Microsoft will manage Windows 10 devices for corporate customers through new subscription service Microsoft is taking over management of Windows 10 devices at big companies, with a new service it says is meant… Read More
Could parrots live in Amazon’s Spheres? Heidi Fleiss, the ex ‘Hollywood Madam,’ wants to know There is a very large “bird’s nest” inside The Spheres on Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus, but, despite the wishes of… Read More
Getty Images’ visual assets will enhance Alexa searches on Amazon’s Echo devices with a screen A search on Amazon Echo devices with a screen will return visual responses from a vast collection of photographs thanks… Read More
NASA unveils first science images from TESS probe’s quest to spot alien planets The first science images from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite focus on a strip of southern sky that includes the… Read More
Financial analyst renews call for Amazon to spin off Amazon Web Services With antitrust scrutiny growing around Amazon as it continues to impact nearly every sector of the economy, one financial analyst… Read More
WeWork-owned coding bootcamp Flatiron School expands to west coast with new Seattle location As WeWork continues its massive co-working expansion across the Seattle area, it is also bringing a new coding bootcamp school… Read More
GeekWire Summit Spotlight: Former DOJ attorney Tony West helps Uber write its next chapter as chief legal officer In the year since joining Uber as chief legal officer, Tony West has talked repeatedly about trust. “Uber survives only… Read More
The president is going to message your cell phone — but it’s just a test of nation’s wireless alert system Update, Monday 9:50 a.m. PT: This post has been updated to reflect a change in date for the planned test.… Read More
Can Amazon make up with Main Street? Online retail giant debuts ‘Storefronts’ for small businesses Amazon today unveiled Storefronts, a section of its website dedicated to small and medium-sized business. The page kicks off with… Read More
Amazon reportedly investigating alleged incidents of third-party sellers paying employees to delete reviews and share secret sales data How much would it be worth to a third-party seller on Amazon to be able to have negative reviews deleted?… Read More
Amazon Go store opening in Chicago, 1st location outside Seattle for checkout-less grocery concept The first Amazon Go store outside of Seattle is getting set to open its doors. The tech giant said it… Read More
Officials explain why they closed Sunspot Solar Observatory (and it wasn’t aliens) After days of fighting rumors about alien visitations, the managers of the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico say they’re… Read More
Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff to buy Time magazine for $190M The venerable newsmagazine Time, a nearly 100-year-old media institution, is about to have new owners — Marc Benioff, Salesforce chairman… Read More
Book excerpt: Former Yahoo chairman and eBay exec Maynard Webb shares advice for founders From his early days as a security guard to launching startups and leading world-class tech giants, Maynard Webb has learned a… Read More
Steve Ballmer sticks to the USAFacts and wins fans in interview on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ Steve Ballmer bound onto the set of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night in his usual high-energy style,… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 9, 2018 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 9, 2018. Read More
SaaS at scale: Here’s how five cloud tech experts are building enterprise software empires Until very recently, very few people actually liked the enterprise software they were forced to use at work, from the… Read More
Washington Gov. Inslee calls for stronger environmental leadership from state tech industry, as Silicon Valley goes green SAN FRANCISCO — West Coast tech leaders made the case this week that artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, and big… Read More
Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice NASA kicked off its ICESat-2 mission to monitor our planet’s ice sheets from space using a laser-scanning satellite this morning,… Read More
Podcast Startup success stories from two winners of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch You’ve just founded a new company and it’s time to start pitching to investors. What do you do? Pitching the… Read More
Working Geek: Inclusive-design UX whiz Kat Holmes has tips for serving a broader audience Kat Holmes became aware of inclusive design when working a few years back on Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-activated assistant. She was… Read More
RIP, J50? Friends of the killer whales mourn emaciated orca, but search goes on The emaciated and ailing killer whale known as J50 or Scarlet has disappeared from her family group, and experts presume… Read More
Geek of the Week: Rajalakshmi Nandakumar’s wireless tech research could help us sleep easy Rajalakshmi Nandakumar awoke to some good news this week. Not only is the PhD candidate at University of Washington’s Paul… Read More
Canadian cinema giant Cineplex acquires ‘significant’ ownership of VR startup VRstudios VRstudios is expanding in Canada thanks to a new investment from a cinema giant. The Seattle-area startup announced that publicly-traded… Read More
Podcast How Bill Gates, a valley full of snakes and one entrepreneur took on a deadly disease In 1996, Bill Gates read a story in the New York Times that sparked his passion for health. The story… Read More
Business advice from Howard Schultz: The ‘humanity’ of a company will create long-term value Howard Schultz had just returned from a trip to Poland, where he had a sobering experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp.… Read More
A voice in the storm: Amazon enables Alexa Donations to aid those hit by Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence has made landfall in North Carolina and brings with it the promise of miserable days ahead as the… Read More
Commentary: Seattle cannot afford to fall behind on 5G wireless technology Editor’s note: Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association, stresses the importance of embracing next-generation wireless technology in this open… Read More
The robot will see you now: New GeekWire Summit track explores how AI, genetic data and more are transforming healthcare From chatbots to Apple Watches, blood tests to genetic data, technology is changing almost every element of healthcare. That transformation… Read More
Now showing: Seattle’s historic Harvard Exit looks to fill coworking space after years as movie theater The popcorn smell is gone. There are no posters advertising new indie flicks. But good portions of the charm and… Read More
