GeekWire Bash is today: What to know if you’re going

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We’re gearing up for the big GeekWire Ping-Pong & Anniversary Bash later today at the Showbox SODO, and we’re excited that more than 600 of you will be joining us for this one-of-a-kind event. Our team has put together a great lineup for the afternoon and evening — not just the centerpiece ping-pong and foosball… Read More…

GeekWire Gala: Get ready for the party of the season — plus ‘Geeks Give Back’

Come as you are: Lord Vader and GeekWire's Jonathan Sposato demonstrate the "dress code" at last year's event.

We’re gearing up for our next big event, and it’s one of our favorites: The second annual GeekWire Gala will be held the evening of Dec. 6 at Seattle’s McCaw Hall. It’s shaping up to be the tech party of the season, featuring the return of our Newsmakers of the Year program and a new… Read More…

Microsoft expects 15,500 in Seattle today for big meeting

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer earlier this year. (Microsoft photo)

Microsoft is holding its big employee meeting in Seattle this morning, bringing an estimated 15,500 people to KeyArena for annual event that feels like a giant pep rally. The event this year comes in advance of several major product launches, including Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, the Microsoft Surface tablet and Halo 4 for the… Read More…

Launch Pads: Groundspeak, center of the geocache universe

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It’s a big month for Groundspeak, the Seattle company in the middle of the geocaching boom. On Saturday Aug. 18, a little more than a week from now, geocachers from around the world will descend on Groundspeak’s home in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood for the 2012 Geocaching Block Party, on International Geocaching Day. Geocaching is a… Read More…

Watch the big Higgs Boson news at a bar, with physicists

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Maybe it’s not true that nothing good happens in a bar after midnight. Excitement is building in advance of a major news conference tonight where scientists involved with the Large Hadron Collider are expected to reveal the latest in their search for the elusive Higgs Boson particle. It’s considered the last great question in particle… Read More…

GeekWire Summer Bash: Last chance for ping-pong and foosball

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We’re gearing up for the big GeekWire Summer Bash next week at the Showbox SODO, and preparing to finalize the brackets for the ping-pong and foosball tournaments taking place during the event. It’s shaping up to be an epic competition, with representatives of dozens of companies going head-to-head for bragging rights and prizes in two… Read More…

Name that Tech Tune: Fly him to the moon, temporarily

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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…

Gallery: Scenes from the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards

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Editor’s Note: We a great time celebrating last night with more than 600 of you at the fourth annual Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards, presented by GeekWire at the EMP in Seattle. Photographer Annie Laurie Malarkey captured dozens of pictures of the evening, below. Click on any image to open a larger version as part of a… Read More…