Mar 29, 2011, 12:32 PM Stats: Hotmail still on top worldwide; Gmail gets bigger While researching this morning’s story about the latest interactive features from Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail, I realized it had been… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 11:27 AM Prediction: Windows Phone will top iPhone by 2015 A new study from the IDC research firm predicts that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will surpass the iPhone and Blackberry in… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 9:00 AM Hotmail gets interactive with Netflix, Posterous, LivingSocial Microsoft’s Hotmail team today will show how more companies plan to use its “Active Views” technology — interactive email messages… Read More
Mar 26, 2011, 7:57 AM GeekWire Podcast: AT&T, T-Mobile and a wild week in tech This week on the GeekWire Podcast: We look back on one of the biggest weeks we can remember in technology… Read More
Mar 25, 2011, 3:08 PM Google: More M&A deals are coming Maybe Google feels like it has $6 billion burning a hole in its pocket. A few months after Groupon turned… Read More
Mar 24, 2011, 12:05 PM Firefox: Something fishy about Microsoft’s IE9 aquarium Since its earliest previews of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has been pointing to its IE9 Test Drive site for demos… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 5:33 PM Excerpt: Setback for Google in book-scanning case In the mood for some evening reading about the future of online books? Here’s the full text of the ruling… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 1:10 PM Apple hits adult ‘app store’ MiKandi with cease-and-desist over trademark Amazon.com isn’t the only company being targeted by Apple for using the phrase “app store” in conjunction with its Android… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 8:35 AM Google: Microsoft’s Android claims ‘threaten innovation’ Google itself hasn’t yet been named as a defendant in any of Microsoft’s patent litigation over Android, but the search… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 8:09 AM Google gets ‘Doodles’ patent Google was awarded a patent today on something known in intellectual-property lingo as “Systems and methods for enticing users to… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 7:10 AM Amazon.com opens its Android ‘Appstore,’ Apple be damned Amazon.com this morning launched its new Appstore for Android, despite a last-minute lawsuit from Apple over the “App Store” trademark. … Read More
Mar 18, 2011, 12:05 PM Attention ‘Star Wars’ nerds: The Force is with us A traveling exhibit called “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” starts an extended stay in Seattle this weekend, at the… Read More
Mar 16, 2011, 9:04 AM Microsoft backs Obama plan for ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ Microsoft says it will support a push by the Obama administration for new online new privacy legislation that would give… Read More
Mar 15, 2011, 10:33 AM Internet Explorer 9: Windows XP users, you’re out of luck Microsoft last night released Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its widely used web browser. Download it here, but… Read More
Mar 15, 2011, 8:31 AM Google Apps grows up with new ‘scheduled release’ option What, you didn’t want that amazing new Gmail feature rolled out to your 5,000 employees without warning? Google, doing its… Read More
Mar 14, 2011, 8:38 PM T-Mobile’s Sidekick 4G offers texting across PCs, phones The pictures of T-Mobile’s new Google Android-based Sidekick 4G are nice, but what’s really interesting is the way the company… Read More
Mar 14, 2011, 12:00 PM Inside IE9: How Microsoft rewrote its browser from scratch Jason Weber’s office boasts a fantastic view, a gigantic monitor — and some of the least-impressive machines you’ll find on… Read More
Mar 10, 2011, 12:48 PM Bing, Yahoo chip away at Google Some encouraging news for Microsoft today in its uphill climb against Google. The combination of Microsoft Bing and the Bing-powered… Read More
Mar 9, 2011, 3:11 PM Ballmer slips to No. 46 on Forbes list; Gates steady at No. 2 Bill Gates’ investments in the Mexican stock market helped to increase his estimated wealth by $3 billion, to $56 billion,… Read More
Mar 9, 2011, 8:30 AM Microsoft: IE9 coming March 14 Look like that big Internet Explorer party at SXSW in Austin isn’t just a party, after all. It’s a launch.… Read More
Mar 8, 2011, 11:44 AM How Microsoft is using Angry Birds to boost Bing Is this the ultimate product placement? Microsoft is expanding its relationship with Rovio, the developers of the hit mobile game… Read More
Mar 7, 2011, 2:40 PM Report: Microsoft paying Nokia $1B New details are out this afternoon on the financial terms of Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia — confirming once again that… Read More
Mar 7, 2011, 8:21 AM Amazon vs. Apple: Emergence of the next great tech rivalry? To understand the competitive mindset of Steve Jobs at any given moment, it’s important to listen to the sales updates… Read More
Mar 7, 2011, 8:11 AM Attention startups: Google still prowling for M&A targets Google plans to remain an aggressive corporate acquirer in 2011, good news for startup companies (and their venture backers) who… Read More
Mar 7, 2011, 7:40 AM Microsoft Bing preps for an HTML5 overhaul Just how fancy do you want your search engine to be? Microsoft Bing is preparing to roll out a new… Read More
