Chalk this up as one of the oddest emails of the week. A person who represents AT&T asked our permission to retweet a story we published on GeekWire a few… Read More
Some people spend Memorial Day weekend barbecuing with friends, or hitting the local parade. Not Zeke Iddon, a 30-year-old video game nut from Aylesbury, England. Iddon, who runs the comedy… Read More
OK, maybe this is the sign of finally getting to a new type of status in the tech industry. Zillow is the punchline of a joke in the satirical online… Read More
Lockerz, the heavily-funded Seattle social commerce startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and others, is going through a transition with executives departing; products changing and assets being sold… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been tied up in all sorts of lawsuits during his technology career. That just goes with the territory when you become a multi-billionaire in the software… Read More
One of the strangest legal cases we’ve seen in some time is now over. Charles Carreon, an attorney for the Web site FunnyJunk, has dropped his case against Seattle Web… Read More
T-Mobile is trying to go for a little bit of a tougher image with its advertising campaign. But I don’t think this is what the company had in mind. A… Read More
We’ve heard about companies being on life support, but this is a new one on us. With flatlining revenues and a moribund stock price, RealNetworks certainly needs resuscitation. Is it… Read More
Who knew that being a real estate agent entailed so many odd encounters. But thanks to Redfin we are now getting a closer peek into this strange and — at… Read More
Now, we’ve heard some wild concepts over the years. But the latest idea getting some buzz in Silicon Valley (not to mention cash from well known angel investor Peter Thiel)… Read More
You don’t see this on the road every day — and especially not on the side of it. A B-1 bomber fuselage being hauled to Boeing’s Renton, Wash., plant was… Read More
Do you think Electronic Arts would have shelled out $1.3 billion for a company called Sexy Action Cool? It could have happened if PopCap Games stuck with its original name.… Read More
It’s a good thing to know that the folks over at PopCap haven’t lost their sense of humor– even though many of the employees were transformed into multi-millionaires today when… Read More
We’ve talked before about how Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is not afraid to be misunderstood for long periods of time. And, perhaps, nothing showcases the Seattle billionaire’s iconoclastic spirit more… Read More
The Happy Go Techy Expo, held Saturday at the University of Washington, was a little bit geek craft fair, and a little bit mobile application showcase. GeekWire photographer Annie Laurie Malarkey… Read More
Every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day here at GeekWire and, for that matter, at dozens of other tech companies around Seattle. It’s pretty commonplace to see canine… Read More
A few days ago, someone asked me if GeekWire had any plans for covering the royal wedding. At the time, I said there was “no formal coverage plan” unless we… Read More
I have seen the future. And it wears goggles and Victorian clothing. At least, that’s the immediate impression you might get after visiting Norwescon 34, which was held this past… Read More
The next time the “big one” hits, wouldn’t it be nice if there was a steel-plated desk (complete with oxygen mask, food storage, flashlight, blanket and other amenities) nearby? Bainbridge… Read More
We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with the Illinois Congressman arguing for the defense of the paper… Read More
Sprint is locked in a heated battle with Verizon and AT&T, a situation that got more challenging with AT&T’s planned $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile. Sprint’s secret weapon? It happens… Read More
This probably was not the way that PopCap Games’ experimental game studio 4th & Battery wanted to start off. Then again, maybe it’s just the type of thing that could… Read More
I am really curious to see how this turns out. At 4 p.m. today, the Seattle/Bellingham band Death Cab for Cutie plans to conduct what it is calling the “first… Read More
Maybe Alex Trebek is a secret FailBlog fanatic. The wildly popular humor Web site — developed by the folks at Seattle’s Cheezburger Network — was the subject of a little… Read More
I spent a portion of my Sunday evening analyzing the NCAA Men’s basketball pool. It was a tough task trying to fill out the brackets given that I’ve watched a… Read More
Some people spend their time knitting, reading books or playing sports. Susan Ott Ralph and David Ralph like staircases. Public staircases, that is. The couple have spent the better part… Read More
It’s sleek. It’s cool. And people from all over the city are traveling to see it (and grab a taste from it). It’s the Coca-Cola Freestyle, a futuristic, self-service touchscreen… Read More
If your car broke down in the middle of Interstate 5, how would you react? KING 5 has a funny report on Michael Micheletti — a Seattle computer professional whose… Read More
