Articles from 2017 – Page 44 of 175

We knocked on the door at Microsoft’s mysterious small-town office, and here’s what we found

Microsoft’s office in Silverdale, Wash., a town of close to 20,000 people on the Kitsap Peninsula across Puget Sound from Seattle,… Read More

Seattle investor compares Trump’s tax plan to ‘giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys’

Nick Hanauer is not impressed with President Donald Trump’s new tax reform plan. The Seattle investor and co-founder of Second… Read More

Here are the world’s most innovative universities in 2017, according to Reuters’ annual list

The University of Washington was the top ranked American public university among the top 10 in Reuters’ annual list of… Read More

Amazon introduces revamped $99 Echo, new Echo Connect calling device, Echo Buttons and more

FOLLOW-UP: Here’s everything Amazon announced today Amazon this morning unveiled an array of new Echo devices, including a smaller and… Read More

ReachNow adding options to park your ride with new spots for members at four Seattle locations

Just because you don’t own a car in Seattle doesn’t mean it’s any easier to park one that you borrow. But… Read More

Gartner: Amazon Web Services on top of the public cloud, as Alibaba gains the most ground

The top four major public cloud vendors all grew faster than the overall market last year, according to a new… Read More

Amazon HQ2 in Chicago? City organizes 600-person committee in bid to lure tech giant

Chicago really wants Amazon to build its next headquarters in the Windy City. SPECIAL COVERAGE: Amazon to build second HQ… Read More

U.N. puts out a global call for payloads to ride on SNC’s Dream Chaser space plane

Remember those science-fiction movies where the United Nations was calling the shots in space? We may be one small step… Read More

Google takes YouTube off Amazon’s Echo Show device; Amazon calls it ‘disappointing’

Google and Amazon are having a tiff. The Verge reported Tuesday that Google dropped support for YouTube on the Echo… Read More

Taking Boeing’s side, U.S. officials slap 220% tariff on Canadian Bombardier jets

The U.S. Commerce Department today issued a preliminary finding that Canada’s Bombardier aircraft company was getting unfair subsidies for its… Read More

Global IPO market on pace for best year since 2007; more Washington companies expected to go public

The global IPO market is on pace for its strongest year in a decade while more Washington companies are expected… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform chief: ‘There isn’t a technological hack to the system; Congress has to act’

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Todd Schulte believes, to his core, that the immigration system can be fixed “with one turn of… Read More

Express yourself! Twitter doubling character count from 140 to 280 for some users

Knowing that Twitter limits users to 140-character posts has always been equal parts joy and frustration: Joy in knowing that… Read More

News Brief

T-Mobile acquires remaining interest of iWireless to expand coverage in Midwest

T-Mobile announced today that it has acquired the remaining interest of iWireless, a mobile operator previously owned by Aureon that… Read More

Mobile chip giant Arm opening Bellevue office with focus on artificial intelligence and IoT development

One of the most influential companies in tech has jumped on the Seattle-area bandwagon: Arm, which designs the mobile chips… Read More

Building on vacuum fame, James Dyson reveals $2.7 billion electric car project

Would you buy a new electric car from this vacuum-cleaner salesman? James Dyson, the founder of the Dyson gadget powerhouse,… Read More

Google follows Amazon Web Services in allowing cloud customers to bill by the second

One week after Amazon Web Services announced per-second billing for its cloud customers, Google plans to do the same for… Read More

NASA shows off a drive-by snapshot of Earth from OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe

During last week’s flyby, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a stunning portrait of Earth’s disk, spanning the Pacific from Australia to… Read More

Podcast

Why your ‘personal’ data is anything but: Q&A with Washington state’s first chief privacy officer

In the digital age, it’s hard to know which data about ourselves is really ours. Who is allowed to have… Read More

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer among those praising Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book ‘Hit Refresh’

Plenty of interested readers outside of Microsoft will pick up CEO Satya Nadella’s new book, “Hit Refresh,” to gain some… Read More

Walmart joins ‘Workplace by Facebook,’ boosting social giant’s collaboration tools

Facebook just notched a big win for its collaboration tool Workplace by Facebook, landing the nation’s largest employer, Walmart. Typically, these… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Event app released, new immigration speaker series added

We’re less than two weeks away from the 2017 GeekWire Summit, taking place Oct. 9-11 in downtown Seattle. Hundreds of… Read More

Mighty AI opens Boston office, plans to hire 20 employees as it builds autonomous driving tech

Mighty AI is expanding again. The Seattle-based company today announced the opening of a new office in Boston, just a… Read More

If Amazon wants to fill jobs at its second HQ, data shows this city hires engineering talent the fastest

The competition between North American cities looking to woo Amazon and land the e-commerce giant’s second headquarters could turn into… Read More

Mobile marketing startup Tune cuts 9% of staff as it looks to return to profitability

Seattle-based mobile marketing startup Tune today cut 9 percent of its staff, or about 30 employees, as it looks to… Read More

Beyond the jetpack: Boeing backs GoFly’s $2M contest for personal flying machines

For decades, if not centuries, people have been dreaming about flying free like a bird — and now there’s a $2… Read More

Uber boosts driver payouts for carpool service in latest reform initiative

Uber is changing how drivers are paid under its UberPool carpooling service, another indication of the ride-hailing giant’s efforts to… Read More

Bill Gates says he’s switched to an Android smartphone, ‘with a lot of Microsoft software’

It really is a new era at Microsoft — or maybe it’s a return to the company’s roots. Bill Gates… Read More

Why Fred Hutch President Gary Gilliland is enlisting techies to defeat cancer by 2025

The president and director of Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Gary Gilliland, is bringing big-data experts on board to… Read More

Seattle retains title of hottest housing market in the country with Portland right behind

Seattle home values continue to skyrocket, rising at a rate of more than double the national average in July. According… Read More