Updated below with answer and winner. At the GeekWire Awards this past week, we immersed attendees in the world of retro video games with golden Atari 2600 trophies, an 8-Bit gaming lounge created by sponsor Filter, and the “Adventure of the Startup Kid” video by Killer Infographics, envisioning the Seattle startup scene as a classic… Read More…
When his dream of becoming a professional baseball player didn’t pan out, Seattle native Bryce Anderson decided to switch his career path to business. But year after year, spreadsheet after spreadsheet, the 24-year-old began to grow weary of his work in insurance and real estate. One day in the office two summers ago, Anderson turned off… Read More…
Get your best galloping dance moves on, because GifBoom is going Gangnam. Seattle startup GifBoom is putting on a contest with Psy, the international K-Pop star who has quickly risen to global fame with his ridiculous dance moves and catchy song, “Gangnam Style.” GifBoom is an Instragram-like mobile app for creating animated GIFs, those short choppy photo loops that… Read More…
This week’s Name that Tech Tune contest promises to be a real head-scratcher for some of you, but I swear the song is tech-related. Up for grabs: We have two copies of the book “What the Plus!” — the guide to the Google+ social network by entrepreneur, investor and former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki. From the… Read More…
Even if you don’t recognize Matt Harding’s name, you’ve probably seen one of his videos. He’s the globetrotting YouTube star behind the site WhereTheHellisMatt.com. His videos, showing him dancing with people in countries around the world, have been viewed millions upon millions of times. Matt is our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. We’re continuing the space theme with this week’s installment in our Name that Tech Tune contest, but with a different twist. Be careful, because this one might be harder than it seems. Up for grabs this week is a pair of tickets to the GeekWire Summer Bash, coming up… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. We’ll tell you right off the bat that this week’s Name that Tech Tune is not easy. We raised the level of difficulty just a bit because we have a great prize up for grabs, an HTC Titan Windows Phone — the big one with the 4.7 inch screen…. Read More…
[Updated below with answer and winner.] Our popular “Name that Tech Tune” challenge returns this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast with a chance to win tickets to the Jet City Comic Show, a comic book and pop culture convention Sept. 24 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. We’ve chosen an epic tune appropriate… Read More…
[Update, July 29: Thanks to everyone who entered. Here's the answer and the winner.] This week’s Name that Tech Tune contest is one of the most challenging we’ve ever run, and we’ve lined up a great prize for the person who ultimately wins: an HTC Sensation Android device, courtesy T-Mobile. If you’ve never played before,… Read More…
Last week we held a contest for GeekWire’s followers on Facebook, in conjunction with T-Mobile’s Speed Challenge this past weekend at its stores in the Seattle region. GeekWire’s contest was to guess the average download speeds registered by the iPhones and the Galaxy S 4Gs that raced against one another over a three-day span at… Read More…
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