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Articles from 2013

Google forks over $610K to Washington state for Safari browser tracking settlement

Google paid $610,600 to Washington state today after the Mountain View company reached a $17 million settlement with 37 states… Read More

Android in the RAW: Google may upgrade mobile photos with pro image support

The iPhone’s camera is keeps getting better, and Nokia has given its Windows Phones top-notch camera technology, but new clues… Read More

Report: Amazon gobbling up more office space in Seattle

Amazon.com’s appetite for new office space continues to grow in Seattle as the company is in negotiations to take over… Read More

Amazon starts PS4 exchange procedure after hundreds receive faulty consoles

Out of the 2,310 customers who have left reviews on the Amazon Playstation 4 product page, more than 25 percent… Read More

Startup Seattle initiative at risk as City Council considers plan to kill funding

Update: Startup Seattle funding avoids City Council budget axe, allowing initiative to proceed There’s a chance that a key priority of… Read More

What to expect from Steve Ballmer’s final shareholders meeting as Microsoft CEO

Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting takes place Tuesday morning in Bellevue, Wash., and it’s almost an understatement to say that Microsoft… Read More

IPO bound? Apptio hires Amazon and Microsoft vets, names former Microsoft CFO Peter Klein to board

Fast-growing Apptio is deepening its bench of management talent, attracting some heavyweights from Microsoft and Amazon.com. The Bellevue company, which… Read More

Microsoft Ventures invests in mobile productivity startup Zula

Microsoft historically hasn’t spent much time investing in seed-stage startups. That’s part of the reason why today’s investment by Microsoft… Read More

Amazon integrates Goodreads into new Kindle Fire HD and HDX with software update

Amazon is rolling out its Fire OS 3.1 update for the new Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX tablets… Read More

The corporate Web site is dead, long live the new corporate Web site

Earlier this week, Coca-Cola declared the corporate website dead. Take one quick look at their new corporate website and I… Read More

So far, so good for Sony: 1 million PS4 consoles sold in first 24 hours

So far, so good for Sony’s PlayStation 4. The game giant announced today that it sold one million PS4’s in… Read More

Commentary: A lean startup approach to making booze

I worked at tech startups for the past 15 years — Drugstore, Allrecipes, nPost, and Blue Box Group to name… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Grayl’s reusable water cup filters your H2O like a french coffee press

What happens when you apply the filtering method used by a French press, but replace coffee with water? The answer… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Zulily’s big IPO, Microsoft’s big change, and the story of the Seattle 10

There was a ton of new capital flowing into the Seattle tech community this week. So what does it mean?… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Win tickets to the GeekWire Gala

Updated below with answer and winner. This week’s Tech Tune will ring a bell for lots of people. Many of… Read More

CenturyLink repairs severed underwater cable, restores Internet service to San Juan Islands

Good news for the thousands of folks who have been disconnected for the past week in the San Juan Islands… Read More

WSJ interview: Steve Ballmer talks about why he’s leaving Microsoft

When Steve Ballmer abruptly announced his retirement in August, it took the tech world by surprise. Now, the outgoing CEO has… Read More

Seattle’s new billion dollar man: Here’s who scored in Zulily’s spectacular IPO

Zulily’s initial public offering today represented a huge milestone for the Seattle company. It also made the founders and venture… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Startup Weekend, Ignite and Video Games!

Phew, this city just doesn’t quit when it comes to inspiring events. There’s quite a few coming up in the… Read More

DocuSign co-founder Court Lorenzini now leading cooking-focused stealth startup CookBrite

Court Lorenzini, a longtime Seattle-area entrepreneur who co-founded DocuSign back in 2003, is now leading a stealth startup in the cooking… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kevin Hall is blending TV and tech to build better relationships

Kevin Hall used to love watching American Idol in the same room with his girlfriend and her roommates, and connecting… Read More

Six-person triple blind date: Reliving my fun, awkward Grouper dating experience

Slightly awkward. Super exciting. And lots of fun. That pretty much sums up my first Grouper experience last night, when myself… Read More

Google Play music lands on the iPhone, at long last

After a long wait, Google Play Music has made its way over to the iPhone. Google’s music service allows users… Read More

Amazon’s move into original TV begins today with debut of ‘Alpha House’

If you’re looking for something to do on a lazy Friday night at home, Amazon is hoping that it has… Read More

Q&A: CEO Darrell Cavens on Zulily’s IPO and its future as a public company

Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens built an online retailing powerhouse over the past four years, driving massive growth while keeping a… Read More

Beyond stack rank: How Microsoft needs to change now

In the startup world, I’m prone to saying, “You can take the boy out of Microsoft, but not the Microsoft… Read More

Here’s how Seattle’s King County uses online public meetings to learn what citizens actually care about

Government officials often hold public meetings as a way to hear from citizens and find out what’s going on in… Read More

This video of NPR’s Nina Totenberg unboxing the PS4 will make your day

It seems like everyone is getting in on the PS4 unboxing action. Even renowned NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg… Read More

Shares of Zulily skyrocket in IPO debut, open at $39.40

Everything about Zulily throughout its short history has been fast, so much so that employees of the Seattle daily deals… Read More

Photo of the day: 5-year-old son of Darrell Cavens introduces Zulily to Wall Street

Shares of Zulily are to begin trading this morning after the Seattle-based daily deals site priced its IPO at $22… Read More

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