Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 16, 2016.
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Clinton or Trump? Here are Microsoft Bing’s data-driven election predictions
Microsoft Bing is out with its election predictions again this year with a few new features that detail campaign spending by state and search interest by demographic. … Read More
Hewlett Packard Enterprise cuts staff as it struggles to keep pace in the cloud
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a cloud, server and storage company that split from Hewlett Packard in late 2015, laid off an undisclosed number of employees today in North America. … Read More
These #trumpbookreport tweets will restore your faith in humanity
Well, that happened. If you’re still reeling from the third and final (blessed) debate allow me to turn your attention to the Internet, where things are just as mean but at least they aren’t so humorless. … Read More
Microsoft stock hits all-time high after beating earnings expectations with $22.3B in revenue and $6B profit
Microsoft’s cloud computing business helped the company beat earnings expectations for the second straight quarter with adjusted quarterly revenue of $22.3 billion, an increase of 3 percent from the year-ago quarter, and profits of 76 cents per share ($6 billion total net income), an increase of 9 percent. … Read More
Seahawks star Richard Sherman on Donald Trump, Microsoft Surface, power of grit, favorite apps
Richard Sherman doesn’t think much of Donald Trump’s comments about concussions in the NFL. … Read More
Leaked Colin Powell email shows Salesforce’s interest in buying Tableau Software, 13 other tech companies
What companies are on the wish list of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff? … Read More
NASA’s Mars orbiter spots the blackened remains of Europe’s lost Schiaparelli lander
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has caught sight of the blackened spot where a European lander apparently hit the Martian surface, providing the first visual evidence that the Schiaparelli probe did indeed bite the dust. … Read More
Why Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is done using Microsoft Surface tablets during games
Microsoft told GeekWire in August that having NFL players and coaches use the company’s Surface tablet on the sideline during games to review past plays is “the greatest technology integration in sports.” Bill Belichick would disagree. … Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touts Azure’s advantages over market-leading Amazon Web Services
Microsoft shares hovered around an all-time high this morning after Thursday’s strong quarterly earnings report that beat expectations and was bolstered in large part by growth of the company’s cloud offerings. … Read More
Bootstrapped success: Profitable online retailer Etailz sells for $75M
Etailz, a digital marketplace consultant and online retailer that operates sites such as Ecomom, EveryCasa and GreenCupboards, was acquired today by Trans World Entertainment for $75 million in cash and stock, a surprising development for the largely bootstrapped startup. … Read More