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Swÿp vs. Swype: This could get really confusing

Swype gained international attention — not to mention a Guinness Book World record holder and millions of customers — for… Read More

iHear unveils ‘social news narrator’ on Android, an app for multitasking news hounds

A few weeks ago on the GeekWire podcast, we featured a new iPhone app called Snackr that tuned into a… Read More

Apple employees to get exclusive restaurant deals with Pirq

With a market value of more than $530 billion, Apple has created enormous wealth for thousands of employees who live,… Read More

Startup vet Tony Wright to set sail for Silicon Valley: Entrepreneur says good deal terms hard to find in Seattle

Tony Wright — a well-respected Seattle entrepreneur who previously co-founded CubeDuel and RescueTime and sold his first company to Jobster… Read More

As sales soar, Elemental raises $13M to help big media deliver video to multiple screens

Elemental Technologies CEO Sam Blackman wasn’t looking for cash. After all, more than half of the money from the company’s last… Read More

Maker of electric vehicle charging stations raises $47M from KPCB, Voyager and others

Coulomb Technologies, which operates more than 6,000 electrical vehicle charging stations in 14 countries, including dozens in the Seattle area,… Read More

Crowdfunding gets serious as leaders form trade group

We’ve been watching in amazement as organizations such as Kickstarter gain steam, revolutionizing the way that entrepreneurs go about raising… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Game Collage makes kids’ apps to entertain, inspire, educate

Kids love apps. But not everything found in the mobile app stores these days is suitable for young, impressionable minds.… Read More

The venture capital model is broken, and this damning report explains why

Industry watchers have been talking for a long while now about how the venture capital industry is broken, highlighted by… Read More

Yapta unveils airfare price tracking service to save companies cash on travel

Paying too much for corporate travel? Yapta today is unveiling a new product called FareIQ that’s designed to notify corporations… Read More

Rollergirls test the JoeyBra for KING-5’s Jesse Jones

News of the JoeyBra has spread quickly around the Internet ever since GeekWire’s Rebecca Lovell broke the news of the undergarment for holding… Read More

McKinstry to expand clean tech incubator in Northwest

McKinstry is expanding its clean tech incubator program, adding an additional 18,000 square feet of space and a conference center… Read More

PopCap’s John Vechey on the power of listening, and how they turned down a $300M buyout

Entrepreneurs need all sorts of personality traits in order to be effective leaders, from honesty and passion to confidence and… Read More

Dan Shapiro’s latest project: What if you could write just one thing each year?

What would you say if you could only speak once a year? That’s the question that Seattle entrepreneur Dan Shapiro… Read More

Gallery: Scenes from the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards

Editor’s Note: We a great time celebrating last night with more than 600 of you at the fourth annual Seattle… Read More

Ignition leads $10M round in online payments provider WePay

Ignition Partners is leading a $10 million venture capital round in WePay, a Silicon Valley online payments company. The money… Read More

Video: Zipwhip’s ‘Textspresso’ machine, now with edible ink

A few weeks ago, we told you about Zipwhip’s new Textspresso machine, an amazing invention that allowed coffee lovers at… Read More

KidScore: The best places to eat with your screaming kids

As a parent with an energetic toddler, I sometimes struggle to find restaurants that have the right balance of good… Read More

Guess how many Seattle VCs have the Midas touch?

Each year, Forbes ranks the top 100 venture capitalists. The “Midas List” — as the ranking is called — attempts… Read More

Decide.com brings gadget price predictions to the iPad

Decide.com has been on a roll in recent weeks, unveiling a new daily deal service, hiring top talent such as… Read More

Twilio partners with Microsoft’s Windows Azure

Twillio, the cloud-based communications upstart led by former Amazon.com employee Jeff Lawson, has inked a partnership that could bring its communications… Read More

Seattle VCs invest in TechStars, supporting 3 more years of startup incubation

TechStars will be looking to hatch companies in Seattle for the next three years, thanks in part to cash from… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft VP Michael Sievert named CEO of Discovery Bay Games

Michael Sievert has worked in executive roles at a number of well known Seattle area technology companies over the years,… Read More

SEOmoz raises $18 million, Brad Feld joining board — and yes, the deal has closed

SEOmoz CEO Rand Fishkin has been down this path before, as detailed in his extensive account of the company’s unsuccessful attempt… Read More

P.F. Chang’s, Anthony’s and others to test new restaurant payment system

Seattle area startup Viableware plans to begin testing its new dining payment system at a number of select restaurants, including P.F.… Read More

Top 15 stories of the month: Nathan Myhrvold on the iPhone; Instagram; and more

Two of our top stories during the month of April involved one of Seattle’s geekiest (and most controversial) denizens. Former… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Mining asteroids in space, and finding the best food on Earth

We’ve got all sorts of innovation to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast. We start on… Read More

Magic: The Gathering creator to crowd-fund mobile game

The designer of the iconic collectible physical card game Magic: The Gathering has a new venture in the virtual mobile game… Read More

Ben Huh news startup Circa raises $750K seed funding

Cheezburger Network founder Ben Huh has been uncharacteristically quiet about Circa, his online journalism startup. Now word is out that… Read More

How to pretend you’re a startup (Hint: call me when you offer stock options)

It’s become depressingly trendy to be a startup. Even the United States Federal Government is out stumping the benefits of… Read More

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