Articles from 2017 – Page 105 of 175

Walk the plank, Pokèmon! New AR game ‘Captain Blimey’ promises huge digital treasure hunt

A new augmented reality mobile game from Redmond, Wash.-based 9Logic Technologies could have users — and those who witness them… Read More

New Seattle apartment building has ties back to Paul Allen, Bill Gates and computer programming

Another development from the real estate wing of Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. is currently welcoming its new residents, and the… Read More

How Sheryl Sandberg’s Facebook policy changes are rippling through the tech industry

On Feb. 7, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg received a particularly satisfying email. She had just announced that Facebook was increasing… Read More

‘First date from hell’: Texas man sues woman he met online after she texts during movie

Today in “when your first date is your last date” news, a Texas man is suing a woman who he… Read More

Digital health startup Conversa raises $8M, plans to scale up Portland office

Conversa, a digital health startup based in San Francisco, announced an $8 million funding round Wednesday. The new funds will… Read More

Alaska Airlines plans flights from Everett’s Paine Field to dodge Sea-Tac traffic jam

Bugged by I-5 traffic to Sea-Tac? Alaska Airlines is promising a work-around: The Seattle-based airline says it will start running regularly… Read More

The 4 traits that make Amazon’s Jeff Bezos such an unusual tech leader, according to AWS CEO Andy Jassy

Before Andy Jassy rose through the ranks of Amazon.com to lead the company’s powerful AWS cloud computing unit, the executive… Read More

Google launches powerful new Cloud TPU machine-learning chips for Google Cloud Platform

Google is “rethinking our computational architecture again,” according to CEO Sundar Pichai, who rolled out the next generation of Google’s… Read More

Google Assistant coming to iPhone, escalating competition with Siri, Alexa and Cortana

Google just confirmed that it’s bringing its Google Assistant to the iPhone, expanding its voice technology beyond Google Home and… Read More

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready to discuss new book of Polaroid photos in release event at Seattle’s KEXP

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready keeps revealing himself to be quite the Renaissance man. Just weeks after playing tennis with… Read More

Report: Amazon is recruiting healthcare experts in bid for lucrative pharmaceutical industry

After flirting with the idea for years, Amazon may finally be ready to really go after the pharmaceutical market. Anonymous… Read More

BMW’s ReachNow tests higher price for ride-hailing service, preparing to challenge Uber and Lyft

For the last six months, BMW’s car-sharing service ReachNow has been testing out a new service called Ride that will… Read More

It’s a pop culture party: ThinkGeek to celebrate grand opening of new store at Tacoma Mall

Pop culture geeks who love a good trip to the mall will have a new destination come Friday, when ThinkGeek… Read More

Medical startup originally backed by Jeff Bezos and other big name investors reportedly closing

Qliance Medical Management Inc. — a Seattle-based primary care provider originally backed by the likes of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — is… Read More

Leiweke brothers join GeekWire Sports Tech Summit to talk NFL, future of stadiums, and more

There may not be a sibling combo that knows more about today’s dynamic sports and entertainment landscape than the Leiweke brothers.… Read More

Lighthouse eDiscovery merges with Discovia to form self-described largest electronic discovery company

Lighthouse eDiscovery, a Seattle-based company that provides electronic discovery products to help lawyers quickly sift through mountains of complex documentation, has… Read More

Chinese genomics giant BGI announces West Coast Innovation Center to fuel international collaboration

Seattle’s history in genomics is long and storied. It’s home to organizations including the University of Washington, genomics pioneer Dr.… Read More

Bill Nye busts out big numbers to promote Expedia’s travel-booking tech in three new videos

In order to “Save the World,” as his new show promises he’s out to do, science and TV personality Bill… Read More

CreativeLive lands $25M to expand online learning platform further into the enterprise

CreativeLive, which offers streamed classes taught by experts from a variety of disciplines, has landed a new $25 million funding… Read More

Amazon upgrades low-cost Fire tablets, expands kids options, aiming for bigger piece of market

Amazon is refreshing its budget tablets — upgrading the hardware for its $50 Fire 7 tablet, dropping the price of its Fire… Read More

Washington state’s tougher distracted driving law to take effect this year, ahead of schedule

TACOMA, Wash. — Cody Meyer, 23, was a flagger in bright yellow clothes for a private company installing fiber-optic cable on a… Read More

Boeing makes first 737 MAX delivery to Malindo Air after concern over engines

Boeing today marked the first delivery of a new-generation 737 MAX jet with an official handover to Malaysia-based Malindo Air at the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Phoresa is creating a ‘pregnancy-style’ test for infectious diseases

Pregnancy tests, even those done in hospitals or clinics, are very straightforward. Some urine plus a detector and you have… Read More

Cloud Foundry now generally available for SAP customers, along with new infrastructure choices

SAP added several new features to its cloud services on Tuesday, giving customers the option of running their workloads on… Read More

Elysium Space and Seattle’s Spaceflight plan to spread loved ones’ ashes in orbit

Elysium Space has struck a deal to give people an out-of-this-world memorial by sending their cremated remains into orbit. The… Read More

SkyMapper Sighting signs up citizen scientists to hunt for supernovae

Calling all citizen scientists: The Australian National University wants you to join the search for supernovae. Brad Tucker from the… Read More

Amazon’s next fashion challenge: Technology to help people find clothes that actually fit

Amazon wants to solve a problem that plagues pretty much everyone: finding jeans that fit right. For the past few… Read More

‘Genius’ TV show highlights links between Einstein’s love affairs and love of physics

National Geographic Channel’s “Genius” TV series on Albert Einstein spends almost as much time on the famous physicist’s love life as… Read More

Microsoft and United Nations team up for ‘landmark’ human rights technology partnership

Microsoft and the United Nations today announced what they called a “landmark” five-year partnership to support human rights work. The… Read More

Cray now an official member of Cloud City with new “supercomputing as a service” strategy

Cray will try and reinvent itself for the cloud era with a new product that promises “supercomputing as a service.”… Read More