Is your workforce happy or burned out? TinyPulse lets employers know the real mood

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Before a startup can get off the ground, entrepreneurs spend long hours analyzing data, reviewing processes and ensuring that there is a profitable need for the business. David Niu, however, did his research a little differently. Niu, the co-founder of NetConversions and BuddyTV, sold everything, stored the rest of his belongings in storage and bought one-way tickets… Read More…

Olympic fever? BuddyTV’s new mobile program guide helps sports fans find the action

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With more than 5,500 hours of television programming scheduled for the London Olympics, TV viewers can tune in to nearly every water polo splash, equestrian jump and table tennis smash. But, really, how in the heck are people going to keep up with the action given all of the choices? The confusing (and nearly constant)… Read More…

BuddyTV adds movie and TV trailers, self-loathing binges on ‘Real Housewives’ optional

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Don’t you hate it when you invest a good six or seven minutes into something like Lifetime’s “7 Days of Sex” or Animal Planet’s “Hillbilly Handfishin’,”  only to discover that, well, you wasted six or seven minutes of your life? Well, now decisions on which shows to watch can be made faster and easier via… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: Windows 8, Apple, BuddyTV and a new era in the digital living room

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This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we chat with BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu about all the changes happening in the digital living room — as exemplified by BuddyTV’s apps and Liu’s own elaborate living-room setup. We also talk with him about the implications of Apple’s rumored ambitions in the living room, getting… Read More…

CES Video: Sneak peek at BuddyTV’s updated iPad app

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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BuddyTV is previewing an upcoming update to its BuddyTV Guide iPad app. The update from the Seattle company integrates new social features into the experience, such as the ability to invite friends to watch and chat about shows together. BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu gives us a run-through… Read More…

BuddyTV debuts Google TV app, with iPad and iPhone link

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Seattle’s BuddyTV has scored a featured spot in the newly overhauled Google TV interface, releasing a BuddyTV app for Google TV in the Android Marketplace that helps people quickly find favorite channels and suggested shows to watch. The company says the app can also be used with the companion BuddyTV Guide app for iPhone and… Read More…

Soak the rich: One entrepreneur’s take on fixing the debt crisis and saving the economy

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Let’s soak the rich. Apparently that’s what most Americans think should happen to reduce the deficit, including Warren Buffett.  A recent CNN poll says that 63 percent of Americans want to raise taxes on the rich. Everyone knows that our federal deficit is unsustainable.  It’s clear to me that one of the biggest bubbles that we’re building is… Read More…

BuddyTV looks to make the remote control smarter, unveils new iOS app

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There’s certainly plenty of choices these days when it comes to cable or satellite TV programming. But finding the programs you want, when you want them can be a major pain in the butt. (Can anyone remember Comcast’s channel for Fox Soccer Channel HD?) But BuddyTV is looking to solve that pain point with a… Read More…

The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider)

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We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But let’s not forget all of the good stuff going on. A post today from Business Insider and a comment on GeekWire from Founder’s Co-op director Andy Sack brought that message home. It has been a… Read More…

Nerd Notes: Angry Birds hits the web, an octopus ballet and ice cream Androids

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In case you didn’t already know it, Star Wars changed the world and now there’s an info graph to prove it. In related news, people are STILL talking about Star Wars.Now here’s a ballet you don’t want to miss! The octopus ballet was filmed 200 miles off the Oregon coast by a team of UW researches…. Read More…