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Swype

As key rival fades, Microsoft doubles down on SwiftKey mobile keyboard with big new update

SwiftKey — the Microsoft-owned third-party mobile keyboard for iOS and Android — is out today with its biggest update in… Read More

See you later, Swype: Popular text input keyboard discontinued as Seattle creators lament its demise

Not many technology products become a verb, as in “I Googled it” or “We Ubered.” But mobile keyboard startup Swype, created… Read More

Former Swype execs raise $8.5M for Xealth, a health platform that connects patients, doctors and digital treatments

There is no end to pressing needs in the healthcare industry. That’s one of the first things that tech veterans… Read More

Nuance brings together all of its Seattle employees in one downtown building

Nuance Communications, the Burlington, Mass.-based speech recognition and natural language technology company, is bringing its Seattle teams together into a unified… Read More

Ex-Amazon exec looks to disrupt healthcare at Providence Ventures, taps former Swype CEO as entrepreneur-in-residence

Over the past year, Providence Health & Services, a 159-year old not-for-profit Catholic health care provider, has quietly built a sophisticated… Read More

Review: The 6 best third-party keyboards for iPhone, so far

With the launch of iOS 8, Apple opened the floodgates for third-party developers to create keyboards for the iPhone and… Read More

After years of waiting, Swype is finally arriving on iPhone and iPad

For years, executives with the Seattle startup Swype were forced to shrug their shoulders whenever anyone asked when their innovative… Read More

Swype debuts MLS-branded, soccer-themed Android keyboards

The popular Android-based Swype keyboard is getting a soccer makeover. Starting today, Swype users will be able to personalize their keyboards with Major… Read More

Nuance sale talks put valuable speech-recognition patent portfolio up for grabs

Nuance Communications, a company with deep expertise in speech-recognition industry, may be up for sale. The Burlington, Mass.-based company has been in talks… Read More

Swype meets iPhone, finally: Apple’s iOS 8 to bring third-party keyboard support

Here’s a surprise from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference: iOS 8, the next version of Apple’s operating system for iPad and… Read More

Mike McSherry departs Nuance three years after selling Swype for $100 million

Mike McSherry, a Seattle start-up veteran, has left Nuance Communications nearly three years after the company purchased Swype, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Nuance responds to privacy concerns over its Swype keyboard having too much location data

Nuance is responding to privacy concerns today after customers complained that its Swype keyboard application was accessing their whereabouts excessively. In one… Read More

A Swype-like keyboard is reportedly coming to Windows Phone

Text entry on Windows Phone may be getting a whole lot faster. Windows Phone 8.1 could come with a new… Read More

Swype keyboard coming to Android phones from TCL

Swype will become the touch screen keypad on Android devices from TCL Communication, a Chinese electronics company which markets the… Read More

Swype Android keyboard out of beta, available in Google Play Store for $0.99

Swype’s Android keyboard is finally out of “beta” phase and now available to the masses. Swype, a Seattle-area startup that… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio on stage: Here is our broadcast from Seattle’s Pioneer Square

Technology was the central topic, naturally, as we recorded the GeekWire radio show for the first time in front of… Read More

SwiftKey for Android challenges Swype with integrated ‘Flow’ input

SwiftKey, the popular keyboard app for Android devices, launched a new version overnight that incorporates a feature called SwiftKey Flow,… Read More

Swype debuts Living Language to help create real-time, crowd-sourced dictionary

The Swype keyboard for Android devices already has a pretty robust dictionary, but now it is improving even more by… Read More

Swype adds keyboard features, but no word of iPhone app

Swype is adding new features to its keyboard app for mobile phones, including a personalized dictionary that syncs between devices;… Read More

Take a spin with the new Swype: An Android keypad that learns from you

Swype is getting a facelift, just eight months after the Seattle upstart was gobbled up for $102 million by Nuance.… Read More

Swÿp vs. Swype: This could get really confusing

Swype gained international attention — not to mention a Guinness Book World record holder and millions of customers — for… Read More

Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards: Vote for Deal of the Year

From IPOs to M&A deals to big venture capital financing rounds, today’s featured category in the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Facebook, T-Mobile, Swype and more join lineup of speakers

We’re gearing up for our big GeekWire Summit, the inaugural half-day conference March 7 in downtown Seattle. Last week we… Read More

Year in Review: The 100 most popular stories on GeekWire

Whoa, can we catch our breath now? We’ve certainly had plenty to cover on the tech beat over the past… Read More

Nuance combines Swype with Dragon Dictation, looks for a few good ninjas to test it out

You’ve got to give the Nuance folks some credit for creativity. The company today unveiled a new update for Swype… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Swype’s Cliff Kushler and Mike McSherry

Swype revolutionized the way millions of people input text on Android devices, with the simple swipe of a finger. Founded… Read More

Hey Seattle, here’s why we’re so gosh darn awesome (Part Two)

Last week, the Washington Technology Industry Association posted some short videos of Seattle area entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists (including yours… Read More

The inside story of how a Seattle angel investor discovered Swype

Guest commentary from Bill Bryant: I have been in the software business for more than 20 years now, spanning some… Read More

Swype CEO on acquisition by Nuance: ‘It is a great outcome’

Swype built a powerful technology that allowed mobile phone users to input text with the swipe of a finger rather… Read More

Nuance to acquire Swype for more than $100 million

Nuance has agreed to purchase Seattle startup Swype for more than $100 million, according to GeekWire sources. The news was… Read More

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