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Mina Yoo and Qliplet

Seattle inventor’s Heroclip gear-holding gadget acquired after raising $2M and selling 1M units

Heroclip, a unique gear-holding gadget invented by Seattle entrepreneur Mina Yoo, has been acquired by Gear Aid of Bellingham, Wash.… Read More

GeekWire Gift Guide: Tech leaders share ideas for gadgets, services, charity and more

If you’re looking for a tech gadget or a particular online service or cause to give as a gift this… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Hands-on with the Surface Go and a preview of the fall smartphone lineup

Microsoft is aiming for a new niche with its latest device, the Surface Go, but will they find it? Geared… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: HomePod bust and how Xbox’s backward compatibility gamble is still paying off

Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is struggling in the competitive smart home market, according to a new report. What led to… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: A smart bike, an Alexa giveaway and is Apple cancelling the iPhone X?

Rumors abounded this week that Apple is canceling the iPhone X. So are they? Well, not exactly. We explain on… Read More

Snap Spectacles
Podcast

Broken promises and unfulfilled dreams: The biggest tech flops of 2017

Technology has its ups and downs. Sometimes new gadgets and tech devices are revolutionary and change the way we live.… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: The best tech of 2017 — smartphones, consoles, TVs, and more

We’ve seen it all this year on our Geared Up podcast, from super-powerful video game consoles to super-goofy camera glasses.… Read More

Podcast

2017 Holiday Tech Gift Guide: Games, gadgets and more top picks from our Geared Up podcast

It’s that time of the year. Thanksgiving is officially over, fall is giving way to winter and, like it or… Read More

Inventions We Love: Smart lighting, a smart ball and a DIY pancreas system that is … well, really smart

You can never have too many inventions worth loving. And in Seattle’s bustling tech scene, startups continue to wow us… Read More

Inventions We Love: Pillsy, JikoPower and SafKan pitch geeky gadgets to voters at GeekWire Summit

There’s a lot to love about technology in 2017, including one of our favorite segments of the GeekWire Summit: Inventions… Read More

GeekWire Podcast: Why this early Essential Phone buyer is giving up on Andy Rubin’s dream device

In a smartphone market dominated by two giant, multinational corporations, Apple and Samsung, it’s exciting to see a new name… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up: Nest bets big on smart home security, and Google makes a deal with HTC

Google’s Nest is taking its smart home tech to a whole new level. The company has been pretty quiet over… Read More

Samsung reveals launch date for Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress

Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S8 on March 29, the company announced at Sunday’s press conference in Barcelona. The company… Read More

Samsung unveils two new tablets, targeting Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface

Samsung has doubled down on tablets, unveiling not one, but two, at the company’s first major product announcement since the Galaxy… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up! Apple Music’s new TV deals, the war over wireless data plans, and a PC the size of an iPhone

Apple Music isn’t the place you would expect to find reality TV. But this week, the music streaming service announced… Read More

Podcast

GearedUp! Our 10 favorite products and technologies from CES 2017

CES was a wonderland of gadgetry and shiny new tech. And while some devices were gimmicky flops, other will doubtlessly find their… Read More

10 of the goofiest CES pitches this year: The Butt Case, BodyFriend, Tittle, and more

Keeping up with the onslaught of pitch emails sent in the weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show is a Sisyphean… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2016: Here are 5 inventions we love

A safe way to listen to music while cycling, a clip to make life easier, breakthrough nano-metal technology, a precision… Read More

iPod

VCR, pager, Walkman, iPod and more: Time lists the 50 most influential tech gadgets of all time

Gear we couldn’t live without 10 or 20 or many more years ago may seem ridiculously outdated in the face of… Read More

Video Review of the iPad Pro: Is Apple’s high-end tablet worth the price?

I bring you my full review of Apple’s epic iPad Pro in this episode. It’s the largest iPad to date, and the largest… Read More

GeekWire’s Worst and Weirdest of CES 2016: Connected umbrellas, digital smartshoes and more

We just wrapped up a week at CES, the mammoth consumer technology show in Vegas. While much of what we… Read More

Get ready for live-streamed extreme sports: Seattle startup Sioeye adds 4G connection to action cam

The history of people doing crazy stunts on camera is full of notable achievements. Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel jumped over… Read More

James Bond and his car

SPECTRE tech: 7 gadgets for 007 (and the bad guys) in the new James Bond movie

What’s a James Bond movie without gadgets? “SPECTRE,” the latest film in the decades-long series, delivers way-out innovations that aren’t… Read More

How to choose the best headphones for playing video games

A couple of weeks ago someone asked me what the best gaming headphones are, and I realized he probably wasn’t… Read More

How to Win at Kickstarter: I backed 96 projects in 3 years without getting burned once

On Feb. 9, 2012, I backed my first Kickstarter project—an old-school adventure video game known at the time as “Double Fine… Read More

Startup Spotlight: How this entrepreneur built Rhino Camera Gear from a kitchen

Rhino Camera Gear is on its way to another Kickstarter success. The Seattle-based company launched its sixth crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Evalise launches line of fashion-foward wearables for women

Wearables are arguably the most talked-about tech of 2015. Apple is dominating the recent conversation with its Apple Watch announcements,… Read More

PicoBrew - Bill Mitchell

High-tech beer-making machine harvests fresh round of cash

PicoBrew, whose high-tech beer making machine allows amateur brewers to easily craft delicious stouts, porters and IPAs on their kitchen… Read More

GeekWire’s Holiday Gift Picks: 5 great gadgets for your list this year

Yes, we know, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but the GeekWire team has holiday gifts on our minds already. That’s because we’ll be… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Gear Live Holiday Bash, TEDxRainier, and more

With just a week until Thanksgiving, the holiday season is officially upon us and that means one thing for the… Read More

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