Articles from 2018 – Page 97 of 161

New data: The most-used mobile payments app might surprise you

The most popular mobile payments platform is not built by Google, Apple, or Samsung. It’s actually Starbucks, according to new… Read More

Tired of phones at concerts? College student wins Amazon Catalyst grant for tiny headband camera

Dylan Rose was tired of seeing live music through the smartphone screens of fellow concertgoers. The 19-year-old University of Washington… Read More

Novel Effect raises $3M from Amazon and VCs for voice-enabled children’s storytelling app

Novel Effect is on a roll. After participating in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator, appearing on Shark Tank, and winning a… Read More

Tidelift raises $15M to find paying gigs for open-source developers maintaining key projects

Tidelift wants to give open-source developers a way to earn some money for contributing to important open-source projects and while… Read More

Vicis inks contract with U.S. Army as high-tech helmet maker expands beyond football

Vicis is bringing its high-tech helmet technology from the playing field to the battlefield. The Seattle startup today announced a… Read More

Seattle among six test markets as Redbox launches 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray rentals

Redbox users in the Seattle area will get to experience a much crisper picture on some of the titles they… Read More

Madrona raises $300M venture fund, reveals strategy for investing in Pacific Northwest startups

Madrona Venture Group today announced a new $300 million investment fund, creating a fresh pool of capital that it will… Read More

Tango Card raises $35M to modernize how companies send out digital rewards

Update, Tuesday morning: Tango Card has officially confirmed the funding. Story updated with comments from CEO David Leeds and more… Read More

New side-channel vulnerability reported in Intel, AMD, and Arm chips, but this one isn’t a Meltdown

One of the scarier things about the disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectre chip design flaws earlier this year was… Read More

A serious slap at Seattle: Pierce County plans $275 tax incentive for companies, taking aim at its Northwest neighbor

Pierce County on Tuesday plans to introduce a new tax incentive program for employers looking to bring jobs to the… Read More

A ‘punch in the gut’: Fast-growing Seattle startup eyes Bellevue after head tax vote

Seattle-based sales automation startup Outreach announced a new $65 million funding round Monday — but its CEO, Manny Medina, also had… Read More

Amazon reportedly talks about reviving ‘The Expanse’ after Syfy cancellation

Just days after the Syfy channel announced it was canceling “The Expanse,” sparking a fan campaign to save the space… Read More

TLDR: Bill Gates’ summer reading list, Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines, ‘No Tax on Jobs’ campaign

[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,… Read More

Taking a page from Amazon playbook, Jeff Bezos says it’s ‘Day One’ for space industry

“Day One” isn’t just for Amazon anymore: Billionaire Jeff Bezos says that first-day feeling of being fired up about a… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donates $1M to gun reform initiative in Washington state

Microsoft co-founder and Seattle real estate mogul Paul Allen donated $1 million to a new initiative that would enact tougher… Read More

Amazon’s new Marketplace Appstore gives sellers a place to find tech tools

Amazon is building a new app store to connect the millions of sellers on its platform with companies building tools… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa arrives on Windows 10 laptops for the first time this week via Acer devices

Amazon’s Alexa is live on a Windows 10 laptop for the first time, making its debut on a pair of… Read More

Zunum Aero strikes deal with JetSuite for debut of hybrid electric airplanes in 2022

Zunum Aero says its first hybrid-to-electric airplanes will wear the colors of JetSuite, a private aviation company that’s a partner… Read More

Sales automation startup Outreach raises $65M round led by Spark Capital to fuel growth

Outreach is adding more fuel to the fire with a $65 million funding round led by Spark Capital. It’s a… Read More

HIV, HPV and late-night TV: Trump skewered on ‘SNL’ and ‘Colbert’ after Bill Gates video leak

A leaked video of Bill Gates talking about his early encounters with President Donald Trump turned into comedic material for… Read More

In new partnership with Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama to produce film and TV series

A former reality TV star became president, and now a former president is hoping to make a mark on streaming… Read More

Microsoft’s SharePoint spaces brings mixed reality to core Office 365 document management tool

Microsoft is infusing mixed reality into SharePoint, adding a new degree of customization to the document management and collaboration program… Read More

Bill Gates wrestles with big questions in five books that make up his latest summer reading list

It’s a small pile of books that Bill Gates is lifting to show off his 2018 summer reading list. But… Read More

Orbital ATK sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with science and a sextant

Update for 10 p.m. PT May 24: Astronauts used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to snag Orbital ATK’s robotic… Read More

Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines to bolster ‘conversational AI’ efforts

Microsoft has acquired Semantic Machines, a “conversational AI” startup in Berkeley, Calif., to further its work in building machines that… Read More

Queqiao takes flight: China launches Chang’e-4 relay satellite to moon’s far side

News Brief: China today launched a satellite that will serve as the communications relay for a future probe on the… Read More

On tour with U2: How the iconic band is using new tech to make its shows more human than ever

LOS ANGELES — U2’s preoccupation with outlandish technology can probably be traced to Bono’s rushed limo ride to the hospital… Read More

Trump’s chief economic adviser didn’t want to talk about Amazon’s relationship with the Post Office

President Donald Trump likes to paint Amazon as a negative force for the U.S. Postal Service, even reportedly asking U.S. Postmaster… Read More

Tacoma courts Seattle tech companies and other businesses with ‘No Head Tax Here’ pitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrixN6_jSA The city of Tacoma, Wash., has long envied the big concentration of tech companies to the north, and Seattle’s… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 13, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 13, 2018. Read More