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Articles from 2017

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Big, bad dinosaurs — and Jeff Goldblum! — return in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ teaser video

The return of the dinosaurs is exciting and all, but Jeff Goldblum reprising his role as math geek Dr. Ian… Read More

Glassdoor best places to work

Facebook tops 100 ‘Best Places to Work’ list, with In-N-Out Burger cracking top 5 and Amazon left out

You may have already read it on Facebook, but people who work at Facebook really like working at Facebook. So… Read More

Ribbon-cutting for NanoES

University of Washington’s nano institute is open for business, thanks to one giant snip

University of Washington officials used a scaled-up scissors this week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony that celebrated scaled-down science: the opening… Read More

Alibaba, Baidu step up support for cloud-native tech as CloudNativeCon kicks off

AUSTIN – Two of the biggest cloud companies on the planet have agreed to support the work of the Cloud… Read More

UW, Seattle Children’s and Fred Hutch launch $50M Institute for Precision Medicine, using genetics to revolutionize health

When the Human Genome Project launched in 1990, it was a scientific undertaking unlike anything the world had seen. Building… Read More

Smartphone shopping accounts for 22% of U.S. e-commerce revenue this holiday season

The rise of mobile shopping continues to be a trend this holiday season. Adobe Analytics released its latest e-commerce data… Read More

Amazon Prime Video is finally available on Apple TV

It took awhile, but Amazon Prime Video is finally live on Apple TV. Amazon’s streaming video service is now accessible… Read More

Teresa

Meet the hard-working techies getting a Geek Style Reboot, just in time for tonight’s GeekWire Gala

Creating user experiences for virtual reality or making sure that airplanes don’t fall out of the sky might rank as… Read More

T-Mobile authorizes $1.5B stock repurchase, COO says ‘formula is really working’ as wireless giant eyes new acquisitions

A month after T-Mobile and Sprint called off merger talks, Bellevue-based T-Mobile announced that its board has authorized a plan… Read More

Comcast releases xFi Advanced Gateway, its first ever in-house WiFi device, with gigabit speeds

Comcast today is rolling out its first ever completely fully homegrown WiFi device, the xFi Advanced Gateway, capable of achieving… Read More

Apparent Google update glitch disconnects student Chromebooks in schools across the U.S.

It wasn’t a good day to be a leading-edge school district in education technology. Tens of thousands, perhaps millions, of… Read More

Meet Cascadia Underground: A new media collective with digital tools to rally people around issues like net neutrality

A new media collective is launching in Seattle, born out of a war between progressive activists and white supremacists over… Read More

NFL Seahawks Eagles

Pitch perfect: Neil deGrasse Tyson calls Seahawks play against Eagles a ‘legit Galilean Transformation’

Embed from Getty Images Seattle Seahawks fans don’t need an astrophysicist to tell them that quarterback Russell Wilson is capable… Read More

Funko acquires A Large Evil Corporation for $4M, shares rise 5% after first earnings report

Shares of Funko Inc. rose more than 5 percent this afternoon after the Everett, Wash.-based maker of the Pop! figurines… Read More

Canadian CF-18 Hornet

Report: Amid trade dispute, Canada gets set to cancel Boeing fighter jet deal

News Brief: Reuters reports that Canadian officials have decided to cancel an order of 18 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet jets,… Read More

Microsoft shows first ‘Always Connected PCs’ from Asus and HP, running on Qualcomm-ARM chips

Microsoft today unveiled its first line of “Always Connected” PCs, a new generation of computers with built-in LTE connectivity and… Read More

Records

Listen to this playlist, designed by a psychologist to support subjects tripping on ‘magic’ mushrooms

Listening to music can be a very personal journey for some people, serving as a guiding light or emotional girder,… Read More

Google pulls YouTube from Amazon Echo Show and Fire TV as tech giant tussle reignites

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include comments from Amazon. Two months ago YouTube disappeared from the Amazon… Read More

Sprout Social acquires Seattle social media analytics startup Simply Measured

Sprout Social has acquired Simply Measured, a Seattle startup that helps brands get deeper insights into their social media marketing… Read More

Pivotal adds serverless support and managed containers in new release of Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Containers and serverless computing are two of the most prevalent movements in modern software development, so it’s not a huge… Read More

Barack Obama

Plea for free chicken nuggets, and three Obama messages, among most retweeted tweets of 2017

For all the attention that our current president gets for what he does on Twitter, the guy who preceded him… Read More

These 3D printed objects can connect to WiFi through plastic, without batteries or electronics

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed 3D-printed plastic objects that can connect to the internet without any electronics… Read More

Review: Amazon Cloud Cam is a solid security camera, but clearly just a start for the tech giant

Amazon’s Cloud Cam made a big splash when it was unveiled in October, but not because it’s a flashy piece… Read More

Microsoft’s new Whiteboard app aims to turn computer screens into digital canvasses

Microsoft today announced a new app that lets users turn their computer screens into whiteboards that can be edited and… Read More

"Person" prediction

Take two for ‘Person of the Year’ forecast: Unanimous AI goes with #MeToo campaign

Update: It took more than one try, but Unanimous AI’s crowdsourced hive mind was correct when it picked #MeToo as… Read More

‘Google’ of industrial process data Seeq raising more cash for analytics platform

Seeq, a Seattle-based startup that helps process manufacturing organizations better understand their data, is raising more cash. According to a… Read More

Tech moves: Madrona’s Paul Goodrich steps down from Redfin board; Seattle’s Office of Economic Development under new leadership; and more

— One of the original backers of Redfin is stepping off the board of directors after more than a decade… Read More

GeekWire Gala: Here’s what you need to know if you’re attending the sold out holiday bash on Wednesday

The geekiest holiday party is just around the corner. We’ve got a huge crowd coming out for the sold out GeekWire… Read More

Amazon and Facebook to compete for live sports supremacy in 2018, new report predicts

Amazon is poised to become a live sports powerhouse as soon as next year, a new report predicts, as more… Read More

Bezos and other tech luminaries back $150M ‘Rise of the Rest’ fund to boost startups between coasts

Some of the world’s most influential business leaders want to repair the deep divisions in America by investing in entrepreneurship… Read More

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