Will this 8-year-old girl stick with coding? Fun project with dad attracts gifts from tech community Catherine Rabasa was already a cool tech kid thanks to her love for coding at such an early age. But… Read More
Amazon to release new Alexa options for families and kids, including ‘magic word’ feature that gives positive reinforcement for saying ‘please’ Amazon plans to release a slate of new Alexa features for parents and children, plus a new $79.99 version of… Read More
TLDR: Twitter suspends 1.2M accounts, Amazon Spheres open to the public, tips for using VR [Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More
Hey, sad internet, use your imagination! If Toys R Us goes bust, pick a smaller box to shop in Commentary: Reports suggesting that Toys R Us and its 800 remaining stores may not be long for this retail world… Read More
Homework would be bus work in Microsoft’s plan to bring internet access to kids in rural areas School kids in rural Michigan who have less-than-adequate internet connections at home could get some homework done on the bus… Read More
Better tattoo ink? A workout on the bus to work? Teens test startup ideas at Innovate ’17 bootcamp REDMOND, Wash. — People are spending hours each week commuting to work, often via bus, so why not turn that… Read More
Steve Ballmer’s passion for basketball detailed in story about his days coaching third graders Steve Ballmer has established himself as a man who is as passionate about basketball today as he was about software… Read More
Here are 10 business ideas from inspiring young entrepreneurs pitching products in a parking lot A weekly farmers market at the Crossroads shopping center in Bellevue, Wash., attracted a bunch of extra vendors on Tuesday… Read More
Seattle Mariners pitcher and Moose mascot stand up against internet bullies in new kids book Not content with just battling opponents on the baseball field, the Seattle Mariners are taking on internet bullies, too, with… Read More
Day 1 of summer camp at Amazon gives kids a peek inside the tech giant and STEM possibilities Amazon kicked off its “A to Z Experience” STEM summer camp on Wednesday by offering kids the chance to tour… Read More
Seattle mom engineers a remedy for bath-time tears and launches Kickstarter for Shampoo Buddy Tiffany Platt was tired of the crying that came with trying to wash her young daughters’ hair. Sure, some of… Read More
‘I love you, robot’ — watch this little girl make friends with a broken hot water heater See? The robots are our friends! Watching this viral video of a little girl hugging a discarded hot water heater… Read More
Amazon launches $3/month ‘Rapids’ reading app for kids, telling stories in the style of chat sessions Since the beginning of smartphones, parents have been trying to get kids to put them down in favor of a… Read More
Casting call: We’re looking for Seattle’s geekiest kids to star in a fun video for this year’s GeekWire Summit Legos. Pokemon. Minecraft. Robots. Science. Space travel. If you’ve got a geeky kid who can’t get one (or all) of… Read More
Bellevue middle schoolers soar to championship in world’s largest rocket contest A team of middle schoolers from Bellevue, Wash., nicknamed the Space Potatoes, captured the top prize at the 2016 Team America… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella looks ahead, a surprising study on screen time, and more This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A new study by the University of Washington questions the effectiveness of the… Read More
TeenSafe service adds option for parents to monitor underage kids on Tinder TeenSafe, a service that allows parents to view their kids’ text messages, phone logs, web history, and activity on a… Read More
Mothers are leaving the tech industry, worsening the gender gap When Anna Steffeney‘s Microsoft co-workers in Redmond, Wash., heard about her pregnancy, some told her to “keep it in as long as possible.”… Read More
New research says video-gaming kids are smarter and more social Conventional wisdom may still say video games are a bad thing, but the evidence is slowly piling up: Moderate video gaming… Read More
App of the Week: BookWhiz rewards kids for reading with custom prizes Getting kids to read amidst distractions like TV and the internet can be tough. But a new app from Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly… Read More
Minecraft, Microsoft and more: These kids have lots of feedback for the Head of Xbox GeekWire invited dozens of kids and their parents to our offices in Seattle recently for a special video series that… Read More
Meet our ‘Future Innovators,’ the hilarious kids who stole the show at this year’s GeekWire Summit Some want to be astronauts, scientists or entrepreneurs, others want to solve global warming, prevent meteors from colliding with Earth… Read More
Girls who launched spacecraft last month meet astronaut Ed Lu at the GeekWire Summit Last month, Kimberly and Rebecca Yeung launched a balloon to the edge of space, and have since gotten attention from… Read More
Podcast Interview: Seattle girls launch a balloon spacecraft to the edge of space, and NASA takes note Our guests on the GeekWire radio show this week are Rebecca Yeung, 10, and Kimberly Yeung, 8 — two sisters from Seattle… Read More
Two Seattle girls launched a balloon to the edge of space this weekend, and have the video to prove it On Saturday, a handmade craft rose 78,000 feet to capture the view from the edge of space. The craft, built by… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Surprising study reveals how parents use smartphones on the playground OK, parents, admit it: How much do you use your smartphone when you’re at the playground with your kids? Our guests… Read More
How to choose the best headphones for playing video games A couple of weeks ago someone asked me what the best gaming headphones are, and I realized he probably wasn’t… Read More
Why Xbox One’s Kinect sensor is worth the extra money for families If you’re looking to buy an Xbox One, you’ve got two choices: with Kinect or without. Buying the system without… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Inspired by science, clothes open new horizons for girls One of the biggest challenges in the world of science and technology is gender diversity — boosting the number of women… Read More
