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 March 11, 2018.
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Google picks up another win for G Suite as Airbus grounds Microsoft Office
With over 130,000 employees, Airbus uses a lot of office productivity software. … Read More
Facebook opens big new Seattle building, boosting total capacity in the city to nearly 3,000 people
RELATED: Inside Facebook’s newest office building with one of its first Seattle employees Facebook debuted a new office building in Seattle with room for another 900 people today, less than two years after opening a new 2,000-person engineering center nearby — the latest sign of the massive growth by Silicon Valley tech giants in the city. … Read More
Valve moves The International to Vancouver, B.C., as Seattle loses huge esports event
The International is headed to Canada for the first time ever. … Read More
Drake plays Fortnite, breaks Twitch streaming record with 600K concurrent viewers
Drake helped create a moment of game streaming history on Wednesday night. … Read More
What’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene? Despite top talent, a lack of venture capital stunts growth
After nine years of building a robust cloud services business with thousands of customers, Geeman Yip was ready to raise venture capital. … Read More
How Atlassian moved Jira and Confluence users to Amazon Web Services, and what it learned along the way
If your business is built around servicing software developers who know exactly what state-of-the-art tools should be capable of doing, at a certain point it’s time to bite the bullet and modernize your infrastructure. … Read More
Bill Gates to meet with President Trump at the White House, plans to stress importance of foreign aid
After meetings with Ireland’s prime minister and the American Petroleum Institute, President Trump on Thursday will sit down with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. … Read More
Hey, sad internet, use your imagination! If Toys R Us goes bust, pick a smaller box to shop in
Commentary: Reports suggesting that Toys R Us and its 800 remaining stores may not be long for this retail world arrived for many this weekend like a Lego stuck to the bottom of a bare foot. … Read More
Watch John Oliver break down blockchain and bitcoin on ‘Last Week Tonight’
The same day news of cryptocurrency scammers making off with more than $2 million surfaced, John Oliver dedicated most of his show to cautioning viewers about the alluring new market, which ” is essentially the wild west and ripe for exploitation,” according to the comedian. … Read More
‘Cosmic Crisp’ conflict: Washington State University sues its own spinoff in dispute over ‘apple of the future’
Update: One day after this story published, Washington State University and Phytelligence issued their own public statements. One of the world’s most highly-anticipated apple varieties is at the core of an unusual legal dispute between Washington State University and one of its own spinoff companies. … Read More