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Articles from 2018

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post plans greater push into tech reporting — including Amazon

The Washington Post is expanding its coverage of the technology industry, including a focus on Jeff Bezos’ other company. The… Read More

A talking white board? Alexa for Business extends to non-Echo devices for workplace environments

As part of its continuing effort to make the intelligent voice assistant Alexa available everywhere, Amazon has announced that third-party… Read More

Amazon invests in $50M funding round for German smart thermostat startup tado

Amazon has made another smart home investment, this time backing a German smart thermostat company called tado. The $50 million… Read More

Ribbon, backed by Trulia co-founder, raises $225M to be the ‘credit card swipe’ for real estate

Not only are homebuyers battling each other when looking for houses in today’s supercharged housing market, but there’s also the… Read More

Fashion rental startup Armoire — the ‘closet of the future’ — raises $3M to grow and expand offerings

Armoire, the Seattle-based clothing rental service for women, is looking to add more clothes to what it calls “the closet… Read More

LauncherOne fit check

It’s a first: Virgin Orbit fits LauncherOne rocket under the wing of Cosmic Girl jet

What do you get when you cross a Boeing 747 with a rocket launcher? You get something like what you… Read More

Paul Allen’s sister named executor of estate, says she’ll work to maintain his legacy ‘for generations’

Paul Allen’s sister, Jody, has been named the executor of the Microsoft co-founder’s vast estate, the family said Wednesday. PREVIOUSLY: What… Read More

Bezos and other Amazon execs back Colorado Republican’s Senate re-election campaign 

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and other executives donated thousands of dollars to the re-election campaign of Sen. Cory Gardner, a… Read More

Paul Allen and the Underthinkers rock the Microsoft earnings call as this quarter’s hold music

And the band played on. Just over a week after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died at the age of 65, the… Read More

Podcast

The iPhone XR goes on sale Friday, and it may be Apple’s biggest hit of the season

Apple has already released two new iPhones this year, but the company is gearing up for yet another release on… Read More

Elon Musk and Tesla Model 3

After all the drama, Tesla posts ‘historic’ quarterly report with profit and added cash

Tesla shares jumped more than 10 percent in after-hours trading today after the controversial electric-car company posted a surprisingly positive… Read More

F5 delivers full-year revenue and EPS growth at or ahead of earlier projections during transitional year

F5 Networks started out the calendar year by warning investors that revenue growth would be fairly slow as it continues… Read More

Microsoft stock rises as tech giant posts $29B in revenue powered by cloud, gaming growth

Following a record year, Microsoft started its 2019 fiscal year off strong, cruising past Wall Street expectations. The tech giant… Read More

Tech Moves: Marchex taps natural language processing expert as AI chief; Snap adds Amazon sales leader as CBO; and more

Marketing analytics company Marchex is upping its focus on artificial intelligence. Dr. Junmei Zhong, a longtime AI researcher and former Pitchbook leader, is… Read More

Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenue jumped 47 percent in its fiscal Q1, but Azure growth slows

Microsoft’s transformation into a cloud computing company continued apace in during its first fiscal quarter, which saw a 47 percent… Read More

This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote and celebrate democracy

Update Nov. 5: Outreach will no longer host the Democracy Day event due to low RSVP numbers. Employees will still have… Read More

Amid signs of a sagging stock market, can Microsoft and Amazon earnings turn the tide?

After years of gains, the stock market is starting to show signs of a broader slowdown, at least in the… Read More

Dennis Muilenburg

Boeing raises its financial outlook after a strong third quarter with lingering snags

Boeing’s third-quarter financial results exceeded expectations, leading the company to raise its outlook for the full year — and leading investors… Read More

The GeekWire Gala: Early-bird tickets on sale for our big holiday party (at a fun new location)

The GeekWire Gala is back, with a new location at the Showbox Market, fun new activities and an entirely new… Read More

Real estate tech startups surge on the GeekWire 200 as investors bet on sector’s long-term growth

Investment dollars are flowing into real estate technology startups at record pace and a good chunk of them happen to… Read More

Tech Moves: Zipwhip adds finance vet Bob Chamberlain as CFO; NetMotion adds exec in Canada expansion; and more

Zipwhip, the Seattle-based maker of the landline and internet texting service, added two new executives to its leadership team — including Bob… Read More

Hubble Space Telescope

After encountering glitches, Hubble and Chandra space telescopes make recoveries

Things are looking up for two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Both… Read More

National Space Council meeting

Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights

The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a… Read More

Amazon adds to Business Prime benefits, including new credit card and faster shipping

Amazon is adding some new perks for its Business Prime program, headlined by a new credit card offered with American… Read More

Report: Cloudflare plans to go public in the first half of 2019

Cloud security company Cloudflare plans to pursue an initial public offering in 2019, according to a report, as it continues… Read More

Working Geek: ‘Consummate networker’ Heather Redman connects tech, VC, civic circles and raises millions

If you’ve seen venture capital investor and Seattle tech veteran Heather Redman work a room or present at an event,… Read More

Corporate news alert startup Factal launches 24/7 global service with core Breaking News team

Factal, which provides incident and news alerts for corporate users, announced Tuesday that it’s started round-the-clock global coverage after more… Read More

Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement

Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More

Microsoft creates new employee health plan, focusing on an improved patient experience

Microsoft is teaming up with insurer Premera Blue Cross and healthcare provider Eastside Health Network to create a new health… Read More

Amazon Web Services pitched ICE on using its Rekognition face-recognition cloud service

Amazon Web Services pitched the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on using its Rekognition video analysis service, which it… Read More

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