Articles from 2018 – Page 19 of 161

Pay equity tech startup Syndio names Smartsheet co-founder Maria Colacurcio as CEO, lands $5M in funding

Syndio, a startup whose technology uses data to help companies identify and resolve pay equity gaps for women and minority… Read More

Take a virtual tour of Amazon’s Virginia dreamland, where the sun shines and drones deliver packages

Circle the block all you want, there is no view of Mount Rainier or Puget Sound. You can’t see the… Read More

What did pilots know about 737 MAX control issue? Debate swirls after crash

What did 737 MAX pilots know, and when did they know it? That’s become a subject of debate in the… Read More

Watch Live: GeekWire’s analysis of Amazon’s HQ2 selections

Our live broadcast will start above at 10:00 a.m. PST After a year of high-stakes competition and frenzied speculation, Amazon’s… Read More

There go the neighborhoods: Home searches spike in new Amazon HQ cities as tech giant reveals expansion plans

The housing markets in Northern Virginia and New York City — winners of the Amazon HQ2/3 sweepstakes — are in… Read More

Far from the Seattle it changed, Amazon finds new headquarters cities — and new backlash on Day 1

There go the neighborhoods. Whether they’re going in a good or bad direction depends on how you feel about Amazon,… Read More

Amazon has chosen its HQ2 city, and guess what, Seattle? It’s us

Amazon has spoken. The race is over. The winner (or some may argue loser) of Amazon’s much ballyhooed HQ2 search… Read More

Zendesk takes aim at Salesforce with new CRM features for its customer-service tools

Zendesk is best known for its customer support services, but it thinks it is ready to challenge larger players in… Read More

Crystal City just the latest addition to Amazon’s sprawling Northern Virginia cloud operation

Just a few miles away from Amazon’s proposed new headquarters in the soon-to-be created “National Landing” neighborhood split between Crystal… Read More

Google plans to double NYC workforce to 14K, vying for talent against Amazon’s new headquarters site

Amazon isn’t the only tech giant doubling down on the Big Apple. RELATED: Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as… Read More

Music City strikes a chord with Amazon: Nashville lands logistics hub with 5,000 corporate jobs

Well, it’s not quite HQ2 or HQ 1.5, or whatever Amazon’s headquarters search may now be called. But Nashville —… Read More

HQ2 incentives revealed: Here’s what NYC and Virginia gave up to get Amazon’s new headquarters

One of the most controversial aspects of Amazon’s year-long search for a second headquarters was the request for government incentives… Read More

Former Azuqua CTO Craig Unger raising money for his new compliance startup, HyperProof

After almost four years at the company he co-founded, Craig Unger left Azuqua earlier this year to start his own… Read More

Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as extraordinary contest concludes

ARLINGTON, Va. — After more than a year of reconnaissance, frenzied speculation, and non-stop media coverage, Amazon’s remarkable “HQ2” search… Read More

Microsoft connection: Capria fund, backed by Bill Gates, gets $20M from Paul Allen’s Vulcan

Microsoft’s fingerprints are all over the Seattle and global tech ecosystems, and here’s the latest example: a venture capital fund… Read More

Report: Amazon to name New York and Virginia as HQ2 winners as early as Tuesday; other cities may get ‘major sites’

Amazon will announce New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its year-long search for a second headquarters… Read More

Seattle Mariners’ data guru Lorena Martin rips team’s leadership after being fired from unique job

Lorena Martin, the first Director of High Performance with the Seattle Mariners, is out after just one season with the… Read More

Jeff Bezos unveils Amazon Prime Air’s flying tribute to veterans: Valor

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is big on veterans, and in honor of Veterans Day, he presided over the vet-friendly christening… Read More

Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta: Going private doesn’t change our growth mentality

Apptio will have more freedom to grow its IT spending management business as a private company, according to co-founder and… Read More

Company founded by U.S. Army vet develops cannabis-based products to help people struggling with pain

As the founder of G&G Laboratories, Mike Lui wants to help people who struggle with pain, such as veterans and… Read More

Elon Musk and Mars take the spotlight in National Geographic TV doubleheader

Science fiction blends with fact in tonight’s double dose of Mars from National Geographic’s TV channel. Truth to tell, there’s… Read More

University of Washington launching new certificate program for women in entrepreneurship

Like all entrepreneurs, Christy Johnson wears many hats. She’s currently the CEO and founder of strategy consulting firm Artemis Connection,… Read More

End of the road for Wanderlust Society as travel startup created by Amazon vets is shutting down

It was an interesting trip but a relatively short one for the team of technology veterans who set out to… Read More

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, the man behind the most iconic superheroes, dies at 95

Stan Lee, the legendary writer and publisher for Marvel Comics, whose decades of work is still felt today in blockbuster… Read More

Amazon’s second home? GeekWire treks from Seattle to Virginia for new insights into HQ2 search

ARLINGTON, Va. — Why not? What if? It’s hard not to read those words, emblazoned on a piece of street… Read More

Invest wisely: From angels to advisors, VC Trading Cards feature the heavy hitters of tech

Forget Ken Griffey Jr.’s rookie card. Your next investment in the trading card space is going to be focused on… Read More

If Paul Allen’s Seattle Seahawks are sold, who could step in? Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? Howard Schultz?!

Paul Allen saved the Seattle Seahawks when he acquired the team in 1996 and kept the NFL franchise from relocating… Read More

Actor who provided eerie voice of computer HAL in sci-fi classic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ dies at 90

Douglas Rain, the Canadian actor who famously provided the calm and creepy voice of the computer HAL in the 1968… Read More

Microsoft expands Surface family with new Surface Go LTE Advanced model

Microsoft announced Monday that it is adding a new model to its Surface Go line, one that has the capability… Read More

First-ever Nebula award for game writers approved by professional science fiction writers organization

For the first time, game writers will be able to claim one of science fiction and fantasy’s prestigious Nebula awards.… Read More