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Nov 3, 2016, 10:27 AM

Reviews: Google Home outsmarts Amazon Echo, but Alexa is more skilled

Google’s $129 smart speaker ships tomorrow, and a new batch of reviews say Google Home is smarter than its competitor… Read More

Nov 2, 2016, 7:22 AM

Windows security hole, exposed by Google, puts Microsoft at center of Russian hacking controversy

The rivalry between Microsoft and Google might not match the one between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but it goes back many more… Read More

Oct 25, 2016, 10:59 AM

Google debuts 55-inch 4K digital collaboration whiteboard that will compete with Microsoft’s Surface Hub

Google unveiled its latest productivity tool on Tuesday, and it is rather large. The tech giant introduced Jamboard, a 55-inch 4K… Read More

Oct 25, 2016, 6:00 AM

Watch out, Amazon: Google Express home delivery service launches in Seattle as part of big expansion

Seattleites have a new option for ordering items online, thanks to Google. Google Express launched today in Seattle and across Washington, along… Read More

Oct 4, 2016, 8:56 AM

Google unveils new Pixel smartphone, Daydream mobile VR platform and Amazon Echo competitor Google Home

Google today unveiled a huge new catalog of devices it plans to release in the coming months: a new smartphone, a virtual-reality… Read More

Oct 3, 2016, 9:43 AM

Watch out, Amazon: Google set to launch Echo competitor at event Tuesday

Google is poised to launch its Amazon Echo challenger at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to reports from… Read More

Sep 21, 2016, 10:25 AM

Google’s new Allo messaging app tries to outsmart the competition with learned replies, help of Assistant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEkoXgb4bI In the crowded world of messaging apps, Google has released Allo, a new player that promises to learn how you… Read More

Sep 12, 2016, 3:54 PM

New images show how Google’s Seattle campus will transform the South Lake Union neighborhood

The team designing Google’s Seattle campus has released a new batch of images that show how the tech giant will… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 4:46 PM

Check out the latest images of Google’s future Seattle campus

Google’s new Seattle campus — deep in the heart of Amazon country in the South Lake Union neighborhood — will… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 7:44 AM

FAA puts key Amazon, UPS, Facebook and Google execs on Drone Advisory Committee

Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of… Read More

Jul 23, 2016, 9:20 AM

Geek on the Street: What is the name of Microsoft’s search engine?

Back in 2009, GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook took to the streets of Seattle and asked random passersby a simple question: What… Read More

Jul 6, 2016, 9:01 AM

Google acquires French machine learning startup Moodstocks in image-recognition push

Google announced today it has acquired Paris-based machine learning startup Moodstocks to work on smartphone image and item recognition. Moodstocks says… Read More

Jul 2, 2016, 7:00 AM

GeekWire Radio: Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenges tech giants, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book deal, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible running mate to Hillary Clinton, criticized… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 9:14 AM

Amazon enables voice activation for new Alexa ‘skills,’ as third-party capabilities expand

It just got a lot easier to for users add a new skill to Alexa, the voice-activated brain that powers… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 2:58 PM

Google hires Box exec Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations

Google has hired Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations, company spokesperson Michael Moeschler confirmed today. As the… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 2:51 PM

Google Cloud Platform adds beta support for standard SQL and more

A new beta of BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform’s data warehousing and analysis service, lets database administrators use standard SQL rather… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 10:56 AM

Google engineering leader Peter Wilson leaves for OfferUp to scale fast-growing Craigslist rival

Peter Wilson had no qualms with his role at Google, heading up the tech giant’s engineering operations out of its… Read More

May 23, 2016, 8:15 AM

Apple, Microsoft and Google hold 23% of all U.S. corporate cash, as tech sector accumulates wealth

Apple, Microsoft and Google are the top three cash-rich U.S. companies across all sectors of business, not including banks and… Read More

May 20, 2016, 9:18 AM

GeekWire Radio: Star Trek at 50, Facebook booms in Seattle, and TechStars startup highlights

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Insights from Jeff Bezos at Amazon’s annual meeting, a roundup of… Read More

May 18, 2016, 11:32 AM

Google’s new messaging and video chat apps, Allo and Duo, to compete with Skype and FaceTime

Google didn’t just announce an Amazon Echo competitor today; it also debuted Skype-like messaging and video chat platforms, called Allo and… Read More

May 18, 2016, 10:47 AM

First look at Google Home, the search giant’s Amazon Echo challenger

Google unveiled its Amazon Echo competitor, the Google Home, at Google I/O today. Just like the Echo, the smart speaker connects with… Read More

May 16, 2016, 11:28 AM

Google goes after Facebook with Spaces, a new app for small groups

Social media makes it easier than ever to connect with millions of people around the globe. But with the rise… Read More

May 12, 2016, 3:57 PM

Google working on its own rival to Amazon’s Echo smart speaker

Amazon has seen growing success with its AI assistant Alexa and the Echo smart speaker she powers, and now other… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 9:13 AM

Shorter ads coming to YouTube as pressure from Facebook mounts

The 30 seconds it takes to get through a video ad can seem like a lifetime in a world where… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 8:47 AM

Microsoft and Google call a truce, agree to withdraw regulatory complaints against each other

Microsoft and Google have agreed to withdraw all regulatory complaints against each other, and take steps to short-circuit any disputes in… Read More

Apr 18, 2016, 11:13 AM

Podcasts come to Google Play Music on Android and the web

Podcasts, in case you hadn’t noticed, are hot. Not only are exciting new podcasts launching seemingly every day, but the distribution… Read More

Apr 1, 2016, 10:35 AM

Google’s April Fools’ Day prank goes off the rails, pulled after claims of job loss

April Fools’ Day has morphed from a fun day for playing pranks to an all-out blitz of advertising disguised as (bad)… Read More

Mar 29, 2016, 12:52 PM

Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps in use together for many enterprises

Microsoft has held its dominance in the software market in part because it is the go-to provider for many business… Read More

Mar 28, 2016, 4:52 AM

Facebook glitch spooks users far from Lahore bombing by asking if they’re ‘affected by explosion’

Imagine the wave of dread and confusion that might charge through someone in New York or London if out of… Read More

Mar 25, 2016, 5:04 PM

Revealed: Filings provide inside look at Google’s planned Seattle complex near Amazon’s HQ

Amazon will soon have a new neighbor in the form of a fellow tech giant. As GeekWire reported on Thursday, Google plans… Read More