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Mar 26, 2013, 8:05 PM

Social Media Madness: Which NCAA school is most-effectively using Twitter?

There are lots of different spins people put on the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament — a.k.a. March Madness —… Read More

Mar 26, 2013, 4:37 PM

Geek Madness Day 4: Curie vs. Mendel; da Vinci vs. Edison

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time On Monday we kicked off the last four first-round matchups… Read More

Mar 26, 2013, 10:32 AM

Transcript: T-Mobile CEO calls B.S. on the wireless industry, and the press

If this whole wireless executive thing doesn’t work out, T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere may have a future in late-night… Read More

Mar 26, 2013, 10:00 AM

Ride sharing service Lyft buys assets of Cherry, sets April 12 launch for Seattle

You shouldn’t have any trouble getting a ride these days, especially if you live in a tech hotbed like Seattle… Read More

Mar 25, 2013, 5:33 PM

Time’s top Twitter feeds: Bill Gates, @SeattleMamaDoc and journalist Glenn Fleishman

Philanthropist Bill Gates (@BillGates), technology journalist Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) and pediatrician Wendy Sue Swanson (@SeattleMamaDoc) are among those chosen for… Read More

Mar 25, 2013, 4:12 PM

UW-Tacoma debuts cybersecurity and leadership graduate program

Cybersecurity is a pressing issue these days and the University of Washington is doing something about it. The UW-Tacoma branch… Read More

Mar 25, 2013, 1:05 PM

Geek Madness Day 3: Newton ousts Hawking; Musk vs. Allen showdown awaits

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time We’re only eight games through the first-ever Geek Madness… Read More

Mar 25, 2013, 7:37 AM

Pendrell buys dozens of patents from Nokia covering SD cards and flash storage

Pendrell Corp. has made another big patent purchase. The Kirkland company led by former Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff announced today… Read More

Mar 25, 2013, 7:11 AM

Theraclone raises $14M to ID rare human antibodies that could be used to fight disease

Seattle biotechnology company Theraclone Sciences has raised an additional $8 million in equity financing and $6 million in debt, bringing… Read More

Mar 23, 2013, 8:48 PM

A Google graveyard; Bill Gates’ next big bet; Geek Madness; and other top posts of the week

We’ve had a busy few days here at GeekWire — launching our new events calendar; opening nominations for the May… Read More

Mar 22, 2013, 1:18 PM

Geek Madness Day 2: Torvalds trounces Jobs in huge first round upset

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time While Harvard was busy upsetting New Mexico yesterday at… Read More

Mar 22, 2013, 1:04 PM

Measuring interruptions: How to keep your team in the ‘zone’

When you look at productive output from a software development team, there’s one factor that almost always predicts problems. You… Read More

Mar 22, 2013, 11:06 AM

We’ve got a double helix bridge, but Taipei is building a double helix skyscraper

Seattle residents are familiar with the double helix pedestrian bridge, connecting Elliott Avenue with the Amgen campus to the west.… Read More

Mar 21, 2013, 4:58 PM

Salary Madness 2013: Based on median graduate income, which college would win it all?

There are lots of different spins people put on the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament — a.k.a. March Madness —… Read More

Mar 21, 2013, 3:55 PM

PopCap Games’ Bejeweled executive producer departs

PopCap Games is losing the executive producer of its Bejeweled franchise. Giordano “Gio” Contestabile is stepping down from the EA-owned property,… Read More

Mar 21, 2013, 1:55 PM

Condom competition: Gates Foundation needs your help to design the next-gen rubber

In terms of preventing STDs and unwanted pregnancy, the condom has been pretty revolutionary. But the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More

Mar 21, 2013, 10:25 AM

Geek Madness: Help us pick the greatest geek of all time

UPDATE: Day 10 of Geek Madness UPDATE: Day 9 of Geek Madness UPDATE: Day 8 of Geek Madness UPDATE: Day 7 of… Read More

Mar 21, 2013, 10:13 AM

Kymeta: Is this Bill Gates’ next billion-dollar company?

Wireless technology company Kymeta Corp. has been in business for a grand total of seven months, but already it has… Read More

Mar 20, 2013, 4:32 PM

Starbucks roasted over Square confusion, glitches

Have you tried Square to pay for your coffee at Starbucks? If your experience was anything like what FastCompany’s correspondents… Read More

Mar 20, 2013, 3:06 PM

Out of juice? AAA debuts Washington roadside charging service for electric cars

Electric car owners rejoice: If you ever run out of juice on Washington roads, there’s a new service to help… Read More

Mar 20, 2013, 10:35 AM

Nielsen study shows ‘significant’ correlation between Twitter and TV ratings

The more people Tweet about a television show, the better its ratings are. That’s what a new study from Nielsen… Read More

Mar 20, 2013, 10:30 AM

Chart: Seattle’s jobless rate dips below six percent for first time in more than four years

In the tech industry, we’ve been seeing a steady stream of hiring for several years now. In fact, companies like… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 2:37 PM

Video game vet creates books you can play with, reaches $10K Kickstarter goal in 4 days

It all added up for Joe Booth. Having spent 25 years in the video game industry at places like Microsoft,… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 2:37 PM

Rhapsody revenue hits new peak of $143M, losses narrow

Rhapsody, the digital music subscription service based in downtown Seattle, saw its revenue rise nearly 13 percent in 2012, to… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 6:00 AM

Placed offers way for app developers to make money from user location data

App developers can already monetize location data of its users, but often times it comes with messy and disruptive advertisements.… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 8:54 PM

CFOs on the hot seat: Students tell Expedia and Zillow execs how they could improve

Expedia’s Mark Okerstrom and Zillow’s Chad Cohen are accustomed to fielding tough questions from Wall Street analysts. But the chief… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 3:02 PM

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures sues Symantec for second time

It’s round two of filing complaints against Symnatec for Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures (IV). IV is suing the security software firm today for… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 12:24 PM

Supreme Court refuses to hear case of streaming video startup Ivi, handing key victory to big media

Ivi, a Seattle startup that was attempting to shake up the media industry by rebroadcasting TV programming over the Internet,… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 10:09 AM

Climb atop the world’s most-famous mountains with Google Maps update

If you don’t feel like hopping on a plane to another country and climbing thousands of feet to reach the… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 7:49 AM

Internet fax provider MetroFax sold to j2Global

MetroFax, a 16-year-old Bellevue company, has been sold to j2Global for an undisclosed price. The company’s services are used by… Read More