Year in review: Vote for the top Seattle tech story of 2012

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It’s been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of cash as they looked to become the next Microsoft or Amazon. In case your head was filled with too many Tweets and Facebook posts to keep up, here’s a handy look back at the biggest… Read More…

Farewell, iPhone: A new year, with my new Windows Phone

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If my old iPhone 4S is a mid-sized sedan, the device I’ve been using for the past day is more like an SUV. This thing is a beast. And I’m getting more and more comfortable with it. Yes, it’s true: With the New Year approaching, I decided to try something new in my life. This… Read More…

Bezos-backed Remitly lands $2.6M to help immigrants send money home

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Remitly, the Seattle online money transfer startup, has reeled in $2.6 million in fresh capital in a deal led by Trilogy Equity Partnership. The company, a TechStars Seattle grad formerly known as Beamit Mobile, has raised a total of $5.1 million. “We’re excited about Trilogy’s international, operational, and mobile expertise,” said Matt Oppenheimer, Remitly co-founder… Read More…

Xbox Live apologizes for outage, offers free month of service

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Xbox Live users who suffered through a weekend outage are being treated with a post-Christmas gift. Xbox Live offers a Cloud Saved Games feature that allows gamers to store saved games on Xbox Live servers and continue playing a game on a different console. That service went down this past weekend but as of today, Microsoft’s… Read More…

Analyze the economy with app now available for Android

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To learn how our economy is performing, you have some options. Listening to the talking-heads on T.V. is one, for example, or maybe you’d prefer delving through virtual stacks of statistics on government websites. But to make the process easier, a better option might be to use Cascade Software’s Economy app. The Seattle-based startup just… Read More…

Energy storage upstart EnerG2 scores new cash

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EnerG2, a manufacturer of carbon materials which are used in next-generation energy storage systems such as lead acid batteries, ultracapacitors and lithium ion batteries, has raised $9.3 million in financing, according to a SEC filing. “Our investors have seen the successful transition EnerG2 has made from its roots as an energy storage R&D company to… Read More…

Legal lessons from Amazon’s ‘noncompete’ battle with Google

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As Geekwire reported last week, a federal judge in Seattle has pretty much rejected Amazon’s recent attempt to restrict what a former Amazon Web Services sales exec might do in his new job at Google. Amazon had been asking the judge to enforce the full scope of the noncompete covenants that the exec, Daniel Powers,… Read More…

Advice: My startup adventure

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Admit it, you are dying to jump off and “do a startup.”  Whether you are currently at Microsoft or at Amazon, you’ve been reading the crazy stories of entrepreneurs committing everything to a new idea in their desire to change the world. I read the same stories. And my night time reading included the works… Read More…

GeekWire’s Top 50 Posts of 2012: Milestones, stunts and more craziness from the year in tech

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It’s that time when journalists take a moment to reflect on the past year. We’re doing that here on GeekWire too, with a series of stories that look back at 2012. Today, we’re listing the 50 most popular stories on GeekWire. As you’ll see in the list below, sometimes it is the offbeat and oddball… Read More…