It’s down to the final four: Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Raleigh. Team GeekWire has been poring over submissions from cities all over the country eager to host GeekWire HQ2 for the month of… Read More
City leaders across the continent are thinking about how they can best pitch their communities to Amazon as the Thursday deadline for HQ2 pitches approaches. They’ve been combing through criteria… Read More
Technology is a critical part of American history but it typically occupies little more than a marginal note in history textbooks. Margaret O’Mara, a history professor at the University of Washington, says… Read More
With more than 100 contestants in the Great Amazon HQ2 Beauty Pageant, it takes a little more than good looks and a plucky attitude to get the judges’ attention. Some… Read More
Amazon sparked an all-out bidding war this week when it asked North American cities to roll out the red carpet for its second headquarters. But should one of the most… Read More
As many of the world’s biggest urban centers implement Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a quest to become “smart cities” — making greater use of connected cameras, sensors and more —… Read More
The political landscape may be shifting in Washington, D.C., but when it comes to building the high-tech infrastructure for data and transportation, urban planners are thinking globally and acting locally.… Read More
As Seattle grapples with a tech boom, low housing inventory, and soaring rents, many longtime residents worry the city could go the way of San Francisco or New York. The… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Tren Griffin, a longtime member of the Seattle region’s technology community, responded earlier this week to New York-based venture capitalist Fred Wilson’s statement that Seattle is a “third tier”… Read More
You don’t have to be a Blue Origin rocket scientist to see that Seattle has a serious traffic problem. The city’s streets are flooded with cars, buses, and cyclists during… Read More