Articles from 2013 – Page 131 of 150

Cozi scores cash to help busy families organize their lives

Cozi, the Seattle startup which helps busy families manager calendars, track locations and find babysitters, has raised an additional $5.7… Read More

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Makers of Second Life roll out two storytelling games where users get paid to create

No one goes to Second Life anymore. Long gone are the days where it was a media darling with Second… Read More

Sony teaches us how to unveil a console without actually showing it

Sony’s huge, hyped-up PS4 event in New York City concluded Wednesday evening after two hours of dazzling gameplay, awesome features… Read More

Bungie’s ‘Destiny’ coming to PS4 with exclusive content

PlayStation fans will finally get to play a Bungie title. We got our first look at Bungie’s new game ‘Destiny,’ earlier… Read More

Three independent bookstores suing Amazon, big six publishers over secret contracts

Three east coast bookstores are suing Amazon and the big six publishers, arguing that the two signed secret documents to… Read More

Demystifying startup marketing: A few tips on how to tell your story

This is a follow-up to Marcelo Calbucci’s recent post on GeekWire: “We need more startup marketing minds (a.k.a. Full-Stack Marketers).”… Read More

Sony unveils Playstation 4, new Dual Shock controller

It’s no longer just a rumor: Sony has announced the PlayStation 4. The company is currently giving out details from… Read More

The Howard Schultz Starbucks story now in comic form

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has had a pretty interesting career thusfar. So much so, in fact, that he’s already written… Read More

Microsoft employees raised $105M for 19K non-profits in 2012

For the second year in a row, Microsoft employees eclipsed the $100 million mark in charitable donations, raising $105 million… Read More

Turbine maker Hydrovolts on brink of liquidation, ex-CEO resigns from board

Hydrovolts, a Seattle startup that developed turbines to generate clean power from canals, is hemorrhaging cash and is on the brink… Read More

Diary: An entrepreneur’s trek to the State Capitol to support tax relief for startups

OLYMPIA, Wash. — I blink and catch my breath. Wait, where am I?! Why am I in the hot seat… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Scope 5 raises $500,000 to track sustainability data

Seattle startup Scope 5 has scooped up $500,000 in angel financing, money that it will use to build out its… Read More

Gigabit Screwed: Missing out on Seattle’s high-speed Internet pilot, just barely

We at GeekWire were excited to hear Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announce plans to expand the Gigabit Squared super-fast Internet… Read More

Yammer tops 7M users, sales spike after Microsoft deal

Yammer, the business-oriented social network acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion last year, says its sales to businesses quadrupled in… Read More

This startup wants to be the Dropbox for ocean data

With the backdrop of fish swimming by at the Seattle Aquarium, OneOcean Corp. CEO Don Pickering on Tuesday night took… Read More

Computing with your eyes: Google shows more of Google Glass with new video

While you can’t purchase them in a Google retail store quite yet, Google is out with a new video demoing… Read More

RealNetworks shakes up mobile business, hires former Dada CEO as division president

RealNetworks this morning announced a new president and a broader strategy for its newly renamed Mobile Entertainment Division. Max Pellegrini,… Read More

A night of stunts and startups at the inaugural Seattle Tech Meetup (VIDEO)

They say you’re supposed to save the best for last, and Tuesday night at the first-ever Seattle Tech Meetup was no different.… Read More

Want to fight that traffic ticket? Avvo unveils new legal marketplace to help clients pick lawyers

Avvo today is unveiling a new matchmaking service to make it easier for clients to choose attorneys. Dubbed the Avvo… Read More

SwiftKey for Android challenges Swype with integrated ‘Flow’ input

SwiftKey, the popular keyboard app for Android devices, launched a new version overnight that incorporates a feature called SwiftKey Flow,… Read More

T-Mobile debuts prepaid wireless service GoSmart

T-Mobile is hoping to keep pace with its competitors with a new budget wireless service called GoSmart Mobile. GoSmart Mobile,… Read More

Microsoft: 1.5 million new Outlook.com users so far

Microsoft has added 1.5 million new Outlook.com users in less than 24 hours since formally launching the new email service… Read More

Utrip debuts new feature that lets food and travel experts plan your vacation

Let the experts handle it. That’s the pitch from Utrip, a Seattle-based travel company that today unveiled a feature called… Read More

Appature expands with new offices in Seattle

Fast-growing Appature, the six-year-old Seattle startup led by Kabir Shahani, has moved to more spacious offices in Seattle. The new… Read More

MTV and BET’s fake Twitter hack PR stunt wasn’t funny and raises serious questions

MTV and BET just fooled us all, and I’m not sure if it was funny, stupid or scary. Yesterday, Burger… Read More

Why Amazon and other retailers are supporting this national sales tax legislation

Bipartisanship is a rare beast in Washington D.C. these days, especially when it comes to new taxes. So when 35… Read More

Nintendo wants WiiU.com domain, files cybersquatting complaint

The latest sales numbers of Nintendo’s Wii U are not good, so maybe a new website at WiiU.com can help the… Read More

This spy plane flies in 120-degree heat and lands on water

Insitu, the Boeing-owned unmanned aircraft maker, just completed its first successful test flight for the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Block… Read More

Milestone: Geocaching.com approaches 2M geocaches

Wow — this is a lot of canisters, log sheets and trackables. Geocaching.com, the database of record for the worldwide… Read More

Boeing creates website to explain 787 problems

To help you better understand what exactly is going on with the 787 Dreamliner fiasco, Boeing has created an informational… Read More