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Articles from 2017

Conversica’s new Seattle office cements city’s status as AI and machine learning hotbed

Conversica is looking for top tier-talent in artificial intelligence and machine learning. That’s why the company, which makes AI software and… Read More

Dolly

Hate going to IKEA? On-demand movers Dolly promote a run to the store to save you the trouble

A few things might sound worse than making a run to IKEA, but how many of them cause you to take… Read More

Podcast

How the new Flying Fish venture fund aims to change the game for Seattle startups

Investor and technology executive Heather Redman has a bold plan for Flying Fish Partners, the new venture fund that she has… Read More

Amazon starts taking pre-orders for first Alexa-enabled 4K TVs

Amazon is now taking orders for the first Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions that run on the Fire TV operating… Read More

Instagram face filters

The Snapchatification of Instagram continues as cute face filters are now an option on photos

https://player.vimeo.com/video/217551217 Smile if you like a golden crown or bunny ears on your head. Instagram rolled out more features Tuesday to… Read More

Glympse location sharing comes to Samsung TVs, lets users track friends, family, pizza from couch

In the past, people used to have ask their friends or family what they were up to, but now they… Read More

Bruce Montgomery

Genoa Pharmaceuticals raises $62M for clinical trials and names Bruce Montgomery CEO

Genoa Pharmaceuticals — a biopharmaceutical company working on treatments for respiratory diseases — was operating under the radar just last week.… Read More

AWS maintains sizable lead as public cloud market grows 42% in Q1

Demand for public cloud infrastructure services continues to be one of the hottest growth stories in technology. New market share… Read More

Internet of Things

Ahead of I/O, Google Cloud Platform adds new managed IoT service, releases Cloud Spanner

Underscoring how the internet of things is finally going mainstream in 2017, Google now has a new service for Google… Read More

Amazon adding opt-in Alexa notifications: Echo will chime and pulse green when info is waiting

Alexa is about to get more assertive. Amazon is adding notifications to its voice-enabled assistant, allowing users to choose to… Read More

Hewlett Packard Machine

Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveils a monster computer that’s made for Mars

What does a prototype computer with 160 terabytes of memory have to do with missions to Mars? The way Kirk… Read More

Uber announces new integration with Transit app to better connect users with public transportation

Uber announced Tuesday it is integrating with the Transit app in more than 50 cities across the U.S., including Seattle… Read More

Archinaut by Made In Space

Video: How Made In Space plans to 3-D print huge structures in orbit

Made In Space, best known for building the first 3-D printer for outer space, has laid out its plan for… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Inmarsat telecom satellite to high-flying orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket today launched the Inmarsat-5 F4 telecommunications satellite to a geostationary transfer orbit ranging beyond 22,000 miles in… Read More

WannaCry after the global ransomware attacks? Here’s what you need to know

On May 12, 2017, an extremely powerful new variant of ransomware called WCry 2.0 (WannaCry, Wanna Cryptor, etc.) spread to… Read More

Aerial photos: Construction begins on Google’s massive Seattle campus in Amazon’s backyard

Crews have started work on Google’s new campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, on the edge of Amazon’s global headquarters. The… Read More

T-Mobile and Huawei make closing arguments in alleged theft of ‘Tappy’ robot technology

Lawyers for T-Mobile and Chinese telecom giant Huawei are finishing up closing arguments today in U.S. District Court in Seattle in… Read More

National Geographic "Mars" miniseries

Eat your broccoli: 5 tips for Mars explorers from National Geographic’s Seattle show

If you want to maximize your chances of weathering Mars’ harsh radiation environment, get in the habit of eating broccoli.… Read More

Nutanix adding IBM’s Power processors to its data center bundles for AI applications

Nutanix plans to release a line of server appliances with IBM’s Power processor for artificial-intelligence applications, the first time it… Read More

Trump’s travel ban goes before federal appeals court in Seattle

President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban was once again argued in court in Seattle today. This time, attorneys for Hawaii… Read More

Nintendo reportedly planning Legend of Zelda smartphone game

Japanese game maker Nintendo is reportedly working on a smartphone version of its popular Legend of Zelda games, according to… Read More

ReachNow installs new BMW electric car chargers on street lamps throughout Seattle

BMW’s car-sharing service, ReachNow, today unveiled the first of more than 100 “Light and Charge” electric vehicle chargers coming to… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Amazon stock vs. Seattle real estate: Which was the better investment over the past 20 years?

Today is the 20th anniversary of Amazon’s IPO. In case you haven’t noticed, Amazon has been on quite the hot… Read More

Silicon Valley HBO

Seattle VC data company PitchBook cited on ‘Silicon Valley’ as Bachman gets fooled once again

It might be a rare thing to get your tech company referenced on “Saturday Night Live,” but on “Silicon Valley,” it’s… Read More

Tech Moves: REI CIO named CTO at Lululemon; PicMonkey CEO hands reins to new leader; and more

REI Chief Information Officer Julie Averill is leaving the company to join activewear retailer Lululemon as executive vice president and chief technology… Read More

U2

From Seattle stage, U2’s Bono gives shout out to Bill and Melinda Gates, Starbucks for philanthropy

“There’s one love, and we get to share it,” according to U2’s Bono in the lyrics to the band’s 1991… Read More

Uber self-driving

Judge rules Uber engineer accused of stealing data from Alphabet’s Waymo must stop work on self-driving car technology

A federal judge ruled Monday that Anthony Levandowski, the engineer leading Uber’s self-driving car efforts, must stop work for the… Read More

One Medical opens new tech-driven, membership-based primary care center in Seattle

Alternatives to the traditional healthcare system are becoming more popular than ever, and one of those alternatives is expanding to the Seattle… Read More

Just three words: Here’s what Bill Gates would do today if he were just starting out

It’s graduation season, and Bill Gates, who has given a commencement address or two in his day, took to Twitter this… Read More

20 years after Amazon IPO, here’s what a $1,000 investment would be worth today

It has been exactly 20 years since Amazon.com made its initial public offering of stock, on May 15, 1997, and… Read More

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