Articles from 2018 – Page 149 of 161

Nearly 100 scholars and urbanists urge HQ2 cities to collectively reject Amazon’s call for incentives

Some of the top minds in North America are expressing deep concern about Amazon’s solicitation of incentives from cities vying… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now send SMS text messages to smartphones via voice command

Amazon’s digital brain, Alexa, can already make calls and now she can send text messages too. Users can now ask Alexa to… Read More

How VCs think: Lessons for startup founders after our behind-the-scenes pitch day experience

Learn to tell your story; be confident but comfortable; and focus on a problem, not a solution. These are a… Read More

Working Geek: CIO Luke Friang’s need for speed keeps pace with Zulily’s quick deals

It’s little surprise that a guy who likes to move fast is helping lead a shopping site that pulses with… Read More

Amazon to use Super Bowl ad to show off its new take on a popular hero, ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V69XYIRjKww With an Alexa-focused Super Bowl commercial, Amazon is already turning to CEO Jeff Bezos for his version of heroics… Read More

Seattle City Light installs first city-owned electric vehicle fast-charging stations

Seattle City Light opened two fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood Tuesday. The facilities allow… Read More

Four things we wish we knew about Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway’s health venture

Three giant U.S. companies — Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway — announced Tuesday that they will form their own… Read More

Amazon wins a pair of patents for wireless wristbands that track warehouse workers

Update for 9:30 a.m. PT Feb. 5: Amazon released the following statement about its patents for a wristband tracking system,… Read More

An early pioneer in Pittsburgh, Google looks to continue growth as tech rivals arrive

PITTSBURGH — When Google opened an engineering office in the Seattle area 14 years ago, it pioneered a movement of… Read More

15 months and counting: Seattle retains title as the nation’s hottest housing market

Home prices in Seattle continue to climb faster than any other city in the nation, giving the Emerald City the… Read More

Aisle Ahead buys Seattle recipe planning app BigOven after a ‘wake-up call from Amazon’

The grocery industry is feeling the heat from Amazon, but Aisle Ahead has no plans to get out of the… Read More

As health tech booms, new census counts more than 460 health startups in Washington state

The health industry is changing in a massive way. Technology is having a huge impact on medicine, biotechnology and hospitals… Read More

Amazon’s Treasure Truck rolling up to Whole Foods stores across the U.S. starting today

Amazon’s Treasure Trucks will show up at several Whole Foods locations around the nation starting today, the latest integration between… Read More

Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid, a management layer for serverless computing, now generally available

A key part of Microsoft’s strategy for serverless computing is ready for prime time. Azure Event Grid, first announced last… Read More

What makes Pittsburgh different as an edtech hub? Collaboration — and Mister Rogers

Ask those in Pittsburgh’s thriving education technology community what makes the city different from other edtech hubs such as Silicon… Read More

A lunar wonder … or a washout? Your guide to the super blue blood moon eclipse

Geographically speaking, the Pacific Northwest is one of the best places in America to see tonight’s super-hyped total lunar eclipse.… Read More

Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway to form their own healthcare tech company

Three of the world’s most influential business leaders — Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon — are bringing their… Read More

Video: First impressions of Pittsburgh, and takeaways on its future as a technology hub

PITTSBURGH — It’s snowing here tonight, but our first day at GeekWire’s temporary outpost in Pittsburgh was sunny and crisp,… Read More

Facebook launches local news section in Olympia, Wash., and 5 other cities

Facebook announced two updates designed to connect users with more trusted local news Monday. The first is a new section… Read More

Paul Allen’s Upstream Music Fest and Summit returning with The Flaming Lips as headliner

The Upstream Music Fest and Summit, created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen last year as a way to showcase diverse… Read More

@BoeingCEO Dennis Muilenburg is taxiing down the runway for his Twitter takeoff

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s corporate Twitter account has lain fallow like an Iowa farm field ever since he took over… Read More

‘The plants look happy’: Jeff Bezos, with help from Amazon’s Alexa, opens ‘remarkable’ Spheres

After hearing from Washington’s governor, Seattle’s mayor and others, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos turned to a voice he truly recognizes… Read More

Pittsburgh Profile: Veteran Seattle investor Geoff Entress has Steel City roots going back 100 years

As Managing Director of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs, Geoff Entress is always looking to the future. It’s necessary… Read More

Seattle neighborhoods left off Redfin’s list of hottest housing markets as San Jose leads the way

Redfin is out with its latest predictions for the nation’s hottest housing markets this year, and somewhat surprisingly, Seattle didn’t… Read More

Microsoft acquires Seattle startup PlayFab to bolster cloud offerings for game developers

Microsoft said it has acquired Seattle gaming startup PlayFab, in a bid to strengthen its position in the more than… Read More

Boeing HorizonX invests in Cuberg battery venture, targeting electric propulsion

Boeing’s HorizonX venture investment team says it has led a seed funding round for Cuberg, a California startup focusing on… Read More

Benaroya Research Institute awarded $5M grant to study personalized treatments for peanut allergies

Millions of people around the world suffer from food allergies, but we still know very little about how those allergies… Read More

T-Mobile pledges 100% renewable energy use by 2021, predicts cutting power costs by $100M

You might say T-Mobile‘s head-to-toe magenta brand is going green. On Monday, the Bellevue, Wash., mobile network announced a pledge… Read More

Microsoft releases biggest update yet for Teams, adding deeper app integration to productivity tool

Microsoft is out with a series of new features for its chat and productivity program Teams, all with a common… Read More

Rook, an open-source project adding storage to Kubernetes, joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has agreed on the 15th project to grace its roster: Rook, a storage-oriented plugin for… Read More