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Articles from 2013

Podcast

Scenes from the GeekWire Meetup & Radio Show

Well, that was a ton of fun. Thanks to everyone who joined the GeekWire team last night as we recorded… Read More

Adapx lands $3 million to help remote workers more easily capture data

Adapx has raised an additional $3 million in venture capital, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue to… Read More

Amazon’s IMDb wins verdict against 41-year-old actress who sued for revealing her age

A federal jury in Seattle ruled in favor of Amazon.com’s IMDb yesterday in a case brought by a 41-year-old actress… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Bezos defends Amazon’s profit-pinching strategy in annual letter to shareholders

This just in: Jeff Bezos’ 2013 letter to shareholders. The annual missive from Amazon’s CEO, released this morning, defends the company’s… Read More

Mocking Facebook Home: Is the joke on Facebook, or us?

“I can’t tell you how convenient it is to have Facebook on your phone without a way to close it,”… Read More

Amazon unveils Look.com, rivaling Zulily in kid’s apparel

Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit today unveiled Look.com, a new site that’s designed to sell children’s apparel and footwear. It marks the… Read More

Startup Jedi: How to get through the sh*t times

There’s an old West Point quote that goes something like: The best laid battle plans are tossed out the window… Read More

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek ever

Earlier today, GeekWire readers crowned Nikola Tesla as the Geek Madness champion after he trounced Linus Torvalds in the finals.… Read More

Geek Madness: Nikola Tesla named greatest geek ever after trouncing Torvalds

Follow-up: Why Nikola Tesla is the greatest geek ever ———————— Alternating current. X-rays. Robotics. Wireless communication. Particle beam weapons. The radio.… Read More

Microsoft reportedly building a 7-inch Surface tablet

Aiming to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPad, Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google’s Nexus, the Wall Street Journal… Read More

GoDaddy plans engineering outpost in Seattle region, hires key Microsoft vets

Internet domain giant GoDaddy is expanding to the Seattle region in search of technical talent, GeekWire has learned — becoming… Read More

Microsoft creative director is reportedly gone after ‘Deal With It’ dustup on Twitter

Adam Orth, the Microsoft Studios creative director who told the company’s critics on Twitter to #dealwithit, is no longer working… Read More

MetroPCS delays vote after T-Mobile beefs up bid

Two weeks after a top advisory firm recommended that MetroPCS shareholders vote against the merger with T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom — T-Mobile’s… Read More

Twitter gears up to grow, courting data infrastructure engineers for new Seattle office

More than 10 months after opening a temporary engineering office in Seattle, Twitter is still looking for a permanent outpost… Read More

Walk Score tool measures neighborhood access for restaurants, schools, coffee

How many coffee shops are within a 20-minute walking distance radius in downtown Seattle? What about grocery stores? Restaurants? Walk… Read More

Relaborate scores cash to help big brands figure out what to write about

Relaborate has raised more than $500,000 in a first round of funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to… Read More

VC investing tanks in Washington, overtaken by Oregon for first time since 1993

I’ve been covering the venture capital beat for nearly 15 years in the Pacific Northwest, through good times and bad.… Read More

Key analysts downgrade Microsoft stock as traditional PC market struggles

Two influential analysts downgraded Microsoft’s shares this morning, another blow to the Redmond company as it struggles to gain traction… Read More

Microsoft Office for iOS delayed, set to launch fall 2014

A Microsoft Office app for iOS devices was supposed to come out right about now, but it looks like the… Read More

Blab launches software to predict social media conversations

No, Blab’s new platform can’t necessarily predict the future. But what the Seattle-based social analytics company did debut today is… Read More

How to Win the Ebook War

[Editor’s Note: Former Amazon manager Jason Merkoski, one of the early leaders of the company’s Kindle team, is the author… Read More

AudienceScience scores cash, names former PopCap exec as CFO

AudienceScience has raised additional capital and named former PopCap Games executive Bob Chamberlain to the role of chief financial officer.… Read More

Top 10 nerdy cities: Seattle ousted by Atlanta, Portland

From the folks who put together the slightly-questionable top-10 city list for gamers, we’ve got a brand new list today… Read More

PC shipments drop 14%; IDC says Windows 8 is hurting traditional computer market

It has been clear for a while Windows 8 hasn’t lifted the PC market, but a new report goes further… Read More

Vancouver, B.C. looking to spend $30M in digital push

Cities throughout the world are trying to capture more tech talent, and our neighbors to the north are no different.… Read More

Zillow remodels iOS app, says 89 homes viewed per second on mobile devices

No wonder that Zillow is investing resources in mobile. The Seattle online real estate company says that 55 percent of… Read More

Report: Next Xbox has eye-detecting Kinect and can connect to your cable box

We’ve heard quite a bit about how the next-gen Xbox will feature upgrades to Kinect and an always-connected internet requirement,… Read More

VIDEO: What makes Seattle such an awesome gaming city

The list of game development companies in the Seattle area, from Valve to PopCap to 343, is certainly impressive. And… Read More

GeekWire Meetup & Radio Show is Thursday night: What to know if you’re going

In case you haven’t heard, GeekWire is trying a new experiment at our meetup Thursday evening: It will be the… Read More

Litesprite is helping people overcome medical issues with video games

Whether you’ve just racked up the highest score on Halo or finally finished off the last level of Final Fantasy,… Read More

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