Good news for women who want to carry smartphones in their bras. A federal judge has declined to award a preliminary injunction over a patent claim by a British man who filed suit last year against the University of Washington students who created the JoeyBra, a brassiere that’s designed to carry a smartphone. [Correction: We’ve updated this post… Read More…
Sure, you love your college basketball team, but how well do you argue against rival fans? StatSheet’s College Basketball “StatSmack” might just come in handy this time of year. It’s a free app for iPhone and Android. Just enter your favorite team, and the name of another team, and the app returns a list of statistical… Read More…
Microsoft’s Bing Fund startup incubator is holding a hackathon this weekend in Seattle — bringing together developers, designers and other experts to tackle a problem that hits close to home for many people in technology: autism. Autism has been found to be more prevalent among people and families in the technology industry. The plan for the… Read More…
One of the best things about being a geek in the Seattle region is the abundance of stuff to do — meetups, hackathons, fan conventions, tech industry events and a whole lot more. In fact, there is so much that it’s hard to track sometimes, and it’s easy to miss an event that you otherwise… Read More…
This week on the GeekWire radio show, we wrap ourselves in the world of wearable computing, talking about the current state of the art and where we’re headed from here. Our guest in the studio is Skooks Pong, senior vice president of technology at Synapse, a product development and engineering firm in Seattle that has… Read More…
Looks like Ramez Naam has a future in the world of science fiction. Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to “Nexus,” the first sci-fi novel from the Seattle tech veteran. The deal was reported by trade publication Deadline Hollywood, and Naam — a recent GeekWire Geek of the Week — confirmed the news via email…. Read More…
Attention, couch potatoes: Get ready for some good old-fashioned binge viewing. Comcast today announced plans for a “Watchathon” week — opening up its library of premium on-demand content to (almost) all Xfinity TV subscribers, even if they don’t subscribe to premium channels. That means you have a week to catch up on shows including Game… Read More…
Sure, you watch quiz shows and get a lot of the questions right, but how would you really do in a head-to-head challenge against the one and only Ken Jennings? You can find out first-hand in a new app called “Trivia Death Match With Ken Jennings,” released by Seattle-based FilmWise LLC and OtherWise Games in… Read More…
Google’s announcement that it will shutter Google Reader is a blow to fans of the program. I’m one of them — it’s my No. 3 program after email and Twitter. I know RSS is old school, but I love skimming through a “river of news” from my favorite sources, and I also like some specific Google… Read More…
Data-collecting sensors are all the rage in the tech industry right now. Microsoft Research is testing a new use for one of the most common sensors — using the smartphone microphone to record snippets of sound from bars, restaurants and other businesses, to give web searchers a better sense for the level of activity and… Read More…
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