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Articles from 2017

James Mattis and Jeff Bezos

Pentagon chief James Mattis meets with Amazon chief Jeff Bezos during tech tour

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, played host to Defense Secretary James Mattis today during the Pentagon chief’s swing through high-tech… Read More

Consumer Reports pulls recommendation for Microsoft Surface laptops and tablets, citing reliability issues

Consumer Reports is no longer recommending several Microsoft Surface laptops and tablets, reporting that approximately a quarter of the machines… Read More

Netflix

Facebook and Disney join Amazon on quest to dethrone streaming king Netflix

In 2007, a dot-com era rebel by the name of Netflix launched an online streaming platform — and with it, a… Read More

Amazon? What Amazon? Blue Apron mum on tech giant’s move into meal kits

Blue Apron isn’t thinking too much about a challenge from Amazon, if its first earnings call as a public company… Read More

Uber debuts in-app chat to improve communication between drivers and riders

Uber is rolling out a new chat feature that allows drivers and riders to communicate with each other directly through… Read More

NFL medical staff and referees will use Microsoft Surface tablet on the sidelines this season

As Microsoft enters the final year of its reported $400 million deal with the NFL, the Surface tablet will be… Read More

Computer science tops Indeed’s list of popular college majors and graduate job salaries

Does picking a college major guarantee a certain salary after graduation? Not necessarily. But jobs site Indeed just released a… Read More

Microsoft is working on its own commercial blockchain framework, expected to arrive in 2018

Starting next year, Microsoft plans to release an open-source framework that will allow businesses to implement blockchain technologies as part… Read More

GawkBox raises $3.7M to help live game streamers earn ‘sponsored tips’ from viewers

Game streamers want to make more money. Developers want more users downloading their apps. Now a new Seattle startup is… Read More

DNA output

UW scientists demonstrate how evildoers could eventually hack into DNA data

Computer scientists are turning DNA into a new frontier for data storage and information processing, but a team from the… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Trivia: Test your tech knowledge and enter to win an Amazon Echo Show

Updated below with answer and winner. Think you know your tech? We’ll put it to the test on this short-but-sweet… Read More

Seattle

Seattle SpinCo? HPE name-checks the Emerald City in software spinoff

If you’re the kind of person who enjoys spending time sifting through tech company press releases (and who doesn’t, right?)… Read More

Digital Reality Gaming

VR gaming store in mall south of Seattle hosting ‘Training Ops’ shooter tournament

  Digital Reality Gaming is targeting gamers with a virtual reality shooter competition that it is hosting at its location… Read More

Valve's 'The Artifact'

Valve announces new card game — and gets big groan from KeyArena crowd and the internet

Valve made a surprise announcement Tuesday about a new game coming in 2018 during The International, the “Dota 2” tournament… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist Matt McIlwain’s non-profit sues city over income tax on high earners

A non-profit founded by Madrona Venture Group Managing Director Matt McIlwain is filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle… Read More

AI

Trying to fill a job in AI? Stop using the term AI, advises listings language experts Textio

Leave it to the experts in machine learning to figure out that “machine learning” has lost its oomph. When it… Read More

T-Mobile unveils Revvl, its own ‘budget-friendly’ smartphone for $0 down and $5 per month

T-Mobile is targeting budget-conscious customers with its own branded smartphone. Called Revvl, the new Android device — manufactured by Alcatel —… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta join our big lineup

We’re going to open the 2017 GeekWire Summit with a jolt. Kevin Johnson, the respected technology executive who was named… Read More

Zillow Instant Offers

Zillow expanding ‘Instant Offers’ beyond first two test markets and launching in Phoenix

Zillow’s test of its new initiative for home sellers called Instant Offers is expanding beyond its initial two markets and… Read More

Washington state troopers pulled over 337 drivers for using electronic devices in new law’s first week

A new law that prohibits Washington drivers from using personal electronics behind the wheel took effect July 23 and in… Read More

Bruce Jaffe

Domain name registry Donuts raises $110M in financing to help fund $213M acquisition of former rival Rightside

Donuts, a domain name registry based in Kirkland, Wash., has raised $110 million in financing to help complete its $213 million… Read More

Shake Shack

Burger chain Shake Shack coming to Seattle with restaurant in the heart of Amazon’s campus

Seattle may already be home to a beloved burger chain in the form of Dick’s Drive-In, but the growing city… Read More

Amazon revealed as investor in Android creator Andy Rubin’s Essential, joining Tencent in $300M round

Amazon is among the tech giants backing Essential, the smartphone hardware company founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, as it… Read More

Amazon Web Services chooses its Kubernetes path, joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Just weeks after Microsoft signaled its support for a key cloud computing industry foundation, Amazon Web Services has followed suit,… Read More

Bizible raises $8.1M to fuel growth of platform that analyzes investment on marketing spend

Bizible is adding some fuel to its fire. The Seattle startup, which helps marketers manage and plan for revenue, today announced… Read More

‘Top Gun’ star Tom Skerritt takes aim at Hollywood, raises cash for new Seattle entertainment startup

Heyou Media, a new startup launched by luminaries from Seattle’s tech and entertainment worlds, is raising cash to fuel the… Read More

Tableau acquires ClearGraph to bolster voice interactions with data visualization products

Tableau Software has acquired ClearGraph, a Palo Alto, Calif. startup that helps people find and discover data with voice searching… Read More

Rosetta Stone taps long-time Seattle entrepreneur Matt Hulett as new president

Matt Hulett has worked in industries ranging from gaming to travel to video. Now he’s taking a leadership role at… Read More

Zillow CEO: Redfin ‘a threat to organized real estate’

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff isn’t worried about the threat of newly-public Redfin — but he thinks the rest of… Read More

Ad Lightning lands investment from Verizon and joins mobile giant’s new media tech accelerator

Ad Lightning is on a roll. The Seattle startup was just named to the inaugural class of Verizon Ventures’ new… Read More

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