GeekWire’s Top 50 Posts of 2012: Milestones, stunts and more craziness from the year in tech

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It’s that time when journalists take a moment to reflect on the past year. We’re doing that here on GeekWire too, with a series of stories that look back at 2012. Today, we’re listing the 50 most popular stories on GeekWire. As you’ll see in the list below, sometimes it is the offbeat and oddball… Read More…

Ridiculously embarrassing Microsoft dance routine is top story of the month (again)

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Sometimes it’s the odd, offbeat stories that grab the attention of our readers. How better to explain the fascination with the absurd techno-dance routine (posted above) that preceded Microsoft’s Windows Azure presentation at the Norwegian Developers Conference in June. For the second month in a row, the sexually-charged video (you may recall that the song… Read More…

Year in Review: The 100 most popular stories on GeekWire

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Whoa, can we catch our breath now? We’ve certainly had plenty to cover on the tech beat over the past year, from Amazon.com’s introduction of the Kindle Fire to the untimely death of Steve Jobs to the wacky Post-It note creations adorning Seattle tech office windows. In case you missed all of the action, don’t… Read More…

Amazon lockers, the iPhone cool factor and other top stories

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Amazon.com made some waves in New York City this week with the release of the Kindle Fire. And while the online retailer’s foray into tablet computers certainly was one of the biggest stories in tech last month, it was another Amazon product that really intrigued GeekWire readers. Our stories on a set of mysterious storage lockers… Read More…

Bitcoin, Ballmer’s memo and other top stories of the month

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It was an unusually busy month of July on the technology beat in Seattle. And here’s my theory why: The weather sucked. With clouds and cold temperatures, Seattle geeks spent a good chunk of the month indoors coding, raising money and just getting stuff done. The month was highlighted by the initial public offering of… Read More…

Top posts for June: Jeff Bezos on innovation; Steve Ballmer on keeping his job; and more

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Looking for some weekend reading for the Fourth of July holiday? Here’s a look back at the top stories on GeekWire for June. As you’ll see, it was a busy, busy month. Not only did we host a launch party for more than 800 of the GeekWire Nation, but we were busy digging up stories… Read More…

Skype, Sparkbuy, Steve Ballmer at USC and other top stories for May

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At a Belltown coffee shop yesterday, I spotted a guy at a nearby table reading GeekWire. I got a bit giddy seeing a stranger “in the wild” interacting with GeekWire. In a small way, it reinforced the importance of the community that we are building here. It also was anecdotal evidence of what we are… Read More…