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Wizard Dodgeball conjures up tabletop fun on Kickstarter

After hundreds of hours of development over three years, Lynnwood game designer Peter Newland is launching Wizard Dodgeball on Kickstarter.… Read More

Selfies made easy: This iPhone flip-out mirror kickstand helps you take photos remotely

Garett Ochs was out at the bars with his buddies one night when everyone crowded together to take a group selfie.… Read More

Bluetooth-enabled cooler raises $3.4M in 5 days, set to break Kickstarter record

A Portland man is on pace to break a Kickstarter record for the most lucrative crowdfunding campaign ever. Ryan Grepper has reeled in $3.4 million… Read More

Amazon is ruining dating; Ballmer’s basketball bid is bad for Seattle; and other top stories of the month

It was another huge month for GeekWire. Not only did thousands of you visit the site to get your daily… Read More

Meet Stayblcam: This gadget keeps your phone steady while you shoot video

It’s pretty easy to notice when someone has recorded video with shaky hands. Now, a Seattle entrepreneur wants to help fix… Read More

Q&A: Highway1’s Brady Forrest on succeeding as a hardware startup, Kickstarter, and more

For hardware startups looking to make their big move, Brady Forrest is a good guy to know. As the head… Read More

Kickstarter fraud: Washington files first consumer protection lawsuit involving crowdfunding

If you raise money via Kickstarter and don’t deliver products you promised backers, the government will come after you. In… Read More

Meet Covr, the iPhone case that makes pictures more candid

Anyone who has ever tried to take candid photos can talk about the change that comes over people when they… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Geek of the Year

It’s time to kick off the voting in another key GeekWire Awards category — Geek of the Year. This is… Read More

Watch Paul Allen make a Kickstarter pitch for new NBA jerseys in ‘Portlandia’ cameo

Paul Allen’s acting skills — or lack thereof — were on full display in a “Portlandia” episode earlier this month. During this… Read More

Boeing engineers create the PebbleBee, so you never lose your keys, kids or TV remote

Are you one of those folks who always seems to lose your keys, cell phone or TV remote control? Well, don’t… Read More

Kickstarter reaches $1B in pledges; more than $500M came in last 12 months

Crowdfunding website Kickstarter today announced that it has passed $1 billion in pledges since launching in April 2009, with more… Read More

Photo lens maker Moment nears $500K on Kickstarter — ten times original goal

With just under a day to go, Marc Barros is ecstatic about the response to Moment’s Kickstarter effort. And with… Read More

From Kickstarter to CES: Poppy 3D device for iPhone bootstraps its way to market

LAS VEGAS — Less than five minutes after sitting down for an interview at a smoothie shop at CES this… Read More

Kickstarter celebrates 2013: A year of satellites, toys, and a whole lot of crowd funding

It was a big year for Kickstarter. The crowdfunding platform released its annual year-in-review slideshow this week, complete with some… Read More

Anatomy of a $631,230 Kickstarter campaign video

In early September, I launched a Kickstarter campaign for Robot Turtles – a board game that teaches programming to kids… Read More

Poppy, the contraption that turns your iPhone into a 3D camera, now shipping to Kickstarter customers

Those who ordered Poppy, the device that can turn your iPhone into a 3D camera, are about to have some fun… Read More

Why this online-only publication wants your help to make a print edition a reality

Making a hardcover book may not seem like the most logical next step for an online-only publication. But for Glenn… Read More

Geek of the Week: Wayne Bishop is bringing art to the masses, and the iPhone

Wayne Bishop has spent his entire career in technology, working as an entrepreneur, project manager and software engineer — bridging… Read More

‘Myst’ creator Cyan reaches $1.1M Kickstarter goal for new game ‘Obduction’

Cyan, the Spokane-based company best known for successful titles like Myst and Riven, just surpassed a $1.1 million funding goal… Read More

Long-time comic book publisher Fantagraphics using Kickstarter to help save business

It has been a rough last couple of months for the folks at Fantagraphics, the Seattle-based comic book and graphic… Read More

Ex-Valve employees are obliterating Kickstarter goal for 3D-projection glasses

It seems people like the idea of strapping on $189 glasses that can project interactive 3D images right in front… Read More

Here’s why Harebrained Schemes’ second Kickstarter attempt isn’t quite as epic

When Jordan Weisman’s Harbrained Schemes first tried to raise money on Kickstarter, the results were ridiculously fantastic. His company raised more than… Read More

Ex-Microsofties are kicking ass on Kickstarter with high-tech beer-brewing machine

Brewing your own craft beer at home is a difficult, complicated and time-consuming process. Now, two former Microsoft veterans want… Read More

Neal Stephenson’s sword-fighting game ‘Clang’ falls short of lofty post-Kickstarter goals

Seattle-based author-turned-video-game-designer Neal Stephenson had high ambitions for his sword-fighting game called Clang, which successfully reached its $500,000 funding goal… Read More

This 13-year-old just invented an Internet-enabled dog treat dispenser, canine chat service

If you’re a dog owner and have ever felt bad about leaving Fido, Otis or Buster at home alone, here’s… Read More

Success: ‘We Make Seattle’ video project passes $28,000 Kickstarter goal

Well, it looks like Seattle is going to be getting a cool short film about its tech community. After a… Read More

To fund this Kickstarter, turn to page 40: Choose Your Own Adventure tries crowdfunding

When it came to elementary school literary entertainment, Choose Your Own Adventure books were, for a time, second to none.… Read More

TinkerHouse Games launches Kickstarter for the first ‘action puzzle crawl’

In the summer of 2011, Seattle-based game developers Mark Jessup and Lane Daughtry left their respective jobs and decided to… Read More

Crowdfunding, eh? Kickstarter launches in Canada

Following its launch in the United Kingdom late last year, one of the world’s most popular crowdfunding platforms is coming… Read More