Sony’s effort to replicate the immersive soundscape of a live musical performance is coming to listeners this fall, and Seattle-based Napster and Amazon are among several partners teaming with the… Read More
Seattle-area startup Tectonic Audio Labs has raised $6 million to further develop its audio technology used in smart speakers, TVs, cars, and other products. WestRiver Group and Delafield Hambrecht led… Read More
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In a narrow, windowless, closet of an office in Seattle’s City Hall, two young women are battling against the “magnetic media crisis.” That’s because the Hi8 home movies, VHS recordings… Read More
Human’s product is still under wraps, nearly four years after the company launched. But investors continue to bet big on the Seattle startup. A new SEC filing posted Friday reveals… Read More
Researchers at the University of Washington are putting former President Barack Obama’s words into his own mouth to demonstrate breakthrough technology in the field of computer vision. By turning audio… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Monster, the audio company behind Beats headphones, is bringing Amazon virtual assistant Alexa to its line of Soundstage home speakers. Noel Lee, the company’s founder product driver,… Read More
The rise of social media has given us unbridled access to an endless world of text, images, links, hashtags, and videos. But one form of media isn’t on the same… Read More
Pinterest’s model — a photo-centric online bookmarking tool — doesn’t feel particularly groundbreaking, which is why some people find its monumental success a little hard to believe. But in 2015, Pinterest received an $11… Read More
Human Inc. today opened pre-orders and unveiled more details about its new headphones and accompanying platform that it describes as an “evolution of personal audio.” The stealthy Seattle startup, which GeekWire first… Read More
For people who don’t play or watch video games, it can be difficult to conceptualize just how powerful Twitch is. But the streaming site has an average 1.7 million broadcasters streaming… Read More
By now, you’ve probably been alerted to the overnight sensation that is Pokémon Go by the internet buzz, strange behavior on the streets, and watercooler talk. No, you haven’t traveled… Read More
When Corley Hughes left her position as a general manager for Microsoft to become Product Hunt’s COO, she went from one of more than 100,000 to one of four. Since she… Read More
In a little more than a year, on-demand trucking startup Convoy has raised nearly $19 million from a high-profile group of investors. Convoy uses technology to bring more efficiency to trucking, an… Read More
What’s up with WhatsApp? With more than 1 billion users across the globe, the app is by far the world’s most popular messaging tool. WhatsApp allows users to send text messages,… Read More
If you’re a Pinterest prodigy, Twitch talent, or just someone who’d like to chat about your favorite apps, then we want to hear from you. We’re looking for tech-savvy teens and… Read More
Over the past two decades, Craigslist has maintained its market share in the online classified space, despite neglecting to make any major updates to its interface or optimize for mobile. With 20… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave a small group of journalists, including GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle, a guided tour of his Blue Origin rocket factory this week. During this… Read More
Traffic, like root canals, mosquitos, and papercuts, is a universally hated phenomenon. So it stands to reason that an app for “outsmarting traffic together” would be adopted as a win… Read More