Articles from 2018 – Page 107 of 161

T-Mobile CEO John Legere ‘extremely confident’ in Sprint merger approval as ‘Un-carrier’ grows to 74M customers

T-Mobile released its latest earnings report Tuesday, but some investors were more interested in getting further details about its proposed… Read More

Apple sells 52.2M iPhones, beats earnings expectations with $61B in revenue, shares up 4%

Shares of Apple were up nearly 4 percent Tuesday after the company beat earnings expectations and met iPhone sales estimates… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ focus on space spending sparks questions about philanthropy

While Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spends billions of dollars a year on global health, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is putting… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute hires Amazon Alexa machine learning leader ; Microsoft chairman takes on new investor role; and more

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has attracted another top player in the AI world. Doug Raymond, a longtime AI… Read More

A smarter smartphone? Teen entrepreneur pictures new app SmartLens as a ‘Shazam for visual world’

Michael Royzen is at it again. The 18-year-old Seattle software developer and entrepreneur has created another company and today released… Read More

Reports: Bill Gates may be new owner of $1.25M mansion near the University of Chicago

Forget the dorms, Bill and Melinda Gates appear to be ready to set their son Rory up with prime housing… Read More

It’s complicated … Facebook adding dating profiles as it aims to regain user trust

Facebook is adding dating profiles and features to its platform, looking for another way to connect people and turn the… Read More

If the cloud isn’t for you, Dell EMC has new servers and hyperconverged infrastructure products for your data centers

Even as more and more companies decide that cloud computing is right for their needs, there are still many companies… Read More

Facebook is building a new Clear History feature to give users more control over browsing data

Facebook is working on a new privacy control that will let users manage and clear their browsing history on the… Read More

Ofo joins Spin and LimeBike warning Seattle riders of brake lines deliberately cut

Ofo is the latest Seattle bike-share service to warn riders of brake lines being cut in acts of vandalism. In… Read More

Facebook-owned Oculus’ $199 standalone Oculus Go virtual reality headset is here

UPDATE: The Oculus Go virtual reality headset is shipping today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at Facebook’s F8 developer conference.… Read More

Diego Oppenheimer, CEO of Algorithmia, speaking at the 2017 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit. (Photo: Kevin Lisota)

Machine learning on the blockchain: How Algorithmia’s DanKu experiment unfolded

Much of the discussion about blockchain technology to date has either lauded its transformational promises or snickered at the marketing… Read More

Amazon confirms plans to expand Boston outpost by 2,000 tech workers

Amazon confirmed plans to hire 2,000 new employees in Boston Tuesday, in a move that would nearly triple the Seattle… Read More

SkyKick raises another $40M to build more products for cloud services companies

Tectonic shifts in information technology strategies are hard to navigate, even for the biggest companies on the planet. The rise… Read More

The chatbot will see you now: 98point6 launches virtual clinic app, aims to solve ‘primary care crisis’ with AI (and real doctors)

Imagine you have a minor health problem — say, an earache. Then imagine you open an app, message a doctor… Read More

Meet the winners of Microsoft Ventures’ first global AI startup competition

Microsoft’s venture arm on Tuesday announced new startup investments as part of its inaugural Innovate.AI competition. Announced this past October… Read More

OfferUp amps up marketplace battle with eBay and Craigslist, adds new U.S. shipping feature

OfferUp is upping the ante in its battle against eBay and Craigslist. The marketplace app today officially launched a new… Read More

Amazon’s new ‘Prime Book Box’ subscription: 2-4 hardcover kids’ books every 1-3 months, $23/box

The company that popularized the wireless delivery of electronic books is trying something new with the old-fashioned delivery of physical… Read More

Project Unicorn signs first companies to help schools handle the hairball of edtech data

The rise of education technology in schools has also expanded one of edtech’s biggest hairballs: exchanging school, teacher and student… Read More

NASA’s Rossi X-ray probe makes a quiet exit after spending 22 years in orbit

News Brief: A month after the breakup of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab, another spacecraft went to its fiery doom today… Read More

Boeing confirms $4.25 billion acquisition of KLX aerospace parts company

The Boeing Co. says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KLX Inc., a Florida-based aerospace parts distributor,… Read More

Look who’s atop the GeekWire 200 now, as DocuSign and Smartsheet graduate via IPOs

DocuSign’s long reign atop the GeekWire 200 ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups is over. The digital signature giant… Read More

TLDR: T-Mobile and Sprint to merge, Amazon’s new Vancouver office, Jeff Bezos’ lucky boots

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Pluto’s champion recounts first mission to icy world – and gears up for the next one

It took nine years for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to get to Pluto, and laying the groundwork for that history-making… Read More

Seattle’s new Nordic Museum to hold innovation conference featuring early Spotify investor and other tech leaders

Seattle’s new Nordic Museum is almost ready for its May 5 grand opening, but before the public gets its first… Read More

Apptio posts 23 percent revenue growth and gets a little closer to profitability

Subscription growth of 26 percent helped Apptio top Wall Street estimates for revenue and net earnings Monday, and it reached… Read More

How T-Mobile went from seller to buyer in Sprint deal and what the world has to say about it

After almost being acquired twice by its wireless rivals, T-Mobile is now the headline name in the blockbuster merger with… Read More

Tech Moves: Liz Pearce joins Streem as CRO; Madrona appoints new strategic director; and more

Seattle tech executive Liz Pearce has joined Portland, Ore.-based augmented reality startup Streem as its chief revenue officer, her first… Read More

Amazon Alexa Smart Home founder Charlie Kindel departs tech giant after 5 years

After five years at Amazon, Charlie Kindel is ready for a break. The founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division… Read More

Marketo buys Techstars Seattle alum Bizible, adding new business marketing software tools

Bizible CEO Aaron Bird hit the fundraising trail earlier this year, looking to raise some additional venture capital. The Seattle… Read More