Apple tries to make it easy to use all of its products together harmoniously, but there are times where it might get in the way. Today we received a question… Read More
August is already a big month for Windows 8, with Microsoft announcing this morning that it has finished the new version of its operating system and shipped it off to… Read More
We’ve got a lot to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, starting with our thoughts on the trends at this week’s Casual Connect video game conference in… Read More
Apple this morning released Mountain Lion, the next version of the Mac OS X operating system, as a $19.99 upgrade in the Mac App Store. Many of the most attention-grabbing… Read More
Sales of Apple’s iPad topped 17 million units in the company’s most recent quarter, up more than 80 percent over the same quarter a year ago, demonstrating the continued momentum… Read More
Apple is set to release its next major operating system update, known os OS X Mountain Lion, later this month. In this edition of Ask Andru, Tracy writes in and… Read More
Facebook just announced the official release of its Facebook Messenger for Windows application, a desktop program for sending and receiving messages via Facebook without needing to open the social network… Read More
Can the GeekWire guys avoid getting “Smoked by Windows Phone”? That’s the question this week as we welcome Ben Rudolph from Microsoft’s Windows Phone team to the studio to reprise… Read More
Apple is famous for the tight end-to-end integration of its products — controlling the operating system, applications, services and hardware. But increasingly the company is extending that integration across its different… Read More
Apple’s earnings report on Tuesday afternoon will be closely watched as a gauge of the company’s momentum in the smartphone and tablet markets. The company disappointed Wall Street in its… Read More
The Steam video-game platform for Macs and Windows PCs grew substantially in 2011 — with unit sales of games rising more than 100 percent for the seventh straight year, according… Read More
Parallels, known for its software that lets Windows run on Macs, has hired new finance and technology chiefs, aiming to boost the cloud-services side of its business and prepare for… Read More
Interesting new releases and downloads catching our attention today … Netflix rolled out a new section of its website called “Just for Kids” today, offering a simplified menu of streaming… Read More
Skype seems to be savoring its final moments of independence with a flurry of new features. With Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of the company still pending, Skype has been updating… Read More
This American Life’s investigation of Intellectual Ventures offers some important lessons for the tech industry, Mac OS X Lion signals a change in how we’ll use our computers, and Microsoft… Read More
Would you rather drive a Harley or a Vespa? Your answer may predict your computer habits. Hunch.com did a user-based survey and it turns out stereotypes propagated in Mac’s old “Get a… Read More
The changes in Apple’s new Mac OS X Lion, released Wednesday, start with the way people get the updated operating system. It’s not available on an installation disc or from… Read More
It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time Monday morning with Microsoft’s… Read More
This video, taken outside an Apple store under construction in Hamburg, Germany, is spreading around the Internet like wildfire this afternoon — destined to be a classic. Almost as funny… Read More
In this era of browser apps and mobile devices, here’s some news that cuts against the grain. A new Facebook development team, based in the company’s fledgling Seattle engineering office,… Read More
A quick rundown of news stories catching our attention this afternoon … Google Maps is going indoors with panoramic photos inside businesses. Microsoft’s chief identity architect, Kim Cameron, has left… Read More
Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu version of Linux, is making a new push for a larger slice of the PC market with a series of changes in the next… Read More
Apple is just out with its quarterly earnings, reporting record revenues of $24.67 billion and profits of nearly $6 billion. Also notable: Macs don’t seem to be falling victim to… Read More
Microsoft next week will release the first service pack for its Office for Mac 2011 suite, with new features including calendar syncing between Apple’s Sync Services and Microsoft’s Outlook for… Read More
Apple this morning posted the splash page promoting its WorldWide Developer Conference, promising a “preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X” at the June event — and… Read More