Zillow, the online real estate service based in Seattle, recently announced ownership of the majority of real estate searches in the United States. Zillow acquired real estate rival Trulia for $2.5 billion… Read More
Do you love taking pictures of your food? Do you peruse food photography sites at work, scheming about the delectable culinary treat you’ll cook up when you get home? Do you live to eat,… Read More
Amazon celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with a massive sale called Prime Day, and new online retail models like Jet.com are emerging to make it easier and more economical to… Read More
An Oregon startup born on Kickstarter is giving golfers an entirely new way to navigate the course. GolfBoard, a two-year-old company based in Bend, Oregon, develops customized electric skateboards meant for the golf… Read More
You might have seen Sphero, a toy robotics company, in the news recently. Their programmable robotic ball was recently used by the creators of the newest Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The… Read More
There is one particular experience that many college students have shared, including me, over the past year. A strange and unfamiliar word quickly became part of everyday, college-life jargon: Venmo. “Oh, no worries, I’ll… Read More
Tenacity, a big data startup that uses social incentives to increase employee retention rates, boost productivity and make workers happier and healthier, has moved its headquarters to Seattle’s University District. The… Read More
—Cyanogen, the makers of modified versions of Android for mobile devices, has snagged two executives from Amazon and Qualcomm to expand international operations. Former Amazon Vice President of Traffic Stephen Lawler is… Read More
Most who live in the startup world have a very intimate relationship with failure. The overwhelming majority of startups are forced to shut their doors before they accomplish their goals. This is the… Read More
What happens when people try new virtual reality technology for the first time? GeekWire hit the streets in Seattle to find out. Equipped with Samsung’s newest virtual reality headset, the $199… Read More
For the last week, the video game industry’s largest annual convention and trade fair, E3, has kept the Los Angeles Convention Center full to bursting. Unlike most video game trade… Read More
To kick off my summer vacation, I spent three weeks traveling around Thailand with a close childhood friend of mine. When we got back, we had nasty sunburns, knockoff sunglasses,… Read More
Since Apple acquired Beats Electronics for $3 billion last summer, it has been widely rumored that Apple would release its own streaming music service. On Monday, that finally happened. Apple announced… Read More