How consumer technology is driving smart cities In just a few short years, we’ve come to expect miraculous things from our phones. It’s not enough to order… Read More
Seattle mayor forming council of tech leaders seeking solutions to the region’s growing pains Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is tapping problem solvers in the tech industry to develop solutions to some of the city’s… Read More
Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire says Seattle head tax ‘undermines our international and national reputation’ Christine Gregoire didn’t mince words when asked about Seattle’s controversial new head tax at the Museum of History and Industry’s… Read More
Effort to kill non-competes in Washington state fails again, leaving controversial contracts intact Washington lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on non-compete agreements died in the state legislature this week. Two bills that would… Read More
Cascadia rising: New group aims to help Pacific NW rival Silicon Valley as unified innovation hub Despite its tech giants, leading universities, and talent, Seattle still struggles to stack up to Silicon Valley when it comes… Read More
Inside the X ‘moonshot factory’: Here’s where Google’s ideas take flight (or fizzle) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Why does the Captain of Moonshots wear roller skates to work? That may sound like the start… Read More
Study: Startup ecosystems across the country are bouncing back — but there’s more work to be done The Great Recession struck a major and lasting blow to entrepreneurship but the nation’s startup ecosystem appears to finally be… Read More
Podcast Full Interview: Bill Gates on global health, clean energy, Trump, Microsoft and the future of the world Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview… Read More
PBS documentary shines a light on Nikola Tesla as the hero of a geek tragedy The writer and producer behind tonight’s documentary about Nikola Tesla admits that he didn’t even know who the inventor was when… Read More
Obama goes into full (and feisty) geek mode at White House Frontiers Conference President Barack Obama stated the obvious today during what almost sounded like a farewell address to the tech community he… Read More
Guest post: Seattle should start looking at homelessness as an innovation opportunity Profiting from the homeless feels wrong but with more and more people struggling to put a roof over their heads… Read More
Bill Gates urges presidential candidates to invest in long-term innovation This year’s election season has been full of sound bites, scandal, and a decent amount of finger pointing, but amid the… Read More
Q&A: Why Gov. Jay Inslee believes the technology industry should be on his side When it comes to innovation, Gov. Jay Inslee is asking Washington voters to help him finish what he started. Related:… Read More
University of Washington ranks No. 5 among the world’s most innovative universities Reuters is back with its annual list of the world’s most innovative universities and the University of Washington once again… Read More
Intellectual Ventures’ invention network spins out and reinvents itself as Xinova There’s a “new, new” name in the invention business: Xinova, a company that’s been spun out from Intellectual Ventures and… Read More
Q&A: Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant on CS education, tech jobs, and trade (Updated at 11:45 a.m. to clarify and add comments from Gov. Inslee’s campaign). Bill Bryant says he has a plan… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos joins tech titans on Pentagon’s innovation advisory board Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is joining the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, a 15-member panel that’s meant to help the Pentagon… Read More
Bill Gates: Why young entrepreneurs are Africa’s greatest hope Bill Gates believes countries throughout Africa can obtain economic prosperity and fairly distributed wealth — but only by mobilizing the… Read More
Naveen Jain’s BlueDot innovation factory fills out $10.1 million funding round BELLEVUE, Wash. – BlueDot, the “innovation factory” founded by serial tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, says it has completed a $10.1… Read More
Bill Gates: This is what the U.S. presidential candidates should really be focusing on With an eye toward presidential politics and what’s been lacking in the run-up to the November election, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates… Read More
Guest commentary: Can we predict the innovative needs of the future? There are some questions that are really interesting, challenging and stimulating — but also unanswerable. And when we ask whether… Read More
Where is that sound coming from? Signal Interface’s acoustic imager will show you Not even the click of a pen or the rustle of a shirt goes undetected by Signal Interface Group’s acoustic… Read More
Here are the 9 startups in the Techstars Seattle 2016 class Over the next three months, nine early-stage startups will hone their solutions under the mentorship of the Techstars Seattle accelerator. At… Read More
Study: Entrepreneurs with direct flight access to venture capital backers are more likely to succeed A new study from MIT discovered that startups are more likely to succeed when their venture capital backers are connected to… Read More
Guest commentary: Why the startup model is best for innovation “Clockspeed” is a term of art from the computer industry; it means the operating speed of a microprocessor, the rate… Read More
Podcast China Diary: Catching up with GeekWire’s Taylor Soper in Beijing GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper is in the second week of his reporting trip to China, where he has been meeting with… Read More
Amazon makes Thomson Reuters’ list of top innovators for the first time, IBM drops off Amazon was named to Thompson Reuters’ annual list of the Top 100 Global Innovators on Thursday, marking the first time the… Read More
GeekWire goes to China: Are Chinese tech companies innovative? When you think of Chinese technology companies, does the word innovative come to mind? This complicated issue is one of the… Read More
Lithium-air battery comes one step closer to electric car nirvana A decade from now, we could all be driving low-cost electric cars for hundreds of miles without recharging, thanks to… Read More
Commentary: Seattle’s next major breakthrough — democratic innovation Seattle is at a crossroads right now. And, as described in a recent New York Times article, it can go… Read More
