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. 12, 2017.
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Amazon unveils Chime, looks to reinvent the conference call with new Skype and GoToMeeting competitor
Amazon is looking to transform just about every industry. … Read More
Valentine’s Day Google Doodle game calls attention to cute — and endangered — animal
It’s not all hearts and candy when it comes to Valentine’s Day this year on the Google landing page. … Read More
Amazon tops Harris Poll for corporate reputation, again, and Jeff Bezos emails ‘kudos and congrats’
You love Amazon. Admit it. OK, you don’t have to admit it here, but enough people out there appreciate what the Seattle retail giant is doing to once again help the company land at the top of the Harris Poll on corporate reputation. … Read More
Real estate startup Faira raises another $1.2M and expands to San Francisco market
Faira is raising more cash to help build out its real estate platform and expand to the San Francisco market. … Read More
Google quietly donates $10M to University of Washington in another major computer science gift
We already know that Microsoft, Amazon, and Zillow made multimillion-dollar donations to help build a new University of Washington computer science and engineering building. But another tech giant has also contributed to the expansion — albeit in a quieter way. … Read More
Vintage Kurt Cobain guitar being offered on eBay; Portland charity to receive a portion of the sale
Nirvana fans feeling particularly nostalgic about the upcoming 50th birthday of the band’s late frontman Kurt Cobain can try to get themselves a celebratory gift when a vintage guitar owned and played by Cobain goes up for auction on eBay. … Read More
Bill Gates is still mixing it up at Microsoft in his spare time: ‘I love what’s going on there — it’s fun’
It has been nearly a decade since Bill Gates left his day-to-day role at Microsoft, but he still has a connection to the company, not only as a board member and major shareholder, but also as a part-time technology adviser. … Read More
Looking for Planet 9 and other far-out objects? Finally, NASA has an app for that
Citizen scientists can join an online hunt for icy worlds, brown dwarfs and other yet-to-be-discovered objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, using a technique that’s not all that different from the method that led to Pluto’s discovery 87 years ago. … Read More
Dating in Seattle: Here’s what smartphone app habits say about how Seattleites date
Ask someone in Seattle about the dating scene, and you’re bound to get some emotional responses. … Read More
Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy says this is the cloud giant’s top priority — by far
With the cloud revolution underway, everyone wants to know what computing will look like — and where the biggest market opportunities will be — when the dust settles. … Read More