He could have sent an email. Or dropped a gift card in everyone’s mailbox. But instead, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos went with a little more drama to say thanks to… Read More
The latest rare specimen inside Amazon’s Spheres is set to put on its final show, as a blooming corpse flower is nearing the end of its cycle in the company’s… Read More
Several months after a blooming corpse flower wowed visitors to Amazon’s Spheres in downtown Seattle, the tech giant’s unique office space is playing host to another one of the rare… Read More
2018 was a year of acronyms. We witnessed an overhyped search for HQ2, a flurry of IPOs and the passing of Seattle tech pioneer PGA: Paul G. Allen. It was… Read More
His guitar hero Jimi Hendrix sang of “Purple Haze,” but Seahawks blue was also one of Paul Allen’s favorite colors. So in tribute to the late Microsoft co-founder, buildings in… Read More
The Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse plant, takes about seven years to produce a bloom which only lasts about 48 hours. The rare event drew a crowd more than a week… Read More
A giant flower that takes seven years to bloom and smells like rotting flesh was Seattle’s hottest ticket on Saturday night, with crowds packing Amazon’s Spheres to get a look… Read More
This is no ordinary desk plant. But from the comfort of your workspace, you should open another browser window on your computer and watch as a rare plant gets set… Read More
The Spheres and free bananas. Two recognizable indicators that you’ve wandered into Amazonia in Seattle. Whatever you call those glass orbs at the base of the tech giant’s gleaming office… Read More
This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today’s topic: the biggest Amazon stories of the year. Today’s featured stories Welcome… Read More
In downtown Seattle, the land known as “Amazonia” is dense. And I didn’t know I was walking into it until I was already there. I’m not from the Seattle area,… Read More
Amazon takes a lot of pride in the Spheres it built at its downtown Seattle headquarters. And this weekend the Spheres showed off for Pride, the month-long celebration of LGBTQ… Read More
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[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More
Amazon’s Spheres are already a head turner on a normal day, thanks to the unique architectural nature of the plant-filled orbs at the base of the company’s corporate towers. Friday… Read More
Square is just getting settled in Seattle, and it is already planning to grow. GeekWire reported on Square’s Seattle office last week, but at the time the company didn’t say… Read More
Amazon had a big week. The company announced plans to found a new healthcare company in partnership with bank JPMorgan Chase and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. The companies promise to… Read More
People hoping to visit the newly opened Spheres on Amazon’s Seattle campus would do well to double check just what that experience will entail — especially if they don’t have… Read More
After hearing from Washington’s governor, Seattle’s mayor and others, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos turned to a voice he truly recognizes on Monday for help in opening the Spheres, the plant-filled… Read More
Five years after first proposing the construction of three glass domes on its downtown Seattle campus, Amazon is set to welcome employees into its fully realized, plant-filled Spheres next week, and… Read More
Five years after they were first proposed as an indoor space filled with plants and tall trees, The Spheres at the base of the tall towers on Amazon’s downtown Seattle… Read More
The seasons outside may be showing signs of change in Seattle, but inside the Amazon Spheres, it’s growing season, and the plants and trees inside the unique structures are reaching… Read More
Amazon employees walking past and/or working above and beside The Spheres being built in downtown Seattle had a chance to capture images of the unique domes for a recent photo… Read More
A 48-year-old tree, sent by truck from a Southern California farm two weeks ago, has a new home inside the Spheres on Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus. The 55-foot-tall Ficus rubiginosa — the… Read More
Joyce Irish has seen a lot of things get built in her lifetime in Seattle. She’s also outlived a good number of them, including the first SR 520 floating bridge… Read More
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so Amazon, get ready to be flattered. The idea for the triumvirate of spheres built as part of Amazon’s new Seattle campus… Read More
On a beautiful, sunny day in Seattle, there’s no better time to be out working in the garden. It’s a decidedly more dramatic proposition if your garden happens to be inside… Read More
It’s no secret that Amazon knows how to grow a business, based on what the company has achieved over its almost 23-year history. But how does the tech giant do… Read More
Spring is in the air, the weather in Seattle is finally improving and techies across the Northwest are gearing up for the spring Seattle Virtual Reality Hackathon. The hackathon is a… Read More
Rudy Willingham, a Seattle drone photographer with a thing for architecture, has captured dramatic new video footage of the Amazon Spheres that provides a unique perspective of the ongoing project. Willingham, who… Read More