Hardware companies big and small are looking at the Internet of Things (IoT) as the new frontier. As our devices become more connected, the demand for secure infrastructure to manage… Read More
Computer scientists and engineers from the University of Washington say they’ve figured out a way to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times less power than conventional methods. Not even low-power options such… Read More
How high can the Internet of Things go? Microsoft Research plans to extend the IoT into the stratosphere with its Pegasus II high-altitude balloon experiment, and you’re invited to take… Read More
Nest Labs co-founder Matt Rogers was in Seattle on Wednesday to kick off the company’s new engineering center and to pitch his company to a room full of engineers —… Read More
Amazon is jumping into the Internet of Things, but not with a physical product. Instead, the company wants to provide the backbone for a world of connected devices by letting developers harness… Read More
The Internet of Things is transforming analog to digital all around us. There’s the connected car, the connected house … could the connected dog be that far off? PupPod co-founders Erick… Read More
The latest version of Windows 10 ditches the Start Menu once again, but don’t worry: this time it’s only for small Internet of Things computers like the Raspberry Pi. Microsoft… Read More
Seattle-based startup Buddy is going public, but not in the way you might expect. In one of the more unique acquisition deals we’ve come across, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) data platform is… Read More
Salesforce is one of the dominant players in the emerging cloud market, and the San Francisco-based company’s profile has been boosted even further with the recent news that it could… Read More
Microsoft and industrial robot maker Kuka are bringing the robot apocalypse ever closer with a new collaboration that combines one of Kuka’s robot arms with Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. The… Read More
Amazon updated its Echo virtual assistant/wireless speaker today to make it possible for users to control their smart home with just their voice. Now, a user can say “Alexa, turn… Read More
Wally, the home sensing system produced by Seattle-based SNUPI Technologies, became a whole lot more useful today by adding support for If This Then That (IFTTT) to its software platform.… Read More
Connecting devices is becoming easier and cheaper, enabling the development of a new frontier in technology — the Internet of Things. Tech titans like Apple, Google, and Microsoft are already in the… Read More
The sharing economy has generated a lot of buzz (and heated debate) since services like Uber and Airbnb first emerged. Seattle itself has become an epicenter of the controversy with… Read More
In June, Microsoft announced a new startup accelerator focused on companies building gadgets, devices and software for the connected home and Internet of Things. Now, we’re getting a closer look… Read More
Here at GeekWire we spend a lot of time covering cool innovations, but even we get tired of the hype that sometimes builds up around certain technologies. Stop me before… Read More
Microsoft announced today that it is joining the AllSeen Alliance, a Qualcomm-led effort to establish standards for devices that fit into the “Internet of Things” category. The organization, which already includes companies… Read More
Developers interested in trying their hands at apps that tap into low-power Bluetooth Smart technology now have an official guided tour to ease their way into working with hardware. The Bellevue-based… Read More
Wearable computing may not have caught on with mainstream users of technology quite yet, but a new study from Pew Research notes that it will happen soon enough. The report, part… Read More