GeekWire at 2 years: Where we’ve been, and where we’re going from here

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We’re still buzzing from last night’s GeekWire Ping Pong & Anniversary Bash, where we were joined by more than 600 people from across the tech community. It was an epic party, with some fierce ping pong and foosball action. The energy at these events is a sign of the strength of the Seattle region’s tech… Read More…

Ready to compete? Here are your 2013 GeekWire Ping-Pong & Foosball Brackets

GeekWire's John Cook with See Sing Lau of WhitePages, intermediate champion, at the 2012 Ping Pong bash. See Sing has moved into the expert division this year.

March Madness starts Wednesday — at least our version of it. That’s right folks. It’s time for one of the most-anticipated events of the year — GeekWire’s annual ping pong and foosball tournament, taking place at the Showbox SODO south of Safeco Filed on Wednesday. We’re celebrating our 2nd anniversary with some of our favorite… Read More…

Meet GeekWire’s first members: Join today for VIP access, plus new perks

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Less than two weeks ago, GeekWire launched our “Golden Geek” program — an annual membership providing VIP access to Seattle’s best tech events, and unique perks such as the ability to put a pithy message on the GeekWire home page for the entire year. Plus a secret decoder keyring that unlocks a hidden page with exclusive… Read More…

Are you a Golden Geek? Introducing GeekWire’s new membership program

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GeekWire is more than a technology news site. It’s a community, tied together by a common belief that technology and innovation can change the world — and that the Seattle region has a unique role to play in that transformation. We feel privileged as journalists to help foster that community, and we are honored that so… Read More…

The Super Guppy has landed: Scenes from the delivery of our Space Shuttle replica

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Updated at bottom with picture of the crew compartment after it was unwrapped. We (and our kids) had a great time today down at the Museum of Flight, where NASA’s freakishly cool Super Guppy cargo plane delivered the crew compartment of the Full Fuselage Trainer — the replica Space Shuttle orbiter that will have a… Read More…

Get ready: GeekWire Summer Bash and Ping-Pong Tourney

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We love to throw big parties, and we especially love ping-pong, the national pastime of the technology industry. We’ve engaged in some epic matches over the years, smacking a few backhand winners as a way to de-stress from the daily grind of tech blogging. Based on what we’ve seen around Seattle tech offices — where… Read More…

Introducing the GeekWire Summit: Our new conference will go inside the future of tech

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As journalists and participants in the Pacific Northwest tech community, we’ve long believed that Seattle deserves a world-class tech conference that involves people not only from our region but also from other tech hubs such as Silicon Valley and Boston — bringing leaders together for a conversation about the future of technology and innovation in the Northwest and… Read More…

Google vs. your wife, Apple’s piles of cash, rooting for Cozi, and other quotes of the week

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The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience.” — Google privacy director Alma Whitten announcing the unification of the company’s privacy policies and user data. “Google will know more about you… Read More…

GeekWire Update: Thanking our sponsors, welcoming a new one, and looking ahead

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We spend most of our days chasing down and reporting stories, but as regular readers know, we think it’s important to pause sometimes and share the latest details about GeekWire, the technology news site and community that we’re building with your help and support. In that spirit today, we’d like to take a moment to… Read More…

Our picks: GeekWire’s favorite stories (and people) of 2011

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Earlier this week, we listed your favorite stories of 2011 — the 100 most-popular news items, columns and features on GeekWire this year, based on your clicks. Now we’d like to share a list of our favorites, along with some behind-the-scenes details. Here are the stories, and the characters, that stand out most in our… Read More…