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Articles from 2017

Reddit partners with Microsoft to bring ‘AMA’ and other content into Bing search results

Reddit is teaming up with Microsoft to integrate its user-generated content into Bing search results. The companies announced the partnership… Read More

Redbox

Thinking outside the kiosk, Redbox launches new On Demand service for movie and TV streaming

Redbox customers who rely on the company’s ubiquitous red kiosks for renting or purchasing movies and TV shows, will now… Read More

Washington state leaders announce first-of-its-kind plan to defend net neutrality for constituents

Internet companies may still need to comply with net neutrality standards if they want to do business in Washington state… Read More

Tech Moves: A new associate at Madrona; a change on Expedia’s board of directors; and more

Chris Picardo has joined Madrona Venture Group as the firm’s newest senior associate, GeekWire has learned. Picardo, a Seattle native, most recently served as… Read More

Geminid

It’s prime time for the Geminid meteor shower, with partly cloudy skies in forecast

This year’s Geminid meteor shower is reaching its peak, and Seattle’s weather just might cooperate. Tonight’s forecast calls for partly… Read More

YouTube video

Video showing Amazon Prime Now app being used to help homeless people goes viral on YouTube

A YouTuber’s attempt to show that speedy delivery services can be used to satisfy more than our own appetite for… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch will live stream NBA G League games; viewers can access stats and win loyalty points

In what could be a preview of what watching sports online might be like in the future, the NBA today… Read More

Synthetic nucleocapsid design

Scientists steal tricks from a virus to build proteins into capsules for drug delivery

University of Washington researchers have taken a page from the viral playbook to create microscopic assemblies for packaging genetic material —… Read More

Beecher's app

Say ‘cheese’ and skip the line: Seattle-based Beecher’s offers mobile ordering through app

Here’s a little mouthwatering news for you if you’re already thinking about lunch: Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, the Seattle-based artisan cheesemaker,… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: How Apple could use Shazam’s technology after reported $400M acquisition

Apple just made its biggest acquisition since it bought Beats for $3 billion in 2014. The tech giant is now… Read More

Target to buy same-day grocery delivery company Shipt for $550M as it battles Amazon

Target today announced that it plans to acquire Shipt, an Alabama-based same-day delivery platform, for $550 million in cash. The deal will… Read More

T-Mobile to launch TV service in 2018, challenging cable and satellite giants with purchase of Layer3 TV

T-Mobile says it will launch its own TV service in 2018, expanding its competitive focus beyond the U.S. wireless giants… Read More

‘Top Gun’ star Tom Skerritt raises more cash for entertainment startup as it ‘takes aim at Hollywood’

Heyou Media, the Seattle startup founded by “Top Gun” star Tom Skerritt, is raising more cash and adding an entertainment… Read More

New OfferUp features aim to up trust in mobile marketplace as it tackles safety concerns

OfferUp today announced several new features for its buying and selling app designed to make transactions safer and more transparent,… Read More

Microsoft Ventures invests in SaaS ‘Active Strategy Management’ startup Workboard

Workboard, a SaaS platform that helps companies execute their strategies, today announced a $9 million Series A round that included… Read More

Gates Foundation gives $15M to complete funding for new Univ. of Washington computer science building

[Follow-up: No more stealing computer time: Bill Gates marks key milestone for UW computer science expansion] The University of Washington’s new… Read More

Booster touchdown

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin gives test dummy ‘a great ride’ on New Shepard suborbital spaceship

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his space venture, Blue Origin, launched the latest version of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship… Read More

Internal email: T-Mobile commercial chief and ‘Uncarrier architect’ leaves for undisclosed reasons

T-Mobile Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Sherrard, a senior marketing executive who has played a key role in the “Uncarrier” initiatives… Read More

Watch: Why we picked Pittsburgh for GeekWire HQ2, and what’s next in this editorial adventure

Curious how GeekWire decided to plant its flag in Pittsburgh for the month of February? Several members of the team… Read More

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets

McDonald’s to treat Seattle-area McNuggets lovers to free 10-piece meal through Uber Eats

One guy managed to go viral this year with his plea to a fast food chain for some free “nuggs.”… Read More

Facebook will build two new data centers in Eastern Oregon by 2021

Eastern Oregon is building quite the reputation as the home of the West Coast data center, and Facebook added to… Read More

Sen. Cantwell and other policymakers want to create a federal committee to grapple with the coming AI revolution

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell and several of her colleagues have introduced a bill that would set up a special advisory… Read More

Twitter

Latest Twitter tweak will let users create and publish an entire tweetstorm all at the same time

Twitter is really into users having the ability to say as much as they want on the social platform these… Read More

Nintendo Switch enters rare gaming territory with 10M units sold in first 9 months

The Nintendo Switch has been a big hit, way beyond what the company expected. Nintendo said this morning sales of… Read More

Uber taps former Axon exec Marcus Womack to lead 250-person Seattle hub

Uber has hired former Axon executive Marcus Womack to lead its Seattle hub, which is now home to 250 employees… Read More

Instagram hashtags

Instagram introduces ability to follow hashtags just like people, making more images discoverable

Instagram is giving users another tool for going deeper on photo and video topics that interest them. The social media… Read More

How Microsoft’s Brendan Burns is trying to make cloud-native app deployment as easy as coding

Writing software is hard enough, but deploying that software to the cloud is much, much harder. Microsoft’s Brendan Burns, who… Read More

As massive growth awaits, Amazon Web Services adds second region in China

Cloud computing in China is going to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the tech economy over the next… Read More

The Last Jedi

Review: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ brings heavy dose of darkness to fuel hope for sci-fi franchise

Four or five episodes into the ongoing Star Wars film series, I remember feeling like there was probably no way… Read More

Seattle cranes

Tech accounted for 93% of Seattle office jobs added over the last two years, report finds

Seattle observers are well aware of the tech industry’s role in the city’s economic boom, but a new report takes it to… Read More

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