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Job growth exceeds estimates in Seattle’s booming South Lake Union neighborhood

On a recent summer afternoon, Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood is buzzing with activity. Amazon. com employees line up at… Read More

NASA report shows why Seattle didn’t land a Space Shuttle

Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many… Read More

Taking the plunge: The inside story of how two Israeli entrepreneurs ended up at TechStars Seattle

Editor’s Note: There are always a million reasons not to do something. Starting a company means daring to ignore them.… Read More

Mayor Mike McGinn touts innovation, says Seattle won’t win ‘race to the bottom’

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn believes that the key to the city’s future is a “high road” in which the region… Read More

Seattle named No. 1 tech city in U.S. by Scientific American*

A new ranking by Scientific American magazine names Seattle the top city for technology in the country — ahead of… Read More

Bezos donates $10M to Seattle history museum, creating new ‘Center for Innovation’

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has often been criticized for his company’s lack of contributions to the Seattle community. But the… Read More

Wrapup: gdgt live Seattle, and the outcome of GeekWire’s Galaga challenge

John and I had fun reconnecting with familiar faces and making a ton of new friends at gdgt live in… Read More

Why this 29-year-old entrepreneur left Seattle for Silicon Valley

Aaron Franklin has been an active member of the Seattle startup community over the years. He’s participated in Startup Weekend… Read More

Seattle biotech star Dendreon cuts outlook, signals layoffs

Dendreon, one of the great hopes of Seattle’s biotech industry, today reduced its financial projections for the year and said… Read More

Space Needle launches contest to send someone into space

The observation deck of Seattle’s Space Needle offers sweeping views of the city and region. But for the 50th anniversary… Read More

Ex P-I journalists to shutter online news site Seattle PostGlobe

The Seattle PostGlobe — an online news site started two years ago by reporters who lost their jobs at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer… Read More

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center wins $8.2M grant to study link between obesity and cancer

The American Cancer Society estimates that about 30 percent of cancer deaths are tied to poor nutrition, lack of exercise… Read More

Microsoft confirms fall store opening at University Village

We’ve known this was happening for a while, based on my previous digging into city permit filings, but Microsoft today made… Read More

Twitter firehose from Seattle police makes point, loses followers

The Seattle Police Department is catching a ton of grief for transforming its Twitter feed from a selective news channel… Read More

Exclusive: Facebook on the prowl for more office space in Seattle

In a visit to Seattle last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed the importance of the company’s newly-opened Seattle office,… Read More

Seattle and Portland should do more to become BFFs

Now, admittedly, I’m getting to write this guest post because I lost a bet. But let’s not let that muddy… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Sizing up the Seattle and Portland tech scenes

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Rick Turoczy of Portland-area tech news blog… Read More

From bad to worse: State slips to 10th in venture capital investment

GeekWire readers have been engaged in an active debate over the past few days on the ailments facing the Seattle… Read More

Gilt City arrives in Seattle, offers deals on spas, meals and movies

Get ready shoppers. Gilt Groupe today is launching its Gilt City private sale service in Seattle, one of four new… Read More

A challenge to Seattle entrepreneurs: Generate 100 investment-worthy startups in 24 months

Guest commentary: Yesterday, Marcelo Calbucci published a challenge to Seattle VCs here on GeekWire. Marcelo argues that seed-stage funding in… Read More

A challenge to Seattle VCs: Back 100 seed-stage startups in 24 months

Guest Commentary: After reading GeekWire’s post about how Washington state is lagging California, New York and Massachusetts in venture capital deals,… Read More

Boston and Seattle mobile analytics startups merge, choose New York for HQ

Seattle-based Ground Truth has merged with Boston-based Umber Systems to create a new company called Mobile Intelligence Solutions that will… Read More

Are VCs sleeping in Seattle?

There’s been an awful lot of talk of bubblemania in the tech industry in recent weeks. But that frenzy isn’t… Read More

‘gdgt live’ in Seattle Aug. 5: Pitch us to win a sponsor table

Good news, Seattle-area gadget hounds: gdgt, the gadget Q&A site founded by veteran tech writers Ryan Block and Peter Rojas,… Read More

PopCap to fans: EA buyout is good

One of Popcap Games’ defining corporate traits is the irreverent and lighthearted personality it conveys to the outside world. Following… Read More

Amazon eyes new Seattle tower for even more growth

Amazon.com has been growing like crazy — adding 4,200 people worldwide in the first three months of this year alone.… Read More

Seattle startup goes viral with ‘Flu App Challenge’ prize

Yes, it turns out there’s an app for just about everything — even for the flu. The People’s Choice Award… Read More

Facebook rolls out Skype video chat, from Seattle team

Facebook is rolling out a new video chat feature for its users in partnership with Skype, developed in Facebook’s Seattle… Read More

Introducing the Seattle Startup Recipe (or why this is a great place to start a company)

It takes more than a few hot startups to make a thriving technology hub. And while Seattle’s tech community has… Read More

EMP Museum? Music and sci-fi mecca reinvents itself, again

More than a decade after the splashy Experience Music Project opened in the shadow of the Space Needle, the Seattle… Read More