Articles from 2018 – Page 109 of 161

Animated GIF shows ‘snow’ on Rosetta’s comet – and sends chills around the world

It’s been 19 months since the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ended, but the probe’s pictures stirred… Read More

Smartsheet raises $150M in IPO, setting stock price at $15/share, above expected range

UPDATE: Smartsheet stock popped on its public debut, opening at $18.40, a 22 percent rise over its offering price of $15.… Read More

DocuSign prices shares at $29 as digital signature giant raises $465M in IPO

UPDATE: DocuSign shares began trading at $38.36 on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Friday morning, a 30 percent spike over its offering… Read More

Starbucks meets expectations with $6B in quarterly revenue, shares down slightly

Shares of Starbucks fell slightly in after-hours trading after the company posted its quarterly financial results on Thursday. The Seattle… Read More

TLDR: Snap Spectacles are back, Seattle-to-Vancouver ‘nerd bird,’ Nintendo Switch

[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

LinkedIn among Microsoft’s fastest growing businesses as $26B investment begins to pay off

LinkedIn was a stand out of Microsoft’s latest earnings report, as the business social network saw a 37 percent jump… Read More

Intel’s Data Center Group takes advantage of booming cloud business in Q1

With revenue, profits, and capital expenditures up for all of the Big Three cloud computing companies during the first quarter… Read More

Amazon will increase annual Prime membership cost to $119 per year, up from $99

Amazon will increase annual Prime membership costs from $99 to $119, effective May 11. Current Prime members will see the $20… Read More

nLight shares soar 68% on first day of trading; laser-maker valued at nearly $900M

Shares of nLight spiked more than 68 percent from its offering price on the first day of public trading, signaling… Read More

NFL going with Amazon again for ‘Thursday Night Football,’ renews streaming deal for two years

While National Football League teams have made the usual offseason changes aimed at improving their competitive chances next season, the… Read More

Expedia beats first quarter estimates with $2.5B in revenue, shares up 10%

Expedia Group generated $2.5 billion in revenue in the first quarter across all of its brands, and $27.2 billion in… Read More

Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud group posts a 17 percent jump in revenue on 93 percent growth for Azure

Cloud computing has been a strong part of Microsoft’s turnaround during CEO Satya Nadella’s tenure as CEO, and its Intelligent… Read More

Seattle Genetics finds mixed success in first earnings after Cascadian Therapeutics acquisition

Biotech company Seattle Genetics, which develops cancer treatments, reported mixed earnings results on Thursday, its first earnings report since it closed… Read More

Microsoft revenue climbs 16% to $26.8B, beating expectations, thanks to cloud growth

Microsoft exceeded Wall Street expectations again in the most recent quarter, buoyed by its cloud division. Microsoft reported earnings per… Read More

Amazon headcount drops by 2,900 employees in Q1 — first decline in nine years

Amazon’s overall headcount declined by 2,900 people to 563,100 full- and part-time employees in the first quarter, according to new… Read More

Amazon posts $51B in Q1 revenue, crushes profit expectations, shares up 6%

Amazon crushed Wall Street expectations for its first quarter earnings report Thursday, posting earnings per share of $3.27 on revenue… Read More

AWS grows 49 percent in Q1 2018 to hit $5.4B in revenue

Amazon Web Services is setting the pace for the cloud computing market once again, growing 49 percent in its first… Read More

How does world’s richest man renovate? Floor plans reveal Jeff Bezos’ big ideas for $23M D.C. mansion

If Jeff Bezos is going to be a Washingtonian in the D.C. sense of the word, apparently he’s going to… Read More

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to U.S. politicians: ‘Shame on you’ if you ignore data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the people who filled an auditorium here Thursday for an appearance by former Microsoft CEO… Read More

Bill Gates returns to Harvard for Q&A on education, philanthropy, his time at the school and more

Bill Gates famously dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 after two years of study and started Microsoft with Paul… Read More

‘Who will have a place in Seattle?’ Community leader challenges tech to grow inclusively

“Seattle’s losing a part of its soul.” That’s how Wyking Garrett sees it. He is a third-generation resident of the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mobile focus and real-life experience gives NurseGrid an edge in scheduling

Illnesses, accidents and moms going into labor don’t happen on predictable schedules, and that can make hospital staffing a tricky… Read More

Secrets of the $500K Amazon Alexa Prize winner: Inside the Univ. of Washington’s ‘socialbot’

How long can a robot have an intelligent conversation with a human? That was the challenge posed to hundreds of… Read More

Europe’s Trace Gas Orbiter sends its first color picture of Mars – and it’s spectacular

The first color image to come from a camera aboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in its Mars-mapping orbit shows… Read More

New episode: GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch returns with AI in healthcare, a math learning tool and a new way to challenge speeding tickets

We’re back for the second episode of Elevator Pitch, a new show on GeekWire in which entrepreneurs pitch their business… Read More

Nintendo’s profits soar by 500% thanks to massive success of Switch console

The Nintendo Switch is already one of the most successful gaming consoles of all time, and today we got to… Read More

Snap unveils next generation Spectacles, taking another shot at wearable hardware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpbyj-hz05s Snapchat parent company Snap is giving the Spectacles experiment another go. Today, the company unveiled the second generation of… Read More

nLight prices IPO at $16 per share as laser-maker raises $96 million in strong debut

nLight priced its initial public offering above the expected range at $16 per share on Thursday night as the Vancouver,… Read More

Trimble will pay $1.2B to acquire Portland-based Viewpoint Construction Software, including former Dexter + Chaney office in Seattle

Portland, Ore.-based Viewpoint Construction Software has agreed to be acquired by Silicon Valley-based giant Trimble for $1.2 billion in an all-cash… Read More

Real estate startup leaseABLE raises $1.5M to simplify ‘archaic’ commercial leasing process

A new startup called leaseABLE aims to bring the typically fragmented and secretive world of commercial real estate leasing online,… Read More