Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: We’re not secretive, we’re just quiet Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just wrapped up the company’s 2014 annual meeting at Seattle Center, giving shareholders a broad overview of… Read More
Six topics Jeff Bezos should address at Amazon’s shareholder meeting Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday is one of the rare times we get to hear from Jeff Bezos. The rest of the year,… Read More
Jeff Bezos shows delivery drone to 4th graders, says ‘explorers and pioneers’ are the most successful at Amazon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos started off his morning today by talking about innovation, customer focus and the strategy for his… Read More
Education startup General Assembly picks Seattle for latest outpost General Assembly is coming to Seattle. The New York-based education company — which hosts online and in-person courses on topics… Read More
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Seahawks star Richard Sherman make TIME’s 100 most influential list TIME released its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world and several tech leaders made the cut… Read More
Should Amazon buy Sears? Retail analyst makes the case Amazon should acquire Sears Holdings, including 2,400 Kmart and Sears stores, creating a major physical retail presence in the U.S.… Read More
Zappos’ Tony Hsieh tells Playboy all about his platonic relationship with Amazon Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh opened up in a lengthy interview appearing in Playboy today to talk about his interest in… Read More
No Bitcoin for Amazon: Online retail giant says it’s not seeing enough demand Overstock.com has made a big fuss about accepting the digital currency to the point where you’d expect other major online… Read More
Here’s why Amazon pays $5K to warehouse workers who quit In Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to shareholders, the Amazon.com CEO and founder revealed an interesting program that pays workers at… Read More
Shareholder letter: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on innovation, urban campuses and Mayday marriage proposals Amazon.com can no longer be described in just a few simple sentences. The company is engaged in almost every corner… Read More
More funding for cancer research in Seattle: Adaptive Biotechnologies raises $105M Researchers from Seattle who are finding ways to eliminate cancer are bringing in some serious funding today. On the same… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and family donate $20M to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center The family of Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos just made the largest single contribution to the Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research… Read More
Business Insider raises another $12M from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, others Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is pouring more money into Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal reported today, with Bezos leading… Read More
Bill Gates regains world’s richest title with net worth of $76B Forbes today released its annual rankings of the world’s richest, and there’s a familiar face back on top. After a… Read More
Jeff Bezos recruits Business Insider’s Henry Blodget to advise Washington Post staff Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos is serious about improving the Washington Post’s digital footprint — and he’s having Business Insider founder… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos backs cancer research startup Juno Therapeutics Juno Therapeutics, a new Seattle startup that’s trying to eliminate cancer from the human body, raised a hefty $120 million… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos rescued by Ecuadorian Navy after kidney stone attack Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos suffered a kidney stone on New Year’s Day while vacationing in the Galapagos Islands and was… Read More
Vote: What was the top tech news story of the year? OK, geek fans. We’ve compiled our list of the top quotes of 2013, and just yesterday posted the top 50… Read More
The year in quotes: From Ballmer to Bezos to Bitcoin Wow, what a year! From Amazon drones to Steve Ballmer’s retirement to spectacularly performing IPOs, the tech industry took some… Read More
Amazon Prime tops 20 million members as company touts its best holiday season ever Amazon is exiting the 2013 holiday season with “tens of millions” of Amazon Prime members, according to a statement this… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Amazon at $400, favorite gadgets of 2013, and the new world of airplane tech etiquette We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price,… Read More
New milestone: Amazon stock surpass $400 for first time ever This summer, Amazon.com’s stock hit $300 for the first time. Now, five months later, it has reached a new milestone:… Read More
NASA chooses SpaceX for launchpad lease, passing over Bezos-backed Blue Origin In a victory for Elon Musk and a blow to Jeff Bezos, NASA said today that it has entered negotiations… Read More
Top tech CEOs: Zillow’s Rascoff second only to Salesforce’s Benioff in survey The Street announced the results of its Top Tech CEO competition today, and two of the top three are from… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Amazon Drones, Artefact’s ‘Juice Box,’ a beautiful app and a classic console challenge We’re getting very futuristic on this week’s GeekWire radio show — starting with our thoughts on Amazon’s surprising “Prime Air”… Read More
Bill Gates: Jeff Bezos overly optimistic on drones, but they will have a positive impact Will Amazon really have fleets of aerial drones delivering products to customers’ doorsteps in four to five years? Bill Gates,… Read More
Paul Allen snags key Amazon architect as top tech advisor Paul Allen has created a new position of executive technology advisor, to work with him across all of his personal… Read More
Here they are: GeekWire’s 2013 Newsmakers of the Year It has been a giant year for news at many of the Seattle region’s technology companies — with successful IPOs,… Read More
Jeff Bezos says Don Graham talked him into buying Washington Post Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos dropped something of a bombshell in an interview with Charlie Rose that was posted on the 60… Read More
Amazon’s aerial delivery drones: How Jeff Bezos’ big idea could actually fly Amazon is getting lots of attention this morning for its plan to deploy autonomous flying drones to deliver packages to… Read More
