read More

Jul 25, 2014, 10:53 AM

Chart: Amazon now employs 132,000, more than tripling in size in the past three years

Amazon.com’s growth in the past few years is nothing short of meteoric, and the chart above shows exactly what’s going… Read More

Jul 24, 2014, 4:00 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: DeveloperWeek, Seattle Sports Tech Meetup, and more

San Francisco’s largest week-long tech event series is coming to Seattle. DeveloperWeek Seattle brings together hundreds of developers, technology executives,… Read More

Jul 24, 2014, 12:17 PM

Q&A: Nokia HERE targets iOS and Android, expanding its role as the ‘location cloud’

The launch of Amazon’s Fire phone today marks an important step for Nokia’s HERE location-technology business, which is supplying the underlying mapping platform used… Read More

Jul 18, 2014, 4:49 PM

How’s that search alliance working out? Yahoo’s U.S. search share hits all-time low as Microsoft Bing grows

Yahoo just can’t catch a break. ComScore’s new U.S. search market share numbers for June will show that the company’s piece of… Read More

Jul 17, 2014, 1:14 PM

Google reports quarterly revenue of $16 billion, misses on earnings again as top business exec departs

Google announced today that it brought in $15.96 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2014, an increase of… Read More

Jul 15, 2014, 3:19 PM

Apple teams with IBM to push iPad and iPhone further into business world

Apple and IBM are teaming up in an effort to improve the position of iOS devices in the business world.… Read More

Jul 14, 2014, 2:21 PM

Amazon employees most attractive, Apple workers just average, dating app finds

The top five tech companies typically fight over who employs the biggest brains, but in this competition, they were ranked by another more superficial… Read More

Jul 14, 2014, 7:07 AM

Amazon hires Google Glass founder to ‘work on a few other things’

Updated at 3:30 p.m. with Google’s statement below. Babak Parviz, who founded and led the Google Glass project, has left the… Read More

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