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Articles from 2011

Planking, Pepper Spray Cop and other top Internet memes of 2011

Cheezburger is the master of memes, and 2011 created some memorable moments for lovers of Internet culture. From planking to… Read More

Zipline releases WolfToss on iOS, Android and Chrome

The significance of WolfToss isn’t necessarily the game itself — though Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper admits that he spent… Read More

Microsoft and GE creating new health care company in Seattle region, employing 750 to start

Updated with additional details from Microsoft. In a surprise joint venture between two corporate giants, Microsoft and General Electric plan… Read More

Gaming vet Jordan Weisman unveils educational mobile app for 2-5 year-old kids

Early in his career, Seattle video game designer Jordan Weisman developed titles such as BattleTech and MechWarrior. But his latest… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Apple’s Steve Jobs, in memoriam

The death of Steve Jobs in October was one of those rare universal moments, a shared experience that made us… Read More

Video: T-Mobile stages holiday musical in middle of a mall

T-Mobile USA recently staged this surprise performance at the Woodfield mall near Chicago, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who has several episodes… Read More

Microsoft makes Xbox Live app for iPhone and iPad

In an unexpected move, Microsoft today came out with a free Xbox Live app for iPhone and iPad, coinciding with… Read More

Retail association pissed about Amazon.com’s Price Check app

The Retail Industry Leaders Association isn’t too happy about Amazon.com’s Price Check app and a new promotion that the Seattle… Read More

Punching bags and ping-pong: Take a tour of Zillow’s new HQ

It’s been a big year for Zillow. The Seattle online real estate company made two acquisitions, completed an initial public… Read More

Ready for this? Tolling to start Dec. 29 on 520 bridge

They’ve been warning that it was coming, and today the Washington State Transportation Department gave us a date: Electronic tolling… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg pushes the potential of the social infrastructure

Now that everybody is connected, things are about to get really interesting. That was the message from Mark Zuckerberg this… Read More

Seattle venture capitalists pick their top deal of the year, and it’s a slightly untraditional one

Venture capitalists are known for bankrolling biotech, medical device, software and Internet companies. But it was a consumer products company… Read More

Ignition backs San Francisco cloud application service Iron.io

Ignition Partners continues to pump dollars into cloud computing startups — most of them which happen to be based in… Read More

Analyst: iPad holiday sales ‘light’ as Kindle Fire competition heats up

Apple’s iPhone and Mac businesses are humming along nicely this holiday season, but financial analyst Shaw Wu sees some storm… Read More

PopCap rejiggers Bejeweled lineup with its first freemium game

PopCap’s Bejeweled is the No. 2 mobile game franchise of all time — with nearly 40 million units sold, second… Read More

Yapta CEO Tom Romary departs for new job in Silicon Valley

Yapta chief executive Tom Romary is leaving the online travel company that he co-founded in 2006 to take a new… Read More

Jeff Bezos hops on Uber, invests in private car service

Maybe Jeff Bezos will get a few free Uber rides around Seattle now. The Amazon.com founder has emerged as one… Read More

Expedia shareholders approve TripAdvisor spin-off

Expedia shareholders have approved the spin-off of TripAdvisor, the online travel review site. The deal — expected to occur on… Read More

Reed Hastings, John Doerr and others invest $11 million in DreamBox Learning

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and venture capitalist John Doerr are among the backers pumping $11 million into DreamBox Learning, the… Read More

Microsoft details Windows Store, set to debut with Windows 8 beta in February

Microsoft today previewed the Windows Store, the new app marketplace that will be included in Windows 8, the next version… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Neil Roseman helps bring Zynga to Seattle

One of the biggest stories in Seattle tech in 2011 was the arrival of the Silicon Valley tech titans. It… Read More

Tango Card rings up $1 million, partners with Bing

Tango Card, the Seattle gift card operator, has raised an additional $1 million in equity and debt financing led by… Read More

Update: Microsoft says Xbox Live refresh now rolling out

Update, Tuesday evening: Here’s the latest from Microsoft: The Xbox update is currently on its way to all 35 million… Read More

Newly-formed W Fund includes heavy hitters from Seattle venture capital

University of Washington vice provost of commercialization Linden Rhoads wants the state’s largest research institutions to spin-out more innovative technologies,… Read More

Amazon.com buys rights to 450 children’s book titles

Amazon.com announced today that it is buying 450 titles from Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, expanding its footprint in the book… Read More

UW students hack their way to Facebook campus with music sharing and syncing app

No sleep? No problem. That’s how University of Washington seniors Ryan Ewing, Alex Juarez and Bill Cauchois and freshman Nick… Read More

Largely irrelevant? Here’s what IDC says on Windows 8

A line about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 from an IDC report is getting lots of attention this week for predicting that… Read More

Amazon will offer $5 discounts to shoppers who use its Price Check app

Americans are spending more time price comparing goods while browsing the aisles at brick-and-mortar retail stores, using their smartphones to… Read More

Microsoft’s big Xbox Live update is ‘slightly delayed’

The rollout of Microsoft’s Xbox Live dashboard update, originally planned for this morning, has been “slightly delayed,” according to a message… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Mariachi and margaritas mark wild year for Double Down’s Walcott, Enell

Executives at Double Down Interactive hired a mariachi band to entertain staffers at a company meeting in September — a special… Read More

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