Reality distortion field? Apple’s Siri wrong on Daylight Savings If you have an iPhone 4S, try this. Ask Siri when Daylight Savings Time starts. At least on my phone,… Read More
Clearwire touts spectrum as rumors fly about whether it could get the iPhone 5 Clearwire has taken it on the chin in the past year, chopping its staff, watching its stock tank and reformulating… Read More
Nokia, Microsoft to expand battle vs. Android and iPhone The mobile industry will be gathering in Barcelona, Spain, this week for the big Mobile World Congress, providing a glimpse… Read More
Estimate: 2.7M Windows Phones shipped in Q4, Nokia now top vendor Nokia shipped an estimated 900,000 Windows Phones in the fourth quarter, quickly making it the largest vendor of Microsoft smartphones,… Read More
No iPhone? T-Mobile bets on Android, Windows Phone and LTE in new turnaround bid The big news from T-Mobile USA today: It’s planning to roll out its own LTE network starting next year. The… Read More
T-Mobile USA loses more customers to iPhone, looks to rebound with LTE What’s the price of being the only major U.S. carrier without Apple’s iPhone? T-Mobile USA’s parent company Deutsche Telekom gave… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s Windows Phone vs. our iPhones in an on-air speed test Can the GeekWire guys avoid getting “Smoked by Windows Phone”? That’s the question this week as we welcome Ben Rudolph… Read More
Google in iPhone tracking dustup, and Microsoft jumps into the fray In an investigative report today, the Wall Street Journal says Google circumvented the iPhone’s privacy settings to track user browsing… Read More
Irony? Apple patent filings cite need for user consent on data How’s this for timing? Two Apple patent applications, made public just this morning, go out of their way to point… Read More
Apple’s Mountain Lion brings the Mac, iPhone and iPad even closer together Apple is famous for the tight end-to-end integration of its products — controlling the operating system, applications, services and hardware.… Read More
Apple promises contact consent, but what about time limits? Do we still put too much blind faith in big tech companies to do right by our personal information? That’s… Read More
Classic PC game by Bill Gates makes comeback on iPhone It might be hard to believe nowadays, but there was a time when Bill Gates himself was writing the software… Read More
Treemo Labs unveils Appafolio, promising easy way to create iPhone and iPad apps Treemo Labs has developed some high-quality custom iPhone and iPad apps for the likes of 60 Minutes, Beyonce and Nirvana.… Read More
T-Mobile boosting support for unlocked iPhones T-Mobile USA remains the only major U.S. wireless carrier that doesn’t sell the iPhone, but that isn’t stopping the company… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Apple’s big quarter, Bill Gates’ legacy, and the world of digital puzzles This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we recap the gigantic quarter posted by Apple, hear Bill Gates… Read More
Meet the SolMate: This case charges your iPhone in the sun (and shade) Does your iPhone battery life get you down? Don’t worry. Two enterprising Seattle geeks believe they’ve solved that ongoing frustration… Read More
Google shows some love for Microsoft’s Windows Phone We’re still waiting for that official Google+ app for Windows Phone, but the Google Sync team just released some updates that… Read More
Study: Personal devices now used for work in 88% of businesses Nearly nine out of 10 companies are seeing employees use personal phones, tablets and computers at work — marking a… Read More
Microsoft Hotmail soars on iPhone and Android, now available on Kindle Fire Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail has surpassed 12 million active users on Apple iOS devices — a dramatic climb resulting from… Read More
Apple’s iPhone sales top 37M: Check out this hockey stick Apple just reported some gigantic quarterly financial results, with revenue of more than $46 billion, and earnings per share of… Read More
Chart: iPad, iPhone in spotlight as Apple preps earnings report Apple’s earnings report on Tuesday afternoon will be closely watched as a gauge of the company’s momentum in the smartphone… Read More
CES: Sensors taking over the world, one tweet at a time Posting from Las Vegas: People who attend the annual Consumer Electronics Show tend to focus a lot on specific products, but… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Kindle Fire, 520 apps, and 96-year-old tech enthusiast Bill Sleeper The GeekWire radio show and podcast returns from its brief holiday hiatus this weekend with a special in-studio guest, Bill… Read More
As profits fall at HTC, Samsung becomes the smartphone king with record net income RIM isn’t the only smartphone maker taking it on the chin. HTC said today that profits declined for the first… Read More
Google, Apple pull further ahead of Microsoft in smartphone wars Google and Apple are pulling even further ahead of Microsoft and RIM in the smartphone wars. According to the latest… Read More
Seven apps just for navigating the 520 tolls: GeekWire’s reviews and recommendations What happens when the state starts tolling a bridge traversed by thousands of tech workers every day? An explosion of… Read More
Windows Phone: Why apps are still the big stumbling block Last week, right before the holiday break, I started having problems with my trusty old iPhone. The people on the… Read More
Reports: Renegade iPhones get a speed boost on T-Mobile T-Mobile remains the only U.S. carrier that doesn’t get to sell the iPhone, but more than a million unlocked iPhones… Read More
Microsoft unleashes year-end flurry of apps for iPhone, Windows Phone and Android Who says Microsoft doesn’t ship products quickly enough? It has actually been tough keeping up with the company lately …… Read More
Microsoft’s latest iPhone app: Kinectimals game now on iOS Microsoft this morning took another step to expand the world of Xbox 360 games to Apple iOS devices, releasing a… Read More
