Jan 13, 2012, 11:04 PM Flickr cleans house, plans to ditch Picnik and other features Flickr announced Friday that it plans to dump a number of features, part of a “New Year’s cleaning” that the… Read More
Jan 13, 2012, 6:42 AM Google runs into backlash over latest search changes Google made some substantial changes to its search engine this week, part of an initiative that it calls “Search Plus… Read More
Jan 6, 2012, 10:20 AM Meet the new ‘four horsemen’ of tech: Sorry, Microsoft, Dell, Cisco and Intel Oh, how the technology landscape has changed. Ten years ago, the industry was dominated by names such as Microsoft, Intel,… Read More
Jan 4, 2012, 9:26 AM Yahoo picks PayPal president Scott Thompson as new CEO Well, at the end of the day and after weeks of speculation, Yahoo didn’t go with a former Microsoft or… Read More
Jan 3, 2012, 1:33 PM New Microsoft patent: Walking directions that avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods Microsoft was issued a patent today on a computer system for “pedestrian route production” — better known as walking directions… Read More
Jan 2, 2012, 9:02 AM Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting… Read More
Jan 1, 2012, 7:43 AM Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts of 2011 A listing of the year’s most popular posts from an official company blog can say a lot about that company,… Read More
Dec 28, 2011, 10:32 AM Garden gnomes and elephants: How would you answer these 25 oddball interview questions? The tech economy is firing on all cylinders, but that doesn’t mean it is any easier to get a job… Read More
Dec 27, 2011, 10:57 AM Is Google playing unfair in online travel? One of the big fears over Google’s purchase earlier this year of ITA Software was that the search giant would… Read More
Dec 24, 2011, 11:59 AM When will Santa be in Seattle? It’s a big question on a lot of kids’ minds today, so I figured I’d just call and ask. When… Read More
Dec 24, 2011, 8:27 AM Cloud battle in Berkeley: Here’s why Cal chose Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365 Organizations everywhere are debating the best way to migrate systems to the cloud. And one of the biggest decisions that… Read More
Dec 24, 2011, 7:52 AM Weekend Radar: Go Daddy’s SOPA scramble, Google’s new Seattle boss, and holiday Kindle puzzles A roundup of news and headlines on our radar this holiday weekend … After withdrawing its support for the controversial… Read More
Dec 23, 2011, 6:51 AM Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh calls SOPA ‘cancer to the free web,’ threatens to ditch GoDaddy Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh is threatening to remove the company’s 1,000 domain names off of GoDaddy after the huge Internet… Read More
Dec 22, 2011, 12:09 PM Google, Microsoft and Yahoo lead list of the top 50 most visited Web properties in the U.S. Google ranked as the most visited Web site during the month of November, attracting 186 million visitors. That was just… Read More
Dec 16, 2011, 8:01 AM Microsoft Bing makes headway in 2011, almost matching Yahoo in market share Microsoft’s Bing search engine is still No. 3 in the U.S. search market, but not by much. The Redmond company… Read More
Dec 8, 2011, 12:50 PM Google+ Handbook: 63 resources for entrepreneurs Just when you thought you had Facebook and Twitter nailed, along comes Google+. This new social site took the world… Read More
Dec 6, 2011, 7:09 AM Inside the ‘BingBox’ team: Microsoft looks to its console to change the game vs. Google Michelle Holtmann has been at Microsoft for almost 12 years, which means she understands the natural conflicts that can happen… Read More
Dec 5, 2011, 10:58 AM Newsmakers 2011: Google engineer Steve Yegge, the accidental newsmaker We’re just a few days from finishing the rollout of our 2011 GeekWire Newsmakers, a roster of people who made… Read More
Dec 2, 2011, 8:04 AM Report: Google to challenge Amazon with fast shipping Google is talking with big retailers about creating a new service to provide fast, cheap shipping of items found through… Read More
Dec 1, 2011, 5:59 PM Amazon Web Services: Almost a billion-dollar business? Amazon Web Services is poised top $1 billion in cloud services revenue in 2012, according to a new report from… Read More
Dec 1, 2011, 7:46 AM Super stealthy Wavii says a bit more: Making Facebook out of Google A few weeks ago, I wondered what was going on at Wavii, a high-profile Seattle startup that had been operating… Read More
Nov 27, 2011, 10:16 PM Microsoft’s reality distortion field, shopping with pepper spray … and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “She was competitive shopping.” — Los Angeles Fire… Read More
Nov 25, 2011, 12:51 PM Google+ TV commercial: 5 things to note It doesn’t happen often, so when Google bothers to air a television commercial, we pay attention. An ad for Google’s… Read More
Nov 23, 2011, 12:37 PM Microsoft on board with Upgrade Your Parents’ Browser Day The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally known for shopping, but Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic this week suggested an alternative purpose:… Read More
Nov 23, 2011, 12:32 PM ‘Hello, computer!’ UW prof and students search outside the box Like Scotty in Star Trek, the day is coming soon when we’ll talk with our computers instead of just typing… Read More
Nov 23, 2011, 10:59 AM Microsoft takes closer look at Yahoo deal, signing privacy pact Microsoft has signed a non-disclosure agreement allowing it to examine Yahoo’s finances as it considers participating in a buyout of… Read More
Nov 22, 2011, 8:00 AM Google hires Microsoft worker who left over Nokia tweet Remember Joe Marini? He’s the Microsoft worker who left his job back in September after tweeting about what was then an… Read More
Nov 21, 2011, 10:06 AM Sorry, Silicon Valley: Seattle ranks as top city for tech jobs One of the biggest story lines of the past couple of years in the Seattle tech community has been the… Read More
Nov 19, 2011, 6:20 AM GeekWire Radio: iTunes Match, Google Music and Tunebox take tracks to the cloud This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we break down the latest developments in online music — including… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 11:31 AM Bing regains a little ground in search war with Google Google still remains the undisputed leader in Internet search, commanding some 65 percent of all search queries in the U.S.… Read More
