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 Feb. 5, 2017.
Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter.
Most popular stories on GeekWire
Super Bowl drones: Intel uses 300 ‘quadcopters’ for halftime light show with Lady Gaga
Update: The drones — 300 of them — were indeed from Intel. … Read More
Court documents show Tesla tweaked its Model 3 logo amid a trademark fight with adidas
This post was updated with a comment from Tesla on Wednesday, Feb. … Read More
They’re here! Snapchat Spectacles vending machine pops up in Seattle
Snap’s much-hyped Spectacles have landed in Seattle. … Read More
The cost of convenience: Amazon’s shipping losses top $7B for first time
The amount of money that Amazon lost on shipping — a.k.a. … Read More
Yes, another Amazon building: 17-story office project will expand new Seattle campus to 5th block
Amazon’s second Seattle campus is officially expanding to five blocks. … Read More
Amazon cloud leader Andy Jassy sizes up the competition in rare public remarks about rivals
Amazon likes to say that it focuses on customers, not competitors, which means it’s rare for the company’s top executives to talk about their rivals publicly. … Read More
SAP President Steve Singh says cloud computing is yesterday’s news — ‘microservices’ are the future
Cloud computing is so 2016. Sure, migration from client servers to the cloud is an ongoing megatrend, but tech moves fast and SAP President Steve Singh is already looking to the future. … Read More
Amazon’s Super Bowl ad features a Prime Air drone delivery ordered with Alexa
Amazon again dropped the big bucks for Super Bowl advertising time to promote its digital voice assistant. … Read More
Expedia CEO on earnings call: ‘Hopefully we will all be alive to see the end of next year.’
This is what optimism looks like in 2017. … Read More
Silicon Valley tech workers lead migration to Seattle, which now ranks 2nd in U.S. for software engineer salaries
Technology workers have flocked to Silicon Valley for decades, but the Bay Area is facing new competition as a destination for skilled tech workers. … Read More