Day 1 of summer camp at Amazon gives kids a peek inside the tech giant and STEM possibilities Amazon kicked off its “A to Z Experience” STEM summer camp on Wednesday by offering kids the chance to tour… Read More
Seattle mom engineers a remedy for bath-time tears and launches Kickstarter for Shampoo Buddy Tiffany Platt was tired of the crying that came with trying to wash her young daughters’ hair. Sure, some of… Read More
‘I love you, robot’ — watch this little girl make friends with a broken hot water heater See? The robots are our friends! Watching this viral video of a little girl hugging a discarded hot water heater… Read More
Amazon launches $3/month ‘Rapids’ reading app for kids, telling stories in the style of chat sessions Since the beginning of smartphones, parents have been trying to get kids to put them down in favor of a… Read More
Casting call: We’re looking for Seattle’s geekiest kids to star in a fun video for this year’s GeekWire Summit Legos. Pokemon. Minecraft. Robots. Science. Space travel. If you’ve got a geeky kid who can’t get one (or all) of… Read More
Bellevue middle schoolers soar to championship in world’s largest rocket contest A team of middle schoolers from Bellevue, Wash., nicknamed the Space Potatoes, captured the top prize at the 2016 Team America… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella looks ahead, a surprising study on screen time, and more This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A new study by the University of Washington questions the effectiveness of the… Read More
TeenSafe service adds option for parents to monitor underage kids on Tinder TeenSafe, a service that allows parents to view their kids’ text messages, phone logs, web history, and activity on a… Read More
Mothers are leaving the tech industry, worsening the gender gap When Anna Steffeney‘s Microsoft co-workers in Redmond, Wash., heard about her pregnancy, some told her to “keep it in as long as possible.”… Read More
New research says video-gaming kids are smarter and more social Conventional wisdom may still say video games are a bad thing, but the evidence is slowly piling up: Moderate video gaming… Read More
App of the Week: BookWhiz rewards kids for reading with custom prizes Getting kids to read amidst distractions like TV and the internet can be tough. But a new app from Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly… Read More
Minecraft, Microsoft and more: These kids have lots of feedback for the Head of Xbox GeekWire invited dozens of kids and their parents to our offices in Seattle recently for a special video series that… Read More
Meet our ‘Future Innovators,’ the hilarious kids who stole the show at this year’s GeekWire Summit Some want to be astronauts, scientists or entrepreneurs, others want to solve global warming, prevent meteors from colliding with Earth… Read More
Girls who launched spacecraft last month meet astronaut Ed Lu at the GeekWire Summit Last month, Kimberly and Rebecca Yeung launched a balloon to the edge of space, and have since gotten attention from… Read More
Podcast Interview: Seattle girls launch a balloon spacecraft to the edge of space, and NASA takes note Our guests on the GeekWire radio show this week are Rebecca Yeung, 10, and Kimberly Yeung, 8 — two sisters from Seattle… Read More
Two Seattle girls launched a balloon to the edge of space this weekend, and have the video to prove it On Saturday, a handmade craft rose 78,000 feet to capture the view from the edge of space. The craft, built by… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Surprising study reveals how parents use smartphones on the playground OK, parents, admit it: How much do you use your smartphone when you’re at the playground with your kids? Our guests… 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
Why Xbox One’s Kinect sensor is worth the extra money for families If you’re looking to buy an Xbox One, you’ve got two choices: with Kinect or without. Buying the system without… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Inspired by science, clothes open new horizons for girls One of the biggest challenges in the world of science and technology is gender diversity — boosting the number of women… Read More
Family Gaming: Osmo for iPad blends physical and digital worlds to help kids collaborate and learn At PAX East this year I got to demo Osmo—an educational accessory for iPads. It’s intended to get kids to work… Read More
Commentary: Why parents need to participate in kids’ online gaming It was a startling and bizarre thing to see early in the morning. I was checking my guild’s website while… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: A parents’ guide to video games for kids and families The world of video games can be a tough one for parents and kids to navigate — trying to find… Read More
Happly raises $1.5M for kid-friendly Internet video, game and toy platform Family-friendly media and technology startup Happly has raised $1.45 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.… Read More
Parenting the YouTube generation: What kid-curated video apps won’t solve If there’s one thing I’ve learned about parenting, it’s that no one has any idea what they’re doing. That strikes… 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
Startup Spotlight: Infinut builds mobile games to teach kids reading, math concepts When University of Washington instructor Ana Redmond noticed her daughter struggling with basic math in school, she decided to take matters… Read More
The connected baby – gadgets for the little ones LAS VEGAS – CES is bursting at the seams with wearable and health-tracking technology for adults, but a couple of… Read More
Take that, Barbie! Check out this holiday gift guide for ‘little makers’ Mattel faced a huge backlash recently for a passage in its Barbie book, “I Can Be A Computer Engineer,” which implied that girls can’t… Read More
