Dec 8, 2011, 1:27 PM Shares of Coinstar soar on news that its RedBox DVD business will ally with Verizon Shares of Coinstar gained more than seven percent today after news emerged that the Bellevue company’s Redbox DVD movie rental… Read More
Dec 8, 2011, 10:08 AM List: The 25 people who did big stuff this year in Seattle tech and beyond After considerable discussion, careful deliberation and more than a few debates at the neighborhood bar, the GeekWire team has finished… Read More
Dec 8, 2011, 6:00 AM Planking, Pepper Spray Cop and other top Internet memes of 2011 Cheezburger is the master of memes, and 2011 created some memorable moments for lovers of Internet culture. From planking to… Read More
Dec 7, 2011, 11:20 AM Ready for this? Tolling to start Dec. 29 on 520 bridge They’ve been warning that it was coming, and today the Washington State Transportation Department gave us a date: Electronic tolling… Read More
Dec 7, 2011, 10:46 AM Seattle venture capitalists pick their top deal of the year, and it’s a slightly untraditional one Venture capitalists are known for bankrolling biotech, medical device, software and Internet companies. But it was a consumer products company… Read More
Dec 7, 2011, 6:22 AM Expedia shareholders approve TripAdvisor spin-off Expedia shareholders have approved the spin-off of TripAdvisor, the online travel review site. The deal — expected to occur on… Read More
Dec 5, 2011, 5:53 PM Fisher Interactive unveils daily deal site SeattleNow.com Fisher Interactive Network has launched a new daily deal Web site under the name SeattleNow.com, an offering that the company said… Read More
Dec 5, 2011, 9:14 AM Adapx wins $1.65M DARPA contract to bring speech and sketch to battlefield plans Seattle startup Adapx has won a $1.65 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to incorporate speech… Read More
Dec 4, 2011, 9:02 AM Newsmakers 2011: F5’s John McAdam quietly creates a billion dollar business F5 Networks CEO John McAdam helped guide the company to more than $1 billion in revenue in 2011 Over the… Read More
Dec 3, 2011, 4:58 PM Tech IPOs start with a strong pop, and then promptly tank Shares of Groupon soared to $26.11 on its first day of trading as a public company, a very healthy (and somewhat surprising)… Read More
Dec 2, 2011, 10:59 AM Microsoft to open new gaming studio in Victoria, B.C. Maybe we’ll see more geeks on the Victoria Clipper and Kenmore Air next year. Microsoft is planning to open a… Read More
Dec 1, 2011, 8:06 AM Sprint throws Clearwire a $1.6 billion lifeline in funding deal Clearwire and Sprint this morning announced a new agreement that could provide Clearwire with as much as $1.6 billion over… Read More
Nov 30, 2011, 4:48 PM Rhapsody marks decade in business as it absorbs Napster Ten years ago this weekend, on Dec. 3, 2001, the Rhapsody music service was launched by Listen.com, pioneering the concept… Read More
Nov 30, 2011, 10:54 AM Newsmakers 2011: Melinda Gates, ‘impatient optimist’ Sure, Bill Gates may get more attention, but Melinda Gates is the one who deserves the newsmaker title this year… Read More
Nov 28, 2011, 10:25 AM Newsmakers 2011: Nathan Myhrvold, gourmet geek and patent lightning rod Nathan Myhrvold was in the spotlight in 2011 perhaps more than at any other point since he was Microsoft’s chief… Read More
Nov 25, 2011, 11:23 AM Social Santa: Nordstrom tries ‘gift hints’ on Facebook, Twitter With the holiday shopping season kicking off today, Nordstrom is trying a new social media campaign that lets Facebook and… Read More
Nov 21, 2011, 10:38 AM Newsmakers 2011: Daniil Kulchenko sells startup at age 15 Of all the stories we covered on GeekWire in 2011, one of the most remarkable was the tale of Daniil… Read More
Nov 21, 2011, 9:01 AM Expedia boosts ownership in eLong by gobbling up stake from Renren Expedia is investing more in China, a key market for the Bellevue online travel company’s international expansion efforts. The company… Read More
Nov 21, 2011, 8:47 AM Indian IT consulting firm picks Seattle for first U.S. office Happiest Minds, a Bangalore, India-based IT consulting firm, has chosen Seattle for its first U.S. office. The company was started… Read More
Nov 20, 2011, 10:38 AM Video: Watch Bill Gates explain how technology is reshaping our world, again This is Bill Gates, coming full circle. During a rare appearance last month on the University of Washington campus —… Read More
Nov 18, 2011, 11:41 AM Q&A: How Comcast is adjusting to our changing TV habits How are people actually using the web and mobile apps to interact with traditional television content? What’s next for the… Read More
Nov 18, 2011, 10:35 AM Newsmakers 2011: Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens leads daily deal site to meteoric growth Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens likes to move fast, tackling opportunities before the moment passes. And no one, and I mean… Read More
Nov 18, 2011, 10:04 AM Bezos shows Blue Origin spaceship launching and landing in new videos Jeff Bezos has posted two new videos of his Blue Origin project’s spaceship taking off and landing on a “short… Read More
Nov 17, 2011, 10:23 AM Jobless rate in Washington state drops to nine percent Washington state’s unemployment rate fell to nine percent during the month of October as employers added 4,600 jobs in education,… Read More
Nov 17, 2011, 8:00 AM Bain Capital to buy Physio-Control from Medtronic for $487 million After 13 years under the umbrella of Medtronic, Redmond-based Physio-Control is getting a new corporate parent. It was announced this… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 2:53 PM Music on your phone bill: Google teams with T-Mobile Google will start selling music tracks and albums through its Android Market, moving beyond apps as part an update and… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 9:01 PM Twenty-year Microsoft vet joins online backup startup as CEO Brad Carpenter, a former Microsoft general manager who left the company in October after a 20-year career, has accepted the… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 2:32 PM AT&T, Verizon lead U.S. business Internet market, too A new study from comScore Networks breaks down the Internet Service Providers used by large and small businesses across the U.S.,… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 12:11 PM McGinn: UW, Seattle want great ideas for unused fiber Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and University of Washington President Michael Young are holding a news conference right now outlining plans… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 1:44 AM Cray hooks huge $188 million supercomputer contract with University of Illinois Leaders in the field of supercomputing are arriving in Seattle this week for SC11, one of the biggest confabs for… Read More
