Jul 25, 2011, 11:02 PM Tweets and Swype as art? Museum of Modern Art explores new masterpieces I usually don’t think of mobile software — or Tweets for that matter — as art. But, then again, the… Read More
Jul 25, 2011, 1:58 PM Ignition backs Motif, ex-Microsoftie’s startup for ‘investing in ideas’ Bellevue-based Ignition Partners led a $20 million financing round in Motif Investing, a San Mateo, Calif.- based company founded by former… Read More
Jul 25, 2011, 7:37 AM Comcast inks deal with NW companies to stream video to the iPad and iPhone With Hulu reportedly for sale and Netflix taking heat over its price hike, Comcast is making a bigger push to… Read More
Jul 25, 2011, 12:34 AM Google engineer Steve Lacey victim of Kirkland car wreck Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, a veteran of the Seattle region’s tech community who worked for more than a decade… Read More
Jul 24, 2011, 9:00 PM Inrix scores $37 million from Kleiner Perkins and others, eyes initial public offering No matter whether you live in Copenhagen, Chengdu or Cincinnati, everyone hates traffic jams. But that very painful aspect of… Read More
Jul 24, 2011, 12:02 PM Intellectual Ventures responds to This American Life exposé: ‘We fundamentally disagree’ Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm and invention house founded by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, was already-well known… Read More
Jul 22, 2011, 1:36 PM Seattle developer partners with Futurama, unleashes Head-in-a-Jar iPhone app We’ve seen a lot of silly mobile apps emerge in our time on the tech beat. But here’s one that… Read More
Jul 22, 2011, 11:49 AM Startup Spotlight: Earn rewards for exercising with Earndit Sometimes it can be a little tough to motivate yourself to go for a jog, paddle or bike ride. That’s… Read More
Jul 22, 2011, 9:07 AM Time Waster: Cheezburger’s top 10 summer fails It’s Friday, and the sun is finally shining in Seattle. But we’ve certainly missed out on a big chunk of… Read More
Jul 22, 2011, 8:39 AM Portland Seed Fund tests public-private VC model: Could a similar idea take root in Seattle? On the GeekWire podcast last week, we chatted with Rick Turoczy of Portland’s Silicon Florist blog about the differences between… Read More
Jul 21, 2011, 4:49 PM Manufacturing startup FluxDrive raises $1.5M in region known for IT investors The Pacific Northwest may be best known for its software and Internet industry. But Philip “Chip” Corbin, the founder and… Read More
Jul 21, 2011, 11:12 AM Geek of the Week: Delane Hewett, DataSphere CTO Our latest Geek of the Week, Delane Hewett, has been around the Seattle region’s tech community for years, at Boeing… Read More
Jul 21, 2011, 8:51 AM Meet the 10-year-old who just released an iPhone game (with some help from PopCap) Remember the story of Owain Weinert? He’s the 10-year-old who dreamed of developing his own iOS game. Well, that dream… Read More
Jul 20, 2011, 5:57 PM The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider) We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But… Read More
Jul 20, 2011, 12:06 PM Avelle reverts to Bag Borrow or Steal name, raises $4M Avelle, the luxury handbag rental service, said today that it plans to reinstitute the name Bag Borrow or Steal. The… Read More
Jul 20, 2011, 11:11 AM Startup Spotlight: PressOK touts mobile gaming tournaments Mobile gaming can be a solitary pursuit. But PressOK Entertainment, a three-year-old Seattle startup led by Alex Koloskov and Ryan… Read More
Jul 20, 2011, 10:53 AM From bad to worse: State slips to 10th in venture capital investment GeekWire readers have been engaged in an active debate over the past few days on the ailments facing the Seattle… Read More
Jul 20, 2011, 10:51 AM Hivemyne buys dot-com survivor AskMe AskMe has certainly been around the startup block in Seattle. Formed in 1999 by former Microsoft employees, the company barely… Read More
Jul 20, 2011, 7:11 AM Seattle online travel startup Yapta lands $5 million investment from Concur Concur Technologies has been making a number of strategic bets in the online travel business in recent months, gobbling up… Read More
Jul 19, 2011, 4:30 PM Microsoft drops out of the Hulu bidding, opening door for Amazon? Microsoft has reportedly dropped out of the bidding for Hulu, the popular online video service owned by Fox, Disney, NBC… Read More
Jul 19, 2011, 3:33 PM Zillow prices IPO at $20 per share, signaling strong demand for the online real estate company Call it a little IPO euphoria. For anyone wondering whether investors would bite on Zillow’s initial public offering, here’s your… Read More
Jul 19, 2011, 3:18 PM Add comments to the margins of Web pages or directly in the editorial flow with Highlighter For the most part, readers of this online news site and most others are forced to leave their comments at… Read More
Jul 19, 2011, 9:51 AM Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM joins Motricity; Medio’s Lanphear lands at Livemocha; and more We’ve been tracking a number of key departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent… Read More
Jul 19, 2011, 2:31 AM Zillow set to price IPO this week: Six things to think about It has been just over a year since a technology company in Washington state — Bellevue-based Motricity — completed an… Read More
Jul 19, 2011, 12:01 AM Winshuttle buys ShareVis to help non-techies tap into business apps One of the hidden success stories of the Seattle software community is Winshuttle, which has quietly grown into a powerful… Read More
Jul 18, 2011, 4:20 PM Guest Commentary: Four keys to selling beyond early adopters The life and early path of a disruptive entrepreneur can be lonely indeed. By definition, you’re building something that nobody… Read More
Jul 18, 2011, 12:52 PM Startup Spotlight: Canappi helps builds iPhone and Android apps Convergence Modeling, a 7-month-old Bellevue startup, wants to make it dead simple for people to create mobile applications that work… Read More
Jul 18, 2011, 7:48 AM DocuSign faces new threat as Adobe inks deal to buy EchoSign DocuSign is facing a new competitive challenge today as one of the company’s biggest rivals, EchoSign, was just gobbled up… Read More
Jul 17, 2011, 11:20 PM Gilt City arrives in Seattle, offers deals on spas, meals and movies Get ready shoppers. Gilt Groupe today is launching its Gilt City private sale service in Seattle, one of four new… Read More
Jul 17, 2011, 9:20 AM Scandinavian roots, Netflix price hikes and other top comments Is Seattle’s startup community hamstrung by a lack of investment dollars or a lack of high-quality entrepreneurial ideas? That was… Read More
