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Seattle needs a new nickname, but please no Silicon!
Seattle skyline. Photo by Kevin Lisota. During the dot-com boom years, it seemed like every major city (and even some minor ones) looked to affix the “Silicon” moniker to themselves, part of some...
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This plastic coffee lid is like drinking from a regular cup
Compared to a good old fashioned coffee cup, drinking from a paper cup with a plastic lid can leave a lot to be desired, with that small stream of coffee flowing through that tiny hole. And then you...
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Coffee Mecca: Inside the Specialty Coffee Association’s ‘Big Event’ in Seattle
If you notice an extra buzz on the streets of downtown Seattle this weekend, it’s probably because the people around you are even more caffeinated than usual. Thousands of coffee industry...
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Parenting the YouTube generation: What kid-curated video apps won’t solve
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about parenting, it’s that no one has any idea what they’re doing. That strikes me as the right frame of mind to bring to apps like YouTube Kids, which launched...
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GeekGirlCon executive director quietly steps down, weeks after controversy...
GeekGirlCon first started in Seattle in 2011. (GeekWire File Photo) One month after a controversy that led to the resignation of five volunteer staff members, GeekGirlCon executive director Michele...
View ArticleTLDR: Amazon crushes profit expectations, Trump targets Twitter in a tweet,...
Today’s featured stories Amazon’s record quarter: $2.5B in profits is biggest ever as tech giant comes up just short on sale Trump targets Twitter, his favorite communication platform, following...
View ArticleTLDR: Self-flying planes, Cat celeb Lil Bub lends poop to biotech startup,...
Today’s featured stories Boeing to open research center in Boston area, focusing on autonomous aircraft Cat celebrity Lil Bub lends poop to Seattle startup, leading to discovery of new kinds of...
View ArticleTLDR: Apple becomes a $1 trillion company, Starbucks & Alibaba launch...
Today’s featured stories Apple becomes first American public company to be worth $1,000,000,000,000 — briefly Starbucks and Alibaba to integrate apps and partner on delivery as coffee culture takes...
View ArticleTLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting...
Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI Will Seattle become a one-bike town? Spin’s future in city uncertain under new...
View ArticleTLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Nintendo, eBay, Boeing
Today’s featured stories How Nintendo learned from a Wii U disappointment to create the popular Switch console eBay CEO: ‘I want to get as far away from Amazon as I can’ and stand for something...
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Dungeons, dragons and diversity: How the world’s most influential RPG turned...
An illustration of a female dwarf barbarian in the Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition Player’s Handbook. Designers of the game said purposefully showing diverse characters in the game’s art is one way...
View ArticleGeek on the Street: What is the greatest invention of all time, and what...
The toaster oven. Post-It notes. And, uh, plumbing. That’s what people said when asked their pick for the greatest invention of all time, as we checked in with visitors to Seattle Center for our Geek...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Wrap up 2018 with board games; ring in new year with...
Happy Holidays! As the year comes to a close, it’s all about fun until everyone gets back down to business in January. Hope you have some time off to work on that Raspberry Pi project you’ve been...
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VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018
Technology Access Foundation co-founder and executive director Trish Millines Dziko accepts the Geeks Give Back award at the 2018 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) In this episode of...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Explore the future of art and learn the ins and outs...
DNA Study 1 Sculpture (Michael Tika) Art in the 21st Century: When we think about art, most people think of static paintings hanging on a wall in a museum or a sculpture that stands outside of a civic...
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Calendar Picks: Seattle Opera and GeekWire present panel on the ‘flawed...
Edward Parks III played Steve Jobs in the Santa Fe Opera’s production of “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.” The opera is now coming to Seattle, where Jobs will be played by John Moore. Did you know...
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Geared Up: FaceTime eavesdropping bug, minimalist phones, and rumored Apple...
Geared Up co-hosts Starla Sampaco and Andru Edwards In this episode of Geared Up, Andru Edwards and I discuss the FaceTime bug that allowed iPhone users to eavesdrop on the person they called, reports...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Wizard World, board games, and lots of advice for...
One of the biggest pop culture conventions in the Pacific Northwest is happening in Portland the weekend of Feb. 22. Wizard World draws in big crowds and big guests every year. Some of this year’s...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial...
It seems like we’ve moved to the Midwest or East Coast with Seattle weather lately. And days like these make us think about how technology can help kids continue to learn when they’re outside the...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: The GeekWire Bash is a week away; International...
Did you spend years in your parents’ basement playing ping pong? Or foosball? Or Catan? If so, join the GeekWire team and 2,000 Seattle area geeks on March 7th for the annual GeekWire Bash — the most...
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