Articles from 2018 – Page 124 of 161

GeekWork Picks: Salesforce looking to fill its Seattle-area office with engineers and developers

Cloud services and customer relationship management giant Salesforce is headquartered in San Francisco, but it’s increasingly making the Seattle region… Read More

T-Mobile calls on young people to bring best ideas to life as it launches ‘Changemaker Challenge’

Young people mobilizing for change have attracted the attention of a mobile carrier. T-Mobile and CEO John Legere announced Wednesday… Read More

Alliance of Angels still helping entrepreneurs take flight, 20 years after initial spark from Tom Alberg, Bill Gates Sr. and Tom Cable

Two decades ago, Bill Gates Sr., Tom Alberg and Tom Cable jointly sent a letter to friends and colleagues with… Read More

Seattle’s socialist councilmember wants to tax Amazon and other big companies to fund housing: Is that a good idea?

“Ho, ho, hey, hey! Amazon, you have to pay!” “Let’s shake Jeff Bezos down! We need housing in this town!”… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Can Apple catch up in the classroom with its new $299 iPad?

Apple was once a force in education technology. Today, it falls a distant third in U.S. schools, behind Google’s popular… Read More

‘A little nerdy, a little smart’: Bill Gates relates, and has a blast in ‘Big Bang Theory’ guest appearance

It’s a big night for geeks and geeky TV on Thursday when Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates makes an appearance on… Read More

Car2go and ReachNow car-sharing services to merge in deal between auto giants Daimler, BMW

European auto giants Daimler and BMW, whose car-sharing services compete in Seattle and other U.S. cities, have agreed to combine their… Read More

Docker founder Solomon Hykes leaving company, cites need for enterprise-focused CTO

Solomon Hykes, who as Docker founder and chief technical officer laid the groundwork for one of the most quickly adopted… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy adds CFO and CRO as it continues to grow; New CFO at Moz; and more

On-demand trucking startup Convoy announced two new additions to its financial leadership team: Former Zillow executive and Amazon manager Tony Small… Read More

Augmented reality-powered home services startup Streem raises another $2M

Streem is catching steam with its augmented reality technology for home service professionals. The Portland startup has reeled in another… Read More

President Trump reportedly ‘obsessed’ with regulating Amazon, wants to clip Jeff Bezos’ wings

Everywhere you turn these days, there’s chatter about government regulation of Facebook. But President Donald Trump reportedly has another tech… Read More

GoDaddy signs multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services for ‘vast majority’ of its computing infrastructure

Internet domain name registrar GoDaddy has signed a multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services to migrate most of its computing… Read More

TLDR: Apple’s new iPad, big Pokémon Go update, and Zuckerberg will face Congress

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

As it shifts cloud focus to platform services, Oracle tries to hold on to its database legacy

After years of taunting and dismissing Amazon Web Services, Oracle founder Larry Ellison all but acknowledged Tuesday that AWS “pioneered”… Read More

NASA delays Webb Space Telescope’s liftoff to 2020, says it may bust $8B budget

NASA is delaying the scheduled launch of its next flagship observatory, the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope, by a… Read More

Apple unveils $299 iPad for schools and free education apps in bid to regain its K-12 lead

It’s on, Google. You too, Microsoft. That might be the best way to sum up Apple’s big reveal of how… Read More

Bill Gates and teen daughter share love for author John Green and pen joint review of his latest book

Phoebe Gates, the 15-year-old daughter of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, has apparently inherited her father’s love of reading. In a… Read More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress about data privacy

News Brief: CNN reports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress about data privacy, following reports… Read More

‘One of the smartest tunnels ever built’: New video explains how tech will help keep Seattle drivers safe

Leave it to a high-tech city above ground to build a high-tech roadway underground. Seattle’s SR 99 tunnel project has… Read More

Moment hits Kickstarter goal in just 41 minutes and makes more than $665K for smartphone video gear

Update, March 28, 9:30 a.m. PT: Moment met its Kickstarter goal of $50,000 in just 41 minutes on Tuesday. Offering… Read More

Seattle home price gains lead the nation for 17th month in a row

Seattle yet again sports the nation’s fastest-growing home prices, continuing a streak that has now lasted 17 months. According to… Read More

Trucking startup Convoy partners with Goodyear, surpasses 225 employees and 100K trucks

Convoy is trucking along. The Seattle startup now has more than 225 employees and 100,000 truckers on its platform that… Read More

Relativity Space raises $35 million to boost 3-D printed rocket venture to new heights

Just a week after unveiling an agreement to use one of NASA’s rocket test complexes in Mississippi, Relativity Space is… Read More

Google Cloud makes text-to-speech capabilities in apps like Google Maps available on Google Cloud Platform

Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that… Read More

Startup looks to connect travelers with Seattle hosts and use tourism dollars to help homeless

A new campaign spearheaded by a Seattle startup aims to help travelers to the city find a place to stay… Read More

Underground experiment takes a step toward solving matter-antimatter puzzle

An experiment conducted deep underground in an old South Dakota gold mine has given scientists hope that a future detector… Read More

Can Congress figure out tech and trade? Amazon, Microsoft and political leaders call for reform

Some of the most important U.S. laws that govern global trade and the flow of information across borders are outdated.… Read More

Cloud products drove Red Hat’s Q4 growth, and CEO Jim Whitehurst thinks CoreOS sets it up for container success

Red Hat’s cloud products continue to grow faster than the company itself during its fourth quarter, and while the price… Read More

TLDR: AI talent wars, Smartsheet files for IPO, and Apple aims to return to the head of the class

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube to catch every episode, check back… Read More

Microsoft will reach $1 trillion in market value within a year, analyst predicts

Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon get most of the attention when it comes to predicting which tech giant will be the… Read More