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Bill and Melinda Gates
Nov 16, 2016, 3:27 PM

Bill and Melinda Gates ‘deeply humbled’ to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom for foundation work

Bill and Melinda Gates have been selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — by… Read More

Nov 16, 2016, 3:00 PM

Virtual reality porn is just foreplay: Why augmented reality is the future of adult entertainment

The adult industry has been propelling — and in some cases initiating — new technologies since the invention of the printing… Read More

Bill Gates
Nov 16, 2016, 2:27 PM

Bill Gates tests ‘poop perfume’ as he sniffs out another solution to the world’s sanitation problems

Bill Gates’ business sense has a lot to do with why he is who he is, but it’s the billionaire… Read More

Nov 16, 2016, 1:40 PM

MOD Pizza raises $42M, topping previous investments from Seattle tech leaders

MOD Pizza chain has raised a fresh $42 million round, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and PWP Growth… Read More

Nov 16, 2016, 10:59 AM

Blucora laying off Seattle-area employees, moving to Texas as part of shift to financial services

Blucora plans to move its headquarters to Texas next year and close its Bellevue, Wash. office. The move is part of… Read More

Nov 16, 2016, 10:15 AM

L4 Digital tech consulting firm acquired by publicly-traded Globant

Globant S.A., a publicly-traded global technology consulting company, has acquired Seattle-based product agency L4 Digital. Founded in 2008, L4 Digital… Read More

Nov 16, 2016, 10:00 AM

Twitter strengthens controls to curb abuse, bans several prominent alt-right accounts

Twitter is stepping up its efforts to deal with abuse within the social network. Twitter announced a new set of tools that… Read More

Nov 15, 2016, 2:07 PM

Report: Snapchat parent Snap Inc. quietly files for IPO

Snap Inc., the company that operates blockbuster messaging app Snapchat, is in the process of filing for an initial public… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi
Nov 15, 2016, 10:59 AM

Expedia-owned Trivago files for IPO, looks to raise $400 million

Get ready for another IPO. Trivago, the German-based online travel giant that’s owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, filed for an initial… Read More

Nov 15, 2016, 10:50 AM

How two Seattle organizations are crowdfunding clean water for half a million people

The MSR SE200 Community Chlorine Maker may be small, but this briefcase-size device packs a powerful punch. It uses salt,… Read More

Nov 15, 2016, 9:50 AM

BMW confirms plan to launch Uber and Lyft rival in Seattle, expands ReachNow car-sharing to Brooklyn

Seattleites will have yet another mode of transportation available starting early next month. Uber and Lyft also now have a new competitor. BMW’s… Read More

Nov 15, 2016, 8:57 AM

Blucora sells e-commerce business Monoprice for $40M, as former InfoSpace owner completes transition to financial services

In the final move toward becoming a financial services company, Blucora said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its e-commerce business… Read More

Nov 15, 2016, 6:39 AM

Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario Run’: $10 on iPhone and iPad, due out Dec. 15

Nintendo this morning announced a Dec. 15 release date and a price of $9.99 for “Super Mario Run” for iPhone… Read More

Nov 15, 2016, 6:30 AM

Microsoft and Code.org unveil new Minecraft-themed tutorial for ‘Hour of Code’

Microsoft announced the next effort in a series of educational Minecraft products today: the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a free… Read More

Nov 14, 2016, 9:01 PM

Microsoft HoloLens gets 3D maps through Taqtile’s new ‘HoloMaps’ technology

Seattle-based Taqtile has developed a new interactive and collaborative 3D maps app for Microsoft’s HoloLens and other virtual and mixed reality headsets… Read More

Daedalus spaceship on Mars
Nov 14, 2016, 6:26 PM

Red Planet technologies, old and new, play supporting roles in ‘Mars’ TV miniseries

The Red Planet mission that’s depicted in National Geographic Channel’s “Mars” miniseries may be purely fictional, but it draws upon… Read More

Nov 14, 2016, 1:22 PM

Video: GeekWire recommends 5 apps to simplify your life on New Day NW

GeekWire’s Monica Nickelsburg caught up with New Day NW host Margaret Larson to talk about five of her favorite apps.… Read More

James Sun
Nov 14, 2016, 10:30 AM

Seattle entrepreneur who starred on Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ expresses fear, optimism after election

In 2007, Seattle entrepreneur James Sun competed on season six of NBC’s reality television series “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump.… Read More

Nov 14, 2016, 10:11 AM

Ted Cruz settles suit with music-licensing startup Audiosocket over songs in political ads

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Seattle music-licensing firm Audiosocket, just as some Republican… Read More

Seattle skyline
Nov 12, 2016, 12:00 PM

Guest post: In a divided nation, partnerships between cities can promote unity and prosperity

To  Mayor Murray and Director Chris Gregorich, of Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations: Since 1957, our city has built sister… Read More

Nov 12, 2016, 8:11 AM

Rhapsody/Napster posts surprise $1.6M quarterly profit after years of losses, filing reveals

Seattle-based Rhapsody International, which operates the Napster music service, posted a profit of more than $1.6 million in the third quarter… Read More

Nov 11, 2016, 2:40 PM

Donald Trump taps PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel for presidential transition team

At least one prominent techie is happy about a Donald Trump presidency. PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel… Read More

Nov 11, 2016, 11:30 AM

Worst Word of the Week: ‘Platform’ means something, but not everything

[Editor’s Note: Worst Word of the Week is a regular GeekWire feature spotlighting the pretentious, unnecessarily complex, buzzword-laden, imprecise-but-precise-sounding language that plagues… Read More

Sarah Bird
Nov 11, 2016, 10:59 AM

LinkedIn and Moz CEOs react to Donald Trump’s presidential election win

As Donald Trump’s presidential victory continues to sink in, and his plans start coming together, more heads of technology companies… Read More

Nov 11, 2016, 9:36 AM

RealSelf doubles Seattle footprint with new headquarters, plans hiring spree in 2017

RealSelf, an online community for people seeking cosmetic procedures and the clinicians that perform them, is on the move. The… Read More

Nov 11, 2016, 9:28 AM

Has Nordstrom’s Trunk Club gone out of style? Retailer says it’s worth less than half of the 2014 sticker price

Nordstrom’s $350 million purchase Trunk Club might’ve been a fashion faux pas. The Seattle retailer is taking a $197 million write-down… Read More

Nov 11, 2016, 7:00 AM

Paul Allen’s AI2 expands smart search engine Semantic Scholar to neuroscience research

Paul Allen’s non-profit Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is expanding its flagship product Semantic Scholar to the world of… Read More

Nov 10, 2016, 11:01 AM

Donald Trump’s team offers transition details (and jobs) on GreatAgain.gov

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is now part of the government, at least online, in the form of a GreatAgain.gov… Read More

Tim Cook
Nov 10, 2016, 10:36 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook urges employees to move forward in response to Donald Trump’s election win

Now that everyone has had some time to process the shocking presidential election victory of Donald Trump, reactions are trickling… Read More

Nov 10, 2016, 9:22 AM

In wake of Trump victory, ex-Twitter software engineer asks: ‘What did we build?’

Social media played an important role for the 2016 presidential election. Whether that was a good or bad thing probably… Read More

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