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Startup Spotlight: Coding Dojo bootcamp hopes to ‘transform lives’ with programming classes

This month, the University of Washington graduated a record number of computer science students. But despite growing computer literacy, the demand… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Unoceros turns smartphones into a massive computing network

Smartphones are everywhere. The number of worldwide smartphone users is expected to surpass 2 billion in 2016. Even now it’s… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Disney ABC Television Group seeks designer to join its Seattle team

Disney has maintained a strong Seattle presence since buying Paul Allen’s Starwave in 1998. The media giant and its affiliates have been steady… Read More

Geek of the Week: Former Amazon manager Paul Furio envisions games as weekly episodes

Paul Furio had a big job at Amazon, managing teams that built the gaming software development kit, sample games and 3D… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Algorithmia offers developers access to 800 algorithms from academic researchers

Algorithms are essential for many app developers, but they tend to be dispersed across obscure academic journals and are difficult to… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Zillow continues to seek dev talent following Trulia acquisition

Yesterday Zillow announced the successful completion of its merger with Trulia. Although the acquisition will involve some layoffs on Trulia’s… Read More

Geek of the Week: Lesley Baker makes apps to help kids deal with emotions and pain

Lesley Baker is a software developer and mother of two. When her oldest son started struggling with physical pain, she… Read More

Updated: iTunes Connect back up after developers got randomly logged in to the wrong accounts

Apple’s iTunes Connect system for submitting apps and media to the iTunes Store is back up after Apple took it… Read More

GeekWork: Fast-growing Zillow seeking software engineers for ‘next-generation data platform’

Zillow’s rapid growth doesn’t show signs of slowing any time soon. Earlier this week GeekWire learned that the online real… Read More

GeekWork: Target seeks cyber-security engineer for key threat detection job

It’s been almost a year since Target suffered a massive security breach, exposing the personal information of millions of customers.… Read More

Fire phone developers could get $15,000 in Amazon Coins to draw users to their apps

Amazon is offering Android developers up to $15,000 in Amazon Coins digital currency to attract more apps to the Amazon Appstore… Read More

5 ways Apple’s Swift will make developers happy

We engineers are a picky bunch. We spend countless hours coding apps and websites. So, when it comes tools and… Read More

Analysis: The exploding demand for computer science education, and why America needs to keep up

The chart above tells quite a story. That blue line — the one that looks like a hockey stick — shows how interest in… Read More

Google unlocks Chromecast with new SDK for third-party apps

It’s open season for Chromecast apps. Google released its Google Cast Software Development Kit today. The SDK allows developers to… Read More

Amazon launches re-designed portal for developers

Amazon announced Thursday that it has completely redesigned the portal for developers interested in taking advantage of the resources it… Read More

How did you learn to code? Help aspiring developers by sharing your experience

Learning how to code certainly seems to be one of the hot topics in the technology world right now, whether it’s… Read More

Microsoft unifies Windows and Windows Phone developer programs

If you’re a Windows developer, you’re now a Windows Phone developer, too, and vice versa. Microsoft announced today that it… Read More

DevLocal: Seattle’s new coworking space for developers, by developers

If you’re a developer in Seattle looking for a place to write some software and meet fellow engineers, there’s a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Codementor offers real-time, screen-sharing coding support for developers

Imagine, for a second, that you’re a developer working hard on a big project. But inhibiting progress is that pesky,… Read More

Buddy unveils ‘Sound-as-a-Service’ for mobile devs, nabs Lady Gaga’s manager as investor

It’s a big day for Buddy. The Kirkland-based company, which provides back-end mobile app support, today introduced a new “Sound-as-a-Service”… Read More

Calling all coders: How did you learn how to program?

Every programmer likely remembers how they learned to code. For guys like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the magic began on… Read More

SeattleHacks: An information resource for developers, by developers

Part of Carter Rabasa’s job at Twilio is to support the developer community here in Seattle, and he’s already done… Read More

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