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Articles from 2013

Redbox now has 50% of the physical rental market as Outerwall posts increasing profit

Redbox parent Outerwall, the Bellevue-based company formerly known as Coinstar, announced today that Redbox now has 50 percent of the physical… Read More

Amazon misses profit expectations, reports net loss of $7M in Q2

Amazon’s second quarter earnings just posted and the Seattle online giant reported a net loss of $7 million, or $0.02 per… Read More

Geek on the Street: What do you think of the government’s snooping programs?

What does our general public really think of recently exposed government surveillance programs? Does it invade privacy? Does it protect… Read More

Calculating congestion: Walk Score adds travel times for rush hour

Walk Score already told you about commute times, but the Seattle startup just added a new feature that takes traffic into… Read More

An open letter to Jeff Bezos: A contract worker’s take on Amazon.com

Dear Jeff Bezos, In your position, I imagine that you rarely have an opportunity to receive feedback from one of… Read More

Microsoft Halo leader Bonnie Ross joins GeekWire Summit speaker lineup

We’ve been steadily adding industry leaders to the agenda for the GeekWire Summit tech conference — including top Silicon Valley… Read More

EA’s Madden NFL loses IP lawsuit, could owe $11 million to original programmer

A jury ruled in favor of the original developer and programmer of EA’s massive Madden NFL franchise on Tuesday, awarding… Read More

Cray announces $30 million deal with UK research council

Supercomputer manufacturer Cray just announced a deal with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in Britain to install one of… Read More

Apple slowly bringing developer resources back online following security breach

Following a security breach last week that closed down its developer website, Apple is slowly returning functionality to its tools… Read More

Obama to discuss economy at Amazon fulfillment center; protest plans already underway

President Barack Obama will visit an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Tennessee next week to talk about the country’s economy, manufacturing… Read More

Microsoft brings IE11 developer preview to Windows 7

[Correction: This post has been updated since it was originally posted. A Microsoft representative says the plugin-free experience for Netflix… Read More

Shimon Peres in Kindle interview: Facebook’s Zuckerberg ‘made a revolution with a billion people’

Amazon is expanding its Kindle Singles lineup into a new area, promising “major long-form interviews with iconic figures and world… Read More

Persona wants to help you get hired by protecting your social media reputation 24/7

To learn more about you, employers today are reviewing the social media accounts of both prospective and current employees. Unfortunately for… Read More

Trover snaps up $2.5M to create a hub for up-and-coming travel photographers

Seattle startup Trover has scored $2.5 million in fresh funding, money that the five-person company will use to build out… Read More

Report: Amazon.com files federal complaint to preserve $600 million CIA contract

Amazon.com has filed a federal complaint over a $600 million contract to provide cloud computing services to the Central Intelligence Agency,… Read More

Yo, developers: Microsoft is giving away $100K to build great games

Just after partnering with indie development toolkit company Unity last month, Microsoft is now offering up some dough to those who… Read More

GeekWork: BigDoor, DoubleDown, Yabbly and more sweet gigs!

GeekWork is the place to check for tech jobs. We recommend creating a profile and joining today wether you’re an employer,… Read More

Zuckerberg on Facebook Home: ‘I think of it more as a seed that we’re planting’

While much of the talk on today’s Facebook second quarter earnings call centered around the company’s positive financial performance, one… Read More

Shares of F5 surge after profits reach $68.2 million

Shares of F5 Networks took off in after hours trading following the company’s quarterly earnings announcement. F5, a maker of… Read More

How youth sports made me a better startup founder

A few recent conversations have turned towards youth sports participation and the valuable life lessons they provide.  One in particular… Read More

Microsoft will allow indie developers to self-publish on the Xbox One

Anyone can be a creator with the Xbox One. That’s the message Microsoft is sending for its next-gen console, as… Read More

Facebook earnings beat expectations as Q2 revenue reaches $1.8B

Facebook’s second quarter earnings report showed the social networking company’s revenue up 53% from the same period last year, exceeding… Read More

Report: Zulily hires investment bankers to explore possible IPO

Another of the Seattle region’s tech titans appears to be headed down the path toward an initial public offering. Zulily,… Read More

Bill Gates is helping turn your poop into drinking water

Drinking our own poop is not healthy. But when you take human waste, heat the crap out of it —… Read More

Students: Now you can rent e-textbooks with Google

Along with the announcement today of the new Nexus 7, Google said it will be making a play for a… Read More

Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet has faster processor, better screen, rear-facing 5MP camera

Google has taken the lid off its new version of the Nexus 7 tablet at a press event this morning,… Read More

Annoyed with something in your News Feed? Soon you can tell Facebook why

You’ve likely seen something in your Facebook News Feeds that annoys you, whether it’s another annoying I’m-on-vacation-and-you’re-not feet-by-the-pool photo or a… Read More

Point-of-sale software maker MerchantOS acquired by Lightspeed

LightSpeed, a Canadian software company that helps retailers manage their in-store shopping experience, today announced the acquisition of Olympia-based MerchantOS.… Read More

Facebook earnings preview: Cautious optimism from analysts

It has now been more than a year since Facebook’s lackluster IPO, and Wall Street analysts seem cautiously optimistic about… Read More

Amazon, Google employees ranked as ‘least loyal’

These days, it’s not as common for employees to stay with one company for their entire careers, with people working… Read More

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