Updated below with answer and winners. It’s Super Bowl weekend, and the new installment of our Name That Tech Tune challenge is honoring the occasion with a song from a classic Super Bowl advertising campaign. This one will bring back some memories for many of you, and not necessarily good ones. We’re looking for the… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. This week marks our 30th Name that Tech Tune challenge! We have fun putting this contest together every week, and we know lots of you look forward to playing. In honor of the milestone, we’ve made this one even more challenging than normal, and we’ve got a cool prize… Read More…
Sometimes we pull out the classics for our Name That Tech Tune contest, as in last week’s challenge. This week we’re changing it up with a great little tune that happens to be a little more contemporary. Here’s the question: Can you identify the product associated with this theme song? If so, send your entry to contest@geekwire.com. If… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winners … We’re back with another installment of our Name that Tech Tune challenge — the first of the 2012! — with one last chance to win a coveted GeekWire 2012 Calendar. (Most of them have been gobbled up.) Here’s the question: Can you identify the video game associated with… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. This week’s Name That Tech Tune challenge is a fun one, and we have a hunch it’s going to be a little tougher than our installment of the contest last week. Our prize is a package of games from PopCap, whose co-founder, John Vechey, is our guest on this… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. Our weekly Name that Tech Tune challenge is sometimes extremely tough, and sometimes not quite as difficult. Whenever we do this segment on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we like to joke that the gauge is whether John can get it right. And he knew this one instantly,… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. We’re going retro on this week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge, testing your memory as much as anything else. And you’re going to need to be specific to get it right. It’s not enough to name the general franchise the song comes from. We’re looking for the specific title…. Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. This week’s Name that Tech Tune Challenge features a theme song for a landmark product that many of you know — but played on an instrument you’ve probably never heard it on before: a cell phone keypad. For that reason, it’s a little more challenging than normal. But if… Read More…
Updated with answer and winners below. The subject of week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge is a classical guitar solo. The question: Which company’s iconic sound was inspired by this song? If you’ve never played before, here’s how it works: Listen to the sound below, and if you know the answer, send it to contest@geekwire.com. Here’s… Read More…
Update 10/14: Answer and winner below. We’re back with another installment of our Name that Tech Tune challenge, with a different twist this time. Rather than naming the song, your challenge is to identify the type of instrument playing the tune. If you’ve never played the contest before, here’s how it works: Listen to the sound… Read More…
Updated below with answer, winner and prize This week’s Name That Tech Tune contest comes with a mystery prize. It’s a mystery because the prize is related to the answer, and naming the prize is would give away the answer. But we can say that fans of the answer will be very excited about the… Read More…
[Updated below with answer and winner] Our Name that Tech Tune contest is back this week with a special compound challenge, requiring you to use your knowledge of both the Seattle music scene and the technology community to come up with the answer. And we’ve got a great prize to give away to the winner… Read More…
Updated below with answer and winner. Time for another installment of our Name that Tech Tune contest … with an especially good prize this week. This week’s sound was chosen by Frank Catalano, tech consultant and GeekWire’s Practical Nerd columnist, who filled in admirably as guest co-host on the latest edition of the GeekWire radio… Read More…
[Update: The answer is Windows 2000. (We also accepted Windows ME or Windows Millennium Edition.) Thanks to everyone who played and congrats to our winner Rahul Manekari, who not only knew those answers but also knew the various beta releases and internal Windows projects in which the sound was used.] This week’s Name that Tech… Read More…
Our latest Name that Tech Tune contest is one of the shortest ditties we’ve ever offered up — about 10 rapid-fire notes lasting less than three seconds. If you’ve never played the contest before, here’s how it works: Listen to the sound below, and if you think you can identify it, send your answer to contests@geekwire.com. From… Read More…
We always have fun digging up sound clips for the “Name that Tech Tune” contests that air regularly in the final segment of the GeekWire radio show and podcast. But this last one was special — the sound of a device that many of us grew up with, but probably hadn’t thought about for years,… Read More…
[Updated with answer and winners below] The latest installment of our popular Name that Tech Tune contest offers a chance to win tickets to Startup BBQ, coming up on July 25 at Gas Works Park in Seattle. Here’s how it works: To play along, listen below to the sound. If you think you know what… Read More…
In honor of next week’s big E3 video-game convention, this week’s Name that Tech Tune contest digs into the archives for a true classic. Can you identify the game franchise associated with the song below? If so, you’ll have a chance to win a free ticket to the GeekWire launch bash, June 22 at the… Read More…
We were back in the studio this week for the latest installment of the GeekWire Podcast, and we used the opportunity to bring back our Name that Tech Tune contest. Up for grabs this time: Tickets to the big GeekWire launch party, June 22 at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle. Here’s how the contest works:… Read More…
This week’s GeekWire Podcast features another installment of our popular Name that Tech Tune Contest. As prizes this week, we have limited-edition GeekWire laptop stickers to give out people who get the answer correct. Can you identify the computer being advertised in the audio clip below? If you think you know, send an email to… Read More…
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