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Articles from 2017

Skytap enterprise cloud company hires Microsoft VP as CMO, cites big growth on path to future IPO

Enterprise cloud company Skytap has hired a former Microsoft vice president, Wayne Morris, as its new chief marketing officer in an… Read More

Data storage and analytics startup Qumulo raises another $30M, total funding up to $130M

Qumulo has spent the past five years building out its cloud-based platform that helps companies store and manage their data usage.… Read More

30 percent of malware is ‘zero-day,’ finds new WatchGuard cybersecurity study

New cybersecurity threats are challenging the ability of technology companies and traditional antivirus software companies to keep up, according to a… Read More

Bertha

Bertha’s big breakthrough is here: Seattle tunnel machine will emerge Tuesday after long journey

After mining through more than 9,000 feet of Seattle underground, and rebounding from a lengthy breakdown and repair, Bertha the… Read More

Q&A: Cancer research leader Nancy Davidson on the innovations of the past decade, and where things are heading next

We often hear that medical research is approaching “breakthroughs” or is at a “tipping point” in innovation. But what does… Read More

$275M Seattle property tax levy to fight homelessness pulled in favor of countywide sales tax measure

Seattle is pulling the plug on the $275 million property tax levy to tackle the city’s homelessness problem in favor of… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard booster on crane

Space geeks get up-close look at Blue Origin’s rocket ship (and try out the seats)

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship is continuing its farewell tour this week with a stopover at the Space Symposium… Read More

Tech Moves: Institute for Systems Biology names president to replace Lee Hood; Seattle VC moves to Silicon Valley; new F5 CEO gets started

Seventeen years after founding the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), spurring the creation of systems biology as a field, genomics… Read More

New work visa guidelines make it harder for U.S. tech companies to hire engineers

A new set of guidelines, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Friday, requires computer programmers to provide additional… Read More

Tesla Model 3

Tesla reports record production and deliveries as it closes in on more affordable Model 3

Tesla said it delivered more than 25,000 cars in the first quarter of the year, a record for the company… Read More

Starbucks to open dedicated mobile order-ahead store inside HQ as Kevin Johnson takes CEO reins

Starbucks is opening a new coffee shop that only accepts orders placed on a mobile device. The coffee giant will open… Read More

Silicon Valley VC on Amazon: ‘I can’t recruit anybody out of there’

When it comes to company culture, it’s a tale of two Amazons. There is the innovative, passionate Amazon where employees… Read More

Fred Hutch study: Cancer drug inspired by bacteria could boost immunotherapy treatments

When we think of the immune system, we generally think of one, unified system that works to fight infections and… Read More

Amazon aims to create ‘urban treehouse’ with its new Seattle office project

Amazon is building out a forest within the three signature spheres at its new campus just north of downtown Seattle, and… Read More

Report: Amazon told employees that Quidsi could turn a profit this year, before pulling plug

Amazon’s abrupt announcement last week that it would be shutting down Diapers.com parent Quidsi smells funny to some of the… Read More

Amazon launches Amazon Cash, a new way to buy products on its site without a credit card

Amazon wants to make it easier for customers to buy products on its platform with cash. The tech giant today… Read More

Distelli aims to improve multi-cloud software development with new open-source container registry

Building and deploying software to run in the cloud is a challenge, particularly when customers want to run their applications… Read More

Product Hunt launches crowdsourced product search engine

Product Hunt already helps people find the latest and greatest products. Now it is launching a tool to let people find products… Read More

Special Olympics makes technological leaps and bounds with help from Microsoft

Each year, Special Olympics International and its 220 chapters worldwide organize some 108,000 events. The games give athletes with intellectual… Read More

Pico Model C

PicoBrew redesigns its home craft beer machine, and new Kickstarter offers unit for just $279

Raise another glass to the folks at PicoBrew as they continue to make advances in their quest to bring simplified… Read More

How virtual reality is shaping the new home of Washington state’s oldest museum

A key concept for the new Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, currently under construction… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 26, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of March 26, 2017. Read More

Guest Post: I launched the 2.19% Founders Alliance to help women in tech help each other

I don’t actually want to talk about how hard it is to be a woman in tech. I realize this… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up: Is the Samsung Galaxy S8 the biggest revolution in smartphone history?

The speculation is over! After months of anticipation, Samsung has revealed its next smartphone: the Galaxy S8. Andru Edwards, co-host of… Read More

This Week in Seattle: Mayor sues Trump, bike-sharing’s last ride, and more stuff you should know

This week in Seattle: Mayor Ed Murray sues President Trump and demands the city be more data-driven; Sen. Cantwell wants… Read More

John Legere

Enough! Sorry, but we’re not covering the tech industry’s stupid April Fool’s pranks this year

April Fool’s! Seriously, how could we pass up this silly tradition? Here’s your damn roundup. The most foolish thing about April… Read More

Public Lab citizen science on "The Crowd and the Cloud"

Citizen scientists star in public TV’s ‘The Crowd and the Cloud,’ premiering online

It’s fitting that a four-hour documentary series about citizen scientists, titled “The Crowd and the Cloud,” is available to the… Read More

NASA Deep Space Gateway

After the International Space Station, get ready for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway

President Donald Trump hasn’t yet revealed his choice for NASA administrator, but the space agency is already shifting the focus… Read More

Image: Stratolaunch with Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rockets

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Aerospace is now Stratolaunch, with a redesigned website

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s space venture is rebranding itself and updating its website as it prepares to begin flight tests… Read More

Podcast

The Week in Geek: Rover’s big acquisition, Bezos family’s record-breaking gift, and Pokemon Go’s surprising benefits

It was a busy week in Seattle — from startups to major research institutions to dogs. Rover.com, one of Seattle’s most… Read More

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