Taunt esports startup raises $3M to build new platform for fan interaction Taunt, a Seattle-based startup that allows esports fans to interact and predict game outcomes, announced Thursday that it has closed a… Read More
LinkedIn taps Microsoft’s language skills for new translation tool within main feed LinkedIn has added a new feature that allows immediate translation of posts in its news feed. Now, below a post… Read More
Amazon agrees to acquire online pharmacy PillPack, reports peg deal at nearly $1B Amazon’s march into healthcare took another big step on Thursday as the tech giant announced its intention to acquire PillPack.… Read More
Amazon’s new Fire HD ‘Show Mode’ and charging dock turn tablets into countertop Alexa devices Amazon will update its current Fire HD 8 and 10 tablets with a new “Show Mode” designed to turn them… Read More
Bumped raises $11.5M, lets users earn stock after buying company’s products Another Portland startup is raising cash. This time it’s Bumped, the company that lets you own shares in a company… Read More
Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was interested in buying GitHub, but she isn’t ready to buy Microsoft’s promise to keep… Read More
Inside Amazon’s Prime photo op: A secret bus ride, a spectacular Seattle view — but alas, no drones We got picked up in a van that looked like it should be taking us to a bachelor party. We… Read More
Amazon’s new blue crew: Tech giant enlists entrepreneurs to own the ‘last mile,’ delivering packages in Prime vans and uniforms Amazon is expanding further into package delivery and promising to support a new wave of small business owners with the launch… Read More
Virgin Orbit gets set to start flight tests of its LauncherOne air-launch system RENTON, Wash. — British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit venture is getting ready to put its LauncherOne rocket system through… Read More
OceanGate submersible hits Titanic depth of 4,000 meters during Bahamas test dive News Brief: OceanGate successfully lowered its Titan submersible to a depth of 4,000 meters in waters off the coast of… Read More
That’s no starship … or asteroid: Hubble hints that interstellar object is a comet News brief: Observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories indicate that the cigar-shaped interstellar object known as… Read More
David vs. Goliath in the cloud: Do investors see an opening for startups to take on AWS and Azure? Cloud computing is big business dominated by the world’s largest tech companies. Three of the four most valuable tech companies… Read More
TLDR: Play Impossible’s deals with Apple & NFLPA, Chrome extension for Craigslist scams, U.S. immigration policy & tech Today’s featured stories Smart gameball startup Play Impossible inks retail deal with Apple, partners with NFL players, raises cash Seattle… Read More
T-Mobile and Sprint sell Senate subcommittee on merits of merger The CEOs of T-Mobile and Sprint made the case for their merger before a Senate subcommittee Wednesday, in the first hurdle… Read More
Venture capitalists ‘love’ Microsoft’s buy of GitHub, call it a ‘super smart’ move to win developers and compete against AWS Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of GitHub is a whopper by nearly every standard — creating a path into 28 million… Read More
Podcast Geared Up Podcast: Hands-on review of the Fire TV Cube and reports of new and improved AirPods Amazon is trying to get its Alexa voice assistant into as many homes as possible. Its latest offering: The Fire… Read More
Who will win the cloud? CEOs offer wildly differing picks on the tech titan with the greatest opportunity ahead Amazon is a pioneer in cloud computing, and the current market leader, but not the tech titan with the greatest… Read More
Why some CIOs are walking, not running, to the cloud If you listened to the morning presentations and tech talks at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, you might have walked… Read More
Coinme installs 50th Bitcoin ATM, moves into new office, expands cryptocurrency advisory services Coinme is pushing forward on its mission to give consumers access to cryptocurrency. The startup just installed its 50th cryptocurrency… Read More
Lyft raises $600M in race to catch up with Uber Lyft has raised a $600 million investment round led by Fidelity Management & Research, the company announced Wednesday. The fresh cash… Read More
After review, NASA resets Webb Telescope launch for 2021 with $9.66B price tag NASA says the launch of its flagship James Webb Space Telescope is being rescheduled for no earlier than 2021, with… Read More
Microsoft Azure CTO: 2018 is the year blockchain becomes a real thing Blockchain has been around for a while, but it’s mostly played a supporting role as the backbone behind Bitcoin and… Read More
Phase Genomics wins $1.5M grant to peer inside microorganisms’ DNA University of Washington spin-out Phase Genomics is searching for the genetic code inside the billions of microorganisms that surround us… Read More
Immigrant perspectives: Women entrepreneurs on ‘microaggressions’ and biases Reetu Gupta, founder and CEO of Cirkled in, has 20 years of experience in corporate America. In addition to having… Read More
Microsoft introduces new data and edge-computing services for Azure customers at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit Microsoft rolled out several new Azure services Wednesday at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, making a key part of its… Read More
Puppet raises $42M to fuel its software development technology for the cloud, hopes to be cash-flow positive in a year At one point three years ago, Portland’s Puppet thought it was headed toward an IPO. That did not happen, but… Read More
Smart gameball startup Play Impossible inks retail deal with Apple, partners with NFL players, raises cash Play Impossible started with a simple thesis: the internet-of-things world had lost a sense of joy and fun. So its… Read More
Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelers RENTON, Wash. — When NASA’s Phil McAlister worked out the contracts with SpaceX and Boeing to ferry astronauts to and from… Read More
TLDR: Supreme Court upholds travel ban, Venmo launches debit card, Space Needle revamp almost done Today’s featured stories Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban after long battle with states, activists and tech industry Venmo launches… Read More
Buzz Aldrin shares latest space vision even as questions swirl about his state of mind Buzz Aldrin wants people to know that he has some cool new ideas about how to get to the moon… Read More
