Articles from 2013

GeekWork: Sweet gigs from Wave, Year Up, merlot.aero and Offermobi

OK, so it’s New Year’s Eve — what better time to look for a new job? We’ve collected some of… Read More

Google’s new social networking patent is truly comical

Google+ could be getting a lot funnier, at least in theory, if the company follows through on the approach described… Read More

Revealed: The 7 answers to our Bill Gates Book Contest

One GeekWire reader is about to receive a nice post-Christmas gift — and he’s probably going to become a little… Read More

Kissing a computer: Technology and relationships in Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’

It’s a double date in a park, or so we’re told. A man, a woman, another man, and his operating… Read More

Riding Uber on New Year’s Eve? Here’s how to avoid paying a ridiculous price

If you’re celebrating tonight to ring in the new year, driving a vehicle likely won’t be a good idea. That’s… Read More

Hey, y’all: Meet the Seattle researcher responsible for the awesome U.S. dialect quiz

My family is spread out across the country — from Charlotte, North Carolina to Wooster, Ohio to Seattle, Washington. Three… Read More

Picture this: Top 10 tech photos of 2013

They made us smile; they made us think; they made us ponder what’s humanly possible. We saw and shared hundreds… Read More

Bye-bye, bosses? Zappos is reorganizing to eliminate bureaucracy

Zappos’s corporate structure is going to be getting a whole lot flatter. The shoe-seller, which has almost 4,000 employees, is… Read More

Microsoft’s 2014 will be defined by a new CEO … if Ballmer and Gates can let go

One of the best moments in the Fremont Players’ production of “Dick Whittington and His Cat” — a British Panto on… Read More

Vote: What was the top tech news story of the year?

OK, geek fans. We’ve compiled our list of the top quotes of 2013, and just yesterday posted the top 50… Read More

New Year’s Tech Resolution #3: Learn to code

If there has been one rallying cry for the tech establishment this year, it’s that everyone who can should learn… Read More

Seattle, take note: Small town of Ellensburg approves plan to build publicly-owned fiber network

While Seattle struggles to set up a city-wide fiber-to-the-home Internet network, at least one Washington town is well on its… Read More

Redfin market speed data reveals cities with fastest home-selling markets

Seattle online real estate company Redfin today published its market speed data for November, which shows cities that have the… Read More

Netflix testing new $6.99 standard definition streaming plan for new users

For budget-conscious folks looking to get their hands on the next season of House of Cards, Netflix is shaving a… Read More

Pew social media study: Facebook still king; Pinterest more popular than Twitter

Kids may be leaving Facebook, but that isn’t enough to take the network down from atop the social media pedestal.… Read More

Free games for Xbox Live Gold members: Sleeping Dogs, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Microsoft announced today that as part of its Games with Gold program, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be receiving two… Read More

Longtime Microsoft engineering leader Jon DeVaan is leaving

Jon DeVaan, the respected Microsoft executive who oversaw some of the company’s most important engineering initiatives, is leaving after nearly… Read More

Hosting a New Years Party? This website finds the best neighborhood deals on liquor

When the state of Washington moved to privatize liquor sales in 2012, consumers suddenly had a bevy of retailers to… Read More

Watch: Hackers use the Wii U GamePad to stream PC games

This week at the 30th Chaos Communication Congress, a small group of hackers figured out a way to reverse engineer a… Read More

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Mobile has officially won — and now it gets interesting

As we start looking forward to the new year, Eric Schmidt thinks that there are going to be big changes… Read More

FAA selects 6 sites to test drone capability, including one airport

The Federal Aviation Administration today announced six sites where research will be conducted to test the legitimacy of drones sharing… Read More

Tech Moves: Shauna Causey named VP at UP Global; etc.

—UP Global, the Seattle non-profit that formed earlier this year through the combination of Startup America and Startup Weekend, has… Read More

Microsoft Windows crash reporting system used by NSA for ‘passive’ spying, report says

Agents with the U.S. National Security Agency are able to intercept crash reports from specific Microsoft Windows-based machines to better… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars: Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 2; NES vs. Atari 2600

And then there were eight. We’re more than halfway through our Geek Madness: Console Wars competition and have arrived to… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle Fire blows away rival tablets with increase in Christmas activations

Amazon has typically seen its Kindle Fire tablet sales spike during the holidays, even more than a typical seasonal increase,… Read More

Space mogul identified as secret buyer of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s private island

This week news emerged that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen had sold his private island north of Seattle for $8 million to… Read More

Why Facebook shouldn’t care if kids don’t care about Facebook

Facebook is doomed because the kids aren’t using it. At least, that’s the popular theory following a report this week… Read More

Educational software firm Headsprout acquired

Headsprout, the 14-year-old Seattle educational software company known for the MimioReading titles, has been acquired by Cambium Learning Group’s Learning… Read More

Blast from the past: Play hundreds of games from classic consoles in your browser

If you miss the good ‘ol days playing games like Donkey Kong and Missile Command on classic old-school consoles, there’s… Read More