Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 18, 2018.
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Dropbox saved almost $75 million over two years by building its own tech infrastructure
After making the decision to roll its own infrastructure and reduce its dependence on Amazon Web Services, Dropbox reduced its operating costs by $74.6 million over the next two years, the company said in its S-1 statement Friday. … Read More
SpaceX launches its first Starlink internet satellites (and Spain’s Paz satellite, too)
SpaceX put its first two prototype Starlink broadband satellites into orbit along with a Spanish radar imaging satellite today. … Read More
The price is right: What if I left Seattle and had Amazon money to shop for a home in Pittsburgh?
I bought my house in Seattle way back when people who didn’t build software for a living were still able to afford houses. … Read More
See you later, Swype: Popular text input keyboard discontinued as Seattle creators lament its demise
Not many technology products become a verb, as in “I Googled it” or “We Ubered.” But mobile keyboard startup Swype, created in Seattle in the early 2000s by technology pioneer Cliff Kushler, achieved that status. … Read More
New analysis picks Washington, D.C., as frontrunner for Amazon’s HQ2
Another day, another Amazon HQ2 analysis. … Read More
Planetary Resources asteroid venture misses fundraising target, forcing cutbacks
Planetary Resources, a Redmond, Wash.-based venture that aims to make a fortune mining asteroids, is facing a more down-to-earth challenge: a fundraising shortfall. … Read More
T-Mobile’s ‘abominable carriers’ holiday ad sparks formal complaint from ‘major miser’ AT&T
T-Mobile loves to get under the skin of its rival carriers and an ad over the holidays struck a nerve with AT&T. … Read More
US immigration authorities target outsourcing firms in new H-1B visa memo
The federal government plans to apply more scrutiny to third-party staffing agencies seeking skilled work visas to bring foreign-born workers into the U.S. … Read More
Fascinating Jobs application: Apple co-founder listed ‘tech, design’ as skills in 1973 hunt for work
Three years before he co-founded Apple, Steve Jobs filled out a job application at Reed College in Portland in which he replied “yes” to a section asking whether he had computer skills. … Read More
We tested Amazon’s new Whole Foods delivery service in Austin, the upscale grocer’s hometown
AUSTIN, Texas — Gray skies, cops on bikes, microbrews and transit turmoil: If Texas’ state capital gets picked as Amazon’s HQ2, Amazonians will find much that’s familiar, plus the scent of barbecue wafting through the air. … Read More