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 Dec. 2, 2018.
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The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday
Microsoft, more than any other institution on earth, has shaped how we work and how we think about it. … Read More
NASA’s Mars InSight lander snaps selfies galore, including a name check for its fans
One week after landing on the Martian plain of Elysium Planitia, NASA’s InSight lander is on a selfie-snapping spree — and the photos could be used as a guide for 2.4 million Earthlings and their descendants to look for their names. … Read More
How this UW grad student, researching quantum computing, proved that classical computers are better than we thought
A lot of great discoveries were made while looking for something else. … Read More
Microsoft commits $10M to Code.org as survey finds obstacles to teaching computer science
Underqualified. Overwhelmed. Underfunded. … Read More
‘Incredible in less than 22 seconds’: Microsoft Outlook gets an iOS refresh, with simplicity in mind
Microsoft’s Outlook mobile app for iOS is the latest product from the tech giant to get a new look. … Read More
Microsoft AI exec joins real estate tech company Compass to lead engineering efforts
Tech companies poach talent from each other all the time, but it’s not every day that you see a tech giant lose a top executive to a real estate brokerage. … Read More
‘Amazon.com’s got a lot’ … of vintage holiday ads worth watching, to see how tech giant got started
Amazon has come a long way as a company over the past couple decades. … Read More
Stop the presses! WaPo employees tell HuffPo what they think of Amazon, that other Bezos company
Getting Amazon employees to talk candidly about their company isn’t the easiest assignment in journalism. … Read More
Bill Gates picks his 5 favorite books for 2018
The billionaire bookworm is back with his best book picks of 2018. … Read More
12 years after launch, New Horizons probe zeroes in on mysterious Ultima Thule
Act Two of the 12-year-old New Horizons mission to Pluto and the solar system’s icy Kuiper Belt is heating up, with less than a month to go before NASA’s piano-sized spacecraft makes history’s farthest-out close encounter with a celestial object. … Read More