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Mayor McGinn: Seattle’s high-speed Internet project delayed, possibly in jeopardy

Financing problems are forcing Gigabit Squared to delay plans to implement a high-speed Internet network in 14 Seattle neighborhoods using the city’s dormant “dark… Read More

Apple, Google and Microsoft agree: Take an hour this week to start coding

There’s no doubt that the shortage of engineers is a problem in the U.S., and especially for companies struggling to hire… Read More

Supreme Court accepts software patent case, setting stage for pivotal ruling

Software patents are finally getting their day in the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Alice… Read More

Mitch Hill, 1958-2013: Former Avanade and Opscode CEO was a fierce competitor who led with quiet confidence

Mitch Hill, the former CEO of Avanade and Opscode, passed away Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He… Read More

Here’s why the new University of Washington football coach keeps his players off Twitter

Update, 2:10 p.m — We caught up with UW president Michael Young and added his comments to this story When… Read More

Are you a Galactic Geek? Support GeekWire by becoming a member

GeekWire is more than a top-ranked technology news site — as evidenced by the 1,000 people who joined us for… Read More

Seattle ranks 6th in Best Performing Cities report, jumping 7 spots

A new report out from the Milken Institute that measures cities based on jobs, wages, technology output and other factors… Read More

AT&T reduces fee for no-contract customers, insists T-Mobile wasn’t a factor in decision

AT&T this morning introduced a new pricing structure that reduces the monthly fee for its no-contract customers — attempting to… Read More

DocuSign is planning for an eventual IPO

Virtual signatures are big business, and one Seattle-based company is hoping that will propel them to a successful IPO. According… Read More

Review: Nest Protect brings high-tech features to the lowly smoke detector

Gadget lust is a likely common affliction for GeekWire readers. You may be fantasizing about Google Glass or a new… Read More

Gates and Zuckerberg lead $9M funding round for group helping schools upgrade their Internet access

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education initiative have led a $9 million funding round for EducationSuperHighway… Read More

Here’s how TV ad spending translated into in-store traffic for retailers on Black Friday

There’s no doubt retailers spent quite a bit of advertising money last week leading up to Thanksgiving weekend. It is… Read More

Bitcoin commerce reaches record highs during Black Friday weekend

In yet another reminder of the digital currency’s massive growth over the past several weeks, Bitcoin transactions reached record highs… Read More

Santa on-demand: DoubleDown, Uber partner for $50 Santa delivery service

First, Uber partnered with Cheezeburger to deliver kittens to your doorstep on National Cat Day in October. Now, the on-demand… Read More

Beyonce trumps Kim Kardashian for Bing’s most-searched person in 2013

Move over, Kim Kardashian — your time as the queen of Bing is over. That title now belongs to Queen… Read More

Here’s where Bill Gates prefers to eat a burger in Seattle

Bill Gates isn’t exactly a highly-regarded food critic. But for the decades he’s spent in the Seattle area, the Microsoft… Read More

Seattle hospital discloses malware attack that exposes 90,000 patient records

Personal information of about 90,000 patients of Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center was exposed after a malware… Read More

Walmart tops list of most visited retailers on Thanksgiving

In a development that shocked nobody, Walmart was the most-visited retailer on Thanksgiving, according to new rankings published by Placed,… Read More

Shopping with your smartphone: These apps will save you money on Black Friday

If you’re one of the 140 million Americans crazy enough to go shopping this Friday, your smartphone might help you… Read More

Cosmetics upstart Julep returns to physical world with Manhattan pop-up store

Julep is bringing its successful online cosmetics store back to the physical world. The Seattle-based startup is launching its first… Read More

It’s cooking at AllRecipes and BigOven, the busiest time for recipe and food sites

Seattle, for whatever odd reason, is home to a handful of food-oriented and recipe sites, including big players such as… Read More

Get out, Glasshole: Seattle geek kicked out of restaurant for wearing Google Glass

Seattle restaurant owner Dave Meinert made headlines and sparked a heated debate earlier this year when he banned Google Glass… Read More

Report: U.S. ranks 31st in broadband speed tests

“We’re number 31” doesn’t quite have a ring to it. But according to new numbers, that’s what Internet users in… Read More

Digital currency milestone: Bitcoin reaches $1,000

The popularity of Bitcoin just keeps on growing, as the digital currency today surpassed $1,000 in value for the first… Read More

World’s first Bitcoin ATM exceeds $1M in transaction volume within one month

So far, so good for the world’s first Bitcoin ATM. On its 29th day of operation at the Waves Coffee House… Read More

GoldieBlox sues Beastie Boys surrounding parody ad related to hit song ‘Girls’

Last week, toy company GoldieBlox made a splash with a new ad that featured a chorus of girls singing a… Read More

Tech Moves: Katie Couric joins Yahoo; Shakeup at BlackBerry; Crosscut’s Shaw returns to Microsoft

—TV host Katie Couric plans to join Yahoo as “global anchor,” the latest key media hire for CEO Marissa Mayer.… Read More

Twitter strengthens encryption to help impede spying

Twitter announced today that it has beefed up the security of its traffic as a way of better protecting its… Read More

GoDaddy opens Seattle-area engineering office, already planning to expand

The views are pretty sweet from GoDaddy’s new office at Kirkland’s Carillon Point, but CEO Blake Irving knows that the… Read More

This university is the first in the world to accept Bitcoin for tuition

The Bitcoin craze has made its way to the educational system. The University of Nicosia in Cyprus announced today that it… Read More