Tech – Page 109 of 319

Nov 3, 2017, 2:15 PM

Twitter adds safeguards after Trump account deactivated; report says employee was contractor

A day after President Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee on that person’s last day of work,… Read More

Nov 3, 2017, 10:46 AM

Amazon doubling Vancouver, B.C. workforce with new office with room for 1,000 people

Amazon today announced plans to open a new office in Vancouver B.C., doubling its workforce there from 1,000 to 2,000… Read More

Nov 2, 2017, 1:34 PM

Tableau subscriptions growing faster than expected, but stock drops following earnings miss

Tableau Software stock is down Thursday after the company fell short of Wall Street expectations for profits and revenue. The… Read More

Nov 2, 2017, 1:27 PM

Starbucks misses revenue expectations as mobile order-ahead accounts for 10% of U.S. transactions

Shares of Starbucks were down 6 percent Thursday after the coffee giant missed on earnings expectations for its fourth quarter.… Read More

Nov 1, 2017, 4:18 PM

Impinj stock tumbles in RFID tag-maker’s first earnings miss as a public company

Impinj stock is down more than 21 percent after the Seattle maker of radio frequency identification technology whiffed on earnings… Read More

Oct 31, 2017, 10:30 AM

Uber, Lyft, Wingz ridership at Seattle airport spikes 200% as Port raises per-trip fee by $1

Letting Uber and Lyft pick up passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport seems to be a net positive for both consumers… Read More

Oct 31, 2017, 8:39 AM

QuoteWizard acquires online insurance site RateElert, expanding its reach and products

Seattle-based insurance comparison startup QuoteWizard has acquired RateElert, an Ann Arbor, Mich. insurance shopping site. QuoteWizard will acquire RateElert’s insurance… Read More

Oct 30, 2017, 2:28 PM

Inrix lays off a ‘handful of people’ as traffic data provider reorganizes

Inrix has laid off a “handful of people” as the traffic data provider reorganizes its company structure. The layoffs, first… Read More

Oct 30, 2017, 10:50 AM

Snappr brings on-demand photography service to Seattle; offers 30-minute sessions for $59

There’s a new way to hire a photographer in Seattle. Snappr is expanding outside of California for the first time… Read More

Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 PM

Tech news sites quietly rely on this word to create drama in headlines, analysis reveals

GeekWire has quietly performed a detailed analysis of one of the most overused words in tech news. See if you… Read More

Oct 27, 2017, 2:56 PM

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Booby-Trapping Femtocells from the Forest in Episode 3

int SpoilerAlert (bool MrRobotS3EP3.view) { if( MrRobotS3EP3.view == true ) { … Read More

Oct 27, 2017, 6:00 AM

Retail startup specializing in custom-tailored suits chooses Seattle, a land of flannel and rain parkas

Walk the streets of Seattle, and you’ll quickly realize that it’s not a town known for fashion. Flannels, hoodies and… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 1:51 PM

Expedia posts 15% Q3 revenue increase in first quarter since CEO departed for Uber

Expedia posted $2.97 billion in revenue, a 15 percent increase over the same time last year in its third-quarter earnings report… Read More

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Oct 26, 2017, 12:51 PM

Seattle tech recruiter Greythorn acquired by Vaco

Greythorn, a Seattle-based recruiting firm focused on technology positions has been acquired by national consulting firm Vaco. With the deal,… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 9:18 AM

Twitter admits it overstated its user base, but Wall Street doesn’t care as stock spikes 16%

Twitter disclosed this morning that it has been overstating the number of monthly active users for close to three years.… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 12:02 AM

Zillow takes on housing worries with $5M pledge to The Home Project, its first social impact program

Zillow Group is leveraging its position as a leading real estate technology company to try to do something about the… Read More

Oct 25, 2017, 7:00 AM

Car2go dropping Smart cars from Seattle fleet in favor of high-end Mercedes-Benz models

Say goodbye to the Smart Fortwo cars that have come to symbolize the popular car-sharing service car2go. The company said… Read More

Oct 24, 2017, 7:48 PM

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff shares his keys to success and advice on bouncing back

As the co-founder of Hotwire and CEO of Zillow Group, with stints at companies like TPG Capital and Expedia, Spencer… Read More

Oct 24, 2017, 12:17 PM

Google releases new family-friendly features for its digital assistant as it battles Amazon’s Alexa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PVgFBcjBpMY Google has opened up a new front in its battle against Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa: kids and families. Google… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 3:59 PM

Funko IPO could top $245M, more than doubling initial estimate for Pop! figure maker

Funko more than doubled the amount it is looking to raise when it goes public to a maximum of $245.3… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 12:11 PM

Latest home beer-making appliance from PicoBrew now available as company celebrates all week

Pardon the folks at PicoBrew this week if they pause to toast a number of different offerings and accomplishments. The… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 10:06 AM

Scientists call for a treaty to protect Apollo moon sites and other famous space places

What’s the best way to preserve the Apollo footprints on the moon, the Face on Mars, or the mysterious “white… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 8:35 AM

Disney spinout Dragonchain pursues initial coin offering to build out new blockchain technology

Blockchain is one of the hottest trends in tech right now, but it remains a mystery to many outside the… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 4:55 AM

T-Mobile adds another 1.3M customers, avoids Sprint merger questions by skipping quarterly call

T-Mobile US added another 1.3 million new customers in the third quarter, its 18th straight period with more than 1… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 4:00 AM

TableSafe raising cash, lands important global certification to transform paying restaurant bills

TableSafe has raised close to $8 million and received a key certification as it seeks to transform how diners pay… Read More

Oct 22, 2017, 5:00 PM

Full video: Inside the payments industry with Stripe co-founder John Collison at the GeekWire Summit

They may not know it, but anyone who has backed a company on Kickstarter or taken a Lyft is engaging… Read More

Oct 21, 2017, 6:00 PM

The art of note-taking: How this GeekWire Summit artist turns conversations into inspiring visual maps

Note-taking can be a mundane and repetitive process that doesn’t always help inspire innovative new ideas. But that all changes… Read More

Oct 20, 2017, 3:16 PM

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Backdooring a monitor for FBI surveillance in Episode Two

[Spoiler Alert] Yarr, me matey. There be spoilers ahead! Consider yourself warned. Seriously though, this article describes the latest Mr.… Read More

Oct 20, 2017, 2:03 PM

Washington state’s life sciences industry has a talent crisis — and the tech sector is partly to blame

Washington State’s life sciences sector has historically been strong, even among the best in the nation. Industries like medicine, research… Read More

Oct 18, 2017, 8:00 AM

The right words have benefits: Textio talks perks in job listings, and how ‘leave’ beats ‘vacation’

Using the right language in job postings has its benefits. And whatever benefits your company is boasting about providing can… Read More