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Microsoft vets launch Buddy to provide the ‘plumbing’ for mobile app development

About three years ago, Jeffrey MacDuff and Dave McLauchlan designed an iPhone application called Buddy which allowed users to locate running, study… Read More

Social media monitoring firm Visible raises $4 million

Visible Technologies, the Bellevue company which provides social media monitoring technologies to Boost Mobile, DirecTV, Vail Resorts and others, has… Read More

This 21-year-old is looking to transform online invitations from his dorm room

Growing up in the Seattle area, Sam Franklin developed a love of the outdoors. But it was on a backpacking… Read More

Microsoft joins $61 million financing round for Adchemy

You don’t typically see Microsoft get involved in venture capital rounds. But the software giant announced today that it is… Read More

Lockerz makes another buy, gobbles up video service Vodpod

Heavily-funded social networking startup Lockerz, which just scored $36 million in venture capital financing, is using some of that cash… Read More

Tech Moves: Klustner joins Powerit; Trulia names a chief economist; DocuSign; etc.

Rob Friedman has been named the new director of University of Washington Tacoma’s Institute of Technology. The New Yorker — who arrives at… Read More

Bobber Interactive raises cash to help young adults manage money via Facebook

Bobber Interactive, a Seattle startup that uses motivational psychology and game-based mechanics to help young adults manage their money, has… Read More

TechStars shines with $24M, looks to support grads with $100,000 checks

Future graduates of TechStars will have the option to walk away with a little more cash in the bank as… Read More

Social Innovation: Goldilocks and doing well by doing good

So a lot of our readers have been kvetching about the tightwads in the Seattle investment scene, but after spending… Read More

Turn your Kindle into an ‘Etch A Sketch’ with Doodle

The Kindle just isn’t about reading anymore. Now, you can use it for sketching thanks to a new app developed… Read More

Calypso’s GPS system for tumor tracking acquired for $10M

Calypso Medical Technologies, a Seattle company which has developed a system to pinpoint tumors in the body, has been acquired… Read More

Looking to take on Quora, Avvo rebrands as a Q&A site

When former Expedia executive Mark Britton founded Avvo in 2007, the goal was to create an online directory and ranking… Read More

HasOffers to help mobile app developers track installations

HasOffers today is rolling out a new product today called Mobile App Tracking, which like the name suggests allows developers… Read More

Looking to boost mobile productivity, Moprise creates a ‘Flipboard for the enterprise’

Flipboard has transformed the way people consume information on the iPad, allowing readers to quickly scan headlines and photos in… Read More

Live from Startup Day: Why did you take the startup plunge?

Team GeekWire has been sucking in some of the entrepreneurial advice today at Startup Day, listening to speakers such as… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Windows 8, iPhone 5, tablets on a plane, and making TV more social

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we recap Microsoft’s Windows 8 preview, talk about the latest iPhone… Read More

Can you find your company on the Seattle Startup Map?

Zachary Cohn and Nick Hughes were planning out the logistics for the next Startup Crawl event in Seattle when they… Read More

Amid California sales tax kerfuffle, Shopobot relocates to Seattle

As a new Amazon affiliate, Shopobot co-founder Dave Matthews found himself in the middle of a big tax fight in California recently.… Read More

Cloud storage provider Symform adds $1M, plans HQ move in Seattle

Symform, which made some waves earlier this week when it announced a new referral program in which customers can earn… Read More

A look at the six finalists from the Zino Zillionaire forum

Entrepreneurs from a variety of fields competed Wednesday in the 6th annual Zino Zillionaire Investment Forum, with six finalists chosen… Read More

Smartlogic buys SchemaLogic

SchemaLogic, a business intelligence company whose customers include Boeing, Amgen and others, has been acquired by Smartlogic in a deal… Read More

Hadi Partovi to Michael Arrington: Valuations are ‘out of control’ and Seattle is a ‘viable’ startup hub

We’ve been talking a lot about the startup ecosystem in Seattle and what needs to happen to make the region… Read More

Mixpo to help online publishers run ‘smarter’ video ads

As more dollars shift to online advertising, Mixpo wants to welcome those newcomers with open arms. To do that, the… Read More

Skedi: Calendar app looks to keep busy families organized

If you’re like me, organizing schedules of family members is one royal pain in the butt. And while a number… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Attorney-turned-software geek bets on GreenLine Legal

Attorneys often have their heads buried in massive amounts of legal documentation. But a new Seattle area startup called GreenLine… Read More

Commentary: Why we had to leave Seattle to build Box.net

Just to start off, let me say that Seattle is an amazing city. I definitely couldn’t have asked for a… Read More

Seattle angel to rich Microsoft and Amazon alumni: Get off your duffs and start investing in startups

It is one of the ongoing mysteries of the Seattle startup community. With all of the wealth created over the… Read More

PlayLater’s DVR for online video allows users to watch TV shows and movies on the go

MediaMall Technologies today launched a new service called PlayLater, which allows users to record online video from sites such as… Read More

Rappin’ for TappIn to make files available wherever you wander

There’s no shortage of services that allow consumers to access files in the cloud, from Dropbox to Box.net to SugarSync… Read More

Cheezburger opens a new chapter: Beautiful photos

Cheezburger, the oddball Seattle based network of humor sites, is best known for its captions on funny cat photos and videos… Read More

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