Articles from 2017 – Page 166 of 175

Why this Seattle startup moved to rural South Dakota — and what happened next

Camp Native CEO David Woodbury describes Spearfish, S.D., as a place with “the least amount of tech startup activity in the… Read More

Voyager Capital adds Silicon Valley vet to Seattle office, shifts investing focus to Pacific Northwest

In some ways, James Newell is a hometown Seattle boy. He was born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, just an… Read More

Digital signature giant DocuSign lands new CEO, more than a year after search began

In October of 2015, DocuSign CEO Keith Krach announced he would be stepping down from the top job at the digital… Read More

Proposed no-drone zone for orcas gets a hearing in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Would you be in trouble if an orca popped up out of Puget Sound beneath your drone? Should… Read More

Moth with wild hairdo named after Donald Trump

Donald Trump isn’t even sworn in as president yet, but he already has a species named after him: a micro-moth… Read More

Fred Hutch study: Biotech company’s new genetic data system could advance cancer research

For cancer researchers, understanding the intricacies of a cell is essential to treating patients and developing new therapies. Often this… Read More

Gabe Newell talks about the future of Valve and offers advice to game developers

Valve boss Gabe Newell took to Reddit for another ask-me-anything session Tuesday afternoon, as the video game legend answered questions… Read More

NASA looks into buying more Russian Soyuz trips to orbit … through Boeing

NASA is considering a convoluted arrangement to reserve five more seats on Russian Soyuz capsules heading to and from the… Read More

Uber and Lyft drivers protest union ordinance in Seattle, say law would ‘threaten our livelihood’

Some Uber and Lyft drivers in Seattle say a new law that would give them the right to unionize actually endangers… Read More

HR software maker Unitive acquires Seattle startup TalentSonar to help companies remove bias from hiring

Unitive, a San Francisco company that makes hiring and HR software, is acquiring TalentSonar, according to CEO Alvin Loh. The… Read More

Amazon wins patent for Treasure Truck as it makes plans to expand beyond Seattle

If you’re thinking about building a knockoff of Amazon’s Treasure Truck, the funky delivery vehicle for flash deals ranging from cameras… Read More

MoPOP’s Sci-Fi Hall of Fame inducting ‘X-Files,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ Leonard Nimoy and more

Some of the masters and masterpieces of science fiction are being honored with induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy… Read More

Amazon patents system to help autonomous vehicles handle traffic shifts

There’s been a lot of speculation about Amazon’s interest in self-driving delivery trucks, and a newly issued patent suggests that… Read More

Uber sues city of Seattle to block landmark driver union ordinance

Uber is suing the city of Seattle, aiming to block key provisions of the city’s landmark law — set to go… Read More

Technology’s frantic speed will create ‘digital refugees’ with no clear fix, Salesforce’s Benioff warns at Davos

“This year, my heart has been with so many migrants and refugees, 65 million refugees across the world, and thinking… Read More

How big data can improve cities and save lives: UW and Seattle brainstorm solutions on education, homelessness, and transportation

Using data and analytics to help improve the bottom line is now common practice in the technology and business worlds.… Read More

Stay Alfred raises $15M to expand lodging business that rents apartments like hotels

Stay Alfred, a Spokane, Wash. lodging startup that operates short-term rentals out of the downtown neighborhoods of major U.S. cities,… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on 3D with acquisition of Swedish company Simplygon

At its big press conference in New York last year, Microsoft unveiled its upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update, promising “3D for Everyone.” Now… Read More

GeekWire Poll: Do you still have a landline phone? Survey finds 52 percent of U.S. adults are cell only

Increasingly, and unsurprisingly it seems, the only time you’re going to hear a telephone ring that sounds like a landline… Read More

The latest Amazon-occupied building sale shows how far Seattle real estate has come in last decade

Investors from around the world continue to pay top dollar to get their hands on Amazon-occupied office buildings. The latest… Read More

GeekWire 200 January update: New products, big deals and rapid growth propel startups up the list

Expect a lot of activity from the GeekWire 200 list of privately-held Pacific Northwest startups in 2017. This year, we… Read More

Baidu hires ex-Microsoft exec Qi Lu as president, to lead new AI push for Chinese search giant

Baidu, the leading Chinese search engine, has hired former Microsoft executive Qi Lu as its group president and chief operating… Read More

New CityBldr valuation tool aims to help homeowners unearth hidden land value

CityBldr, a Seattle-based real estate startup, has released a new tool to help property owners get maximum value out of their… Read More

Here are the ‘missed opportunities’ soccer legend Landon Donovan sees with sports technology

LAS VEGAS — Major League Soccer clubs, like many other pro sports franchises, are using data analytics and technology more… Read More

Oracle to open 3 new cloud regions this year, escalating challenge to AWS and Azure

Database giant Oracle today moved to strengthen its position as a full-service cloud provider, using CloudWorld, a one-day conference convening in New York… Read More

Realtor.com’s new features bring augmented reality, image recognition to home-buying

Realtor.com is coming out with a pair of new features for its Android mobile app that use image recognition and augmented… Read More

Apana raises $3.5M to help businesses save money by controlling water use

Water is becoming increasingly scarce, and a startup based in Bellingham, Wash., has raised $3.5 million to help businesses monitor… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets the message about AI’s down side for jobs

Experts on employment trends have long raised concerns about how job markets are being disrupted so quickly by artificial intelligence… Read More

Where’s your flying car? Airbus Group just might be testing it in Oregon this year

Airbus Group says it’s on track to test its prototype self-piloted flying car by the end of the year, and… Read More

Techbridge girls at "Hidden Figures" showing

‘Hidden Figures’ inspires hundreds of girls at special MLK Day showing

Changing the world isn’t all about “giant leaps” and single moments of innovation. Our successes are built through the actions… Read More