GeekWire Podcasts – Page 16 of 37

May 23, 2019, 12:25 PM

Paging Dr. Alexa: Hospitals call on voice assistants, envisioning ‘massive’ impact on healthcare

Voice assistants are coming to the hospital. Last month, Amazon Alexa announced a new skill that made the platform compliant… Read More

May 23, 2019, 10:46 AM

Jeff Bezos, can you take my return? Inside one of the most unusual Amazon annual meetings ever

Amazon Prime member Evie Schwerin ordered a Haggadah, the Jewish text traditionally read at Passover Seder, before realizing that she… Read More

May 22, 2019, 7:34 AM

How to think like Amazon: New book from former exec helps others learn from tech giant

Amazon critics will gather outside the tech giant’s shareholder meeting Wednesday morning in Seattle to protest the company’s actions on… Read More

May 18, 2019, 7:49 AM

Minecraft meets the real world, Amazon pays its employees to quit, and the scooter saga continues

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Four years after acquiring Minecraft, Microsoft this week unveiled its most ambitious effort yet… Read More

May 14, 2019, 8:32 AM

Q&A: Melinda Gates opens up about tech industry, equality and 3 women who changed her life

Melinda Gates once famously set a rule in her kitchen. Nobody leaves until mom does. It’s a story she tells… Read More

May 12, 2019, 11:13 AM

Blue Moon and beyond: How Jeff Bezos plans to take civilization to space, starting with lunar colony

It’s our choice: a finite world with limited resources, or an infinite universe with unlimited potential. Those were the options… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

May 11, 2019, 8:56 AM

Which tech giant do you trust? How Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are doing privacy

There’s a common theme running through the spring season of developer conferences and tech events: trust and privacy. With the… Read More

May 11, 2019, 8:24 AM

Geared Up: Google Pixel 3a Thoughts, iOS 13 Leaked Features, & Google Duplex on the Web

The Google I/O 2019 keynote took place this week, and I bring you a recap of the news, including my… Read More

May 8, 2019, 10:14 AM

Numbers Geek finale: Bill Gates, Andrew Yang and more on the most important numbers in the world

Andrew Yang, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, is not a fan of Gross Domestic Product. “How many of you… Read More

May 4, 2019, 9:12 AM

Geared Up: The saga of the Samsung Galaxy Fold delay

What happened to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold? On this episode of Geared Up, I bring you a… Read More

May 3, 2019, 12:12 AM

Revealed: GeekWire Awards 2019 winners crowned as we celebrate the best of Pacific Northwest tech

The strength and success of the people and companies across the Pacific Northwest tech ecosystem was on full display Thursday… Read More

May 2, 2019, 10:02 AM

Amazon’s new Prime number: Why the tech giant is shifting its core shipping benefit to one-day delivery

Amazon’s first quarter earnings report last week presented analysts and investors with a financial mystery. The company’s profits were much… Read More

Apr 30, 2019, 5:00 AM

‘Own the darn numbers’: Steve Ballmer releases new USAFacts annual report, with a challenge for elected officials

“I want our electeds to own the darn numbers. This is the state of our government. This is what’s going… Read More

Apr 29, 2019, 6:57 PM

IPOs without profits: New tech giants pin their initial public offerings on long-term potential

What do Pinterest, Lyft, Uber and Slack have in common? Yes, they’re all newly public companies, or preparing to make… Read More

Apr 26, 2019, 10:56 AM

Why Arivale failed: Inside the surprise closure of an ambitious ‘scientific wellness’ startup

Founded in 2015, Seattle startup Arivale aspired to pioneer a new sector called scientific wellness, combining genetic testing with personal… Read More

Apr 26, 2019, 7:46 AM

What’s happening to America’s middle class: The numbers behind one of the country’s key trends

What is happening to America’s middle class? People from across the political spectrum use a lot of different words to… Read More

Apr 20, 2019, 8:56 AM

Unicorns, IPOs and the hidden links among the new wave of tech giants

Seattle has a new unicorn, Outreach, the sales and marketing automation company that raised a $114 million funding round, pushing… Read More

Apr 17, 2019, 4:56 PM

Steve Ballmer breaks down the numbers behind the LA Clippers’ historic NBA playoff comeback win

With even more yelling and fist-pumping than normal, Steve Ballmer might not have seemed like an analytical guy to casual… Read More

Apr 13, 2019, 8:56 AM

GeekWire Podcast: T-Mobile Park, Jack Dorsey’s smartphone, and other random items of questionable relevance

Almost every week, at the end of the GeekWire Podcast, we feature our “Random Channel” segment, discussing random items of… Read More

Apr 13, 2019, 6:40 AM

Numbers of the NBA: A courtside chat with Steve Ballmer about the basketball metrics that matter

Sure, you know how many points your favorite NBA player scored in his last game. But how do turnovers, field… Read More

Apr 6, 2019, 10:30 AM

‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well

“Destination Moon,” the traveling exhibit making its debut at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this month, puts some of the greatest… Read More

Apr 6, 2019, 7:00 AM

Why Amazon is pulling a giant team out of Seattle, and what it means for the tech giant’s home region

News that Amazon is shifting its worldwide operations team out of Seattle to nearby Bellevue, Wash., quickly ignited a debate… Read More

Apr 5, 2019, 9:39 AM

Shark Tank’s billion-dollar blunder: How startup Ring went from TV rejection to Amazon acquisition

Back in 2013, Jamie Siminoff was the founder and chief inventor of a struggling video doorbell company who was pinning… Read More

Apr 5, 2019, 7:54 AM

Geared Up podcast: Here’s why Apple canceled AirPower, and our Top 5 HomeKit smart devices

Apple has cancelled the long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat. For our newest Geared Up podcast, I go over what went… Read More

Apr 3, 2019, 8:30 AM

Numbers Geek meets ‘Shark Tank’: Why this startup founder turned down Mark Cuban’s $30M deal

Thirty-million dollars. That number will forever be associated with our guest on this week’s Numbers Geek podcast, Arum Kang, co-founder… Read More

Mar 30, 2019, 10:20 AM

GeekWire Podcast: How Microsoft is boxing Amazon into a corner on privacy and taxes

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft is putting Amazon into a difficult position by advocating a tax increase on… Read More

Mar 30, 2019, 8:57 AM

Geared Up: Apple TV+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade and the rest of Apple’s new services

Apple unveiled a host of new services at its March 25 event this week (be sure to check out my… Read More

Mar 23, 2019, 9:22 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Bezos and the bots, DNA data storage, and Seattle startups learn to co-exist with Silicon Valley giants

Every year, Amazon and Jeff Bezos hold an elite, invitation-only conference called MARS, for Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space, which doubles as an… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 11:15 AM

A ‘Numbers Geek’ Mystery: Can Steve Ballmer identify a company solely from its financial results?

Can Steve Ballmer figure out the identity of an anonymous company just from the numbers on its income statement? Can… Read More

Mar 19, 2019, 5:38 PM

Are you getting a fair trade for your data? Demystifying online privacy with Marketplace Tech’s Molly Wood

After a year of privacy scandals, consumers are beginning to realize that the volume of data tech companies collect on… Read More