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Articles from 2013

Twitter inks partnership with Deutsche Telekom

Twitter has partnered with German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom to “create a unique experience” for Telekom’s mobile subscriber base. At… Read More

Seattle ranks 6th in Best Performing Cities report, jumping 7 spots

A new report out from the Milken Institute that measures cities based on jobs, wages, technology output and other factors… Read More

Glassdoor raises $50 million, tops 22 million members

Glassdoor, which compiles salary and workplace data on more than 300,000 companies, has raised $50 million in financing from Tiger Global… Read More

AT&T reduces fee for no-contract customers, insists T-Mobile wasn’t a factor in decision

AT&T this morning introduced a new pricing structure that reduces the monthly fee for its no-contract customers — attempting to… Read More

Here’s what Microsoft plans to do about government surveillance

Microsoft is battening down the hatches when it comes to protecting its customers against government surveillance. In a blog post… Read More

DocuSign is planning for an eventual IPO

Virtual signatures are big business, and one Seattle-based company is hoping that will propel them to a successful IPO. According… Read More

Living with Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX: This fruitcake is pretty sweet

The first step when deciding which tablet to buy, as with any device, is to ask yourself how you’ll use… Read More

Video tour: Check out the Muppet-themed conference rooms, 4-tap keg at Portland’s Puppet Labs

When GeekWire made the three-hour trek down to Portland a few months ago to participate in TechFestNW and host the… Read More

New Amazon WorkSpaces app brings Windows 7 to iPad

Amazon made a splash last month when it announced WorkSpaces, a desktop virtualization system that streams a Windows 7 desktop… Read More

Where do you work? Why multiple ‘offices’ are the next productivity hack

I’m finding it harder and harder to answer a simple question. Where do you work? There are two traditional choices:… Read More

Juno Therapeutics lab

With $120M in its pocket, Juno Therapeutics aims to wipe out cancer by rewiring the immune system

One big problem with existing cancer therapies available today like chemotherapy and radiation is the collateral damage. While some medicine… Read More

VMware vets raise cash for stealthy cloud startup Nurego, grab support from Paul Maritz

A new Seattle area cloud computing startup called Nurego just scored $2 million in fresh funding with support from some… Read More

Review: Nest Protect brings high-tech features to the lowly smoke detector

Gadget lust is a likely common affliction for GeekWire readers. You may be fantasizing about Google Glass or a new… Read More

European Commission gives go-ahead for Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition

Following Monday’s announcement that the U.S. Justice Department has cleared Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s Devices and Services business for $7.2… Read More

Valve joins Linux Foundation, continuing its shift away from Windows

The Linux Foundation announced today that Valve has joined its ranks as a member, as the Bellevue-based game company continues… Read More

Gates and Zuckerberg lead $9M funding round for group helping schools upgrade their Internet access

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education initiative have led a $9 million funding round for EducationSuperHighway… Read More

Why this author thinks Google is positioned to prevail over Apple

Technology journalist Fred Vogelstein, a Wired magazine contributing editor, spoke to us this week on an iPhone 5, his third… Read More

Ex-AOL CTO scores cash for Concurix, builds monitoring service for Node.js

Concurix, a Kirkland startup led by former AOL Chief Technology Officer Alexander Gounares, has $1 million in fresh capital that it… Read More

Here’s how TV ad spending translated into in-store traffic for retailers on Black Friday

There’s no doubt retailers spent quite a bit of advertising money last week leading up to Thanksgiving weekend. It is… Read More

Amazon Publishing adds a new label for short stories

Following on the launch of Day One, the company’s first literary journal, Amazon announced today that it has created StoryFront,… Read More

Bill Gates: Jeff Bezos overly optimistic on drones, but they will have a positive impact

Will Amazon really have fleets of aerial drones delivering products to customers’ doorsteps in four to five years? Bill Gates,… Read More

Amazon: Kindle e-reader and tablet sales soar to new levels of undisclosed greatness

Amazon said this morning that the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was the best on record for its Kindle product line,… Read More

Bootstrapped employee recognition startup MeritShare acquired after 17 months

MeritShare, a Seattle startup founded just 17 months ago by former WhitePages execs Kevin Nakao and Travis Pearl, has been acquired… Read More

Cancer research startup Juno Therapeutics raises $120M in massive series A financing

In one of the largest series A venture capital deals this year in the biotechnology sector, Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics has… Read More

Paul Allen snags key Amazon architect as top tech advisor

Paul Allen has created a new position of executive technology advisor, to work with him across all of his personal… Read More

In response to PS4 sales numbers, Microsoft releases a bunch of useless stats about the Xbox One

In response to Sony’s announcement that it has sold 2.1 million units of its new PlayStation 4 so far, Microsoft… Read More

The secret to getting Amazon’s best customer service

There’s a classic tech industry joke. A jet is lost in dense fog and low on fuel. The pilot, desperate… Read More

Free beer & fast WiFi: WeWork to open co-working space in Seattle

Free coffee and beer, Xbox game lounges, a screening theater, conference rooms, working space, super fast Wi-Fi and weekly networking… Read More

Suggest a local geek gift for GeekWire’s 3rd annual gift guide

Can’t find the right gifts for the geeks on your list? Never fear — the third annual GeekWire Gift Guide… Read More

Xbox One will penalize you for cursing while playing sports games

Better graphics aren’t the only way sports titles on the Xbox One are bringing video games and reality closer together.… Read More

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