Hold the eggs, not the mayo: Bill Gates, Partovis and others pour $23M into food startup A team of San Francisco chemists is turning to technology to solve a global problem: producing affordable and healthy food… Read More
In one month, 500K students sign up for Code.org’s computer science 101 course Code.org is on a mission to get more kids learning about computer science, and so far, the Seattle-based non-profit seems to… Read More
Code.org founder on the real reason there aren’t more women in tech Why aren’t there more women working in technology? That’s likely one of the most highly-debated questions in today’s tech world,… Read More
Computer science exposure: ‘Hour of Code’ campaign reaches 10 million students So far, the “Hour of Code” movement seems to be working — at least from an exposure standpoint. The campaign,… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for Do-Gooder of the Year We’re back for another day of voting in the GeekWire Awards, and today’s category is all about the geeks who… Read More
Marc Andreessen, Jack Dorsey, Ron Conway and others join Code.org to boost computer science education in the U.S. Seattle entrepreneur Hadi Partovi is on a mission to transform computer science education in the U.S. And Partovi is off… Read More
We need more geeks: Hadi and Ali Partovi form Code.org to solve the computer science education crisis Ali and Hadi Partovi have used their entrepreneurial talents to change the music, advertising and communications industries. Now, the twin… Read More
Dropbox ‘acqui-hires’ Seattle music service Audiogalaxy Audiogalaxy, a music streaming service that was initially created more than a decade ago by developer Michael Merhej, has been… Read More
Vinod Khosla, Rich Barton lead Vittana’s new ‘League of Extraordinary Tech Superheroes’ Venture capital Vinod Khosla and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton have joined forces to bankroll Vittana, the Seattle non-profit that’s attempting… Read More
Startup Awards: Vote for Seattle’s Investor of the Year Even though it’s cheaper than ever to get a software or Internet company off the ground these days, money still… Read More
GeekWire Summit: How to stay innovative in a world of technological change You only get to celebrate your first birthday once, and we partied in style on Wednesday as we hosted more… Read More
Porsches in the parking lot; Etch-a-Sketch in the sky; and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “This is much more than a building… Read More
GeekWire Summit: Facebook, T-Mobile, Swype and more join lineup of speakers We’re gearing up for our big GeekWire Summit, the inaugural half-day conference March 7 in downtown Seattle. Last week we… Read More
PaperKarma: This mobile app stops junk mail in its tracks with a simple photo click Most people absolutely hate receiving junk mail. But while the credit card offers, fashion catalogs and supermarket flyers pile up on… Read More
One-time popular music service iLike officially bites the dust “And another one gone, and another one gone. Another one bites the dust.” Freddie Mercury of Queen may have summarized the… Read More
iLike vets launch Familiar, turning your computer screen into a digital picture frame Marcus Womack, Josh Hepfer, Mike Bohlander and Ray Fortna were core members of the team at iLike, the Seattle online… Read More
Hadi Partovi to Michael Arrington: Valuations are ‘out of control’ and Seattle is a ‘viable’ startup hub We’ve been talking a lot about the startup ecosystem in Seattle and what needs to happen to make the region… Read More
