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GeekWire Calendar Picks: TechCafe and Seattle Angel Conference join forces, 500 Startups Roadshow, and more

TechCafe is merging with Seattle Angel Conference to launch a new series of events for the Pacific Northwest tech community.… Read More

Cloud powerhouse Dropbox reveals plans for Seattle engineering office

[Update: Here’s the official announcement from Dropbox.] Dropbox, the San Francisco-based cloud storage and file sharing company, is planning to open… Read More

Amazon real estate chief dreams of turning company’s parking garages into fulfillment centers

What if alternative transportation in Seattle was so great that Amazon could turn its parking garages into product fulfillment centers? It might… Read More

How Concur nearly landed in Austin, and why co-founder Raj Singh is so glad they picked Seattle

Can you imagine this scenario? Austin, Texas-based Concur, the maker of travel and entertainment expense management software with 4,200 employees worldwide,… Read More

Here’s what homeless people think about Internet access at Seattle’s ‘tent cities’

Homeless people living in the city’s transitional encampments could have access to free wireless Internet service if Seattle City Council approves… Read More

Seattle Police Department cuts deal with records requester to release video footage

The Seattle Police Department has made a deal with an anonymous computer programmer who submitted a massive series of public… Read More

Let it code! Disney’s ‘Frozen’ teams with Code.org to inspire young programmers

There are a lot of coding tutorials out there. But only one that will have kids belting out “Let it… Read More

Zillow looking to nearly double footprint at downtown Seattle HQ

Fast-growing Zillow may be getting a little more room for expansion at its downtown Seattle headquarters. The online real estate… Read More

‘Seattle in Progress’ app maps the city’s future, using permit filings and design proposals

What if you could use a map to see into the future? That’s the idea behind “Seattle In Progress,” a new… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Tackling Ebola with Smartphones; Startup Weekend: Makers Edition; and more

In the U.S., it seems the Ebola scare is subsiding. Craig Spencer, the New York doctor diagnosed with the virus, was determined… Read More

Oh Myyy! George Takei takes on Seattle’s tech scene in new video

Actor-turned-Internet powerhouse George Takei visited Seattle this fall to film an episode of his web series, “Takei’s Take,” exploring various aspects of… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Highlights: Life Sciences Research Weekend, a Crash Course in Crowdfunding, and more

Update: The Startup Weekend Sports event has been postponed to 2015. Between Clint Dempsey’s participation in the World Cup, the Supporters’ Shield victory,… Read More

Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens: What makes Seattle special is that employees stick around

Zulily co-founder Darrell Cavens kicked off the TechStars Demo Day event in Seattle today, telling the entrepreneurs that he was… Read More

From Apple and Alibaba to Salesforce and Splunk: A guide to tech giants with outposts in Seattle

Home-grown tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon.com, Expedia, T-Mobile, Zillow and Tableau have deep roots in Seattle — important companies… Read More

Apple’s arrival cements Seattle’s status as ‘cloud capital of the world’

This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise, but Apple is being extremely secretive about its new Seattle engineering center. The company… Read More

Seattle 10

Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world

Education. Big data. Health. Telecommunications. Clean tech. Seattle is producing groundbreaking startups in a host of industries, generating a crop… Read More

These charts show exactly what’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene, and what’s right

OK, folks, let’s just stop with the Silicon Valley comparisons. Seattle is not Silicon Valley, nor do we care to be.… Read More

New ‘Cambia Grove’ health-care innovation center in Seattle will link tech startups with big players

Cambia Health Solutions, the parent company of Regence and other health-care companies, plans to open a new 9,000-square-foot health care innovation… Read More

From board games to beer-making machines: Take a look at the Seattle startup scene

There’s a lot of cool stuff percolating in Seattle’s startup scene, stories that we cover each day here at GeekWire.… Read More

Seattle to install new parking meters that adjust price based on demand

Seattle is getting strategic with its parking rates. The Department of Transportation received approval from the City Council on Monday to begin… Read More

Video: Drone captures aerial footage of massive Seattle fire

Crowds of onlookers gathered across the street from a huge fire in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood today, shooting pictures and video… Read More

Ex-Microsoft and Amazon exec Brian Valentine joins stealthy startup incubator led by Napster co-founder

When we stumbled upon the stealthy startup Ivy Softworks earlier this year, Jordan Ritter didn’t want to say too much… Read More

News Brief

U.S. travelers can now build their itineraries with Utrip, the AI-based trip planning service

People looking to take a trip in the Western U.S. have a new tool to help them find where to… Read More

It’s time to create a new Motown for young urban technologists

I was born 30 years too late to experience Motown in its heyday. Nonetheless, as a young boy growing up… Read More

Big data meets crime fighting: Seattle police launch SeaStat to quickly pinpoint ‘crime hotspots’

People are using data to help analyze elections, stocks and sporting events. Now, the Seattle Police Department — under the… Read More

It’s getting too dang hard to move around Seattle

I love Seattle. The mountains, the water and the quirky neighborhoods that make this one of the most beautiful and… Read More

With Facebook’s footprint in Seattle growing, Gov. Jay Inslee pops by to offer praise and support

Facebook’s new office is booming in Seattle, so much so that it is now attracting the attention of the state’s… Read More

Salesforce establishes $100M venture fund, bankrolls scrappy Seattle startup Venuelabs

Salesforce.com is an Internet juggernaut, with a market value of $37 billion and second quarter revenue of $1.32 billion. Now,… Read More

The Seattle freeze is real; the geekiest bicycle in the world; and other top posts of the month

Wow, what happened to the summer? It’s already Labor Day, and the dog days of summer have simply slipped away.… Read More

This is how Seattle IPOs stack up with their cohort

It’s been quite a year so far for IPOs in the Seattle area. Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Immune Design and Trupanion have… Read More

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