Articles from 2017 – Page 119 of 175

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Get your hands dirty this Earth Day with these Seattle events and activities

Earth Day is this Saturday, and Seattle is sure to be an explosion of energy. The annual celebration is all… Read More

Germany’s Lilium shows off all-electric VTOL airplane – but how far will it go?

Lilium’s all-electric prototype airplane looks impressive as it makes a vertical takeoff and landing in a demonstration video – but… Read More

How Elon Musk and Neuralink aim to meld minds and machines with a ‘Wizard Hat’

Three weeks after word leaked out that billionaire deep-thinker Elon Musk was backing a venture called Neuralink, his detailed vision… Read More

‘Failing, frustrated, and asking for help.’ How Techstars Seattle ended up with a male-dominated class — and what they’re doing about it

It’s no secret that tech has a diversity problem. In fact, the lack of gender equity at tech events has… Read More

Startup led by ex-Amazon manager and Obama tech policy guru raises $3.5M to navigate the ‘opaque, intimidating, and high-stakes’ immigration process

Boundless, a Seattle startup that aims to help people navigate the U.S. immigration process, has come out of stealth mode and… Read More

NFL COO, League of Legends founder highlight second annual GeekWire Sports Tech Summit

There continues to be more and more activity at the intersection of sports and technology, from athletic training, to live streaming,… Read More

Amazon’s growth on full display in greenhouse where exotic plants are raised for its Spheres

It’s no secret that Amazon knows how to grow a business, based on what the company has achieved over its… Read More

Techstars Seattle Demo Night: Our favorite pitches from 9 up-and-coming startups

After three months of intense work on their products, business models, and pitches, the Techstars Seattle 2017 class was finally… Read More

Just 17% of startups have a female founder — the same figure as 5 years ago

There have been increasing efforts over the past few years to close the gender gap in tech, and particularly in… Read More

Microsoft Windows and Office 365 updates will now arrive on a regular schedule

The company that brought you Patch Tuesday is now going to release Windows and Office 365 updates together on a… Read More

Hubble team celebrates telescope’s 27th birthday with a double scoop of galaxies

It’s traditional for the team behind the Hubble Space Telescope to release a jaw-dropping picture to celebrate the anniversary of… Read More

New IoT services from Microsoft Azure promise to make managing connected devices way easier

As cloud computing matures, more and more technical concepts that once required a lot of specialized expertise are being simplified… Read More

What Google’s ad blocking feature could mean for online advertisers and digital publishers

Google is on the verge of what could be a major shift to the business model of online advertising. The Wall Street Journal… Read More

This real estate analyst remains an optimist during the Trump era — for now

Long before he became real estate powerhouse CBRE’s head of research for the Americas, Spencer Levy was a young lawyer in… Read More

U.S.-Russian duo joins space station crew, six hours after launch from Kazakhstan

Today there are 67 percent more people working in space than there were the day before, now that NASA astronaut… Read More

Storage is on sale in the public cloud, as compute pricing stabilizes in early 2017

The Big Three public cloud vendors have been cutting prices on their computing services for years, but new research finds… Read More

This Geeky, custom-built Lego lounge is an architect’s dream

Jeffrey Pelletier is a superhero of sorts. By day, he’s an architect designing custom homes at Seattle firm Board & Vellum. But… Read More

Melinda Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Bob Ferguson land on Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list

Tucked away in a far corner of the country, Seattle hasn’t always been considered an epicenter of global influence. But… Read More

Starbucks continues renewable energy push with deals to use wind and solar energy to power stores

About a month from now, a solar plant on a 260-acre site in North Carolina will open, and that will… Read More

Going beyond Excel: Bizible launches B2B revenue planner powered by machine learning

Bizible has spent the past five years helping B2B marketers assess their spend and drive better decision-making for the future.… Read More

Cardiac Insight raises $4.5M, wins FDA approval to launch wearable ECG sensor

Consumer wearables, like smart watches and Fitbits, are becoming ever more popular. But wearable medical technology has remained somewhat absent… Read More

Tech Moves: ReplyYes adds to executive team; Juno announces new leaders; and more

ReplyYes, a fast-growing, chat-based commerce startup, announced three additions to the company’s executive board this week: former Zulily engineer Trevor Inman,… Read More

QuoteWizard launches car insurance comparison tool, posts record profit

After a rocky end to 2016, Seattle-based insurance comparison startup QuoteWizard is back in the game. The privately held company… Read More

Verizon reports 20% decline in profits, as unlimited plans prevent steeper wireless losses

Verizon Communications’ quarterly profits fell by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter, to $3.5 billion, as the company’s wireless… Read More

Smoke and jeers: T-Mobile’s 4/20 gimmick, rolling papers included, slams ‘half-baked’ Verizon

Being served with papers has never been this fun. T-Mobile, ratcheting up its ongoing desire to harsh the mellow of… Read More

ATGStores.com rebrands to The Mine, launches new home furnishing store with personal concierge

ATGStores.com, an online home furnishing subsidiary owned by Lowe’s, today announced a re-brand and a new personal concierge feature on… Read More

Oregon offers 1,000 campsites in eclipse zone – and they’re gone in 90 minutes

To accommodate overwhelming demand, Oregon state park officials freed up 1,000 campsites today for folks wanting to see a total… Read More

What to do if an asteroid comes our way

If an asteroid strikes, don’t head for the hills, or the windows: Head for the basement. A study aimed at… Read More

Report: Google planning to offer built-in ad-blocker for Chrome

Google is reportedly planning to offer an ad-blocking feature for its Chrome browser on mobile and desktop. The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More

NASA puts $50M into creating fusion thrusters, space robots and more

Fusion-driven rockets, remote control systems for space robots, and satellites that build themselves up in orbit are among the made-in-Washington… Read More