Tech Moves: New CFOs at Crowd Cow, Echodyne, and Icertis; Olis Robotics taps scientist; and more Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer… Read More
Dual Amazon HQ2s would depart from original promise of ‘full equal’ second headquarters When Jeff Bezos revealed his plans to open a second Amazon headquarters last September, he said, “we expect HQ2 to… Read More
Spotify tries its own hand at rocking the vote with midterm elections playlists for each state Voters looking to drown out last-minute midterm elections noise can turn to Spotify for specially curated playlists in every state… Read More
Two HQ2s? Amazon reportedly plans to divide its second headquarters between two cities Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, an anonymous source familiar with the matter told The… Read More
Election Day: What you need to know about tech’s role in Tuesday’s vote, from issues to ballots The election Tuesday is likely to be one of the most closely watched mid-term contests in years. Early indications already… Read More
More funding for Pacific Northwest companies: Cascadia Capital will invest up to $500M via new ‘Investment Club’ Cascadia Capital will invest up to $500 million in Pacific Northwest companies with the creation of its new “Investment Club,”… Read More
At dog friendly Amazon, could data on breeds set one city apart from the HQ2 pack? While some 50,000 Amazon humans could someday populate the company’s planned second headquarters, HQ2 will also be home to thousands… Read More
Facebook tops 3,000 Seattle-area employees as major hiring spree continues Facebook’s dizzying growth all over the Seattle area continues unabated, and now the social media giant’s regional presence is up… Read More
Battery Ventures to acquire Portland-based audio tech and measurement company Audio Precision Boston-based venture capital firm Battery Ventures today announced that it will acquire Audio Precision, a Portland, Ore.-area company founded in… Read More
Unhappy with Washington Post’s Khashoggi coverage, some Saudis seek Amazon boycott A campaign to boycott Amazon is picking up steam in Saudi Arabia on Twitter among people unhappy with The Washington… Read More
Microsoft and Walmart will kick off their cloud partnership with joint engineering center in Austin Two of Amazon’s strongest rivals are planning to start formally working together on cloud services early next year deep in… Read More
Hundreds of international booksellers go ‘on vacation’ to protest move by Amazon’s AbeBooks Book lovers trying to find rare volumes on Amazon-owned AbeBooks may see fewer choices, as hundreds of international booksellers have… Read More
Share.Farm wants a virtual version of farmers markets running year-round through an app As most entrepreneurs will agree, launching a new business takes a ridiculous amount of hard work and determination. For Share.Farm… Read More
Amazon to offer free holiday shipping, temporarily ending $25 minimum for non-Prime members Amazon says it will offer free holiday shipping to all of its customers on hundreds of millions of items, a… Read More
Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. For more than a year, few details about the selection process for Amazon’s second North American headquarters — beyond the… Read More
After GoDaddy cut ties following Pittsburgh shooting, Gab back online thanks to Seattle startup Story updated with comments from Monster to GeekWire below. A Seattle startup has inked a deal to host domain registrar… Read More
How the Air and Space Museum signed up for a SpaceShipOne tribute to Paul Allen It wasn’t just Seattle’s skyline that turned blue on Saturday night: Back east in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian Institution’s… Read More
Seahawks honor Paul Allen with 12th Man flag raising at first home game since owner passed In the first Seahawks home game since Paul Allen passed away, the NFL franchise honored its late owner with a… Read More
Podcast Interview: Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin on technology, touchdowns and the importance of building community Renton, Wash. means a lot to Doug Baldwin. It’s a place that welcomed the wide receiver as his NFL journey… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 28, 2018 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 28, 2018. Read More
Geek on the Street: Would you want to live to 200, and would do you anything differently? Health technology is hot. But there are mixed feelings about aging a century or more beyond the typical current human… Read More
Tornado causes wall collapse at Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, two dead Two men died at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore after a tornado struck the region on Friday, causing a… Read More
Seattle skyline turns blue in coordinated tribute to late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen Buildings and landmarks across the Seattle region are lit up in blue this weekend in honor of Paul Allen, the… Read More
Amazon exec slams HQ2 leaker: ‘You’re not doing Crystal City, VA any favors’ Amazon officials are notoriously private, declining to give interviews or comments to the press without express consent from the Seattle… Read More
Interview: ‘The Formula’ by Albert-László Barabás explains the science behind who will succeed or fail Do you find yourself struggling — whether in your startup, day job, or life — and wondering, why does it… Read More
Moon Direct: Mars maverick lays out his low-cost plan to set up lunar bases For decades, rocket scientist Robert Zubrin has been a voice crying in the Martian wilderness. But now the president of… Read More
Podcast ‘It just brings the fantasy to life:’ Wizards of the Coast president on D&D, Magic, and what’s next Perhaps no other company has had such a guiding influence on geek culture as Wizards of the Coast. The Renton,… Read More
Amazon reportedly in advanced talks to place HQ2 at site in Northern Virginia It’s often said that Virginia is for lovers. And one very large tech company appears to be falling in love… Read More
Podcast Renton recap: Top takeaways after embedding ourselves in this growing Seattle suburb Is Renton, Wash. the next Pacific Northwest tech hub? That’s the question we set out to answer this week as… Read More
National ‘All of Us’ campaign aims to enlist a million genomes for precision medicine Eric Dishman is a living, breathing advertisement for the ambitious experiment he’s in charge of, the National Institutes of Health’s… Read More
