Articles from 2018

Google picks Seattle third grader’s doodle as Washington state winner in annual contest

A Seattle third grader’s colorful doodle has been recognized by Google as Washington state’s finalist in a competition looking for… Read More

Zillow Group posts $299M in Q1 revenue, creates reporting segment for new home-buying business

Zillow Group will create a new financial reporting segment to reflect its new business of buying and selling homes. The… Read More

After years of study, radar scans rule out hidden rooms in King Tut’s burial chamber

Ground-penetrating radar scans have failed to confirm any hints that King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the KIngs contains… Read More

GeekWire Podcast, Live at Build: Cloud, AI and mixed reality with Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie and Lorraine Bardeen

We’re live at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle, where we’ll be joined by two of Microsoft’s top executives,… Read More

Should Jeff Bezos remain chairman of Amazon? Consumer group says billionaire founder ‘should not be his own boss’

An activist shareholder and consumer group is calling on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to give up the chairman role of… Read More

‘Startups are really hard’: GiftStarter founder shares lessons learned after shutting down gifting service

Find your “AJ.” Watch out for assholes. And know when to call it quits. Arry Yu closed the book last… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon show Alexa-Cortana integrations for first time

Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa are finally talking, fulfilling a groundbreaking promise made last year to bring the rival digital… Read More

Microsoft partners with Fred Hutch to tackle chemotherapy side effects using new AI tech

For many cancer patients, living with the brutal side effects of chemotherapy is a daily struggle. More than half of… Read More

Drone deal: Microsoft partners with DJI to develop new aerial Internet of Things technologies

Microsoft will collaborate with drone company DJI to develop commercial drone solutions for sectors including agriculture, construction and public safety,… Read More

Is Azure the cloud for the internet of things? Microsoft doubles down at Build

Microsoft’s rebranding of the internet of things as “the intelligent edge” is arguably an improvement over the original moniker, but… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Your Phone’ app creates a direct line between Windows 10 PCs and smartphones

Microsoft today unveiled a new app called Your Phone that creates a direct connection between Windows PCs and competing smartphone… Read More

Microsoft’s Project Kinect for Azure is a package of sensors for IoT applications

Microsoft is bringing Kinect back this week at its Build developer conference, but in a very different fashion that the… Read More

Microsoft improves Azure Cosmos DB on its birthday, and opens its Kubernetes service to all

Microsoft plans to introduce several new features Monday that bolster its Azure cloud computing service, including a key new feature… Read More

Microsoft commits $25M over 5 years for new ‘AI for Accessibility’ initiative to help people with disabilities

Microsoft is committing $25 million over five years to develop artificial intelligence-powered technologies to help people with disabilities. The aim… Read More

Live blog: Microsoft makes its pitch to developers at Build 2018

One of the key events on Microsoft’s yearly calendar kicks off later this morning, as thousands of developers crowd into… Read More

U2’s Bono and The Edge revealed as investors in Convoy on-demand trucking tech startup

Seattle-based on-demand trucking technology startup Convoy already counts several rock stars of the tech world among its investors — including… Read More

With $125M Series D round, Mesosphere has now raised over $250M to automate the data center

Data centers have never been more powerful, but they’ve never been more complicated to manage. Mesosphere is hoping that as… Read More

Nestle to pay Starbucks $7.15B for rights to its packaged coffee and tea business, in ‘historic deal’ for giant coffee brands

Starbucks just confirmed a previously rumored deal to license its consumer packaged goods business to Nestle, but at a much… Read More

Google picks Seattle third grader’s doodle as Washington state winner in annual contest

Zillow Group posts $299M in Q1 revenue, creates reporting segment for new home-buying business

After years of study, radar scans rule out hidden rooms in King Tut’s burial chamber

GeekWire Podcast, Live at Build: Cloud, AI and mixed reality with Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie and Lorraine Bardeen

Should Jeff Bezos remain chairman of Amazon? Consumer group says billionaire founder ‘should not be his own boss’

‘Startups are really hard’: GiftStarter founder shares lessons learned after shutting down gifting service

Microsoft and Amazon show Alexa-Cortana integrations for first time

Microsoft partners with Fred Hutch to tackle chemotherapy side effects using new AI tech

Drone deal: Microsoft partners with DJI to develop new aerial Internet of Things technologies

Is Azure the cloud for the internet of things? Microsoft doubles down at Build

Microsoft’s new ‘Your Phone’ app creates a direct line between Windows 10 PCs and smartphones

Microsoft’s Project Kinect for Azure is a package of sensors for IoT applications

Microsoft improves Azure Cosmos DB on its birthday, and opens its Kubernetes service to all

Microsoft commits $25M over 5 years for new ‘AI for Accessibility’ initiative to help people with disabilities

Live blog: Microsoft makes its pitch to developers at Build 2018

U2’s Bono and The Edge revealed as investors in Convoy on-demand trucking tech startup

With $125M Series D round, Mesosphere has now raised over $250M to automate the data center

Nestle to pay Starbucks $7.15B for rights to its packaged coffee and tea business, in ‘historic deal’ for giant coffee brands

Capcom Vancouver ending Puzzle Fighter, focusing on Dead Rising in latest shakeup for B.C. studio

A print-on-demand, blockchain-powered collectible card game: Cryptogogue’s Volition

10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of entrepreneurship with 10-yr-old twins

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 29, 2018

One year with the Chevrolet Bolt EV: Takeaways from my immersion into all-electric driving

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship brings Robonaut and mice back to Earth from space station

Fog and flames: Up-close photos from the Mars InSight mission’s launch pad

FAIR competition? Facebook creates official AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, vying for top talent

At top of WorkFlowy founder’s to-do list: Keeping his app’s cult-like following happy

VR in a social sphere: What MoPOP’s cutting-edge Holodome means for the future of shared ‘reality’

InSight lander lifts off from California, kicking off quest to get Mars’ inside story