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 Jan. 1, 2017.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Microsoft plans big reorganization of partner and services groups starting Feb. 1
Microsoft is planning to consolidate many of its partner and services teams in a reorganization, as well as add a new digital team focused on the cloud, according to a report from ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley. … Read More
The Cloud in 2017: Seven key trends, from AWS and Azure to voice services and machine learning
Here’s a no-brainer: 2017 will be a big year for the cloud. … Read More
Girl, 6, ‘accidentally’ orders $170 dollhouse and 4 pounds of cookies using Amazon’s Alexa
A 6-year-old Dallas girl talking to her family’s new Echo Dot about cookies and a dollhouse ended up with the items in hand after Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa mistook the conversation as an order for the items. … Read More
Here’s what five venture capitalists are predicting for 2017
With 2016 now in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to take a quick moment to forecast what might be looming on the horizon in the near year. … Read More
How a popular park on an abandoned NYC rail line will influence Seattle’s $700M waterfront makeover
NEW YORK — It’s a chilly Thursday afternoon, and throngs of people from around the world have come to New York’s Chelsea neighborhood to take a walk on an abandoned rail line. … Read More
Live Blog: T-Mobile introduces ‘KickBack’ data refund, vows to include taxes and fees in rates
LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile this morning announced a new “KickBack” program that will credit customers up to $10/month for unused data on lines that use less than 2 gigabytes per month. … Read More
Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian checks out car tech at CES, confirms fiancée Serena Williams is a geek
LAS VEGAS — We know Alexis Ohanian is a geek. … Read More
Amazon is granted a patent for using a subterranean network to deliver packages
Maybe it shouldn’t be that surprising that Amazon has patented a system for delivering goods via a dedicated network of underground tunnels. … Read More
Amazon gently stresses several ways Alexa could have stopped 6-year-old girl’s dollhouse order
Step away from the Dot, tiny online shopper. … Read More
Boeing and SpaceX win four more NASA orders for space taxis, with one big ‘if’
NASA has awarded four more contracts to Boeing and to SpaceX for space taxi trips to and from the International Space Station – dependent on certification that the spacecraft are safe. … Read More