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Articles from 2013

My VloggerFair vlog: How everyday online stars are changing the face of fandom

VloggerFair, the come-one, come-all festival of vlogs and vlogging, kicked off its inaugural run at the enormous Terminal 5 building… Read More

What to expect from Apple’s WWDC keynote

The banners are hung, and people are eagerly anticipating what Apple CEO Tim Cook has to say when he takes… Read More

A two-time Googler reviews ‘The Internship’: Hey, this movie is … kinda spot-on!

[Editor’s Note: There are some mild spoilers in this review of “The Internship” by GeekWire chairman and two-time Googler Jonathan Sposato.… Read More

Amazon noticeably (and admirably?) absent from cyber-spying controversy

The revelations about the U.S. government’s cyber-spying program this week centered on reports that the NSA and the FBI are… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Win an Xbox notebook, an iPad joystick and more random stuff we found in the office

Updated below with the answer and winner. We’ve just moved out of the original GeekWire HQ, en route to new… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Inside the personal and powerful world of vlogging, with Chris Pirillo

Are you ready to put your life on camera? Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show is Chris… Read More

Data snooping: Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others stand by denials

“What the …?” That’s the headline on a blog post by Google CEO Larry Page and legal chief David Drummond… Read More

Optimum Energy heats up with $12.2M to intelligently adjust temperature settings in buildings

Optimum Energy, a Seattle startup whose software intelligently adjusts a building’s temperature in order to reduce energy consumption, has scored… Read More

Report: SoftBank may bid for T-Mobile USA if $20B Sprint deal collapses

Now, this could get very interesting. Reuters reports today that SoftBank, which is looking to buy Sprint for $20.1 billion,… Read More

Mathletes: Students solve 375K algebra equations in 4 days with iOS app

Students across Washington did some serious algebra work this week — and I mean serious like 400,000 problems in four… Read More

Dwellable founder gets résumé from iPhone app developer who claims he created … Dwellable

Adam Doppelt is one of Seattle’s more accomplished entrepreneurs, having previously co-founded Urbanspoon before moving on to his latest startup,… Read More

Lighting a fire in Beijing: Kindle now available in China

Amazon’s Kindle lineup just made its debut in the world’s most populous nation. Last month, Amazon launched its Android app… Read More

Hey, lady hackers: $10K scholarship fund available for women-only bootcamp

For all the ladies interested in attending a Ruby on Rails bootcamp in Seattle next month but just can’t afford… Read More

Cybersecurity: What businesses can expect from U.S.-China talks, amid brewing NSA controversy

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at a secluded estate in Southern California starting today… Read More

Amazon launches free movie storyboard tool, with a catch

Amazon this morning launched a free online storyboarding tool through its Amazon Studios movie and television production group — aiming… Read More

What’s your teen’s future? Sparkon maps a path for life

Do you have a teen who’s trying to find a direction in life? Maybe you know a kid who’s really… Read More

The last supper: The final Urbanspoon founder set to depart

It’s the end of an era at Urbanspoon, the wildly popular online restaurant recommendation service that was sold to IAC… Read More

Business budding for marijuana startup as investors change attitude after legalization

With the former president of Mexico beside him high up in Seattle’s tallest skyscraper, Diego Pellicer founder Jamen Shivley announced to the… Read More

Google loves ‘The Internship,’ but critics call movie a wreck

“Maybe ‘The Internship’ was secretly funded by Bing.” That is the New York Post’s closing zinger in its review of… Read More

Nike Accelerator Spotlight: GeoPalz motivates kids to exercise with reward system

Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based… Read More

Amazon launches Indie Game Store for PC, Mac and web games

Indie game developers have a new way to market and show off their latest creations. Amazon just debuted an Indie… Read More

Leak implicates Microsoft, Google and others in NSA snooping — but they deny it

A classified training document, reported Thursday by the Washington Post and the Guardian, says a secret U.S. government program called… Read More

Microsoft addresses Xbox One used games, always-on, privacy policies

Microsoft today cleared up some of the questions surrounding Xbox One issues, including those about always-on requirements, used game policies and… Read More

Advice from a former Apple director who coined the term ‘user experience’

Having worked on Apple’s User Interface Technologies and introducing the term “user experience” to company execs in the early 90s, Mitch… Read More

Who needs Google Fiber? Comcast exec says U.S. consumers not ready for gigabit bandwidth

As far as Comcast is concerned, gigabit broadband is more bandwidth than consumers want, though they might not know it.… Read More

Amazon opens access to cloud database service

Amazon’s Relational Database Service (RDS) has officially opened to all users after three years of only being available to chosen… Read More

Microsoft’s big reorg: What to watch, and what it means

Reports this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is close to finalizing a giant reorganization — reshaping the company’s divisions… Read More

Bing Translator App out for Windows 8, lets you understand foreign words with a camera

Microsoft launched the Bing Translator for Windows Phone last November, but today it’s now available on Windows 8 and supports more than 40 languages.… Read More

Exo Labs crowdfunding iPad-enabled microscope cameras for schools

Exo Labs, the Seattle startup that developed a microscope camera that can link to your iPad, now wants to put… Read More

GeekWire game night is back! Mark your calendar for July 10

Are you ready to rip it up with some fun board game action? Or, just want to hang out with… Read More

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