Articles from 2018 – Page 31 of 161

Fast-growing Vacasa raises another $64M as vacation rental company preps for IPO

Investors continue to bet big on Vacasa. The Portland-based vacation rental management company today raised another $64 million from existing… Read More

Ex-Microsoft sports director charged with attempting to steal $1.5M and selling employee Super Bowl tickets

Jeff Tran, a former director of sports marketing and alliances at Microsoft, was indicted on five counts of wire fraud… Read More

Zuckerberg and Milner at Breakthrough Prize

Breakthrough Prizes award $22M for new therapies, new materials, math and more

The program known as the “Oscars of Science” has revealed who’ll be getting the spotlight — and almost $22 million in… Read More

Future of sports viewing? Steve Ballmer and L.A. Clippers debut new augmented reality NBA experience

LOS ANGELES — Steve Ballmer has launched plenty of products in high-stakes situations, but this takes it to a new… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $25M in 2018

Today’s featured stories Microsoft’s record year helps CEO Satya Nadella earn more than $25M in 2018 compensation Seattle startup vets… Read More

Zillow COO Amy Bohutinsky leaving as former Starbucks exec joins real estate giant as CMO

Zillow announced several executive changes Wednesday, as COO Amy Bohutinsky will leave the company early next year, while former Starbucks senior… Read More

Will San Francisco’s business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattle’s failed? This tech billionaire is fighting for it

Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon… Read More

eBay sues Amazon, alleging tech giant illegally poached sellers from its platform

Online retail powerhouse eBay has sued Amazon, alleging that the tech giant illegally lured sellers away from its site. In… Read More

Rocket Lab picks Virginia’s Wallops Island for U.S. launch site, adding to N.Z. pad

Rocket Lab officially unveiled its plan to build a commercial launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Wallops… Read More

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‘Our passion is making our consumers smile:’ Watch Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aimé describe the company’s vision

To most people, Nintendo is a video game company. The name might spark memories of classic games like Mario, the… Read More

T-Mobile pledges to power its Seattle-area HQ with 100% renewable energy by 2021

T-Mobile said it will use entirely renewable energy to power its Bellevue, Wash. HQ within three years. T-Mobile said it… Read More

Should Google be regulated? Expedia’s Barry Diller says yes, to stop competition with advertisers

Add one more voice to calls for regulation of Google: Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of Expedia Group. Diller,… Read More

What happens to Paul Allen’s holdings? Sports teams, real estate, museums and more face uncertain future in billionaire’s enormous estate

Paul Allen is not the first billionaire to leave behind a meaningful legacy of philanthropy and business endeavors. But it… Read More

Join us! GeekWire Podcast live event Oct. 24 with Cory Bergman of Factal and MyBallard

We’re excited to return to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood next week for a live recording of the GeekWire Podcast, with special… Read More

Boeing steps up its focus on ‘Disruptive Computing and Networks’ for aerospace

Boeing is raising its profile on computational frontiers ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum communications by setting up a new… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur who found success on Elevator Pitch wins $50K at National Black MBA Conference

Kwame Boler is still cleaning up when it comes to pitching his startup. Boler, the founder and CEO of NEU,… Read More

University of Washington spinout raises $1.2M for next-generation RNA sequencing technology

There’s a new biotechnology spin-out from the University of Washington, and the company is already raising cash to get its… Read More

Seattle startup vets take on Google with Helm, a new $499 personal email server

A Seattle-area startup is aiming to take on giants such as Google and change the way we do email with… Read More

Version One Ventures raises $45M for third fund, keeps close eye on Seattle ecosystem

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s the strategy Version One Ventures is employing with its third fund. The… Read More

Updated: YouTube back online after outage that lasted more than an hour

It’s not just you: YouTube was inaccessible for an extended period of time Tuesday evening, across both apps and its… Read More

TLDR: Remembering Paul Allen

Today’s featured stories Bill Gates pays tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: ‘Personal computing would not have existed without him’… Read More

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Insights from Paul Allen: How the ‘Idea Man’ made a vast impact beyond Microsoft

Who founded Microsoft? Ask almost anyone that question, and they’ll say Bill Gates. But the software icon himself told the… Read More

Geek on the Street: In Seattle, remembering Paul Allen and how ‘he was always there to save the day’

Stopping and staring at the curvy and colorful Museum of Pop Culture is a familiar pastime for plenty of visitors… Read More

Paul Allen’s passing leaves unfinished business on Stratolaunch’s space frontier

Seattle billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen’s death comes just as his Stratolaunch space venture is counting down to the first flight… Read More

Univ. of Washington launches fintech incubator with BECU in Seattle, unveils initial startups

The University of Washington’s innovation arm is partnering with the state’s largest non-profit credit union to launch a new fintech… Read More

Anonymous employee calls on Amazon Web Services to stop selling face-recognition technology to police departments

More than 450 Amazon employees have now signed a letter originally addressed to CEO Jeff Bezos and other senior executives… Read More

Programming error exposed personal information in Fred Hutch database

A programming error in a database run by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center exposed the personal information of 5,000… Read More

Microsoft’s record year helps CEO Satya Nadella earn more than $25M in 2018 compensation

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella steered the tech giant to one of its best years ever, and he has been handsomely… Read More

The cancer that changed the course of Paul Allen’s life, and shaped his legacy

“I felt as bulletproof as most people under thirty. I took my health for granted.” That’s how Paul Allen, the… Read More

Instacart valuation hits $7.6B after $600M round; Amazon removes Instacart branding at Whole Foods

Instacart’s valuation just spiked to $7.6 billion as the grocery delivery giant announced a fresh $600 million investment round on… Read More