Articles from 2017 – Page 84 of 175

World View balloon sends up KFC’s Zinger chicken sandwich amid space send-ups

That’s one small step for high-altitude balloon research, one giant cheep for KFC’s Zinger chicken sandwich. After one weather-related postponement,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: motion.social is a fitness app that connects users around common interests

David Longdon and Justin Huff believe that the experience — not the data — is what drives people to continue… Read More

Podcast

Health Tech Podcast: Psychologists become app developers to help people kick addictions

Do you ever feel like you’re addicted to apps? Or like they really get inside your head? Well, good news: You’re… Read More

Zillow drops complaint against ‘McMansion Hell’ blog after backlash over copyright claim

The architecture criticism blog McMansion Hell is back up and running days after a threatening cease-and-desist letter from Zillow Group… Read More

GeekWire 200 June update: Funding rounds give Pacific NW startups summer momentum

The summer can be a slow time in the business world, but that doesn’t appear to be the case in… Read More

Experts lay out their concerns about the ethics of brain implants and ‘brainjacking’

Losing the ability to control your own mind seems like something out of a dystopian science-fiction novel, but some researchers… Read More

Make.tv raises $8.5M round led by Voyager for its cloud-based video management software

Microsoft Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and Arnold Ventures are joining initial investor Voyager Capital in pumping $8.5 million into Make.tv, a… Read More

This was the droid someone was looking for: Star Wars R2-D2 unit sells for $2.76M at auction

Step aside, C-3PO. This little guy over here is the droid someone was looking for — and willing to pay… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Amazon Echo Show unboxing and first impressions

Amazon shipped the new Echo Show this week, a $230 device featuring the company’s Alexa voice-enabled assistant PLUS a touch… Read More

Systima gets a piece of the action for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket

When NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket starts carrying astronauts beyond Earth orbit in the 2020s, it’ll also be carrying… Read More

Future of NFL safety: Inside Vicis’ high-tech football helmet production facility in Seattle

The Fisherman’s Terminal in Seattle might be the last place you’d expect to find a company that is aiming to… Read More

Fresh off IPO, Blue Apron CEO says Amazon’s grocery focus is ‘good for us and good for others’

Blue Apron went public Wednesday, slicing its individual share price to $10 and bringing the meal-kit delivery company’s market value… Read More

Microsoft acquires Cloudyn for reported $50M, continuing Azure buying spree

Microsoft made another Azure acquisition Thursday, adding Israel’s Cloudyn and its cloud monitoring and analytics tools to the Azure team.… Read More

Vendorhawk raises a $1.2M seed round to help companies track their software spending

As the notion of software delivered as a service upended the centralized world of IT spending, app usage has exploded… Read More

Hemex Health lands $1.7M for lab-in-a-box that diagnoses malaria and sickle cell disease

We often think about global health as a philanthropic endeavor, something addressed by nonprofits and NGOs. But there is a… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs hires Madrona Venture Group’s Julie Sandler as new managing director

For the past five years, Julie Sandler has immersed herself in the startup world as an investor, advisor, and mentor,… Read More

MSNW’s plasma thruster just might fire up Congress at hearing on space propulsion

How will we send humans to the moon, Mars and other destinations in space? The chances are good that electric… Read More

Amazon says third annual Prime Day will start July 10, running for 30 hours

There just aren’t enough hours in the day, at least for Amazon and its summer shopping holiday Prime Day. Amazon… Read More

Study links killer whales’ woes to salmon shortage that causes pregnancies to fail

What’s killing the killer whales? After following the whales and analyzing their poop for years, scientists say the Pacific Northwest’s… Read More

Amazon gobbling up Whole Foods has Blue Apron eating humble pie as food delivery company chops IPO price

It seems meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron bit off more than it could chew in planning the share price for… Read More

How do Amazon employees view The Spheres? See the winning shots from company photo contest

Amazon employees walking past and/or working above and beside The Spheres being built in downtown Seattle had a chance to… Read More

Nutanix cozies up to Google Cloud Platform while releasing new products for the data center

Companies that are still running their own data centers usually aren’t ignoring the cloud; they’re just concerned that the process… Read More

Redfin data shows more homebuyers making offers without seeing property in person

The hot housing markets in Seattle and others like it across the U.S. are leading more homebuyers to bypass the… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Allen Institute seeks applied research scientist to develop AI-fueled search platform

Some of the most interesting technological innovations today stem from artificial intelligence and machine learning. Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial… Read More

We’re bad at cleaning up the trash in space, so a gecko gripper robot is here to help

Sandra Bullock’s character nearly got killed by space debris in the movie “Gravity” — but had she been equipped with… Read More

Report: Commercial drone services could generate billions of dollars by 2025

Commercial drones and their services are expected to become a multibillion-dollar industry in the next decade, according to a new… Read More

Watch: Rare VR experience aboard aircraft carrier shows Navy prepping for major combat

Above and below the deck of a ship at sea and from the airplanes and helicopters supporting it, a new… Read More

Seven Peaks Ventures to raise $30M for second fund, will invest in Pacific Northwest startups

Seven Peaks Ventures plans to raise $30 million for its second fund and will invest in 20-to-25 startups across the West… Read More

Biotech startup Aortica raising $4M to develop personalized blood vessel stents for aortic aneurysms

The aorta is an important blood vessel, to say the least. It’s the body’s main artery, carrying blood from the heart… Read More

Recipes via robot: As voice technology shakes up cooking, Allrecipes adapts with help from Amazon

If your grandmother was anything like mine — at home in the kitchen with a recipe box full of hand-written… Read More