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Trump and tech leaders
Dec 14, 2016, 12:02 PM

Donald Trump’s promise to tech leaders in New York ‘summit’: ‘Anything we can do to help’

With the all-important Kanye West Summit behind him, President-elect Donald Trump moved on to the business of meeting with some… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 9:14 AM

Donald Trump’s advisory board adds Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick ahead of tech summit

The chief executives of Uber and Tesla are joining an advisory board of 19 business leaders who will have the… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 8:20 AM

New b8ta store in Seattle’s University Village gives smaller tech companies their own Apple Store

Seattle’s University Village is quickly becoming the go-to spot for techies who want to get their hands on devices before… Read More

coding dojo napkin
Dec 14, 2016, 7:00 AM

Coding Dojo expands developer bootcamp with new Berkeley and Orange County campuses

Coding Dojo is expanding. The Bellevue, Wash.-based 14-week developer bootcamp is opening two new campuses in California: one in Berkeley and… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 6:00 AM

Starbucks taps ‘Simpsons’ writers for new animated series, expanding lineup of original content

Starbucks, meet “The Simpsons.” The Seattle-based coffee giant today unveiled its first-ever animated series, co-written by “The Simpsons” writers Joel… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 10:59 AM

The $70k CEO for Labor Secretary? PBS pundit floats Seattle’s Dan Price for cabinet position

Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, is known for moving employees to a $70,000/year minimum salary at the Seattle-based payment processing… Read More

Bill Gates
Dec 13, 2016, 10:45 AM

Bill Gates meets with Donald Trump, says president-elect can be like JFK on innovation

Bill Gates is making the rounds to promote his new $1 billion venture fund for cutting-edge energy technologies, and one of the… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 10:42 AM

Postmates ordered to pay 2+ years of workers’ comp premiums for more than 3,000 couriers

Delivery startup Postmates has been ordered to retroactively pay more than two years of workers’ compensation premiums for more than 3,000 of its… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 9:00 AM

Google spins out self-driving business into new entity Waymo; will focus on ride-sharing venture

Google is spinning out its effort to create a self-driving car as a separate Alphabet company, called Waymo, and it sounds… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 6:37 AM

Obama: Bill Gates-led $1B Breakthrough Energy fund is a ‘smart investment’ and good for planet

President Obama, or at least his Twitter account, weighed in overnight on the news that Bill Gates and more than… Read More

Novel Aspect software study
Dec 12, 2016, 4:02 PM

Study: Microsoft Office skills dominate job listings, but top-paying software gigs are all about AWS

The top three software skills featured in job listings across the United States are all still part of Microsoft Office, but… Read More

Dec 12, 2016, 9:00 AM

When boxes collide: Dropbox releases universal Windows app for Xbox cloud storage

Dropbox this morning announced a new universal Windows app for Xbox that lets users view and manage files stored in… Read More

Dec 11, 2016, 8:48 PM

Bill Gates, Jack Ma and others form $1B venture fund to invest in cutting-edge energy technologies

Bill Gates and other technology industry leaders have established a $1 billion venture fund to invest in companies developing cutting-edge energy… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 9:07 PM

Reports: U.S. officials say Russia hacked DNC computer networks to help Trump win

The New York Times and Washington Post reported late Friday that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee to help Donald Trump win this… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 4:00 PM

With ‘Pulse’ lube warming and dispensing device, Seattle startup aims to shake up bedroom technology

Most entrepreneurs don’t look to the bedroom as a place ripe for disruption. But Toaster Labs, a new startup out… Read More

Let It Snow hackathon
Dec 9, 2016, 3:38 PM

City of Seattle hosting ‘Let It Snow’ hackathon to get ideas for better storm communication tools

Seattle experienced its first snowfall of the season on Thursday night and into Friday and now the city’s leaders are calling upon technologically… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 11:27 AM

Worst Word of the Week: ‘Use case’ has no common case for use

[Editor’s Note: Worst Word of the Week is a regular GeekWire feature spotlighting the pretentious, unnecessarily complex, buzzword-laden, imprecise-but-precise-sounding language that plagues… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 10:00 AM

We did it! Geeks Give Back campaign raises record $1.27M to fuel STEM education

We were a bit nervous earlier this year when we set a goal with our partners at Bank of America… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 9:21 AM

Costco says it was 20 years ahead of the idea behind Amazon Go

Costco apparently kicked around something like the technology behind Amazon Go, the new automated convenience store concept from Amazon that everyone’s… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 4:53 PM

Washington Gov. Inslee pushes for broad adoption of new computer science education standards

TUMWATER, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee wants 50 percent of Washington’s schools to meet new computer education standards by early… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 4:29 PM

Why this venture capitalist doesn’t see opportunity in virtual reality

Voyager Capital’s Erik Benson has seen plenty of technologies come and go during his nearly 20 years in the venture… Read More

Nordstrom Messenger bot
Dec 8, 2016, 3:37 PM

New Nordstrom mobile chatbot is ready to help shoppers find the perfect holiday gift

Nordstrom is expanding on its efforts to engage with mobile shoppers, using the holiday gift-giving season as an opportunity to launch… Read More

Breaking News app
Dec 8, 2016, 10:50 AM

NBC shutting down Breaking News, the online journalism startup it acquired in 2012

Breaking News, the 24-hour-a-day online news site, is being shut down by NBC News, five years after the network acquired the… Read More

Neil Ackerman
Dec 8, 2016, 6:00 AM

Ex-Amazon star finds new e-commerce success in company’s backyard with snack foods giant

One of the biggest consumer package goods companies in the world didn’t have to think too hard when it went looking… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 2:16 PM

Impinj shares rise 25% as RFID maker raises $39M in follow-on public offering

Radio Frequency Identification technology maker Impinj said it has closed a “follow-on” public offering that netted the company $38.7 million.… Read More

President Obama
Dec 7, 2016, 12:49 PM

Zillow Group joins 43 other companies in signing White House Equal Pay Pledge

As part of its own efforts to advance the cause of equal pay among men and women, Seattle-based Zillow Group… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 12:38 PM

Diversity, dissent and disruption: 5 leadership lessons from Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff started his own podcast earlier this year dubbed “Office Hours,” in part so the 41-year-old… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 12:09 PM

Made in Seattle: Submissions wanted for a special GeekWire holiday gift guide

Are you making a list and checking it twice? Does it have gifts from local artisans at the right price?… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 10:58 AM

Starbucks enables social gifting with WeChat in China — is Facebook Messenger integration next?

Starbucks today announced new social gifting integrations with the popular WeChat app in China that could pave the way for future… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 9:30 AM

With new ‘Digits’ technology, T-Mobile has a new disruption target: the phone number

T-Mobile this morning unveiled Digits, a new technology that lets customers use the same phone number across a variety of internet-connected… Read More

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