Articles from 2021 – Page 27 of 77

Microsoft’s Office 365 price increase could be $5B boost for its business, analyst estimates

An upcoming price increase for Microsoft 365 business software subscriptions, announced this week, promises to boost its business by as… Read More

This Portland startup wants to build the ‘most inclusive and the most diverse’ kids media brand

There are the conventional ways to start, fund and run a business, and then there’s Jelani Memory’s way of doing… Read More

Podcast

Inside our hybrid studio: GeekWire’s tech tips and tricks for in-person and remote recordings

The last 18 months have been an audio-visual adventure, requiring many of us to improve and refine our at-home tech… Read More

Preview: ‘Magic’ pros and ‘Hearthstone’ vets team up for card-game auto-battler ‘Storybook Brawl’

If you’ve ever wanted to recruit a who’s-who of characters from folklore, mythology, and the public domain, then send them… Read More

Tech guy in the sky: Seattle entrepreneur takes GeekWire to new heights with epic balloon ride

“It never gets old,” Eliav Cohen said as he raised his iPhone at the sun peeking over the Cascades one… Read More

How this husband-wife duo launched a startup while battling cancer and homeschooling their kids

Samir and Amy Lakhani have had quite the year — one that involved quitting full-time jobs, working on their first… Read More

NASA agrees to pause SpaceX lunar contract until November after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin files suit

NASA paused its contract with SpaceX to take astronauts back to the moon pending the initial outcome of a lawsuit… Read More

New ‘murder hornet’ nest located in Washington state as scientists again use tiny tracking tech

Tech has passed the test again in helping to track down another Asian giant hornet nest in Washington state. About… Read More

Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars… Read More

Bungie takes three more ‘Destiny 2’ cheat-makers to federal court

Independent video game studio Bungie, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., filed federal lawsuits on Thursday in Seattle against three companies that… Read More

Busy pandemic season helps medical supply e-commerce platform Bttn raise $5M

A Seattle-based e-commerce platform that aims to reduce costs and eliminate the middleman in the procurement of medical supplies has… Read More

Seattle Kraken in the game as EA Sports’ ‘NHL 22’ features new hockey team and new arena

Hockey fans dying for a look inside Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, the soon-to-be home of the Seattle Kraken, can turn… Read More

Report: Amazon is namely to blame as parents stop naming kids Alexa

“Alexa, STOP!” How many times have you shouted that after unintentionally waking a voice-enabled Amazon device? Now imagine being the… Read More

The circle of life: Amazon reportedly to open department stores in latest physical retail bid

Amazon is making another move into physical retail, this time with plans to open department store-like locations in Ohio and… Read More

Podcast

How Amazon could be Earth’s best employer: 5 ideas from a logistics pro turned warehouse worker

Gisela Hausmann had a unique perspective on Amazon when she started a job in 2019 as a front-line worker at… Read More

Extra high tech in Seattle: Photos show worker at tip of Space Needle spire installing new PanoCam

There’s Seattle tech, and then there’s Seattle high tech, and then there’s, well, even higher Seattle tech. The Space Needle… Read More

New 130K square-foot drug manufacturing plant in Seattle area will develop COVID-19 therapeutics

The Seattle area is home to a new nimble drug manufacturing facility built by Just – Evotec Biologics that was… Read More

Is this the next big social media app? LitPic lands $1.5M to let fans pay creators with in-app currency

Veteran entrepreneurs and longtime investors are backing a Seattle startup behind a new social network that helps creators and influencers… Read More

Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads

Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won’t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The… Read More

Insects-as-feed startup Beta Hatch raises another $10M as it builds out the ‘future of farming’

Beta Hatch is raising cash as fast as it’s raising insects. The farming startup that hatched near Seattle and is… Read More

GeekWire’s summer rooftop BBQ and Sounders Day party returns September 14

We are excited to bring back one of our favorite summer traditions. Join us for an epic rooftop summer BBQ… Read More

T-Mobile data breach: More than 47M current and former customers affected, carrier says

T-Mobile on Wednesday released more details about a “highly sophisticated cyberattack” that exposed data from more than 40 million former… Read More

High-speed rail proponents make another push for Pacific Northwest project; poll shows voter support

Three of every five voters in Oregon and Washington support a regional, high-speed rail line, according to a poll released… Read More

Computing at the edge of space: HPE and Microsoft conduct International Space Station experiments

If your cell phone went out 17 times a day, for anywhere from 1 second to 20 minutes, you’d get… Read More

Payscale acquires CURO, another compensation data provider

Payscale is hopping on the M&A train again. The Seattle-based compensation data company today announced the acquisition of CURO Compensation… Read More

Avalara nabs nearly $1B in debt securities to fuel growing tax compliance software business

Seattle-based Avalara is getting a large cash infusion as its business continues to benefit from the e-commerce boom and increasing… Read More

Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

— Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. In… Read More

‘Myst’ remake confirmed for Aug. 26 release date, on PC, Mac, Oculus, and Xbox Game Pass

Cyan, headquartered in Spokane, Wash., announced Tuesday that its latest remake of the original Myst is planned for release on… Read More

Microsoft hires former Uber product chief Manik Gupta to build ‘world-class consumer experiences’

Manik Gupta, an investor and startup advisor who worked previously as Uber’s chief product officer and a Google product leader,… Read More

Ready to deliver on robotic pizza: Picnic sets price and starts taking orders for pie-making machine

Order up! Picnic, the Seattle food automation startup, announced Tuesday that it is accepting pre-orders from U.S. customers for its… Read More