Articles from 2013

Geek of the Week: Rasmus Rasmussen returns to his first love, making games

Rasmus Rasmussen is a self-described “storytelling nerd,” a native of Denmark who came to Seattle in 2005 for a photography… Read More

Top 5 reasons why startups are wasted on the young

Okay, I admit it. In my entire life, nothing has made me feel older than pitching to VCs on Sand… Read More

This startup wants to help you save on medical bills by taking control of your health

There is already a bevy of health and wellness startups out there in a very crowded space. But a new Seattle… Read More

Step by step: Watch an iPad app transform for Windows 8

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the most interesting sessions this morning at Microsoft’s Build conference was on “Design Differences Between iOS… Read More

Amazon reportedly trying to open marketplace for art galleries

Need a new piece of art to bring a room together? You may be able to get it with free… Read More

Moving on up: Why Concur traded its suburban campus for an upscale downtown high-rise

As we noted a few months ago, Concur is growing so fast that it can’t quite keep up with demand. A… Read More

New data: Samsung gaining ground on Apple in smartphone market share

As the smartphone wars rage on, the industry’s two major hardware players continue to gain market share in the U.S.,… Read More

Why I’m thankful Moz didn’t move to the Bay Area

In 2009, we tried to raise money. We talked to people at 40 different firms. We had second meetings with… Read More

Microsoft says 3D printing in Windows 8.1 will support open-source technologies

SAN FRANCISCO — When Microsoft announced native support for 3D printing in Windows 8.1 this week, one question was how… Read More

Microsoft inks deal with Time Warner Cable, bringing more live TV to your Xbox

If you’re a Time Warner Cable customer and an Xbox Live Gold member, lots of live TV is coming to… Read More

Nintendo wins patent lawsuit again, this time over Wii MotionPlus

Nintendo has some good lawyers. For the second time in as many months, the video game giant escaped another patent… Read More

How Microsoft and Oracle set aside their past garbage to connect in the cloud

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s cloud computing deal with Oracle was some two years in the making — going from careful… Read More

T-Mobile to boost 4G network with $308M buy: CEO calls spectrum ‘gold’

T-Mobile is paying $308 million in cash to increase its 4G LTE network in 29 markets in the Mississippi Valley region,… Read More

Here’s how to score cash from Tony Conrad of True Ventures: Build a movement

As a member of the founding team at True Ventures, Tony Conrad has made a few odd bets. He bet… Read More

Google wants you to take Street View where it has never gone before

Have you always wanted to share your favorite back-country trail with the world? Google may give you that opportunity. The… Read More

Watch out, Siri: Jeannie wants to be your iPhone conversation partner

With the advent of voice assistants like Siri, we’re talking to our computers more than ever. But Siri, Google Now,… Read More

UW students build bad-ass Formula racecar, take 1st place at worldwide competition

After nearly one year of hard work and more than 60,000 hours of planning, building and testing, an engineering team… Read More

First porn app for Google Glass relaunches, stripped of explicit content

“Tits & Glass” is back … kind of. Earlier this month, Seattle-based adult app marketplace Mikandi got lots of attention for releasing the… Read More

Video: Foursquare’s first tablet app is for Windows 8

SAN FRANCISCO — Location check-in service Foursquare is expanding beyond smartphone apps to tablets, and it’s starting with a native… Read More

This dude just raised $800,000 in 4 hours for a sonic vibrator designed to stimulate the sex toy industry

There was certainly a lot of buzz around Robin Elenga’s latest angel financing round, literally and figuratively. Elenga is the… Read More

An ‘all-new Microsoft’ gets cheers from devs at Build

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft showed some new stripes and drew repeated cheers from the crowd of third-party developers at the… Read More

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources partners with 3D printing giant

Just a few months after partnering with the nation’s largest engineering firm, Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company Planetary Resources announced a new investment from a… Read More

GeekWire Game Night: Catan, Black Jack and Dave Schappell buying the first round

OK, folks, we’re gearing up for one of our favorite meetups of the year. Back by popular demand, it’s GeekWire… Read More

Flowboard’s iPad presentation app now lets you embed YouTube videos, PDFs

Seattle-based iPad storytelling app Flowboard just updated its platform to allow users to embed YouTube videos and PDFs into their presentations. Flowboard, which launched… Read More

Microsoft vets land $3M for Discuzz to help salespeople better communicate with prospects and customers

Discuzz, a Bellevue startup that helps sales professionals communicate more effectively with partners and customers, has raised a $3 million… Read More

Junk mail eliminator PaperKarma acquired by Reputation.com

It only seemed like a matter of time before someone big swooped up PaperKarma, the popular junk mail eliminator app.… Read More

Tech Moves: Doug Aley leaves Zulily for Room 77; Vittana taps CEO; Ex-RealNetworks CEO lands at Brightcove; UserMind; etc.

Doug Aley is jumping back into the online travel business, taking a new job as vice president of product development… Read More