Articles from 2018 – Page 88 of 161

Epic prank by seniors at Seattle high school fills parking lot with bike-share bicycles

Updated, June 8, 12:05 p.m. PT: More details from LimeBike have been added to the story below. If you need… Read More

Streaming service sued by Amazon and Netflix is down, leaving its future uncertain

Set TV, the streaming service facing a lawsuit from Amazon, Netflix and pretty much the entire entertainment industry, is down.… Read More

‘Intersections of innovation:’ Madrona director Matt McIlwain named Fred Hutch chair as more tech execs join board

In Seattle’s South Lake Union — a short walk from Amazon’s headquarters and the offices of Facebook and countless other technology… Read More

Microsoft’s GitHub gamble: Tech giant ready to spend years winning over critics of $7.5B deal

Will Octocat get along with Ninja Cat? GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath laughed in an interview this week as he pondered… Read More

High-tech home closing startup JetClosing raises $20M to capitalize on ‘tipping point’ in real estate

Daniel Greenshields sees a tipping point in real estate. Homebuyers, particularly digital natives, are demanding transparency more than ever. Realtors… Read More

Walmart sues its former top tax executive to block her from joining retail rival Amazon

Walmart filed a lawsuit against its former chief tax officer to prevent her from joining Amazon, alleging the defection could… Read More

Juno mission to Jupiter gets an update

News Brief: NASA has updated its plans for the Juno mission to Jupiter to support science operations through mid-2021, adding 41 more… Read More

Working Geek: Lizza Miller believes in the smart use of tech to make people healthier

“I’m still just floored by how little technology is actually used in the entire healthcare market,” said Lizza Miller, co-founder… Read More

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

How can you drink Champagne in zero-G? Winemaker builds a bottle to find out

Will future spacefliers be able to drink a bit of celebratory bubbly in zero gravity? Leave it to a French… Read More

DocuSign stock spikes as digital signature giant shines in first quarter as a public company

DocuSign crushed Wall Street expectations in its first quarter as a public company, continuing a strong post-IPO run for the… Read More

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Google I/O 2017

Google releases guidelines for how it will use AI, vows to tread carefully with military and surveillance customers

When Google first promised that it wouldn’t be evil, the world was a simpler place. On Thursday, Google released guidelines… Read More

Lettuce consider: Google tosses hardboiled egg out of emoji to create ‘more inclusive vegan salad’

Google is chickening out when it comes to animal products in its food emojis. Or, maybe the tech giant is… Read More

Review: It’s a short, but interesting, walk around an abandoned space station in Fullbright’s ‘Tacoma’

The Fullbright Company, a Portland-based independent studio, was founded by several veterans of Irrational Games who worked on the “Minerva’s… Read More

NASA’s Curiosity rover tracks down organic molecules and methane on Mars

The latest evidence for methane and other organic chemicals on Mars isn’t the smoking gun for life on Mars that… Read More

Survey company QuestionPro acquires WorkXO to bolster workplace engagement tools

News Brief: Survey and market research company QuestionPro has acquired WorkXO, a workplace culture company. The acquisition of WorkXO will… Read More

Homes sell faster in Seattle than in any other U.S. real estate market, according to Trulia report

When a for sale sign went into the yard of the house across the street from mine recently, I figured… Read More

Why Rand Fishkin avoided VC and made his investment documents public for new startup SparkToro

Rand Fishkin and Casey Henry have plenty of experience helping build venture-backed companies — and that’s part of the reason… Read More

GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch Ep. 3: StormSensor, PeopleMaven and CampusWall compete for startup glory at the Space Needle

We’re back for another episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, a new show where three entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas in… Read More

Indian startup Leaf Wearables takes first place in $1M Women’s Safety XPRIZE competition

After multiple rounds of judging, a field test in Mumbai and months of competition, Indian startup Leaf Wearables has scored… Read More

Head tax is a ‘redefining moment’ for Seattle and start of a larger discussion, councilmember says

Debate over Seattle’s controversial “head tax” often focuses on what the city is or isn’t doing about a surging homelessness problem… Read More

Amazon lands exclusive rights to stream 20 Premier League soccer matches next year

Amazon has secured exclusive rights to stream matches from the top soccer league in the U.K. starting next year, a… Read More

Puppet acquires Portland-based data visualization startup Reflect to jazz up its data presentation

Two Portland tech companies are joining forces with Puppet’s acquisition of Reflect, a small startup focused on data visualization for… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire TV Cube aims to make Alexa the ultimate remote control

The latest addition to Amazon’s Fire TV lineup is also the latest expansion of its Alexa voice assistant. Fire TV… Read More

SeaChange raises $4.6M for its fourth fund to invest in more Pacific Northwest startups

SeaChange has a new name and a new fund. Formerly known as Seattle Angel Fund, the group today announced a… Read More

Blue Nile and Wetpaint founder Ben Elowitz joins Madrona Venture Labs as co-managing director

Madrona Venture Labs is adding some entrepreneurial firepower to its leadership team. The “startup studio” housed inside of Seattle-based Madrona… Read More

LinkedIn leverages Microsoft’s Bing Maps to add commute times to job postings

LinkedIn is adding commute times for jobs on its website, the latest in a growing series of integrations between the… Read More

VMware adds try-before-you-buy option for VMware Cloud on AWS, and new European region

It’s been almost a year since VMware rolled out the fruits of its partnership with Amazon Web Services on hybrid… Read More

What Americans want from space: More about Earth, less about moon and Mars

A newly released survey from Pew Research Center suggests that Americans still strongly support the space program, 60 years after… Read More

Google will pause election ads in Washington state in unprecedented response to new law

Google says it will stop running state and local election ads in Washington state, citing new rules that require what… Read More