Podcast What’s wrong with Alexa: Former insider on the challenges facing Amazon’s AI voice assistant Amazon created the initial technical scaffolding for Alexa quickly, jumping out to an early lead in the market for smart… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: The shared orbits of Microsoft and Amazon, and the tech industry’s future in space Plenty of well-known tech leaders have jumped from Microsoft to Amazon over the years. So what does it say about… Read More
Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO — Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at… Read More
Tech Moves: Moovel CEO steps down following ReachNow’s closure; PayScale gets a new CFO Nat Parker, CEO of transportation software firm Moovel North America, is stepping down to rejoin the startup world. Former chief… Read More
Ex-Amazon Alexa exec lays out Control4’s vision of an operating system for smart homes Smart home devices are everywhere, but getting them to work together smoothly remains a headache to even the most tech-savvy… Read More
Former Amazon smart home executive Charlie Kindel reveals his next gig Charlie Kindel, founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division, has found his next gig, and he ended up there in… Read More
Amazon Alexa Smart Home founder Charlie Kindel departs tech giant after 5 years After five years at Amazon, Charlie Kindel is ready for a break. The founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division… Read More
Meet FreeBusy: A cross-platform calendar tool that helps you schedule meetings Setting up meetings via email isn’t always efficient. You tell someone your availability, and they respond with their own. After… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for Hire of the Year We’re back for another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards. And today’s category — Hire of the Year —… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Charlie Kindel’s BizLogr automatically tracks your mileage Charlie Kindel spent more than two decades at Microsoft, working on everything from Windows Phone to Windows Home Server. Now,… Read More
The Job Decision Matrix: How to make your next big move Changing jobs can be scary and confusing. Everybody has things that are important to them at a particular point in… Read More
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM Kindel to advise FreePriceAlerts; Amazon gets a Yahoo; etc. Charlie Kindel, who left his general manager job on the Windows Phone team last August, is finding plenty of stuff… Read More
Ex-Microsoft mobile exec Charlie Kindel to advise Buddy Platform Charlie Kindel, a Seattle angel investor and former general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, has joined the advisory board… Read More
