Articles from 2017 – Page 148 of 175

How NASCAR will use Snapchat’s Spectacles at this weekend’s Daytona 500

The Spectacles have made their way to Daytona. NASCAR will use Snap’s new camera sunglasses this weekend at the Daytona… Read More

Seattle mayor seeks $25M from private sector to fight homelessness, taps investor Nick Hanauer to lead $55M tax measure

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray believes the city needs to double its spending on homelessness and he’s calling on the region’s business… Read More

Verizon drops Yahoo acquisition price by $350M following data breach disclosures

Verizon said it will pay $4.48 billion to acquire Yahoo’s operating business, a reduction of $350 million off the original… Read More

Google Fiber’s Webpass internet service coming to Seattle, job posting reveals

Google Fiber plans to bring its Webpass service to Seattle, adding a new gigabit Internet alternative in a city that… Read More

First photo: Cast and crew of Han Solo Star Wars movie take controls of the Millennium Falcon

There’s a new (but familiar) crew at the controls of the Millennium Falcon. As cameras began rolling this week for… Read More

Seattle Mariners use GoPro camera to show catcher’s perspective during Spring Training

Ever wonder what it’s like to catch a 90 MPH fastball from a Major League Baseball pitcher? The Seattle Mariners are… Read More

Look out, Amazon? Walmart’s $3.3B Jet.com deal starts to pay off with big growth in online sales

Walmart has invested heavily in e-commerce over the last year, most notably its $3.3 billion acquisition of Amazon competitor Jet.com, and… Read More

Amazon quietly reduces free shipping minimum back to $35/order for non-Prime members

Facing new competition from Walmart’s free shipping program, Amazon has reverted to a minimum order of $35 for people who aren’t members… Read More

UPS testing drones that launch from trucks to shave delivery times in rural areas

Using drones to deliver packages doesn’t need to eliminate delivery drivers’ jobs. Under a new system tested by UPS this… Read More

Shane Chen of Inventist at his workbench with the Solowheel Iota prototype

Undeterred by copycats, Hovertrax inventor Shane Chen pushes boundaries of personal transport

You may not have heard of Inventist, but if you’ve spent much time walking the streets of downtown Seattle lately,… Read More

HoloLens and engineering: How this earth sciences firm is using mixed reality to create 3D maps

When Sébastien Motte and John Howard launched their holographic computing development studio last year, they did not expect to be working with customers in… Read More

Microsoft Azure broadens support for popular open-source Kubernetes container manager

Microsoft is making the popular open source Kubernetes container orchestration service, originally designed by Google, generally available for use on… Read More

Totality-minus-6 months: Ten ways to get fired up for an all-American solar eclipse

BOSTON – Six months from today, millions of Americans will watch the sun darken during a rare coast-to-coast eclipse – and… Read More

Microsoft rolls out Azure at new Korean data centers, continuing global expansion

Microsoft is making the next move in the cloud industry’s rapid global expansion with the news today that its Azure cloud platform… Read More

WeChat parent Tencent leads $3M investment in augmented reality contact-lens company Innovega

The startup journey is often a sprint, a mad dash to raise capital and release products. But augmented reality startup… Read More

Science’s supporters suit up: How to get ready for the global march on Earth Day

BOSTON – Hundreds of science-minded demonstrators converged on Boston over the weekend to test a prototype for the March for Science,… Read More

Backlash against Uber re-emerges after former employee details alleged sexual harassment

A former Uber employee’s allegations of sexual harassment in the ride-hailing company’s corporate office has retriggered the #DeleteUber movement on… Read More

Teamsters group aims to organize ride-hailing drivers under historic Seattle Uber unionization law

The deadline has come and gone for organizations to declare their desire to represent drivers for ride-hailing companies like Uber… Read More

Utrip raises $4M to build out artificial intelligence-based travel planning platform

Utrip, a Seattle startup that uses machine learning to help travelers plan their trips , just closed a $4 million… Read More

Q&A: Former EagleView CEO Chris Barrow on launching a $150M venture fund in Seattle

When Bothell, Wash.-based EagleView Technology Corp. was acquired in 2015, EagleView CEO Chris Barrow wasn’t sure what he would do next.… Read More

Think Seattle has the world’s worst traffic? Not even close, says new study

Seattle commuters might find this difficult to believe, but when it comes to traffic, it could be much worse. In fact,… Read More

Tribes lay 9,000-year-old remains of ‘Ancient One,’ a.k.a. Kennewick Man, to rest

After more than 20 years, one of anthropology’s most contentious cases was closed over the weekend with the reburial of… Read More

Snap’s Spectacles go for sale online in U.S. as touring SnapBot takes a break

SnapBot vending machines are no longer the only place you can by Snapchat’s camera sunglasses. On Monday, Spectacles went on… Read More

Microsoft strikes exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest online retail rival in India

Flipkart, the top online marketplace in India, has agreed to adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform, augmenting its own… Read More

Get a drone’s-eye view of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landing – and much, much more

SpaceX’s first-ever commercial rocket launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was picture-perfect, but the landing was arguably even more photogenic –… Read More

Topgolf comes to Seattle: Testing the driving range-meets-bowling-alley concept at Safeco Field

Seattleites got a taste of Topgolf this weekend at Safeco Field. Topgolf, the high-tech golf entertainment complex operator, brought a “pop-up”… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 12, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 12, 2017. Read More

SpaceX makes its first liftoff from NASA’s historic moon pad – and then lands Falcon 9 booster

SpaceX sent a rocket rising from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A today for the first time since the space shuttle… Read More

Drone dunk: Intel’s hexicopter makes an appearance at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest

First the Super Bowl. Now NBA All-Star Weekend. Intel’s drones made another appearance on a big-time sports stage, just two… Read More

Snapchat’s Spectacles bot shows up in Seattle again, this time at the top of the Space Needle

Ten days after showing up and dispensing colorful, high-tech camera sunglasses in front of a Dick’s Drive-In restaurant, Snapchat’s Spectacles… Read More