Articles from 2017 – Page 74 of 175

Single in Seattle? The League brings its exclusive ‘dating app for power couples’ to the Northwest

Are you single in Seattle? Does the idea of forming a “power couple” interest you? Did you graduate from a… Read More

Independent for two years, Kubernetes is at the center of the cloud — and now comes the hard part

The cloud computing world might be a different place if Google hadn’t open-sourced Kubernetes and donated the project to the… Read More

Our self-driving future will turn car companies into tech companies, disrupt freight, and serve you more ads, new report finds

We’re speeding toward self-driving cars faster than most people realize and the new technology will bring radical changes that expand… Read More

Amazon Inspire educational site opens to all schools, applying lessons learned in year-long beta

Amazon Inspire, a site that lets teachers and schools upload and access unlimited educational and classroom resources, is now available to all educators… Read More

T-minus-1 month: Cellphone carriers are gearing up for a solar eclipse Super Bowl

One month from today, Americans could well be in on the most photographed, most widely shared total solar eclipse in… Read More

Mobile marketing company Tune launches new ‘People Service’ to unify mobile and in-store customer data

Seattle mobile marketing startup Tune said Friday it has launched a new service that paints a complete picture of individual… Read More

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll’s tech dream: Holographic robot players so the real ones don’t get hurt

Could we one day see robot quarterbacks on the gridiron or automaton catchers behind home plate? One guy thinks that… Read More

Phobos photobombs Mars in Hubble view

Leave it to tiny Phobos to horn in on Mars’ glory in an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.… Read More

Sightbox raises $2.4M to grow contact lens and eye exam membership program

Sightbox, a Portland, Ore.-based startup offering an annual membership for eye exams and contact lenses, has raised $2.4 million in… Read More

Google Maps unveils its latest destination: the International Space Station

While space tourism is still a little ways away, Google is getting a head start by offering its own tours… Read More

48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million

The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who latched onto a moondirt… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Testing the deep Amazon Alexa integration on the HTC U11 smartphone

The HTC U11 might not be making as big a splash as its main competitor, the Samsung Galaxy S8, but… Read More

Startup Spotlight: VX makes augmented reality hardware that can fit in standard glasses

Last year, Kyle Cherry launched augmented and virtual reality startup VX Inc. with a lofty goal. He plans “shape the… Read More

Expedia cracks down on wildlife tourism, removing some activities and promoting animal welfare

Expedia plans to conduct a thorough review of the wildlife tourism attractions bookable through its website and remove activities determined… Read More

Downtown Seattle construction boom at a record $5 billion — 40 percent higher than last year

If the cranes dotting the skyline weren’t a clear enough indication, a new report from the Downtown Seattle Association says… Read More

Microsoft’s cloud business is still on a tear, hitting a $18.9 billion run rate during Q4

We still don’t know exactly how much revenue Microsoft is making from its Azure cloud service, but it grew 97… Read More

Microsoft beats earnings expectations with $24.7B in revenue as stock reaches all-time high

Microsoft this afternoon posted revenue of $24.7 billion, up 9 percent, and non-GAAP earnings of 98 cents a share, an… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon reportedly hires Box health tech exec; Bizible adds Inside Social founder as VP; and more

Amazon has hired health technology executive Missy Krasner, the VP and managing director of healthcare and life sciences at cloud… Read More

Report: Amazon secretly acquired a Santa Barbara search startup to bolster Alexa

Amazon reportedly acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Graphiq back in May, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times, citing “four sources familiar… Read More

OfferUp expanding Seattle area headquarters as headcount has doubled to 200 people in last year

OfferUp is more than quadrupling the size of its headquarters in Bellevue, Wash. as the mobile marketplace begins to put… Read More

Jeff Bezos highlights rocket factory in his first Instagram post – and oh, that hair!

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos posted his first video on Instagram today, but it wasn’t about the proceeds from Prime Day:… Read More

Now that’s how you open a conference! Tune turns to song again with Postback 2017 musical number

Forget the sponsor shoutouts and heads up about lunch. If you want to grab an audience at the start of… Read More

Jeff Bezos and other investors raise $200 million for vertical farming startup Plenty

After announcing Amazon’s plans to gobble up Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping further into the… Read More

Photos from GeekWire Sounders Day: BBQ and beer at a big rooftop tailgate party — and an epic win

The beer was cold; the BBQ was juicy; the weather was perfect; and the vibe was bumpin’. Thanks to everyone… Read More

N.Y.-to-D.C. Hyperloop? Elon Musk claims verbal approval, but more work is needed

Out of the blue, tech billionaire Elon Musk reported today that he’s received verbal approval from the government to build… Read More

Report: Amazon Web Services warming up to Kubernetes for container management

If the cloud world really does settle on Kubernetes as the de facto standard for managing containerized workloads, Amazon Web… Read More

Sears starts selling Kenmore line on Amazon for the first time, with Alexa-enabled smart appliances

One of the oldest brick-and-mortar operations in the country is finally ready to do business with the company that disrupted… Read More

Researchers run the numbers on cutting the cost of toys by 3-D printing them at home

“The Lego Movie” had parents and kids singing “Everything Is Awesome” all the way to the toy stores, which boosted… Read More

Seattle is the fastest growing market for software developers, according to LinkedIn data

If you think the traffic is bad now, just wait: Seattle is the fastest growing market for software developers in… Read More

Seattle startup raises $12M to ‘rewrite the software of life’ (with a little help from the technology behind beer)

Proteins are incredibly important, but incredibly complicated, molecules. They control 98 percent of all biological functions and are used in industries… Read More