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Worst Word of the Week: ‘Solution’ is vague and usually inappropriate

[Editor’s Note: Worst Word of the Week is a regular GeekWire feature spotlighting the pretentious, unnecessarily complex, buzzword-laden, imprecise-but-precise-sounding language that plagues… Read More

DocuSign’s Keith Krach: We’re in no hurry to go public, or find a new CEO

PALM DESERT, Calif.— With nearly 2,000 employees and tens of thousands of customers across the globe, DocuSign certainly could be… Read More

Resurrected! Paul Allen’s tech team brings 50-year-old supercomputer back from the dead

If you think the words “supercomputer” and “punchcards” don’t belong in the same sentence, you haven’t visited Seattle’s Living Computers Museum… Read More

Microsoft reports ‘modest progress’ on diversity, cites phone cutbacks for 1% decline in women

Microsoft says women continued to decline as a total percentage of its global workforce during the past year, from 26.8 percent to… Read More

Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman recounts early missteps, says entrepreneurs need ‘ability to take pain’

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Blackstone Group is a financial juggernaut, with $361 billion in assets under management and a market… Read More

Video Tour: Inside Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s newly expanded Living Computers Museum + Labs

I can’t remember a time before computers. They’ve always been a part of my life, yet I never considered how… Read More

How did they ever come up with that kooky ‘Kubernetes’ name? Here’s the inside story

Most techies have heard of Kubernetes, the leading container orchestration product. But some may not know how the name evolved,… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill and Melinda Gates ‘deeply humbled’ to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom for foundation work

Bill and Melinda Gates have been selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — by… Read More

Virtual reality porn is just foreplay: Why augmented reality is the future of adult entertainment

The adult industry has been propelling — and in some cases initiating — new technologies since the invention of the printing… Read More

Bill Gates

Bill Gates tests ‘poop perfume’ as he sniffs out another solution to the world’s sanitation problems

Bill Gates’ business sense has a lot to do with why he is who he is, but it’s the billionaire… Read More

MOD Pizza raises $42M, topping previous investments from Seattle tech leaders

MOD Pizza chain has raised a fresh $42 million round, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and PWP Growth… Read More

Blucora laying off Seattle-area employees, moving to Texas as part of shift to financial services

Blucora plans to move its headquarters to Texas next year and close its Bellevue, Wash. office. The move is part of… Read More

L4 Digital tech consulting firm acquired by publicly-traded Globant

Globant S.A., a publicly-traded global technology consulting company, has acquired Seattle-based product agency L4 Digital. Founded in 2008, L4 Digital… Read More

Twitter strengthens controls to curb abuse, bans several prominent alt-right accounts

Twitter is stepping up its efforts to deal with abuse within the social network. Twitter announced a new set of tools that… Read More

Report: Snapchat parent Snap Inc. quietly files for IPO

Snap Inc., the company that operates blockbuster messaging app Snapchat, is in the process of filing for an initial public… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi

Expedia-owned Trivago files for IPO, looks to raise $400 million

Get ready for another IPO. Trivago, the German-based online travel giant that’s owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, filed for an initial… Read More

How two Seattle organizations are crowdfunding clean water for half a million people

The MSR SE200 Community Chlorine Maker may be small, but this briefcase-size device packs a powerful punch. It uses salt,… Read More

BMW confirms plan to launch Uber and Lyft rival in Seattle, expands ReachNow car-sharing to Brooklyn

Seattleites will have yet another mode of transportation available starting early next month. Uber and Lyft also now have a new competitor. BMW’s… Read More

Blucora sells e-commerce business Monoprice for $40M, as former InfoSpace owner completes transition to financial services

In the final move toward becoming a financial services company, Blucora said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its e-commerce business… Read More

Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario Run’: $10 on iPhone and iPad, due out Dec. 15

Nintendo this morning announced a Dec. 15 release date and a price of $9.99 for “Super Mario Run” for iPhone… Read More

Microsoft and Code.org unveil new Minecraft-themed tutorial for ‘Hour of Code’

Microsoft announced the next effort in a series of educational Minecraft products today: the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a free… Read More

Microsoft HoloLens gets 3D maps through Taqtile’s new ‘HoloMaps’ technology

Seattle-based Taqtile has developed a new interactive and collaborative 3D maps app for Microsoft’s HoloLens and other virtual and mixed reality headsets… Read More

Daedalus spaceship on Mars

Red Planet technologies, old and new, play supporting roles in ‘Mars’ TV miniseries

The Red Planet mission that’s depicted in National Geographic Channel’s “Mars” miniseries may be purely fictional, but it draws upon… Read More

Video: GeekWire recommends 5 apps to simplify your life on New Day NW

GeekWire’s Monica Nickelsburg caught up with New Day NW host Margaret Larson to talk about five of her favorite apps.… Read More

James Sun

Seattle entrepreneur who starred on Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ expresses fear, optimism after election

In 2007, Seattle entrepreneur James Sun competed on season six of NBC’s reality television series “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump.… Read More

Ted Cruz settles suit with music-licensing startup Audiosocket over songs in political ads

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Seattle music-licensing firm Audiosocket, just as some Republican… Read More

Seattle skyline

Guest post: In a divided nation, partnerships between cities can promote unity and prosperity

To  Mayor Murray and Director Chris Gregorich, of Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations: Since 1957, our city has built sister… Read More

Rhapsody/Napster posts surprise $1.6M quarterly profit after years of losses, filing reveals

Seattle-based Rhapsody International, which operates the Napster music service, posted a profit of more than $1.6 million in the third quarter… Read More

Donald Trump taps PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel for presidential transition team

At least one prominent techie is happy about a Donald Trump presidency. PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel… Read More

Worst Word of the Week: ‘Platform’ means something, but not everything

[Editor’s Note: Worst Word of the Week is a regular GeekWire feature spotlighting the pretentious, unnecessarily complex, buzzword-laden, imprecise-but-precise-sounding language that plagues… Read More

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