Tech – Page 309 of 319

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

Nov 13, 2011, 8:58 AM

Seattle and UW look to light up 500 miles of fiber to help solve broadband woes

Mike McGinn has worked hard to bring high-speed Internet access to parts of Pioneer Square. Now, the Seattle mayor is… Read More

Nov 12, 2011, 5:01 PM

LinkedIn, Zillow among the top IPOs of a tough 2011

It was shaping up to be a solid year for initial public offerings. But then things hit a wall in… Read More

Nov 11, 2011, 2:18 PM

Hooked on the ‘now’: Facebook tries — and fails — to move users beyond recency

Is there no higher relevance than recency? Facebook changed the way its popular NewsFeed works back in September to prioritize… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 9:52 PM

Video Flashback: ‘We’re not going to arrest anybody for wearing a blue polo shirt’

Those funny people at the organization “Improv Everywhere” are celebrating their 10th anniversary by releasing remastered videos of their all-time… Read More