Articles about Bill Gates – Page 21 of 26

This American Life: Intellectual Ventures got 90% of ongoing profits even after selling patent

Intellectual Ventures struck a deal to receive 90 percent of the ongoing profits from a patent that it sold to… Read More

Bill Gates: U.S. leaders should be more data-driven

Bill Gates has said repeatedly that he doesn’t have aspirations to hold public office, but he has some common-sense advice… Read More

Tech Moves: Joanna Lord named CMO at BigDoor; Brian Arbogast joins the Gates Foundation; and more

—Online marketing whiz Joanna Lord has left her VP job at SEOmoz to become chief marketing officer at BigDoor, the Seattle… Read More

Microsoft stock hits 5-year high as Gates reclaims world’s richest title

It’s a good day to be Bill Gates. According to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, Gates’ reclaimed the title of world’s richest… Read More

Bill Gates: Like athletes, teachers need their Vince Lombardi or John Wooden

To improve upon something, we must learn, and to learn, we often seek guidance from others. For example, Michael Jordan… Read More

Video: Melinda Gates tells Duke grads to reject the ‘Me Generation’ label

Duke University computer science and economics grad Melinda Gates returned to her alma mater this past weekend to deliver the… Read More

Tech pioneer Bill Gates still lugs around a giant bag of paper books

It’s always interesting to keep track of what Bill Gates is reading, and for some reason I envisioned him taking… Read More

Gates, Buffett say online purchase taxes are fair and good for state budgets

Billionaire buddies Bill Gates and Warren Buffett wholeheartedly agree on one thing: Online retailers need to be taxed. Speaking on… Read More

Gates, Myhrvold tap startup vet to lead ‘Global Good’ technology initiative

The position of “Vice President of Global Good” at Intellectual Ventures made news even before it was filled. The Bellevue company,… Read More

Bill Clinton (officially) joins Twitter, gets shout out from Bill Gates and Colbert

Former president Bill Clinton has joined Twitter — and this time the ex-commander-in-chief is doing so without the help of… Read More

Bill Gates on how better technology will help eradicate Polio

A few months ago, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg announced their plans to team up in the fight to eradicate… Read More

‘Gates’ bio is back on Kindle, with new take on Jobs vs. Gates

More than a decade ago, as I was getting up to speed on the Microsoft beat, one of my new… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: This startup founder wants to help you find a better babysitter

[Editor’s note: Be sure to join us in person this Thursday, April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for… Read More

Bill Gates and Paul Allen reprise classic Microsoft photo, three decades later

The photo above is a Microsoft classic, showing the company’s founders, Paul Allen and Bill Gates, surrounded by personal computers… Read More

Bill Gates invests in energy storage again, this time with battery maker Aquion

In the past few years, Bill Gates has already invested in three energy storage companies — MIT spinout Metal Battery (renamed… Read More

Time’s top Twitter feeds: Bill Gates, @SeattleMamaDoc and journalist Glenn Fleishman

Philanthropist Bill Gates (@BillGates), technology journalist Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) and pediatrician Wendy Sue Swanson (@SeattleMamaDoc) are among those chosen for… Read More

Kymeta: Is this Bill Gates’ next billion-dollar company?

Wireless technology company Kymeta Corp. has been in business for a grand total of seven months, but already it has… Read More

Bill Gates addresses cybersecurity threats, then gets hacked

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stopped by the Washington Post today and spoke about his support for addressing the threats of cybersecurity.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: How data, technology and analytics are reshaping education

Our topic this week on the GeekWire radio show: The future of education, and how technology is changing the experience… Read More

Bill Gates at SXSWedu: The future of education is data

If there was a single nerdy subtext that Bill Gates brought to his closing keynote at the SXSWedu conference in… Read More

Bill Gates ranks 2nd on Forbes billionaires list, Jeff Bezos rises up the charts

Forbes is out today with its annual ranking of the world’s top billionaires, and Seattle tech titans are well represented… Read More

Code.org video featuring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and other coding geeks goes viral

Code.org, the non-profit created by entrepreneurs Ali and Hadi Partovi, has struck a nerve with its video about the importance… Read More

Reddit AMA: Bill Gates on internet freedom, Steve Jobs and the Surface Pro

Answering questions about everything from his favorite book (The Better Angels of our Nature) to his favorite band (Weezer) to… Read More

Ask Bill Gates anything: Microsoft co-founder answering questions on Reddit

UPDATE, 11:55 a.m.: Here’s a transcript of Gates’ answers —— From how much money is in his wallet to his… Read More

Khan Academy’s Salman Khan on startups, technology and why he uses Windows

Salman Khan is known for his educational videos, and his Khan Academy is a non-profit venture, but he has all… Read More

A big win for BC: Annual TED conference headed to Vancouver

TED is heading north of the border. To mark the organization’s 30th anniversary, it just announced today that it plans… Read More

Bill Gates says Steve Jobs was “always cooler than me”

Steve Jobs may have been “cooler” than Bill Gates, and that’s OK. The Microsoft co-founder and chairman made his first-ever… Read More

Bill Gates’ Annual Letter: How measurement can change the world

Bill Gates published his fifth annual letter today and wrote that accurate measurements and clear goals are the keys to improving the… Read More

Bill Gates says you should read these 5 books in 2013

I wish I knew how many books Bill Gates has read in his life. The man inspires me to read… Read More

Bill Gates wants your help to change the world by 2030

Once a year, Bill Gates pens an annual letter that recaps the work being done around the world that’s helping… Read More