Articles from 2017 – Page 2 of 175

Alexa, with the help of Amazon a cappella group, will ring in new year with classic ‘Auld Lang Syne’

If you count Amazon’s Alexa among your closest friends from the past year, why not invite her to ring in… Read More

Amazon Web Services reportedly eyeing expansion into Saudi Arabia

As the world’s leading public infrastructure cloud company looks for growth in 2018, it looks like Amazon Web Services is… Read More

Amazon now directs Fire TV users to web browsers for YouTube in latest twist to Google squabble

Amazon introduced web browsing capabilities for its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick streaming devices just over a week ago,… Read More

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How to take great smartphone pics: Photographer Chase Jarvis shows the potential of the iPhone X

How can you take great pictures on your smartphone? And is the iPhone X really a step up in camera… Read More

Boston reportedly compiled dossiers on Amazon leadership for HQ2 bid, with details on ‘Buff Bezos’

Boston believes Jeff Bezos’ increasing commitment to fitness could be a clue to Amazon’s priority list in its search for… Read More

Working Geek: Each day is different for Megan Dahlen, incubating Microsoft’s new ventures

It’s great to have a job where you’re not stamping out the same widgets everyday, and Megan Dahlen has taken… Read More

Happy Kwanzaa from NASA – and Ceres!

Kwanzaa may be an African-American festival on Earth, but it’s also a cute little mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres –… Read More

Redfin’s Glenn Kelman predicts a mass tech exodus from coastal cities

As CEO of Redfin, Glenn Kelman keeps a close eye on housing trends and their consequences. He’s convinced that skyrocketing… Read More

Watch: Dance routine at Amazon fulfillment center in Spain captures all the feels for Jeff Bezos

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Madrid, Spain, showed off their dance moves in a video that even caught… Read More

Joylux raising $5M as it prepares to launch its ‘intimate wellness’ device in the U.S.

Sexual health, and particularly women’s sexual health, can often be overlooked by the medical industry. Seattle-based startup Joylux is hoping… Read More

Full Text: Here’s what Washington state’s legally contentious net neutrality bill looks like up close

A bill to preserve net neutrality in Washington state offers the first detailed glimpse of the state’s broader plan to… Read More

Austin to Boston, holiday gossip reveals where our friends and family think Amazon’s HQ2 could land

Plenty of families who gathered for the holidays probably had to deal with opposing viewpoints and spirited debate on a… Read More

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs adds former Faraday Future exec; Smartlabs CEO joins Panopto board; and more

Pioneer Square Labs has brought on longtime technology executive and entrepreneur Jamie Miller as an entrepreneur in residence, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Home Depot reportedly considers acquisition of shipping company XPO to fend off Amazon

Home Depot has considered acquiring shipping company XPO Logistics, according to a report from Recode, in part to keep it… Read More

From Redmond with WiFi: How this Microsoft employee helped bring critical infrastructure to a hurricane-ravaged Caribbean island

Nicholas Harland worried about his uncle Roger. Roger Harland, a resident of the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St.… Read More

‘Jedi’ to ‘Solo’: 10 sci-fi shows for 2018

The dust has barely settled on the premiere of “Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.” Or is that a… Read More

Beyond Prime: Amazon Air gets a shorter name for Christmas, at least in the news

Is “Amazon Prime Air” no longer a factor? Not quite, but if you’re reading the tea leaves in today’s post-holiday… Read More

Trump and tech: Collisions, cooperation, and consequences in the first full year of his presidency

As Donald Trump’s first full year as president comes into focus, one recurring theme of 2017 is Big Tech’s new… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Woman-powered Armoire ‘takes the stressing out of dressing’

Functionally, Armoire is a women’s clothing rental service. But a conversation with CEO Ambika Singh may convince you that her… Read More

Amazon sells ‘tens of millions’ of Alexa devices worldwide in record holiday season

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant may have reached critical mass during the 2017 holiday shopping season, judging from a new report… Read More

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Geared Up Podcast: The best tech of 2017 — smartphones, consoles, TVs, and more

We’ve seen it all this year on our Geared Up podcast, from super-powerful video game consoles to super-goofy camera glasses.… Read More

My holiday gamble: Can video games help shift my daughter’s view of technology?

After Christmases dominated by all manner of crafty and conventionally-girlie gifts — paint sets, a sewing machine, an American Girl… Read More

I was an Amazon delivery driver: What it’s like to work in the tech giant’s citizen package brigade

I felt like Santa Claus earlier this month — the Amazon.com version, at least. I’ve spent the past few weekends trying… Read More

‘Decision intelligence platform’ Element Data raises another $2.6M to fuel growth

Element Data is raising more cash as it continues to add customers and employees. The Seattle startup has reeled in… Read More

Analysis: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ homes avoid 230 hours of ads a year

The average child watches 2.68 hours of TV a day, or almost 980 hours/year One hour of TV contains 14.25… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 17, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 17, 2017. Read More

Aliens in L.A.? Santa? Even Elon Musk has some fun with SpaceX rocket’s sky show

The bloom of exhaust that blossomed in Southern California’s skies during Friday evening’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket sparked… Read More

Job hunting? Tech skills increasingly tied to higher wages and economic opportunity

Digital prowess has become one of the most powerful bargaining chips in the American job market over a relatively short… Read More

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Week in Geek: Magic Leap’s first product revealed; what Bill Gates gave his Secret Santa; and more

Secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap finally lifted the veil on its first product this week: Magic Leap One, a… Read More

SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the sky

SpaceX has sent 10 more satellites into orbit for the Iridium NEXT constellation, passing the halfway point in its 75-satellite… Read More