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‘You know who can afford a house in Seattle?’ Code Fellows pulls divisive ad touting software salaries

(Editor’s Note: Tweets in this story contain explicit language) Whether it’s deserved or not, the Seattle tech community has become… Read More

Pico Model C

Beer me, and you and you and … PicoBrew sets Kickstarter record with $1.812M for latest machine

PicoBrew, the Seattle-based makers of high-tech home-brew machines, just gave the boot to the Precision Cooker on Kickstarter. The Pico… Read More

Blok24 is building a spontaneity marketplace, connecting people with local businesses for activities happening now

Studies show that millennials value experiences over things and are willing to put their discretionary cash toward activities. Blok24 is banking on… Read More

Photos: Inside the Microsoft Build 2017 keynotes

Microsoft unveiled news about Windows 10, Azure, developer tools and other technologies over the past two days at its Build 2017… Read More

Upstream Quincy Jones

Paul Allen’s Upstream Music Fest + Summit kicks off with ‘coolest Seattleite ever,’ Quincy Jones

The inaugural Upstream Music Fest + Summit, the brainchild of billionaire music fan and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, kicked off… Read More

Coming soon to Seattle: Allset app aims to cut restaurant wait times in half

Allset, a service that lets users make a reservation, order their food and pay the bill all before sitting down… Read More

Hello Barbie

Study lays out privacy concerns that kids and parents have about toys that listen

The kids who play with internet-connected toys such as Hello Barbie and CogniToys Dino may not fully realize their voices… Read More

Snap stock craters as Snapchat parent posts huge loss in 1st quarter as public company

Snapchat parent company Snap built a reputation for secrecy, but now, as a public company, it has to lay its… Read More

Crowd Cow

PETA has a beef with Crowd Cow, urges NFL star and investor Joe Montana to stiff-arm the startup

Packing more football terms into a letter than was previously thought possible, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)… Read More

Python in Seattle, JavaScript in NYC? Study reveals top coding languages across major cities

The programming languages that developers use to create software are as varied and dynamic and spoken language. New languages crop up and existing… Read More

PopCap Games

Labor filing shows that layoffs at Seattle game studio PopCap will affect 45 employees

When game developer PopCap announced last week that it was cutting staff at its Seattle headquarters, the company didn’t say… Read More

Comcast now lets internet customers monitor WiFi usage from individual devices and users

Comcast today rolled out a new feature that lets customers monitor and control the WiFi usage of individual broadband users… Read More

Uber agrees to pay $40K and will stop sending unsolicited text messages in Washington

Uber has agreed to stop sending unsolicited text messages to consumers in Washington and will pay the state’s Attorney General’s Office… Read More

Avvo sued for sexual harassment, ex-employee claims she was fired after rebuffing ‘unwanted advances’

A former employee at Avvo, the Seattle-based online legal directory, says she was fired after rejecting advances from a co-worker,… Read More

Tech investor and ‘Shark Tank’ star Chris Sacca unleashes on Trump, Twitter and scandals at Uber

NEW ORLEANS — “Shark Tank” star and longtime tech investor Chris Sacca (who put early money into companies including Twitter and Uber)… Read More

Q&A: Geek of the Year Ed Lazowska talks UW’s future in computer science and impact on the Seattle tech scene

The University of Washington’s fingerprints were all over last night’s GeekWire Awards. Two of the Deal of the Year finalists, Impinj’s… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2017: Photos, videos, tweets and more from our annual celebration of NW tech

If our annual GeekWire Awards celebration is any indication, the innovation and entrepreneurial energy within the Pacific Northwest tech community continues… Read More

Revealed: Winners of the 2017 GeekWire Awards

The Pacific Northwest technology community was buzzing inside the Museum of Pop Culture on Thursday night as nearly 1,000 people helped celebrate the… Read More

LIVE from the GeekWire Awards, our giant celebration of Pacific NW tech

We’re live at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle for the annual GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business. A… Read More

RFID maker Impinj tops earnings expectations for 4th quarter in a row

This story has been updated to include more details on stock price. Impinj has exceeded Wall Street expectations in each of… Read More

Zillow Group posts record $245.8M in revenue, up 32%, says it’s on track for first $1B year

Zillow Group, the Seattle-based real media company, posted a 32 percent increase in first-quarter revenue, to $245.8 million, and beat Wall… Read More

Enterprise tech company Apptio beats expectations, cuts losses in quest for profitability

Make it three-for-three for Apptio, as it has beaten Wall Street expectations for the third quarter in a row after… Read More

How Amazon, Paul Allen and a multi-generational property owner changed Seattle forever

Amazon often gets credit — or in some cases ire — for transforming large swaths of downtown Seattle into a… Read More

Seattle mayor issues new data privacy rules to prevent providers from selling customer information without permission

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Wednesday announced new rules requiring internet service providers that operate in the city to notify… Read More

Bezos and Musk, underachievers? New space race includes a little trash talking

NEW ORLEANS – The evolution of the space race became very clear this week at the Collision media and technology… Read More

Tableau stock rises following mixed quarterly earnings report as it continues subscription push

Tableau Software reported a mixed bag of earnings results for the first quarter, coming in on the low end of estimates… Read More

Smartphone users

Report finds global app usage still rising, and users in the U.S. spend 135 minutes a day in them

There’s a reason that everyone you look at it is looking at a smartphone. According to the folks whose job… Read More

Car-sharing services ReachNow, car2go in talks to expand to Seattle suburbs in ‘Innovation Triangle’ cities

Three cities east of Seattle — Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland, Wash. — have teamed up in a tech-oriented economic development… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Everything you need to know for Thursday’s big celebration of NW tech

Who will take home the robot trophies? We’re looking forward to seeing nearly 1,000 of you this Thursday night, May… Read More

YouTube explains desktop redesign, offers insight into initial use of YouTube TV

NEW ORLEANS — YouTube has finally given a facelift to the place where it all started: the desktop browser version… Read More

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