Articles from 2017 – Page 156 of 175

Rainy day resistance: Even President Trump could count this ‘crowd’

Patrick Wicklund doesn’t mind the rain. The former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee stood outside the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle… Read More

Fewer views online for pre-Super Bowl ads, but a few brands have scored before the game

Brands attempting to make a lasting impression with a Super Bowl ad are turning to some of the tried and true elements… Read More

Expedia will double-match employee donations to ACLU after Trump immigration ban

Expedia will offer a 2-to-1 match for employee donations to the American Civil Liberties Union in response to President Donald… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Kinetiq seeks engineer to support software that enables clinical trials

Kinetiq is a consultant that works with clinical researchers, research institutions, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies and others to ensure clinical trials… Read More

Geek of the Week: Susan Preston on what makes a great angel investor and the future of clean tech

Susan Preston has been an angel investor since 1999. In the time since she has held senior positions at private and… Read More

Calendar Picks: Seattle’s 2017 sports tech kick-off; the art of Rube Goldberg comes to MoPop; and more

Seattle’s fervor for all things sports and all things tech make it the perfect spot for one of GeekWire’s major… Read More

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Week in Geek: Tech vs. Trump

While the tech industry had never been particularly warm to candidate or President Trump, industry leaders made it clear after… Read More

After Trump’s tough talk, Pentagon makes $8.9B deal for 90 Lockheed Martin F-35s

The Pentagon has struck a deal with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of 90 F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost… Read More

London calling Amazon’s Treasure Truck? Job postings point to UK expansion for tech giant’s deal-mobile

Maybe they’ll call it the Treasure Trolley? Or the Loot Lorry? Whatever the name, it looks like Amazon’s Treasure Truck will soon be… Read More

T-Mobile rolls out Justin Bieber ad and teases Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart for Super Bowl

T-Mobile has a thing for musical superstars in its commercials. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier scored with one of the… Read More

Facebook’s annual report cites spread of fake news stories as possible risk factor

The spread of fake news reports on Facebook could have a significant impact on its reputation, the social media giant… Read More

Jobaline raises $3.5 million to expand hourly jobs platform and grow its team by 25%

Jobaline has secured $3.5 million in new funding to expand its bilingual marketplace for hourly jobs and grow its Kirkland,… Read More

GAO reportedly faults SpaceX’s rocket engines and predicts delay in crew flights

Investigators are raising concerns about persistent cracking in the turbine blades in SpaceX’s rocket engines, and adding to doubts about the… Read More

Snap’s IPO filing reveals $2B, five-year Google Cloud deal — and it was finalized this week

Snap Inc. disclosed a major contract to use Google Cloud Platform as part of its $3 billion IPO filing today. RELATED As… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Paranoid sexters will love this anti-screenshot app

When (newly-public) Snapchat first arrived on the scene, its self-destructing messages felt like a game-changer. Finally, a way to send… Read More

As it files for IPO, Snap Inc. warns that Brexit and restrictions in China could pose problems

Despite calling Los Angeles’ Venice Beach boardwalk home, Snap Inc., the parent of popular social media app Snapchat, is concerned… Read More

Amazon soars to more than 341K employees — adding more than 110K people in a single year

Amazon added more than 110,000 employees during the past year, topping 341,000 people as of the end of 2016 thanks largely… Read More

Snapchat parent Snap Inc. files for $3B IPO, could be the biggest tech debut in years

Snapchat parent Snap Inc. officially filed its initial public offering on Thursday, planning to raise up to $3 billion, ahead… Read More

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits Trump’s economic council after employee and customer backlash

Just days after defending his position as a member of President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is stepping… Read More

Tableau stock spikes 14% after earnings beat as data analytics company taps new sales chief

Shares of Tableau spiked 14 percent in after-hours trading after the data analytics company beat analyst expectations for its fourth quarter… Read More

Patriots or Falcons? Microsoft’s Bing predicts which team will win Super Bowl LI

Embed from Getty Images The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons — the two best teams in the National Football… Read More

Amazon Web Services posts $3.5B in sales, up 47% from last year, reaches $14B annual run rate

Amazon’s cloud computing arm continues to generate billions in revenue and help the tech giant post a profit. Amazon Web Services… Read More

Amazon sales rises 22% to $43.7B, profit beats expectations but stock slips on revenue miss

Amazon just reported $43.7 billion in sales for the fourth quarter, a 22 percent jump for the online retailer’s critical holiday shopping… Read More

Microsoft Outlook to include add-ons from GIPHY, Evernote and other partners with latest iOS update

Microsoft is adding several new apps to Outlook on iOS, the company announced Thursday. The updated email application will… Read More

More than 1,200 Comcast employees are walking off their jobs to protest Trump immigration ban

More than a thousand Comcast employees have walked off their job in several major U.S. cities to protest Donald Trump’s… Read More

United States of Amazon in 2017: Interactive graphic shows where the tech giant is growing now

Amazon, the Seattle-based tech giant, has been growing at a blistering pace over the past five years — and a new… Read More

Redfin takes shot across bow of cross-town rival Zillow, claims most accurate home-value feature

Updated below with Zillow comment. The battle between online real estate companies and which does a better job of calculating… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: Will Amazon Web Services again help bolster Amazon’s bottom line?

Amazon Web Services is not only helping Amazon generate billions of dollars in revenue, but also — perhaps more importantly, to… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin welcome Buzz Aldrin – and win a prestigious space trophy

It’s been a good week for Blue Origin, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture. Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin just… Read More

Minnesota joins Washington state’s legal fight against Trump’s immigration ban

Minnesota is joining Washington state as a plaintiff in a lawsuit, filed Monday, that claims Trump’s immigration travel ban is… Read More