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Leaving Hulu: CEO Jason Kilar, CTO Richard Tom

Two top Hulu executives with roots in the Seattle region are leaving the online video powerhouse. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar… Read More

Hard-core Facebook game: U4iA brings ‘Offensive Combat’ to social network

FarmVille this is not. U4iA expanded its browser-based first-person shooter “Offensive Combat” to Facebook today, aiming to broaden its audience and… Read More

Taylor Swift and Adele help boost digital music sales to record heights in 2012

There’s a lot of chatter out there about the transformation of the music industry, with the rise of online music… Read More

Shares of Coinstar fall after CEO announces retirement

Shares of Coinstar, the Bellevue operator of the coin-counting kiosks and Redbox movie rental service, fell more than four percent… Read More

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray revises outlook

Shares of Seattle supercomputer maker Cray Inc. fell Friday morning after it announced preliminary results for 2012, noting that it… Read More

Vinod Khosla, others bankroll Seattle fund to accelerate Indian startups

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, former Microsoft executive Mike Murray, former Bain Capital managing director Bob Gay and others have joined… Read More

Expedia leads $30M deal in hotel search startup Room 77

Expedia is leading a $30.3 million investment in Room 77, an online travel startup whose search service is designed to… Read More

Now for sale at Starbucks: Square mobile card readers

Starbucks offers much more than coffee; food, CD’s and mugs, just to name a few. Now, you’ll be able to… Read More

Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos got a lot richer in 2012

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is trying to give away his fortune. But he may have to try a little bit… Read More

Redbox sees ‘tremendous interest’ in new streaming service

So you signed up for the Redbox Instant public beta but haven’t received your access code yet? Well, you’re not… Read More

Is the free ride over on I-90? State to consider tolls on second floating bridge

The free ride may be over for thousands of geeks who cross Lake Washington each day on Interstate 90, one… Read More

Dr. Leroy Hood awarded with the National Medal of Science

Dr. Leroy Hood has received the National Medal of Science, one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists, engineers and inventors… Read More

Seattle’s social media queen Jenni Hogan leaving KIRO

Seattle’s social media queen is leaving KIRO and dreaming big. Jenni Hogan, the KIRO 7 traffic anchor and Seattle’s popular… Read More

John Malone re-elected to Expedia board one month after stepping down

Less than one month after leaving the Expedia board, an SEC filing reveals that cable baron John Malone has been… Read More

Aerospace and IT sectors help propel Washington state’s population gains

Washington state was among the biggest gainers in population between July 2011 and July 2012, helped in part by the… Read More

From Space to SOPA: 10 Tech Triumphs of 2012

Rovers, particles, and skydiving from the edge of space. And that was just the beginning. Earlier this week, GeekWire documented… Read More

Expedia paying $632 million to buy majority share of German travel company Trivago

Expedia is expanding its presence in Europe today with an announcement that it has acquired 61.6 percent of Trivago, a… Read More

Rewind: EveryMove’s ‘mileage program’ for your health

Our guest this past weekend on the GeekWire Podcast was Russell Benaroya, the CEO of EveryMove, a Seattle-area startup that lets… Read More

Rhapsody allowing AT&T subscribers to pay for music subscriptions with wireless bills

Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make it easier for music-lovers to access its service. We wrote last week about how you… Read More

Is that USB drive safe? ClevX partners with Kingston to boost portable data security

Seattle-area technology company ClevX is partnering with Kingston to boost the security of two models of Kingston USB flash drives. The ClevX technology runs… Read More

Giving back made easy: New Placed app lets you donate to charity by installing app

Privacy is important and understandably, people often opt-out of having their location tracked by certain apps. But a new app… Read More

Best Buy’s top geek Stephen Gillett resigns after 9 months

It was a big deal earlier this year when Best Buy lured Stephen Gillett away from Starbucks to lead digital… Read More

WhitePages CEO spreads awareness about school shootings with online database

Thanks to heavy media coverage, most people are familiar with mass school shootings at Columbine, Virginia Tech, and now, Newtown.… Read More

Video: GameHouse chief keeps pants on, raises money for charity as sumo wrestler

Even though RealNetworks exec Matt Hulett kept his pants on this year, he still managed to help raise money for… Read More

Happy Holidays: State’s jobless rate falls below 8%

Here’s some holiday cheer for you. Washington’s estimated unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 7.8 percent in November, landing below… Read More

Redbox Instant by Verizon rolled out to beta testers

Last week, Redbox parent Coinstar and Verizon announced more details about their joint venture streaming video service, and now the… Read More

Holiday heist: Grinches steal 7,000 Wii U consoles from SeaTac airport warehouse

This could be the holiday heist of the decade. A band thieves broke into a warehouse at Seattle Air Cargo last… Read More

Boeing fills plane with potatoes for WiFi breakthrough

Boeing says it has developed a new method for measuring and analyzing wireless signals inside airplanes, a technological breakthrough that… Read More

Clearwire CEO hints at layoffs, as investor boosts stake to repel ‘unfair’ Sprint acquisition

Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch met with employees this week to reassure them that even though Sprint has offered to buy… Read More

FTC investigating Intelius, and other so-called ‘data brokers’

Intelius, the Bellevue-based company led by entrepreneur Naveen Jain, is among the companies being investigated by the The Federal Trade… Read More