Articles from 2018

Latest Porch partnership teams home services company with eBay to give shoppers a helping hand

Looking for someone to mount that TV you just picked up on eBay? Seattle-based home services company Porch is teaming… Read More

Vista Equity Partners to pay $1.9 billion in private-equity deal for Apptio

Apptio’s run as a public company is coming to an end after just over two years. Private equity firm Vista… Read More

SAP snaps up Qualtrics for $8B days before its expected IPO, will keep Seattle office

After months of discussions between the two companies, SAP announced Sunday afternoon that it has agreed to acquire user experience… Read More

Microsoft acquires game studios Obsidian and inXile, giving Xbox two independent RPG powerhouses

This weekend marked Microsoft’s X018 conference, the fourth-annual showcase for the Xbox family of products, held in Mexico City. A… Read More

The 21st Century Coliseum: How the Sacramento Kings ‘future-proof’ the high-tech Golden 1 Center

What’s it like helping build and “future-proof” the most technologically-advanced sports and entertainment arena in the world? At the 2018… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 4, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 4, 2018. Read More

Government cybersecurity units: the good, the bad and the bureaucracy

Since the early days of the public internet, those of us lucky enough to have witnessed its growth and evolution… Read More

Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron launcher puts satellites in orbit from New Zealand

Rocket Lab executed its second orbital mission today, sending six small satellites and an experimental drag sail into orbit from… Read More

Scan your fingerprint, get a beer: Testing CLEAR’s biometric tech at a Seahawks game

Shorter lines at the stadium and buying beer without a wallet — it’s now possible for Seattle sports fans who… Read More

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What’s going on with HQ2? Here’s everything we know — and the implications for finalists

Amazon’s continent-wide search for a second headquarters took a strange turn this week after a series of surprising news leaks.… Read More

Comcast heads to trial with Washington state over consumer protection dispute

Lawyers from Comcast and the State of Washington met in King County Superior Court Friday to debate evidence in a… Read More

American Heart Association and Allen Institute select teams for brain campaign

Medical researchers know all about the blood-brain barrier, but Seattle’s Allen Institute and the American Heart Association have selected three… Read More

4 tech trends from the Seattle International Auto Show, and why self-driving cars aren’t one

This year, the Seattle International Auto Show will feature more than 700 cars, including many that are not available for… Read More

Suit claims Bulletproof Coffee company terminated executive after ‘brain mapping’ session

A former executive at Bulletproof 360, maker of the brain-boosting Bulletproof Coffee, accused the company of age discrimination in a new… Read More

Geek of the Week: Could we? Should we? Sheryl Cababa asks the right design questions at Artefact

Dr. Ian Malcom would get a kick out of Sheryl Cababa. “I jokingly compare myself to the Jeff Goldblum character… Read More

FBI says Horizon Air plane thief Richard Russell acted alone, crashed intentionally

After a three-month investigation, the FBI has concluded that Horizon Air employee Richard Russell acted alone when he crept into… Read More

Real estate startup Cozy sells to CoStar for $68M

Cozy, a Portland startup that helps more than 50,000 landlords screen potential tenants, market properties and easily collect rent, has… Read More

Tech Moves: Karat names SVP sales; Phytelligence taps VP operations; SigmaDesign adds new office

Karat has named John Besteman as its senior vice president of sales. Besteman earlier ran sales teams at Forrester Research and… Read More

Microsoft Azure finds another retail customer, signs Gap to multiyear deal

Microsoft hasn’t really tried to hide one of its primary cloud strategies this year: courting retailers who are wary of… Read More

After rough week on Wall Street, Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff shares leadership tactics for getting through tough times

Taking part in an on-stage interview in front of 200 people from the Seattle startup community on Thursday afternoon was… Read More

The lucky calls and unique ideas that put startup Grunka Munka Games on a path to success

Either the team behind Grunka Munka Games is super brilliant or really lucky, or likely a combo of both. Because… Read More

LinkedIn Learning embraces content from education companies, integrating it in one platform

LinkedIn is again expanding its professional learning options by integrating content into LinkedIn Learning from outside companies that are focused… Read More

Inspirational, innovative groups find support and cash for causes through Social Venture Partners

Pedro Ciriano Perez doesn’t like to call his nonprofit’s approach to teaching computer science “unconventional” — but Geeking Out Kids… Read More

HQ2 heartbreak? Don’t worry Austin, Atlanta and others, you’ll be just fine without Amazon (Take it from this HQ1 survivor)

A ploy. A farce. A PR stunt. Amazon is taking it on the chin this week following reports that it… Read More