Aug 15, 2011, 6:34 AM Google’s $12.5 billion Motorola deal shakes up mobile world Google delivered a shocker to start the week, announcing plans this morning to acquire mobile phone company Motorola Mobility — a… Read More
Aug 13, 2011, 8:41 AM GeekWire Radio: Airbags in your phone, checking in on Google+, and iPhone vs. Android apps On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we offer a reality check on Jeff Bezos’ plan to put airbags… Read More
Aug 12, 2011, 2:44 PM Study: Google+ winning over suburban parents, losing college kids and cafe dwellers New data released by Experian Hitwise today gives a snapshot of the types of people who are adopting Google+, and… Read More
Aug 11, 2011, 5:34 PM Games on Google+: PopCap and GameHouse on board Google is escalating its challenge to Facebook by expanding its fledgling Google+ social networking service into games — allowing people… Read More
Aug 10, 2011, 4:10 PM WSJ: Feds also probing Android in Google antitrust inquiry When the Federal Trade Commission launched its antitrust inquiry into Google in late June, it notified the company that the… Read More
Aug 10, 2011, 11:58 AM Google Parcel Service? Search company patents electronic shipping notifications Google’s battle against Microsoft and Apple over their use of “bogus” patents promises to result in greater scrutiny of its… Read More
Aug 4, 2011, 2:06 PM Google responds to Microsoft’s ‘gotcha’, and Microsoft fires back Feel free to skip the soaps today — this little saga should be more than enough for your daily allotment… Read More
Aug 3, 2011, 5:41 PM Microsoft: Google declined invite to bid together on Novell patents The war of words is escalating quickly between Microsoft and Google over patents and Android. Microsoft’s general counsel responded this… Read More
Aug 3, 2011, 1:29 PM Google: Microsoft, Apple trying to strangle Android with ‘bogus’ patents [Follow-up: Microsoft says Google declined an invitation to bid together on Novell patents.] Google is fighting back publicly against what… Read More
Aug 2, 2011, 2:27 PM UW computer science project automates time-lapse pictures Inspired in part by people who take pictures of themselves every day, showing how they change over a period of… Read More
Aug 1, 2011, 3:27 PM Stats: Chrome, Safari gain on Internet Explorer and Firefox Overall usage of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox fell slightly in July, while Google Chrome and Apple Safari both… Read More
Aug 1, 2011, 9:58 AM Morning Radar: Steve Lacey memorial, George R.R. Martin at Bungie, 4G Windows Phone Steve Lacey, the Google engineer and former Microsoftie who was the victim of a car crash July 24 in Kirkland,… Read More
Jul 31, 2011, 11:12 PM Data centers aren’t sucking as much electricity as predicted Massive data centers — many of which dot the Columbia River basin in Washington and Oregon — have historically been… Read More
Jul 31, 2011, 6:27 PM If Microsoft Bing is Muhammad Ali, this is its best punch An extensive look at Microsoft Bing’s attempt to challenge Google, published by the New York Times today, will get lots… Read More
Jul 29, 2011, 1:07 PM Tributes to Steve Lacey, on Facebook and in Flight Sim Family, friends and colleagues of Steve Lacey are still grappling with the loss of the respected Google engineer and Microsoft… Read More
Jul 29, 2011, 9:44 AM Google tosses support behind the Portland Incubator Experiment We’ve talked before about how Google has Portland fever — using the Rose City to test new products like Google… Read More
Jul 28, 2011, 11:54 PM As patent debate rages, Google gobbles up IBM inventions GeekWire readers have been engaged in an intense debate over the past week about the role of software patents —… Read More
Jul 28, 2011, 2:14 PM Video: Microsoft’s ‘Gmail Man’ jabs at Google’s email ads https://youtu.be/OrkAuwaoFGg Microsoft isn’t saying whether this video is really one of its productions, but like ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley (who… Read More
Jul 26, 2011, 4:44 PM Ex-Googlers attract more capital than ex-Microsofties (but report misses a few too) I’ve often wondered which of the tech giants breed the most entrepreneurs. Now, the social recruiting company TopProspect takes a closer… Read More
Jul 25, 2011, 12:34 AM Google engineer Steve Lacey victim of Kirkland car wreck Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, a veteran of the Seattle region’s tech community who worked for more than a decade… Read More
Jul 22, 2011, 11:18 AM Tech jobs: Microsoft growing again; Google growing faster Microsoft added a net total of more than 1,000 employees worldwide in the quarter ended June 30, bringing its total… Read More
Jul 16, 2011, 9:23 AM Is Microsoft about to cut off Twitter search results in Bing? Twitter may be left out in the cold when it comes to its integration with two of the biggest search… Read More
Jul 13, 2011, 11:19 PM Microsoft vs. everybody else: The quotable Kevin Turner Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Kevin Turner, was in rare form Wednesday at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles… Read More
Jul 11, 2011, 7:29 AM Google reveals first native eBooks device, promises more Will this device give Amazon’s Kindle a run for its money? Probably not, at least not on its own, but… Read More
Jul 8, 2011, 1:53 PM Rewind: Google+, Facebook, Microsoft Bing and the evolution of Internet search Our guest this past week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Rand Fishkin, the CEO of SEOmoz, the… Read More
Jul 8, 2011, 10:28 AM Report: Amazon preps for big sales of its tablet at launch Rumors about Amazon.com’s plans to release its own tablet computer have been around for months, but now they’re getting specific,… Read More
Jul 8, 2011, 6:46 AM Marc Andreessen: Wall Street hates tech and why Microsoft and others are undervalued Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, who has quickly become one of the most influential Silicon Valley venture capitalists, made some waves… Read More
Jul 6, 2011, 9:44 AM Report: Microsoft chases Samsung over Android, seeking $15 per phone A report out of South Korea this morning says Microsoft is continuing its effort to get royalties from makers of… Read More
Jul 5, 2011, 11:59 PM Nerd Notes: App for Atlantis, better title for Jobs bio, and some pi in the face for Google Google reportedly decided to have some fun with the bidding for Nortel’s coveted patent portfolio last week — throwing out… Read More
Jul 5, 2011, 4:31 PM Allrecipes ‘Dinner Spinner’ app comes to Windows Phone Windows Phone continues to bolster its library of apps, and for some reason Microsoft seems to be having more than… Read More
