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No joke: Oregon Department of Education encourages cell phone use in class

I can’t count the number of times I heard teachers and professors tell us to put our phones away in… Read More

Vizify debuts tool to visualize what your life on Twitter looks like

Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today announced a new feature that lets you see… Read More

Top energy-efficient U.S. cities: Portland second, Seattle fifth

Chalk one up for Portland in its rivalry with the big brother up north — the Rose City is “greener”… Read More

Yo, video game developers: You can now receive tax credits in Oregon

If you’re looking to make a video game and would love to get some tax credits in the process, Oregon… Read More

Hashtags 2.0: Chirpify launches ‘#actiontags’ tool for brands

Chirpify wants to take the meaning of “hashtag” to a new level. The Portland startup today debuted a new feature… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Circle helps parents monitor, manage their kids’ online activity

Once upon a time, families had one, maybe two Internet-connected devices in the home. The “family computer” made it easy… Read More

Portland mobile app-tester AppThwack partners with CIA venture capital arm

You know your startup is doing something right when the CIA’s investment arm decides to invest some money into the… Read More

Portland’s new public transit mobile ticketing app is a huge success so far

Looks like Portland likes the idea of paying for their public transit tickets with a smartphone. TriMet, Oregon’s largest provider of bus,… Read More

Portland becomes first city to enable mobile ticketing for Streetcar

First it was trains and busses. Now, the Rose City is allowing its streetcar riders to purchase tickets with their… Read More

Portland’s CPUsage raises $925K for high performance cloud computing platform

There’s no doubt that cloud computing has made life easier for thousands of businesses around the world. But sometimes setting… Read More

Brandlive reels in $1.6M to help Internet retailers stream live video with shoppers

Portland-based Brandlive, a video social commerce platform designed to help make the retailer-customer relationship more personal, today announced a completion of a… Read More

New York Times interactive editor: We’re excited to compete with Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post

There’s been quite a bit of reaction — and confusion — to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos purchasing The… Read More

Scott Kveton on what makes Portland’s ‘boring’ startups special

Portland’s startup scene is flourishing, with a host of emerging venture-backed companies. Speaking at the TechFestNW conference, Urban Airship CEO… Read More

Urban Airship CEO Scott Kveton on striking out with VCs and why pitch decks suck

Last night, we got the chance to hang out in the amazing new offices of Urban Airship, located in the… Read More

Portland: Time to celebrate companies getting big

We’re hanging in Portland this week, attending the big TechFestNW conference and hanging with some of our favorite PDX startups.… Read More

Hey, Portland: GeekWire is rolling into town Thursday and we’re buying the first round

The 206 is rolling into PDX. Team GeekWire is headed to Portland on Thursday to participate in TechFestNW, covering some of… Read More

Portland becomes first U.S. city allowing riders to buy transit tickets with a smartphone

Starting next Wednesday in Portland, public transit riders can say goodbye to paper tickets and hello to proof of payment… Read More

Seattle vs. Portland: Oh yeah, it’s game time

If you didn’t hear, there’s a little soccer match taking place Sunday. Yep, 67,000 screaming fans are expected at a… Read More

Running with Google Glass: This app lets you race against a ghost version of yourself

It’s often nice to have an exercise buddy join you on a jog for added motivation. For the times you’re… Read More

Here are the top Pacific NW companies on Inc. 500 list: Level 11, HasOffers, Spoken, Puppet Labs and others

Just how important is the technology industry in the Pacific NW? Well, consider this: Of the 13 companies from Washington… Read More

After adding more than 600 customers, Portland’s Jama lands $13M in first VC round

Portland-based Jama Software has reeled in $13 million in fresh funding, money that the enterprise software company plans to use… Read More

Business analytics startup Lytics raises cash

Portland big data startup Lytics has scored $2.2 million in funding from Rembrandt Venture Partners and Voyager Capital, money that the… Read More

Chirpify raises $4M to move social media transaction technology to live events, TV

It’s been just over a year since Chirpify raised its first round of cash and it has been flying high… Read More

Meet the 7 new startups at the Portland Incubator Experiment

It’s been four years since the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) started as just that — an experiment. But since 2009,… Read More

Here’s why Mozilla picked Portland to open its first offices outside Silicon Valley

Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox browser, announced last week that it was expanding its cohort in Portland and moving employees… Read More

How two guys found a way to broadcast live ultimate frisbee to the world

PORTLAND, Ore. — Broadcasting a live sporting event was once a massive full-on production project that took loads of money… Read More

Puppet Labs gobbles another company, this time Geppetto-maker Cloudsmith

Portland-based Puppet Labs made its second acquisition in three years today, swooping up Geppetto-maker Cloudsmith. Cloudsmith, a virtual company spread… Read More

This electric scooter goes 33 MPH for 36 miles, uses your smartphone as a speedometer

As gas prices continue to escalate, driving a car is becoming less and less common. But if taking public transporation… Read More

After one year, Simple finds success changing how people spend, save and store money

It’s hard to believe that Simple became available to customers only one year ago. The online-only banking startup, which started… Read More

Why this founder left the Bay Area for Portland

Portland is certainly growing as a national startup hub and one San Francisco founder frustrated with Bay Area scene is… Read More