Articles from 2018 – Page 83 of 161

Smart commute startup Luum steps out of the shadows with big partnerships and expansion plans

For nearly seven years, Luum has been quietly helping big Seattle-area employers reshape the commuting habits of their employees. But… Read More

In time for July 4, Oscar Mayer launches Super Hotdogger in a jet pack to help deliver wieners

Finally, the hot dog hero America has been waiting for. Oscar Mayer has added another transportation device to its fleet… Read More

Washington Post employees call out owner Jeff Bezos over paper’s pay and benefits in open letter

More than 400 employees from the Washington Post have signed an open letter to owner Jeff Bezos, calling out the… Read More

Data platform behind Washington health insurance marketplace acquired by Quest Analytics

News Brief: BetterDoctor, a San Francisco healthcare technology company, announced Monday that it will be acquired by Wisconsin health data company… Read More

‘Thor’ star Chris Hemsworth to miss ACE Comic Con in Seattle; two more Avengers called in

Chris Hemsworth, star of the “Thor” superhero film franchise, won’t be the lead attraction at the upcoming ACE Comic Con… Read More

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises seed funding for A/B testing system for doctors

Health technology startup MDMetrix has raised its first venture capital funds. The company raised just over $758,000 in seed funding,… Read More

Google to invest $550M in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, which just opened a fully automated warehouse

Google announced today that it will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com. The deal gives Google a path… Read More

CityBldr will start buying homes in Seattle — taking on Zillow, Redfin, Opendoor with a twist

Seattle startup CityBldr is getting into the home buying game, taking on real estate heavyweights in its backyard. But unlike… Read More

Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools

Microsoft has acquired education technology startup Flipgrid, Inc., and immediately announced that the subscription social learning platform will be free… Read More

Meet Pulumi, a Seattle-grown cloud startup that wants to be the development platform for the multicloud era

When you consider the seismic shifts in computing history, there has usually been a period of adjustment during which the… Read More

Acumatica lands $25M, plans bigger challenge to SAP, Oracle, other cloud business software rivals

Acumatica has raised $25 million in a new funding round led by the Accel-KKR private equity firm. With the funding,… Read More

Sensible Object raises $3.2M to develop first Amazon Alexa-powered board game

A London-based startup that graduated from the inaugural Amazon Alexa accelerator has raised more cash to help develop the first… Read More

We tested out a JUMP e-bike as Uber plans Seattle launch of the dockless bike-share service

Uber is eagerly awaiting final bike-share regulations from the Seattle Department of Transporation so it can deploy JUMP — its… Read More

Amazon Echo Look review and unboxing: What it’s like to use this fashion-focused Alexa device

[Editor’s Note: Starla Sampaco is the host and producer of GeekWire’s TLDR daily news show. Watch and subscribe here.] I… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 10, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 10, 2018. Read More

Braking nudes! Seattle’s naked Solstice cyclists use Spin, Ofo and LimeBike in new bike-baring tradition

People who use bike-sharing services are often criticized for not wearing bike helmets, but that was the least of the… Read More

Amazon ends Mayday live video customer support on Fire tablets, five years after high-profile rollout

Amazon is pulling the plug on its Mayday video calling feature for on-screen customer support on its Fire tablets, ending… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: The story behind the dramatic reversal of the ‘Amazon tax’ in Seattle

The fight over taxing big businesses in Seattle took a dramatic turn this week. The Seattle City Council voted to… Read More

CEOs celebrate moms at the big Entrepreneur of the Year awards ceremony

It might be Father’s Day this weekend, but moms took center stage at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year event… Read More

Tablets or textbooks? Elementary students take on one of the great tech debates of our time

In the ongoing discussion about whether tablets or textbooks are better for students, the kids have a lot to contribute.… Read More

PipelineDeals cuts staff in ‘hard choice’ to keep up growth trajectory

Seattle startup PipelineDeals is cutting staff, as the sales management software maker looks to maintain its growth trajectory. In response… Read More

Hey, kids: Put a rocket in space and win a million dollars in Base 11 Space Challenge

News Brief: Students from colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada are being recruited for the Base 11 Space… Read More

Geek of the Week: Microsoft’s Raghu Ramakrishnan geeks out on data, how we use it and secure it

He’s been a professor and a chief scientist, a founder, a technical fellow and a chief technology officer. Through it… Read More

Zillow hit with patent infringement lawsuit over ‘real estate information search’ apps

Zillow Group and its subsidiary Trulia have been hit with a lawsuit alleging that the real estate tech companies’ mobile… Read More

NASA’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, hangs up her space helmet

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space, is retiring after 22 years… Read More

Monkey do! Nintendo releases classic arcade version of ‘Donkey Kong’ for Switch

Roll out the barrel, Nintendo is up for a barrel of fun with the release of the original “Donkey Kong”… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vets move to Amazon; NurseGrid expands executive team; and more

In one of two recent Microsoft-to-Amazon moves, Brian Schultz, who has worked on-and-off at Microsoft since 1999, is now working on… Read More

Without more women, tech is facing a serious problem. Here’s how men can be part of the solution

As tactile social beings, we know instinctively there is safety in numbers. By adulthood, this concept has been reinforced by… Read More

Orange crush: Avalara’s colorful culture helps sales tax company go public after 14 years

Update: Shares of Avalara were up 87 percent on the first day of trading, at $44.94. There was an orange… Read More

Stephen Hawking gets a cosmic sendoff

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred among the greats of British science at Westminster Abbey today — and to mark… Read More