Articles about Puzzazz

A puzzle platform’s new tech tricks: How Puzzazz is using Apple Pencil, 3D Touch and Split View

Puzzle technology company Puzzazz has a history of developing novel input techniques for people who solve crosswords and other puzzles on mobile devices, and… Read More

How hard is The New York Times crossword? Startup finds answer with first-ever data analysis

The New York Times crossword puzzle is a daily ritual for many people around the world, and for those who play… Read More

Apple Watch apps: Zulily, Amazon, Prism join Seattle-area parade

It seems companies can’t just watch when it’s Apple Watch launch day. Since our initial GeekWire round-up of Seattle-area Apple Watch apps, at least a… Read More

Parallax meets puzzles: How this startup embraced iOS 7

People who solve selected puzzles in the newly revamped Puzzazz app for iPad and iPhone will get a little visual… Read More

Puzzazz adds New York Times crosswords to its iPhone/iPad app

Puzzazz, the Redmond-based puzzle technology startup, is bringing the popular New York Times daily crosswords to its iPhone and iPad… Read More

Innovation of the Year? Vote here in the GeekWire Awards

It’s time to vote in one of the most hotly contested categories in the GeekWire Awards: Innovation of the Year.… Read More

This Kickstarter campaign is a puzzle fan’s dream — and a puzzle unto itself

Puzzazz, the Redmond-based puzzle technology startup, is turning its creative energy loose on Kickstarter with a new campaign to fund… Read More

Puzzazz debuts puzzle bookstore for iPhone, iPad — with handwriting recognition

Puzzazz, a Seattle-area puzzle technology startup, is making the leap to iPhone and iPad with a new app for trying,… Read More

Kindle Touch breakthrough: Startup debuts handwriting recognition in puzzle book

Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz is giving Amazon’s Kindle Touch a capability that even Amazon didn’t envision — letting users input… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Apple’s big quarter, Bill Gates’ legacy, and the world of digital puzzles

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we recap the gigantic quarter posted by Apple, hear Bill Gates… Read More

Books are books, and Apple gets it

Guest Commentary: In 1981, when IBM introduced the IBM PC, Apple ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal… Read More

Can ebooks fuel innovation? Startups explore the potential

A group of startups met up this week in Redmond for the first Ebook Innovation Summit, a small gathering of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Chip Brown of Puzzazz on puzzles, bees and making a clock from scratch

Chip Brown, our latest Geek of the Week, spends his days immersed in puzzles and technology as the chief architect… Read More

Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz raises $400k in funding from industry vets

Puzzazz, the Seattle startup founded by puzzle creator and entrepreneur Roy Leban, has raised its first outside funding — about… Read More