Tech news never sleeps, as John and Todd know all too well. But if you live in Seattle, chances are there’s one really big news event you’re thinking about today,… Read More
Did you hear the one about the conductor who stopped the orchestra because a cell phone wouldn’t stop ringing? It’s no joke. And when you get all the details, it… Read More
Know the “Legend of Zelda” theme? Play it in your head. Right now. “Da, daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa!” Feels good, right? Hearing it from a full orchestra should feel fantastic. Tickets are… Read More
GeekWire put out a call for geeky gifts from the Seattle region and your ideas came pouring in. So without further ado — and with just a few days left in… Read More
I mentioned my birthday and her eyes went wide. “Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry!” My friend stopped, gasped. Threw her arms around me in a hug. “I forgot to… Read More
Every geek loves geeky gifts. Like my pizza cutter shaped like the U.S.S. Enterprise. Amazing. Similarly, we at GeekWire submit that no Seattle geek’s stocking is complete without at least… Read More
To turn “Would I buy that?” to “Who would buy that?”, flip through SkyMall magazine. The 21-year-old catalog has taunted me for years. Usually I leave it untouched in the… Read More
No sleep? No problem. That’s how University of Washington seniors Ryan Ewing, Alex Juarez and Bill Cauchois and freshman Nick Barnwell tackled the 24-hour, 14-team Facebook College Hackathon finals in… Read More
Stephen Colbert rarely books two guests to (more or less) seriously debate hot topics, but that’s precisely how “The Colbert Report” tackled a particularly contentious geek topic late last week… Read More
I was checking my phone on Friday, recovering from the previous night’s Thanksgiving meal, when I saw the notification bubble to the top of my screen. “No way,” I said… Read More
It doesn’t happen often, so when Google bothers to air a television commercial, we pay attention. An ad for Google’s underdog social sharing service, Google+, aired during the Lions vs.… Read More
Call Millennials innovators. Publishers. Mobilizers. Socialites. Just don’t call us salesmen. That’s one way to read last week’s mixed reaction to “Generation Sell,” the provocatively titled New York Times op-ed… Read More
For 70 minutes Thursday night, I sat in the Landmark Metro Cinemas on 45th Avenue and watched Steve Jobs. I listened, too. We all did. Intently. It was the second… Read More
When did “conversation” start sounding like a dirty word? Not long ago I was talking with a coworker about what works in social media. “Don’t say it’s the ‘conversation,’” he… Read More
Is there no higher relevance than recency? Facebook changed the way its popular NewsFeed works back in September to prioritize what it deemed important updates in the lives of friends.… Read More
Hate when you land on a site crawling with ads? So does Google, apparently. Google spam expert Matt Cutts said Wednesday that Google is considering penalizing ad-heavy sites in its search… Read More
By now many of you have probably heard of what happens when you type “do a barrel roll” into Google. If you haven’t, go do it now. It’s worth it.… Read More
If you were to make a mobile app that serves content to users, you’d probably think a lot about how you can get those users to spend more time using… Read More
The only thing I don’t believe in Microsoft’s video of the future is how calm everybody is around such omnipresent tech. For as long as there’s been technology, it seems,… Read More
Seattle is swarming with coffee shops and geeks who love them. For many of us, they’re a fundamental part of the infrastructure. But how do you know you’ve found a… Read More
We don’t stop to think about it, but the same people who console us, congratulate us and like our la-di-da posts wherever we’ve built our social networks can also rise… Read More
Update, 10/14: A grand total of 1,896 people attended GeekGirlCon, organizers said Friday. The figure exceeded organizers’ expectations “by a lot,” GGC’s Kiri Callaghan wrote in an email. “Our expectations… Read More
The Apple Store at Seattle’s University Village was closed for renovations when Steve Jobs passed. A short time ago, employees gathered for its reopening. “Stay hungry! Stay foolish!” one employee… Read More
It’s happened a couple times now. I walk to my car from Zeitgeist Coffee or gaze up at the old brick at Occidental Park and think, “Why don’t I hang out… Read More
T-Mobile has long targeted women with Catherine, Carly, and a rose-tinted focus on families. But as a girl looking at the sleek, airy redesign that T-Mobile plans to roll out at 400… Read More
I stuff cash in my wallet for one reason and one reason only: Dick’s. The classic, awkwardly named Seattle drive-in serves better fries at $1.50 than four-star restaurants sell at… Read More
Nowhere does the idea that news is doomed seem more absurd than at the Online News Association conference. About 1,200 journalists, thinkers and entrepreneurs are in Boston for this year’s… Read More
I’m just going to say it. My phone is kind of a badass. Sometimes, when my phone is having a drink with other phones, the conversation gets personal and he… Read More
Here’s a surprise. Facebook is copying Twitter. Again. But this time, they might be going too far — for their own good. Today the company announced the imminent arrival of… Read More
