Articles from 2018 – Page 113 of 161

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on integration with Microsoft: ‘So far, so good’

LinkedIn’s integration with Microsoft has “exceeded expectations,” propelling the business social network to record levels of engagement and revenue is… Read More

There’s a new ride-hailing app in town: Moovn wants to challenge Uber and Lyft in Seattle

Godwin Gabriel believes the ride-hailing industry in America is ready for a new challenger. That’s why he began rolling out… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Which of these 5 fast-growing companies will become the Next Tech Titan?

One of five companies is about to join an exclusive club. Past winners of GeekWire’s Next Tech Titan award have… Read More

Seattle-based 8 Circuit Studios wants to build the Metaverse with the blockchain

Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash” was set, in part, in a massive multiplayer virtual reality called the Metaverse, where people… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: HomePod bust and how Xbox’s backward compatibility gamble is still paying off

Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is struggling in the competitive smart home market, according to a new report. What led to… Read More

FoundationDB, a very interesting NoSQL database owned by Apple, is now an open-source project

Three years ago, database geeks were disappointed to learn that FoundationDB and its unique database product had been acquired by… Read More

Senate confirms Jim Bridenstine as NASA’s administrator after months of uncertainty

The Senate confirmed U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., as NASA’s administrator today in a nail-biting vote along party lines. In… Read More

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative hands out $15 million to help scientists ‘map every cell in the human body’

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic organization of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, announced a new… Read More

Amazon’s visas for foreign-born workers surge 78% as H-1B approvals shift from Indian IT firms to US tech companies

Amazon was approved for 2,515 visas for foreign-born workers in fiscal year 2017, outpaced by only one other company in… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Make your pick for Startup of the Year

If you needed another reminder of Seattle’s robust startup scene, take a look at the finalists for this year’s Startup… Read More

New show: GeekWire’s ‘Elevator Pitch’ tests startup founders on 42-second ride up the Space Needle

Just 42 seconds. That’s all it takes to reach the top of Seattle’s Space Needle. And that’s the amount of… Read More

Nimble Pharmacy brings prescription drug delivery service to Seattle area

Nimble Pharmacy, a startup based in the San Francisco area, is extending its prescription drug delivery service to Seattle… Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa Skill Blueprints aim to let anyone build their own custom Alexa capabilities

Amazon today unveiled Alexa Skill Blueprints, a set of templates that anyone can use, even if they don’t know how… Read More

Marvel’s heroic comic and film history revealed in first look inside super-sized new MoPOP exhibit

Getting lost in the worlds and history of some of your favorite comic book superheroes may have never been easier,… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates ranked 2nd in Fortune list of the World’s Greatest Leaders

In the process of giving away their massive fortune, Bill and Melinda Gates are looking to cure disease, improve education… Read More

After 10 years, RealSelf raises $40M to ‘hit the gas’ and take cosmetic treatment review platform global

RealSelf has raised its first substantial round of outside capital to bring the cosmetic treatment review hub to users around the… Read More

Real-world Minecraft mod: How the popular video game is transforming parks and other public spaces

Where there was once a derelict market in the Sunny Hill neighborhood of Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, now sits a skate… Read More

Amazon spent $8.1M on Washington Post ads and digital content in 2017, up from previous years

Amazon’s annual proxy statement includes something you don’t see every day: details on how much money the e-commerce giant spends… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon and Google jockey for title of 2nd most valuable company on the planet

Editor’s note: Market value numbers in this story have been updated Microsoft’s market value is around $745 billion Thursday morning,… Read More

Funding round raises $214 million for SpaceX so far — and it’s far from finished

News Brief: Last week we learned that SpaceX is looking to raise more than $500 million in a new Series… Read More

TLDR: Amazon and Best Buy are BFFs, T-Mobile’s military hiring push, ‘Walk it out’ with Rover

[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

DARPA Launch Challenge offers $10M top prize for rapid-turnaround orbital liftoffs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Almost 15 years after a $10 million competition gave a boost to private-sector spaceflight, the Pentagon’s Defense… Read More

SpaceX launches NASA’s TESS spacecraft on mission to seek out alien planets

SpaceX has launched NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, kicking off a mission aimed at surveying nearly the entire sky… Read More

Amazon reports median wage of $28K in 2017 — here’s why the number is so low

The median compensation of Amazon’s more than 566,000 global employees at the end of 2017 was $28,446, according to the… Read More

High standards and perfect handstands: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on the secret formula for success

Jeff Bezos hasn’t written his own business book, yet, but the Amazon CEO and founder has delivered enough lessons to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LaunchBoard analyzes customer conversations to learn what they want

Brothers Joshua and Caleb Del Begio want to help businesses keep their customers happy, and believe the information is out… Read More

Amazon reveals Prime number for the first time: 100M members globally and counting

Amazon Prime’s membership tops more than 100 million accounts worldwide, the company said this afternoon, revealing the number of subscribers… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Cast your ballot for one of these rising stars nominated for Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Young Entrepreneur of the Year is our GeekWire Awards category that spotlights innovators doing amazing things in tech who are… Read More

Polyverse raises more cash for Linux cybersecurity product that can prevent zero-day attacks

Polyverse has raised more funding to fuel growth of its Linux cybersecurity technology. The Seattle-area startup just reeled in another… Read More

Sierra Nevada Corp. gears up to build a cargo spaceship – and a space station

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sierra Nevada Corp. is showing off a prototype of its Dream Chaser space plane, but its focus… Read More