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 Aug. 21, 2016.
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Obama creating ‘startup visas’ to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to start companies in the U.S.
The Obama administration is making it easier for entrepreneurs worldwide to launch startups in the U.S. … Read More
Microsoft reveals the ‘Xbox Onesie’ and the internet goes nuts
Australia has done it again. The land down under brought us Margot Robbie, the boomerang, Ugg Boots, and now a new unexpectedly awesome export: The Xbox Onesie. … Read More
Tableau hires Amazon vet Adam Selipsky as new CEO; co-founder Christian Chabot stays as chairman
For the first time since it launched nearly 14 years ago, Tableau Software has a new leader. … Read More
King of the Cloud: How the Seattle region is positioned to reinvent technology, again
In 2003, a group of Amazon.com engineers had a radical idea: offer outsiders access to the same type of infrastructure that powered the online retailer’s growing e-commerce site. … Read More
Apartment hunters: Here’s what $1,500/month will get you in Seattle, SF, NYC and other cities
As Seattle grapples with a tech boom, low housing inventory, and soaring rents, many longtime residents worry the city could go the way of San Francisco or New York. … Read More
Enterprise tech company Apptio files for IPO, shows annual revenue of $129M and growing losses
Another Seattle area technology company is looking to test the IPO waters. … Read More
Why Tableau just hired Amazon Web Services guru Adam Selipsky to be its new CEO
Perhaps no one is more excited for Adam Selipsky to take over Tableau’s CEO seat than his predecessor. … Read More
Proxima Centauri b confirmed! Potentially habitable planet orbits the star next door
The rumors you’ve heard are mostly true: Scientists say the star that’s closest to our solar system has a planet that could be at the right temperature for liquid water and life. … Read More
Has the Pokémon Go phenomenon faded? Here’s what super users are saying
It took all of one day for Pokémon Go to reach the top of the charts in both the App Store and on Google Play. … Read More
Workers laid off by Moz attracting potential employers with website and #hiremoz hashtag
A week after about 60 employees of Seattle-based Moz were laid off, new employers have come calling thanks in part to a #hiremoz hashtag and hiremoz.com, a centralized website to showcase those affected. … Read More