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
Mar 16, 2019, 9:41 AM GeekWire Podcast: Brave Amazon employee quizzes Bezos; GeekWire Awards preview; Peter Sagal’s input on input We’re preparing for the GeekWire Awards, our annual event recognizing the best in Pacific Northwest tech and innovation, coming up… Read More
Mar 13, 2019, 6:46 AM GeekWire Podcast: Photo tips and tricks from our photographer’s expedition to Mongolia As the photographer for GeekWire, I have many unique chances to capture the goings-on of the Seattle tech community. When… Read More
Mar 12, 2019, 2:39 PM Numbers Geek: Peter Sagal, ‘Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me’ host and ‘Incomplete Book of Running’ author Peter Sagal is best known as the host of NPR’s weekly quiz show, Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, which marked… Read More
Mar 9, 2019, 8:54 AM Is it really time to break up Big Tech? A reality check on Sen. Warren’s ambitious proposal U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon as utilities and roll back some of their… Read More
Mar 7, 2019, 1:54 PM Numbers Geek: Basketball legend Sue Bird on her record season, and one of her classic games Imagine you’ve been working in the same job, for the same organization, for your entire career, through all the ups… Read More
Mar 2, 2019, 7:35 AM GeekWire Podcast: Zillow’s extreme makeover; Amazon’s big backpedal; and farewell, Dash Buttons What the heck is going on at Zillow? We kick off this week’s episode of the GeekWire Podcast by analyzing… Read More
Feb 28, 2019, 9:32 AM Numbers Geek: Steve Ballmer on the U.S. trade deficit, China’s role, and the impact on the economy How big is the U.S. trade deficit, in reality, and what are the implications of U.S. trade negotiations with China… Read More
Feb 23, 2019, 5:05 AM The secret to Seattle’s success in tech, and what needs to happen to spark the next wave of growth Despite all its success, Seattle’s tech community needs an unprecedented win to take it to the next level — a… Read More
Feb 20, 2019, 6:46 AM Numbers Geek: National Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning, on grading U.S. public education Mandy Manning is uniquely qualified to offer her perspective on education, one of the subjects we’ve been exploring on our… Read More
Feb 16, 2019, 7:54 AM Full interview: Bill Gates on climate change, Paul Allen, nationalism and, of course, hamburgers Bill Gates is known to play his cards close to the vest, but in an interview with GeekWire, the Microsoft… Read More
Feb 14, 2019, 12:53 PM Come on, Amazon! The implications of the tech giant’s abrupt decision to nix its NYC HQ2 Amazon spent more than a year looking for its “HQ2,” planning to establish a second headquarters equal to its Seattle… Read More
Feb 12, 2019, 7:15 AM Bill Gates explains why putting America first means giving a damn about the rest of the world, too With a wave of nationalism sweeping the globe, Bill Gates contends that doing right by the country starts with helping… Read More
Feb 8, 2019, 7:46 AM ‘Day 1’ Distraction: National Enquirer fight signals new era for Jeff Bezos, and maybe for Amazon One of the most fascinating things about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is that building one of the world’s most successful… Read More
Feb 1, 2019, 2:58 PM Geared Up for the Super Bowl: Last-minute TV recommendations for the big game One of the most highly anticipated television events of the year, Super Bowl LIII, is coming up on Sunday, Feb.… Read More
Feb 1, 2019, 2:37 PM Week in Geek: Howard Schultz’s presidential pitch, beating Zillow’s Zestimate, and Bluetooth’s new direction Can Howard Schultz make a serious run for U.S. president? Can Zillow’s Zestimate be beaten? And can I find my… Read More
Jan 31, 2019, 2:57 PM Numbers Geek with Steve Ballmer: Immigration and the U.S. economy Here’s a good way to measure the controversy surrounding any political issue: count the number of adjectives and adverbs that… Read More
Jan 30, 2019, 12:00 PM Geared Up: FaceTime eavesdropping bug, minimalist phones, and rumored Apple gaming subscription service In this episode of Geared Up, Andru Edwards and I discuss the FaceTime bug that allowed iPhone users to eavesdrop… Read More
Jan 25, 2019, 12:30 PM Week in Geek: Amazon’s delivery robot, the app that helped AOC, and a rough game for the Surface Pro While we’ve been watching the sky and waiting for drone deliveries from Amazon, the tech giant came at us from… Read More
Jan 23, 2019, 2:53 PM The mobile ultrasound revolution: How technology is expanding this medical tool to new frontiers Last year, a physician in a remote Polish town visited the home of a baby with a systemic bacterial infection.… Read More
Jan 19, 2019, 10:25 AM Amazon and Microsoft diverge on approach to housing crisis in their home region As two of the world’s most valuable companies, Amazon and Microsoft have created mind-boggling wealth and economic vitality in the… Read More
Jan 18, 2019, 1:54 PM Wrong Number: How to tell fact from fiction in a world full of bogus data Here’s a pop quiz: Which of these public statements contained incorrect or misleading numbers? “Add that to Marco’s plan for… Read More
