Attention mobile devs: Hack the World’s Fair this Saturday The organizers of “The Next Fifty,” a series of events that will mark the anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair… Read More
Who needs Skype? Eight top apps for chatting, messaging and calling on iPhone and Android With the announced mega-acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, the world of VoIP, group messaging, and chat apps has been brought… Read More
Top 10 iPhone Music Apps: Classics, Hits and Deep Cuts It’s springtime, and the sun has begun peeking through the clouds, so music is in the air for sun-starved Seattleites.… Read More
Apple will lead the pack in app store revenue for years to come, no matter what you call it No wonder that Apple is suing Amazon.com over the use of the name “Appstore.” There’s a lot of money at… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: The business, technology and art of podcasting, with Luke Burbank and Rob Greenlee This week on a special edition of the GeekWire Podcast — a discussion about podcasting. Yeah, we’re going meta on… Read More
Unpleasant Horse arrives on the iPhone … ‘uncensored’ 4th & Battery’s first mobile game, Unpleasant Horse, is now available in Apple’s app store, and it arrives “totally uncensored,”… Read More
Nine-year-old boy gets his wish, creates an iPhone game Most nine-year-old boys dream of meeting sports stars like Ichiro, Matt Hasselbeck or Kasey Keller. Not Owain Weinert. Weinert simply… Read More
Music apps: Seven of the best for Android and iPhone Last week we took a look at some great baseball apps for the Android platform. This week we’re going to… Read More
Windows app store Allmyapps reaches 100,000 users Allmyapps, an online app store for Windows PC reminiscent of Apple’s App Store for Mac, this morning announced that it… Read More
Microsoft calls Google out after U.S. disputes Google Apps for Gov’t security claim Documents unsealed last week by a federal court, and posted online by Microsoft this morning, show the U.S. government disputing… Read More
Play Ball! A lineup of the top five Android baseball apps Major League Baseball is in full swing and, with all the new Android users out there, we at AppStoreHQ thought… Read More
RogueSheep CEO leaves the flock Chris Parrish has left the CEO post at RogueSheep, the Seattle mobile application development shop best known for its work… Read More
Microsoft uses Amazon to bolster Apple ‘App Store’ fight Microsoft’s fight against Apple’s attempt to trademark the phrase “App Store” took on new significance last week when Apple sued… Read More
Weekend Reading: Apple vs. Amazon.com, the full text Who needs a novel when there are juicy court filings to read? When the news broke this week that Apple… Read More
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
Angel investing 101: The iPhone app version When it comes to enjoyable activities in life, the legal intricacies of angel financing deals might rank just above a… Read More
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
Apple suing Amazon.com over “Appstore” name Amazon.com has made a point of calling its upcoming mobile marketplace for Android an “Appstore,” as opposed to an “App… Read More
Startup looks to transform wedding guest books, kid’s storytime with iPad apps You may think that the iPad 2 is simply an incremental improvement. But don’t tell that to Jackson Fish Market… Read More
Where are the hot parties at SXSW? A new mobile app helps guide the way Thousands of geeks are headed to Austin, Texas this week to participate in the annual SXSW conference, the annual music,… Read More
A mobile treasure hunt for the best Seattle restaurant deals Sometimes, finding a great hamburger, pasta dish or glass of wine just isn’t good enough. In this deal-crazy world, it’s… Read More
