GeekGirlCon executive director quietly steps down, weeks after controversy over alleged discrimination One month after a controversy that led to the resignation of five volunteer staff members, GeekGirlCon executive director Michele Carrico… Read More
Parenting the YouTube generation: What kid-curated video apps won’t solve If there’s one thing I’ve learned about parenting, it’s that no one has any idea what they’re doing. That strikes… Read More
Coffee Mecca: Inside the Specialty Coffee Association’s ‘Big Event’ in Seattle If you notice an extra buzz on the streets of downtown Seattle this weekend, it’s probably because the people around… Read More
This plastic coffee lid is like drinking from a regular cup Compared to a good old fashioned coffee cup, drinking from a paper cup with a plastic lid can leave a lot… Read More
Seattle needs a new nickname, but please no Silicon! During the dot-com boom years, it seemed like every major city (and even some minor ones) looked to affix the… Read More
On the scene at CES — the Super Bowl of technology LAS VEGAS — Team GeekWire has arrived at the 2014 International CES, which gets rolling today with preliminary press briefings… Read More
Say, what? Tech publication labels Seattle with odd nickname of ‘Silicon Canal’ We don’t live near Panama, nor do we commute by gondola. That’s why I was left scratching my head after… Read More
Earthquake may have severed underwater cable that caused Internet and phone outage in San Juan islands Thousands of residents in the San Juan islands northwest of Seattle have been operating without phone or Internet service for… Read More
Severed from the Internet, San Juan Islands declare official state of emergency Some people voluntarily cut themselves off from the Internet and smartphones periodically to reclaim their sanity, but what happens when… Read More
Postmates CEO apologizes for ‘bad joke’ that insulted Seattle customer OK, here’s the startup lesson of the day. If you’re a CEO of a startup company or any company for… Read More
Xfinity X1: How Comcast roped me back in to cable Over the years I’ve treated my TV viewing as a personal sport — with the primary objective of getting as… Read More
Why this tech company thrives on the color orange (even for the toilet paper in the bathrooms) Some tech companies are known for their openness or work-life balance or design-oriented products. At Avalara, the culture is defined… Read More
Geek on the Street: What do you think of the government’s snooping programs? What does our general public really think of recently exposed government surveillance programs? Does it invade privacy? Does it protect… Read More
Romotive shows new ‘training’ options for iPhone robots SAN FRANCISCO — A popular iPhone-powered robot just got a whole lot more customizable. Romotive, the TechStars Seattle-incubated robotics startup… Read More
Xfinity ‘Watchathon’ opens up a killer catalog, for a week Attention, couch potatoes: Get ready for some good old-fashioned binge viewing. Comcast today announced plans for a “Watchathon” week —… Read More
Marc Andreessen, Jack Dorsey, Ron Conway and others join Code.org to boost computer science education in the U.S. Seattle entrepreneur Hadi Partovi is on a mission to transform computer science education in the U.S. And Partovi is off… 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
Camera + cloud: Fun with photos at GeekWire, and a Four Peaks TV sneak peek I’m honored to be the guest this weekend on Four Peaks TV, hosted by journalism vet Hanson Hosein of the University… Read More
Introducing The Tech Show, Seattle’s new monthly three-ring circus networking event Take the Emerald City’s most well-known techies and geeks. Then, bring them together once a month for a live 70’s… Read More
What blizzard? New emergency alert system for mobile phones misses mark When the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the Cascades on Sunday afternoon, a lot of Seattle-area smartphone… Read More
Passports with Purpose: Travel bloggers unite to help the places they write about A group called Passports with Purpose, started in 2008 by travel bloggers from the Seattle region, is getting closer its… Read More
Suggest a geeky gift for our second annual gift guide Shopping for geeks this year? Why not get them something from Seattle’s own entrepreneurial backyard? We’re on the lookout for local… Read More
Meet the fastest dude in Seattle tech: Big data scientist and race car driver Jim Walsh Startups are built to move fast. So, it’s no surprise that they sometimes attract speed freaks. But that moniker takes… Read More
Video: Protestors hijack Seattle police meeting on new aerial drone program Well, this didn’t turn out the way The Seattle Police Department had hoped. Speaking at the Garfield Community Center Thursday… Read More
Two months and $600: Teen entrepreneur shows us how easy it is to start a game company Teenager. Entrepreneur. Programmer. Lakeside School. String ’em together, and you might think of Bill Gates, a Lakeside grad and former… Read More
Drones over Seattle? Police to discuss unmanned aerial vehicle plan with residents While they aren’t going to fly over buildings and fry computers with microwaves, drones managed by the City of Seattle… Read More
Mobile app that measures lung functions headlines UW computer science show We all remember school science fairs — lots of posters, people and presentations packed into a large area. Consider Wednesday evening… Read More
Librarians as political fact-checkers: New feature in online voters guide The Living Voters Guide, recent winner of the Evergreen Apps Challenge, has released its 2012 update that allows Washington state voters to… Read More
Productivity gurus Charles Simonyi, David Allen to partner on ‘Getting Things Done’ app There are tons of apps out there designed to work in conjunction with principles of the “Getting Things Done” methods,… Read More
Translation tech gurus take aim at language barriers during Seattle confab What happens when technology eliminates language barriers? That’s one of the implicit questions on the agenda in Seattle this week… Read More
