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Apps

Amazon’s IMDb touts 50M mobile app downloads, adds new features to iPad version

IMDb said today that its popular app for movie, TV shows and other entertainment content has been downloaded 50 million… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Amazon and Microsoft vets unpack Boxella to track product manuals

Vikas Khandelwal and Pankaj Sethi met as classmates nearly 16 years ago at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. As… Read More

Junk mail eliminator PaperKarma processes more than 1M requests, named one of Apple’s top apps

One of our favorite technology products of the year here at GeekWire is PaperKarma, a mobile application that allows recipients of… Read More

Time’s top apps of 2012: WhitePages makes the cut with Current Caller ID

It’s an age-old tradition in journalism to come up with top 10 lists at this time of year. And Time magazine… Read More

Blow into your iPhone to create virtual glasswork: Museum unveils Chihuly app

Now, you too can be a glassblowing artist in the style of Seattle master Dale Chihuly — sans the heat,… Read More

Amazon Kindle brings ‘X-Ray’ feature to iPhone and iPad app

Amazon just updated its Kindle app for iOS with its “X-Ray” feature, which lets readers quickly get background information on… Read More

Artifact scores cash to create mobile apps with ‘place identity’

Artifact Technologies has raised an additional $500,000 in angel financing, money that the Seattle area startup will use to create mobile… Read More

Prepping for the holiday shopping season, Decide.com rolls out updated app

Decide.com is getting ready for some serious holiday shopping. The Seattle startup, backed by Madrona Venture Group and Maveron and… Read More

Mobile app Pirq expands beyond restaurants, adds new reward system

Pirq is moving beyond the restaurant business, announcing today that its mobile app now includes real-time deals in categories such… Read More

Ignition-backed photo sharing app Batch pulls the plug

Batch is latest casualty in the online photo sharing arena. The company, which was backed by the likes of Ignition… Read More

TechStars Spotlight: Apptentive lets app lovers talk to app developers inside apps

[Editor’s note: GeekWire is running a series of profiles on the startups participating in this year’s class in the TechStars… Read More

Amazon.com vets launch news service Goldfinch, hoping to fill Summify void

I was a huge fan of the news aggregation service Summify, and was bummed when the Vancouver, B.C. was shut… Read More

Report: Washington is the most ‘app-intense’ state

Welcome to the state of Washington, the land of apples, asparagus and apparently, apps. According to a new study titled “The… Read More

Meet the winners of the state’s first-ever app challenge

It was the mobile-app version of the Oscars last night at City Hall, as the awards for the first-ever Evergreen… Read More

Inside story: How Facebook decided to go native on iOS

Facebook’s new app for iPhone and iPad has made an impression on users with a significant improvement in speed and… Read More

Cozi’s new apps help parents entertain kids, schedule sitters

Cozi, which has nearly 8 million users for its family organization tools, is expanding its lineup to help parents find… Read More

Seattle apps land top spots in Google Play app market

The “Featured Apps” slots in the Google Play store are prime real estate for Android apps, and two Seattle companies… Read More

Who said insurance is boring? Sims-like game wins fans for American Family

Whether it’s talking geckos or magic jingles that produce hot tubs, you’ve probably seen countless annoying and funny insurance company advertisements both on… Read More

Get to know your neighborhood: Walk Score unveils new crowd-sourced pictorial guides

Seattle’s Walk Score today rolled out a series of new community-oriented features for the Web site and iPhone app that… Read More

Dwellable arrives on Android, upgrades iOS app

Dwellable, the Seattle upstart led by Urbanspoon co-founder Adam Doppelt; former NBA digital executive Brenda Spoonemore and Snapvine co-founder Nathan Kriege, continues… Read More

Mobile photo sharing service Trover discovers the desktop

Most companies start with a Web-based version of their service, transitioning to  mobile almost as an after thought. Trover is… Read More

Familiar lands $1.3M to help families easily share photos

There’s no shortage of photo sharing apps out there. But Familiar must be doing something right. Not only did the… Read More

Clipboard unveils iOS app as it takes on Pinterest and Evernote

Here’s the latest from Clipboard, the Seattle Web page clipping startup led by former Microsoft and Yahoo researcher Gary Flake.… Read More

Amazon to let you buy real stuff inside Kindle Fire apps

At the Kindle launch event last week, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos spoke briefly about an effort to allow consumers to… Read More

JogoCast lets soccer geeks share real-time game details

Attention, soccer moms and dads: A new iPhone app will make it easier for you to share late-breaking details of… Read More

Pirq picks up another $1.2M, preps for national launch

Pirq is looking to expand its mobile restaurant deal offering nationwide. And to do that, the Kirkland company has received a… Read More

Microsoft puts Windows Phone apps on hold after ‘hiccups’ in marketplace upgrade

Microsoft is already behind the proverbial eight ball in mobile. And, given that its smartphone market share is stuck below… Read More

Attention geeks: Your government needs you (and it’s offering $75,000 for new apps)

Ready, set, develop. The City of Seattle, King County and Washington State officially kicked off the first-ever Evergreen Apps Challenge today, a… Read More

PayByPhone coming to Seattle: Refill the parking meter without leaving the office or movie

It has happened to all of us at one point or another. You’re sitting in a meeting, a restaurant or… Read More

PopCap’s next wacky creation: A talking, dancing 3D ‘Zombatar’

The first question I ask Van Riker, marketing manager for PopCap’s hit game Plants vs. Zombies, is a simple one: What’s… Read More

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