Articles from 2017

Facebook takes on LinkedIn with new job postings feature

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn might be facing its greatest threat yet with a new feature Facebook rolled out this week. Businesses in… Read More

Universal Music Group inks deal to sell music and tickets on retail chatbot service ReplyYes

ReplyYes, a Seattle startup that helps retailers engage with customers via its mobile messaging platform, is jumping into ticket sales under… Read More

Top Silicon Valley VC firm Accel leads $15M round for Opal, a marketing collaboration startup based in Portland

Given its early-stage investments in companies like Facebook, Slack, and Dropbox, if your company raises money from Accel, it’s probably a… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Charles Simonyi gives $5M to UW’s new computer science building

Charles and Lisa Simonyi are the latest high-profile donors to make big contributions for a second computer science building at the University of… Read More

Picture of health? Photos show GeekWire staffer’s steady transformation, with help from genetics

Daniel Rossi is looking different these days, and it’s not just the winter beard. SPECIAL SERIES: Follow this GeekWire staffer as… Read More

Verizon acquires Portland startup Skyward, a maker of drone management software

Verizon is bolstering its efforts in drones with the acquisition of Skyward, a Portland-based startup whose software helps commercial drone… Read More

Looking for Planet 9 and other far-out objects? Finally, NASA has an app for that

Citizen scientists can join an online hunt for icy worlds, brown dwarfs and other yet-to-be-discovered objects beyond the orbit of… Read More

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy says this is the cloud giant’s top priority — by far

With the cloud revolution underway, everyone wants to know what computing will look like — and where the biggest market… Read More

This startup preserves your cells for the future, to capitalize on medical breakthroughs yet to come

Silene Biotech wants to help you grow a new heart or liver, in case those organs fail when you get… Read More

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Full Interview: Bill Gates on global health, clean energy, Trump, Microsoft and the future of the world

Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview… Read More

NASA looks into sending astronauts on a trip beyond the moon as early as 2019

NASA and its commercial partners say they’re studying the possibility of sending astronauts beyond the moon years earlier than planned, by… Read More

Amazon tops Harris Poll for corporate reputation, again, and Jeff Bezos emails ‘kudos and congrats’

You love Amazon. Admit it. OK, you don’t have to admit it here, but enough people out there appreciate what… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Distiller seeks mobile engineers to fuel liquor discovery platform

There’s startup life, and then there’s liquor startup life. Distiller, a platform that offers custom liquor recommendations and discovery, is… Read More

Here’s why the VC firm that backed eBay, Groupon and Zulily is excited about virtual and augmented reality

It’s unclear if everyday mainstream consumers will be using virtual and augmented reality in the future, but Maveron is betting… Read More

Record360 raises $500K to grow platform that reduces damage disputes with rental companies

Seattle-based startup Record360 has raised $500,000 in a new investment round. Founded by former Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee Shane Skinner in… Read More

Amazon hires former Sony online chief to lead team working on ‘ambitious new project’ using AWS and Twitch

Amazon has tapped former Sony exec John Smedley to lead a San Diego game studio, which will develop new projects using… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The ‘upstarts’ of Silicon Valley; David Duchovny visits Seattle; and more

2007 wasn’t exactly a stellar year. It was the beginning of the worst economic crisis in the United States since… Read More

Alexa gets even busier as Amazon integrates Outlook.com calendars onto Echo and Dot devices

Amazon’s Alexa will now support Outlook.com calendars, meaning the voice-enabled assistant can now tell you what’s on tap for the… Read More

Forget Officer Friendly, Seattle’s Officer Selfie steps in to help woman get her purse back

It’s one thing to call the police. It’s quite another to have them call you — and then send a… Read More

104-satellite launch marks success for India (and Seattle’s Spaceflight Industries)

A record-setting flock of 104 satellites was successfully deployed into orbit overnight after the launch of an Indian rocket. Seattle-based… Read More

Inside the VR hit ‘Rec Room’ with Against Gravity, a breakthrough virtual reality startup in Seattle

Is there a more universally accepted measure of “Damn, that was fun” than the high-five? For players of the virtual… Read More

Report: Verizon near agreement to lower price of Yahoo acquisition, suggesting deal is close

Verizon is reportedly close to cutting the price of its deal to buy Yahoo, signaling that they could complete the acquisition soon.… Read More

Neurosurgery professor raises cash for stealthy biotech startup Silverback Therapeutics

Silverback Therapeutics, a stealthy biotech startup co-founded by investor, entrepreneur and University of Washington neurosurgery professor Peter Thompson, has raised $10… Read More

Amazon grabs new Bryan Cranston series based on works of ‘The Man in the High Castle’ author

Amazon’s hit show “The Man in the High Castle” broke records as the most-watched original production on Prime Video, and, now, the… Read More

After growing Starbucks’ digital news operation, veteran journalist Linda Thomas joins Amazon as director of ‘Amazon Stories’

After spending more than three years helping grow Starbucks’ digital news operation, Linda Thomas is shifting gears to do something similar at another Seattle-based corporate giant.… Read More