GeekWire Podcasts – Page 9 of 37

Apr 9, 2022, 9:54 AM

Words with AI: Language and the future of work, with Textio CEO Kieran Snyder

What’s the impact of the words we use? Augmented writing platform Textio uses machine learning and natural language processing to… Read More

Apr 2, 2022, 10:31 AM

How iSpot is using tech-driven advertising analytics to challenge TV industry stalwart Nielsen

Most online publishers and advertisers are accustomed to real-time analytics, the ability to see how many people are viewing a… Read More

Mar 26, 2022, 9:39 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Testing Starlink; U.S. tech worker migration; GeekWire Awards sneak peek

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about what could be an enduring era of remote work — for… Read More

Mar 19, 2022, 8:13 AM

Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and Amazon: Inside the tragic final days of a fabled entrepreneur

Tony Hsieh was a legendary entrepreneur who built Zappos and sold the online shoe retailer to Amazon for $1.2 billion… Read More

Mar 12, 2022, 9:38 AM

Jeff Bezos, future Seahawks owner? Why the Russell Wilson trade increases the odds

This week’s blockbuster trade of Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson could be the first in a series of moves that… Read More

Mar 9, 2022, 7:07 AM

How this former tech columnist bridged her family’s political divide, and what we can learn from it

What would happen to the divisions in our country if we set aside our phones, and our assumptions, and truly… Read More

Mar 5, 2022, 7:18 AM

USAFacts founder and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the State of the Union in numbers

Understanding any subject requires knowing the numbers, and that includes looking at the long-term trends. That was one of Steve… Read More

Feb 26, 2022, 10:09 AM

Key trends in digital commerce, with the former Amazon exec leading Seattle’s newest unicorn

This week brought news of a big fundraising by e-commerce technology startup Fabric, a $140 million Series C round led… Read More

Feb 23, 2022, 10:45 AM

How Zillow’s flexible work strategy is going, nearly two years later

Zillow Group knows a thing or two about homes, and during the past two years the Seattle-based online real estate… Read More

Feb 19, 2022, 5:41 AM

Startup survival story: Armoire’s remarkable journey from sequins to sweatpants and back again

Armoire CEO and founder Ambika Singh and her team built a women’s clothing subscription service with their “bosslady” members in… Read More

Feb 15, 2022, 5:17 PM

Why Microsoft’s return to the office may not be the norm across the rest of the tech industry

What does Microsoft’s return to the office mean for everybody else? That was one of the questions raised by the… Read More

Feb 12, 2022, 8:43 AM

GeekWire Podcast: The realities of Amazon’s pay increase; inside Microsoft’s HoloLens business

Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week, Ashley Stewart, is a Seattle-based senior tech correspondent for Insider who reports… Read More

Feb 7, 2022, 5:34 PM

Assessing the impact of Amazon’s big salary bump

Amazon informed its corporate and tech employees about a major change in their pay structure Monday morning. The company raised… Read More

Feb 7, 2022, 7:15 AM

Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k for corporate and tech workers, citing labor market

Amazon will boost its maximum base pay to $350,000 for corporate and tech employees, from $160,000 previously, as part of… Read More

Feb 5, 2022, 9:03 AM

Amazon defies gravity, Microsoft’s biggest challenge, and one startup’s quest to wipe out deforestation

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s latest results demonstrated its extraordinary flexibility and ability to overcome challenges in the… Read More

Jan 31, 2022, 5:41 PM

Podcast: Sony’s $3.6B Bungie deal, explained

The latest jaw-dropping deal in video games is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s agreement to buy Bellevue, Wash.-based Bungie, maker of the… Read More

Jan 29, 2022, 8:57 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Data journalist Sherrell Dorsey on her new book, ‘Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us’

Sherrell Dorsey grew up in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood and started interning at Microsoft at 14 years old, leveraging a… Read More

Jan 22, 2022, 7:45 AM

Microsoft’s Candy Crush: Madrona’s Hope Cochran, former King CFO, on $68.7B Activision deal

Why would Microsoft pay $68.7 billion for video-game giant Activision Blizzard? Hope Cochran, managing director at venture capital firm Madrona… Read More

Jan 15, 2022, 9:01 AM

NFTs, Metaverse, Web3, and new realities of startup investing, with Founders Co-op’s Aviel Ginzburg

So much of what happens in the startup world comes from serendipitous moments, random interactions that lead to fresh insights… Read More

Jan 8, 2022, 6:30 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier

Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from… Read More

Dec 23, 2021, 8:54 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin on the new era of work, acquisitions, and growth

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How the pandemic is changing attitudes toward work, jobs, and geography. Plus, the market… Read More

Dec 11, 2021, 9:58 AM

GeekWire Podcast: We assess the AWS outage, take an AI quiz, and try Amazon’s Halo View

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Is the world relying too much on Amazon Web Services? We take stock of… Read More

Dec 4, 2021, 8:57 AM

Immigration and tech: New realities, old problems, and what’s at stake for the future

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: how the pandemic, politics, labor shortages, and the rise of remote work are impacting… Read More

Nov 27, 2021, 7:19 AM

What we’re most thankful for in tech, science, business, and innovation

This was a week when many of us in the U.S. paused to reflect and give thanks. We’re keeping the… Read More

Nov 20, 2021, 8:43 AM

Robbie Bach on 20 years of Xbox, the future of the U.S., and his new novel, ‘The Wilkes Insurrection’

Can you believe Xbox has been around for 20 years? Our guest on this week’s GeekWire Podcast, Robbie Bach, was… Read More

Nov 13, 2021, 8:59 AM

When algorithms go bad: Zillow, Amazon, Facebook and the pitfalls of rampant automation

The downfall of Zillow’s iBuying business is a reminder of the downsides of relying too much on automation and machine… Read More

Nov 6, 2021, 6:40 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Jane Park on SPACs, the immigrant ethos, and brands in the Amazon era

Jane Park, the CEO of newly public Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp., hadn’t imagined herself leading a special purpose acquisition company,… Read More

Oct 30, 2021, 9:46 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook’s virtual reality, Amazon’s new reality, and Microsoft’s big milestone

This week on the GeekWire Podcast … We dissect Amazon’s earnings, offering our take on Andy Jassy’s take on the… Read More

Oct 23, 2021, 7:28 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Tech pay, cloud trends, Kraken, and self-driving cars, with Qumulo CEO Bill Richter

Everyone is closely monitoring the implications of remote work as we emerge from the pandemic, so it’s no surprise that… Read More