In February, Markham McIntyre agreed to leave his job as the vice president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to lead the Seattle’s Office of Economic Development (OED) as its… Read More
The pandemic may have disrupted hiring patterns in tech, and pushed some workers out of coastal metro areas. But Google still is growing fast in Washington state, according to a… Read More
Seattleites remain pessimistic about overall quality of life, with a recent survey indicating that 67% have actively considered moving out of the city due to affordability, public safety and other… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about what could be an enduring era of remote work — for some people, at least — as enabled by new technology… Read More
“Best Book Club Ever” read one sign inside Amazon Books at Seattle’s University Village this weekend. On the bookshelves below it were products including an electric 1.5-liter ceramic kettle, a… Read More
Within the span of an hour last weekend, I went from holiday shopping at several small businesses in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood to getting my COVID-19 booster shot at Amazon’s… Read More
Three years after choosing Arlington, Va., as the winner of its high-profile HQ2 search, Amazon is speeding forward to build facilities to accommodate 25,000 workers in the Washington, D.C. suburb.… Read More
If the internet ends this week, this story and any proof that I bothered to think about this, is going to go with it. But for now, while the lights… Read More
Seattle-based startup AccelByte has raised $10 million. Founded in 2016, AccelByte is a backend tools provider for “live service” video games. Its platform gives a developer a ready-made set of… Read More
Seattle-based VR company Endeavor One plans to release its first game, Arashi: Castles of Sin, as an exclusive for PlayStation VR later this summer. Endeavor One has been active in… Read More
The Seattle region added more than 48,000 tech jobs from 2016 to 2020, an increase of more than 35% — growing at a faster rate than any other large U.S.… Read More
One of the largest mobile game developers in China has opened an office in the Seattle area. Tencent subsidary TiMi Studio Group announced Thursday that it’s founded a satellite studio… Read More
Rome wasn’t built in a day, the saying goes. But hey, Seattle was built in a month! At least a big chunk of it was — in Minecraft. An impressive… Read More
The Seattle area was already experiencing a massive homelessness, mental health, and economic disparity crisis prior to COVID-19 hitting. The pandemic simply exacerbated the issues. But even though the region… Read More
Amazon plans to add 3,000 jobs in Boston over the next several years, leasing a new 17-story office tower in the Boston Seaport project to accommodate the further expansion of… Read More
The Seattle region continues to boom. The regional economy — encompassing Tacoma, Everett, Seattle, Redmond and Bellevue — boasts a gross domestic product of $383 billion, according to an analysis… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Frances McCue is a poet, writer, co-founder of nonprofit community writing center Hugo House, and a teaching professor at the University of Washington. She reads this piece in… Read More
Rec Room, the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Madrona Venture Group led the Series C round, which included participation from… Read More
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan sought to build a bridge between the tech industry and its harshest critics in the divided city during her first term. In a one-week tech blitz… Read More
The fireworks won’t be blasting off from the top of the Space Needle this New Year’s Eve, but the iconic landmark will still be front and center in a virtual… Read More
It’s been six weeks since Lime’s rentable electric scooters arrived on Seattle’s streets, following a lengthy approval process by the city. In that time, Lime says the addition of scooters… Read More
Traffic as congested as Los Angeles? Housing as unaffordable as the Bay Area or New York? Climate emissions falling well short of Paris Agreement targets? Those are the dire predictions… Read More
Seattle became the second big city in the nation to establish a minimum wage standard for Uber and Lyft drivers on Tuesday. The Seattle City Council unanimously voted to adopt… Read More
Seattle officials are slated to vote on a minimum wage standard for Uber and Lyft drivers on Tuesday that will change the course of ride-hailing in the city. The vote… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Who would have thought that Microsoft could be the likely white knight to save social video app TikTok from… Read More
Lime will double the number of bikes available to rent in Seattle, but says the long-term viability of the service depends on whether city officials also allow its scooter-share program… Read More
The seemingly unstoppable trend of tech companies and talent concentrating in a few cities hit a brick wall in March. As the first-known U.S. cases of the coronavirus emerged in… Read More
Work collaboration startup iObeya announced plans for a Seattle-area office Thursday that will serve as a dual headquarters with the company’s Massy, France, home base. iObeya announced a $17 million… Read More
A new tax on Seattle’s highest-paying businesses will fund a variety of pandemic-related relief programs for renters, immigrants, refugees, and small businesses this year under a spending plan passed by… Read More
The City of Seattle launched a new program this week designed to provide necessary technology to people of color and other marginalized groups who are looking for jobs. The Digital… Read More