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 Oct. 30, 2016.
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Elon Musk holds forth on SolarCity, Tesla, SpaceX … and Donald Trump
Today Elon Musk laid out his views on electricity-generating solar roofs, the Tesla-SolarCity merger, SpaceX’s return to flight and artificial intelligence during an extraordinary 30-minute telephone interview on CNBC. … Read More
Study: AWS has 45% share of public cloud infrastructure market — more than Microsoft, Google, IBM combined
Amazon Web Services holds a 45 percent share of the worldwide public market for Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) — greater than Microsoft, Google and IBM’s shares combined, according to a quarterly analysis by Synergy Research Group. … Read More
Full text: Slack offers ‘friendly advice’ to Microsoft in full-page New York Times ad
FOLLOW-UP: Microsoft unveils ‘Teams’ chat-based workspace for Office 365, challenging Slack Microsoft is expected to unveil its rival to the wildly popular workplace collaboration tool Slack this morning. … Read More
Amazon bringing In-N-Out Burger to Seattle? Getting to the bottom of this mysterious sign
We knew it was too good to be true almost instantly. … Read More
‘Geekiest game in town’: Bill Gates joins world’s best bridge players for global online tournament
In a small room off the lobby of Seattle’s Silver Cloud Hotel, some of the world’s best bridge players assembled on Monday morning to take on a team from China as the three-day Online Bridge World Cup kicked off. … Read More
BMW prepares to directly challenge Uber and Lyft with new ride-hailing service in Seattle
Uber, Lyft, and now … BMW? The German car-maker is gearing up to launch an Uber and Lyft competitor through its ReachNow platform in Seattle. … Read More
Amazon charges non-Prime members more at physical bookstores, hinting at new retail strategy
Cashiers at Amazon’s physical bookstores now ask each customer the same question: Are you a Prime member? … Read More
Starbucks ‘unity’ cup is actually kind of divisive
This is why we can’t have nice things, America. … Read More
Tableau stock tumbles 13% on mixed earnings results in latest blow to data visualization company
The first earnings report with new CEO Adam Selipsky at the helm was a mixed bag for Tableau Software, as the Seattle-based visualization company beat Wall Street expectations on earnings per share and posted record quarterly revenue, but still came in well below analyst revenue forecasts. … Read More
After cutting its 500-person workforce in half, Porch focuses on profitability over revenue growth
In its early days, Porch was a small, scrappy startup, doing a lot with a little. … Read More