Articles from 2017 – Page 29 of 175

Calgary lands Amazon fulfillment center as Canadian city aggressively pursues HQ2

Calgary has been one of the boldest suitors for Amazon’s second North American headquarters, but even if it doesn’t land… Read More

Amazon Web Services launches powerful new cloud instances for AI research backed by Nvidia’s GPUs

All the major cloud vendors are betting that artificial intelligence services will become a crucial part of cloud computing over… Read More

Real estate brokerage FlyHomes vows to purchase homes if deals fall through, helping buyers in hot housing markets

Tech-focused real estate brokerage FlyHomes is officially launching a new product today designed to help clients compete with the all-cash… Read More

Twitter admits it overstated its user base, but Wall Street doesn’t care as stock spikes 16%

Twitter disclosed this morning that it has been overstating the number of monthly active users for close to three years.… Read More

Office lunch delivery startup Peach reaches profitability in 3 cities, expands service to Dallas

Sprig, SpoonRocket, and Maple went out of business. Munchery laid off staff and recapitalized. Postmates is struggling to turn a profit.… Read More

Creeped out by Amazon Key? How the in-home delivery service will work

So they’ll get the code to our front door? What’s to stop them from just stealing everything in the house?… Read More

The incredible shrinking operating system: How containers and serverless computing are changing the cloud

Hang around enterprise computing types long enough, and you’ll wind up talking about “the stack” at some point. It’s a… Read More

New incubator program at Paul Allen’s AI institute accepts English learning startup

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has accepted the first startup as part of its new incubator program. Seattle-based AI2 announced… Read More

Fast-growing Amperity raises $28M round led by Tiger Global, one month after launch

Amperity is an early-stage company, founded less than two years ago and launching just last month — which makes its… Read More

Facebook Marketplace doubles down on used car sales as it battles OfferUp and Craigslist

Facebook is diving deeper into used cars through its Marketplace platform, as the social giant looks to separate itself in… Read More

Zillow takes on housing worries with $5M pledge to The Home Project, its first social impact program

Zillow Group is leveraging its position as a leading real estate technology company to try to do something about the… Read More

Study: Seattle is the nation’s top real estate market thanks to tech giants like Amazon and … breweries

As if the forest of cranes dotting the Seattle skyline weren’t evidence enough of the city’s transformation to a region… Read More

President Trump, a frequent Amazon critic, may have just helped the retail giant on its pioneering drone delivery quest

Tech giants are not always on the same page with President Donald Trump. But they might have found some common… Read More

Cutting-edge Microsoft data center fuels a new vision for global energy efficiency

In an industrial Seattle warehouse with plywood walls and exposed pipes, a group of about 60 people gathered Wednesday to… Read More

OpenStack’s public cloud dreams are still dreams, but emerging tech trends offer new hope

OpenStack, an open-source project that early backers once thought could provide an alternative to Amazon Web Services, has fallen decidedly… Read More

‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post

Mathew Inman, the Seattle-based creator of the popular comic “The Oatmeal,” took a shot at Facebook in a new strip… Read More

F5 Networks tops Q4 estimates after cutting costs, but revenue outlook disappoints investors

Seattle’s F5 Networks ended its 2017 fiscal year on an up note, posting revenue and net income that exceeded analyst… Read More

Watch: Creepy cosplayer dressed as Sadako from ‘The Ring’ spooks MoPOP visitors in Seattle

Nope. I wouldn’t have gotten in the elevator either. Visitors and staff at the Museum of Pop Culture were clearly… Read More

Can Seattle’s next mayor build a bridge to the tech community? Clues from each candidate’s take on Amazon HQ2

Seattle is electing a new mayor at a critical moment for the city and the tech community, which is often… Read More

Goodbye, Kinect: Microsoft stops manufacturing motion-sensing Xbox camera

So long, Kinect. Microsoft said Wednesday that the company will no longer manufacture the Kinect, a motion-tracking and microphone accessory device… Read More

Car2go dropping Smart cars from Seattle fleet in favor of high-end Mercedes-Benz models

Say goodbye to the Smart Fortwo cars that have come to symbolize the popular car-sharing service car2go. The company said… Read More

Apptio taps Theo Beack as new engineering leader; Ted Kummert returns to Madrona

Apptio has a new engineering leader. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company, which makes software to help CIOs better understand spending in IT departments,… Read More

Amazon Key and Cloud Cam move tech giant into home security, rivaling Google’s Nest and others

Amazon this morning unveiled a new home security camera, Cloud Cam, with a companion Amazon Key app that works with smart locks to… Read More

They’re alive! Allen Institute harvests data from bits of living human brain tissue

Zapping brain cells from living human tissue? It sounds like a creepy Halloween tale, but for the Allen Institute for… Read More

Amazon’s HQ2 search ‘breaks my heart,’ says Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan

PREVIOUSLY: Amazon gives $350K to group supporting Jenny Durkan for Seattle mayor, its biggest local political contribution ever One of… Read More

Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon wants a modern-day ‘welcome wagon’ for tech workers

Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan are squaring off in one of the final debates of the campaign… Read More

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff shares his keys to success and advice on bouncing back

As the co-founder of Hotwire and CEO of Zillow Group, with stints at companies like TPG Capital and Expedia, Spencer… Read More

Watch: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

On Nov. 7, Seattle will elect a new mayor to guide the city through a period of unprecedented growth, driven… Read More

HashiCorp raises a $40M Series C round as more businesses realize they need help with the cloud

Moving your applications to the cloud isn’t always as easy as those selling cloud services would like you to believe.… Read More

Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess: Want to expose the money behind online political ads? Think local

With each day, it seems we learn more about the shadowy world of political advertising on digital platforms like Facebook,… Read More