This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Uber announced a beta test of a new flat rate program this week, designed to court “super users” in Seattle and other cities around… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A sports tech extravaganza. First, GeekWire’s sports technology guru Taylor Soper joins us to discuss new developments and shake-ups in tech on the University of Washington’s football… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: BMW’s ReachNow car sharing program added service to Seattle’s SeaTac Airport this week. For an additional $5 on their trip, users can now… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon unveiled the first-ever Prime freighter plane this week: Amazon One, a re-purposed Boeing 767 jet that was once a passenger aircraft. PODCAST SPONSORS It is… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: We start with a roundup of second quarter earnings, where Amazon again blew away expectations, reporting revenue of $30.4 billion. The 31% increase from last… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: We’re on location at Postback, the mobile marketing conference hosted by Tune, the Seattle-based mobile marketing company. PODCAST SPONSORS We speak with Micah… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Highlights from our conversation with Steve Ballmer, the L.A. Clippers owner, at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle this past week. PODCAST… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Seattle is the third best tech city in the U.S., according to a study released this week by real estate services company CBRE. The study ranked… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible running mate to Hillary Clinton, criticized acquisitions and conglomerates in the tech industry. She singled out… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: The FAA deals Amazon’s drone ambitions a setback with its new rules for commercial operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. The rules limit flights… Read More
Access to LinkedIn’s trove of data about companies and professionals is a primary driver of Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, says our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast. PODCAST SPONSORS… Read More
New York-based venture capitalist Fred Wilson this week ranked Seattle a “third-tier” startup city, then backed down from his statement after Tren Griffin, our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: We’re joined by Corley Hughes, a former Microsoft general manager who is now the chief operating officer of Product Hunt, the… Read More
In a little more than a year, on-demand trucking startup Convoy has raised nearly $19 million from a high-profile group of investors. Convoy uses technology to bring more efficiency to trucking, an… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An NFL team has begun practicing against robots; how Zillow missed its Zestimate, by a wide margin, on its CEO’s home; Microsoft, Apple… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Insights from Jeff Bezos at Amazon’s annual meeting, a roundup of the top pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day, and a… Read More
Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Expedia Inc., the travel industry giant that owns brands including Orbitz, Travelocity, Trivago,… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A new study by the University of Washington questions the effectiveness of the two-minute warning when it comes to ending kids’ screen time.… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we’re joined by Carol Rava, the new CEO of the Seattle-based Technology Alliance, who shares her perspective on education, investing and the… Read More
PODCAST SPONSOR This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon challenges Netflix with a monthly streaming subscription option for $8.99/month, and GeekWire reporter James Risley shares what learned from his month… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: Uber finally arrives at the Seattle airport, OfferUp tests mobile payments in a new challenge to Craigslist, and we go hands-on with Amazon’s new… Read More
One of the most popular guests ever to appear on our weekly GeekWire radio show is Amazon’s Alexa, the voice-enabled virtual assistant inside the Echo smart speaker and a growing number of… Read More
Artificial intelligence may seem like a futuristic concept, but we’re already experiencing it in real ways in our lives, whether we know it or not — in areas including speech… Read More
Imagine a future where life’s most boring or dangerous tasks are handled by machines. Time otherwise spent commuting, scheduling appointments, sifting through mail, could be devoted to human passions instead. That’s… Read More
What’s it really like for a woman to build a successful career in the technology industry? GeekWire contributing writer Lisa Stiffler set out to answer that question with this special project, profiling eight… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: A new initiative called Challenge Seattle aims to solve the region’s traffic problems, the city buys out the failing Pronto bike share program,… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A new invention aims to keep packages from getting stolen from porches, Expedia unveils its Seattle campus designs, Jenn Risko of… Read More
Jenn Risko has a unique perspective on Amazon’s move into physical bookstores, as the co-founder and publisher of the Shelf Awareness book industry newsletters. The publication originally broke the news about Amazon’s first-ever… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave a small group of journalists, including GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle, a guided tour of his Blue Origin rocket factory this week. During this… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show, we’re featuring highlights from GeekWire’s new weekly podcast, Generation App, with reporter and digital producer Monica Nickelsburg, the host of the show. To… Read More