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City of Seattle green lights study for new high-tech traffic signals

Sick and tired of being stuck in nasty Seattle traffic gridlock? Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn feels your pain, and today he… Read More

VIDEO: Here’s what customers think of a Seattle bar banning Google Glasses

If you haven’t heard yet, Seattle’s 5 Point Cafe is one of the first establishments to declare a ban on Google Glasses to prevent its… Read More

Need a tech job? Study shows 80 percent of Seattle CIO’s plan to hire IT staff in 2Q

If you’re in the Seattle market for an IT job, this is your time. A study from Robert Half Technology surveyed more… Read More

Seattle Sounders FC preps for season opener with fan-submitted hashtags on buildings

The Seattle Sounders football soccer club gets the 2013 season started this Saturday with a home match against Montreal and as… Read More

Geek paradise: A video tour of the MakerHaus workshop

If there’s a geek paradise in Seattle, a 10,000-square-foot creative playground nestled in Fremont might just be it. Welcome to… Read More

Map: Here’s what Seattle would look like after the Zombie Apocalypse

Ever wondered what Seattle would look like if the Apocalypse happened and zombies took over the town? Thanks to a years… Read More

Seattle rolling out ‘Predictive Policing’ software to anticipate where crime happens

The Seattle Police Department is hoping to keep the city safe by using data that better predicts where crime may… Read More

3 ways your brand can learn from how sports teams handle social media

When panelists are introduced at an event, the audience usually gets a typical rundown of accolades and achievements of the… Read More

Forbes says Seattle is 5th-best city for good jobs

According to Forbes’ latest list of the best cities for good jobs, Seattle is doing pretty well for itself. Out… Read More

Graphic: The top 10 U.S. cities for private tech M&A

Well, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that the San Francisco Bay Area ranks on top when it comes… Read More

Girl power: Seattle ranked 2nd for women entrepreneurs

If you’re a woman and an entrepreneur, there are few better places to be in than Seattle. That’s according to… Read More

Gigabit Screwed: Missing out on Seattle’s high-speed Internet pilot, just barely

We at GeekWire were excited to hear Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announce plans to expand the Gigabit Squared super-fast Internet… Read More

A night of stunts and startups at the inaugural Seattle Tech Meetup (VIDEO)

They say you’re supposed to save the best for last, and Tuesday night at the first-ever Seattle Tech Meetup was no different.… Read More

Patience, perseverance and passion: Video highlights from our talk with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

We had a great conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot Wednesday evening at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot talked about several interesting topics, from… Read More

Hey, Seattle: We’re not quite as book smart as 8 years ago

Think of Seattle. And whether it’s Amazon.com or Elliott Bay Book Company or the amazing main Seattle library, reading is a… Read More

Tableau CEO Chabot: Seattle is the promised land of startup America

We had a stimulating conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot yesterday at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot touched on a number of… Read More

9Mile Labs sets up new accelerator at SURF Incubator

This is a new one. It’s an accelerator inside an incubator. 9Mile Labs, the newly-formed startup accelerator that’s focusing on… Read More

Report: Valve letting go of several employees as part of “great cleansing”

Valve hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth made news this week when she tweeted that she had been fired, and now it looks like… Read More

A high-tech governor? It’s time for Inslee to take innovation message on the road

Governor Jay Inslee was sworn into office less than a month ago. Is it time for him to take a… Read More

Square without the dongle: Buck debuts free mobile invoice service

Many paper products are moving to the digital world. Buck, a Seattle-based mobile payments company, is following suit and helping businesses… Read More

Reddit AMA: Bill Gates on internet freedom, Steve Jobs and the Surface Pro

Answering questions about everything from his favorite book (The Better Angels of our Nature) to his favorite band (Weezer) to… Read More

Meet Catherine Giudici, the Amazon designer that may have just won The Bachelor

SPOILER ALERT: Fans of The Bachelor may want to stop reading this article.       ——– Amazon’s employee roster is already… Read More

Launch Pads: Globys employees work in a hidden room and relax in a fully-stocked company pub

As a company, it’s important to have a space where your employees can both work efficiently and also relax when… Read More

Pioneer Square Tech Map: Where are tech companies hanging their shingles?

We’ve been writing a lot of about the tech renaissance going on in Pioneer Square, one of Seattle’s most historic… Read More

City records indicate another Amazon expansion in downtown Seattle

Amazon is expanding again. The Seattle Times reported that city permit records indicate another downtown expansion for the Seattle online… Read More

Seattle mayor pulls plug on controversial drone program

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is ending the controversial unmanned aerial vehicle program — before the drones ever took official flight.… Read More

Portland just isn’t where young people go to retire: It’s where they get VC money too

They’ve got The Timbers, and we’ve got the Sounders. They have a mediocre NBA team, and we’re getting ours back.… Read More

PopCap debuts first social hidden object game on Facebook with Hidden Agenda

Seattle-based PopCap Games is back with another game featuring anthropomorphic animals, and this time it’s all about solving mysteries. Hidden… Read More

Seattle rocker Chris Ballew needs your childhood memories for a new song

We all have childhood memories — some good, others bad. Seattle native Chris Ballew wants yours for a new song… Read More

Superman, where you at? Emerald City Comicon website hacked

Maybe it was Joker. Possibly Lex Luthor. Could have been Bane. It’s unclear exactly which villain hacked the Emerald City Comicon’s website… Read More

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