Tech

Nov 3, 2015, 12:54 PM

New startup building ‘desktop supercomputer,’ seeking big breakthroughs using chips that work like the human brain

The first computer system incorporating IBM’s TrueNorth computer chip was conceived in Deer Valley, Utah last month, in a mere… Read More

Nov 3, 2015, 10:26 AM

Google’s Chromecast adds live TV with new Sling TV compatibility

Google’s Chromecast can now play live TV thanks to support from the Dish Network-owned Sling TV streaming platform. Sling TV… Read More

Nov 3, 2015, 8:54 AM

Twitter replaces the star-shaped ‘Favorite’ with the heart-shaped ‘Like’

Twitter has decided to ditch its star-shaped Favorite button. The star is getting replaced with a heart icon, and Twitter… Read More

Nov 3, 2015, 8:52 AM

Autonomous robots to deliver packages via sidewalks in new startup from Skype co-founders

Amazon, Google and Walmart are all looking to use unmanned flying vehicles to get goods into customers’ hands as fast… Read More

Nov 2, 2015, 6:00 AM

Concur co-founders Raj Singh and Mike Hilton take top jobs at Pennsylvania healthcare company, plan new Seattle headquarters

Two co-founders and one longtime executive of Bellevue-based Concur announced today that they’re taking top jobs at a 700-person healthcare… Read More

Nov 1, 2015, 2:49 PM

Tesla’s autopilot tech; Amazon’s biospheres; other top posts of the month

Another month is in the books at GeekWire, and boy was it a big one. We hosted our largest event… Read More

Oct 30, 2015, 9:48 AM

Mobile payments account for 21% of transactions at Starbucks as coffee giant rolls out new technology

Starbucks is utilizing mobile technology to increase business and customer engagement better than any other company in the food and… Read More

Oct 30, 2015, 9:48 AM

T-Mobile rumor: Uncarrier 10 will enable 4G mobile video streaming without draining data plans

T-Mobile has been letting customers stream music without it counting against their data plan for about a year now, but… Read More

Oct 30, 2015, 9:12 AM

Frazier Healthcare raises $262M for therapeutics-focused venture fund

Frazier Healthcare has raised $262 million for its latest life sciences venture fund that will back early stage therapeutics companies,… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 2:57 PM

Blucora slips into the red as it prepares for business overhaul around tax services

Blucora lived up to its lowly expectations on Thursday as it continued to show declining revenue and profits in Q3.… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 2:34 PM

Expedia stock jumps as travel site shows 21 percent more bookings in Q3

Expedia’s stock climbed more than 7 percent in after hours trading on Thursday as the travel site hit analyst expectations… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 11:00 AM

Porch buys Fountain, makes key exec hires, and cuts more than 60 jobs after ending in-home pilot

[Update: The job cuts at Porch are larger than we initially understood, actually numbering between 60 and 100 people. The story below… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 10:57 AM

Inside Best Buy’s new Seattle technology development center

It’s only been a few months since Best Buy opened a technology development center in Seattle, but the company is already seeing… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 10:05 AM

F5 Networks’ stock takes a plunge as the company predicts revenue drop next quarter

F5 Networks’ stock plunged about 8 percent on Thursday, the day after the company predicted a revenue decline going into the next quarter.… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 9:21 AM

Tableau opens office in Vancouver, B.C., its 14th location worldwide

Tableau is opening another office abroad. The Seattle-based maker of visualization software is setting up shop in Vancouver, B.C., marking… Read More

Oct 28, 2015, 4:46 PM

How social technologies and human behavior are changing the aftermath of disasters

How do people use social technologies to communicate and work together after disasters? And how can those technologies be improved to facilitate… Read More

Oct 28, 2015, 4:24 PM

Watch: Tesla’s new autopilot technology prevents crash on slick Seattle road

Some people are using Tesla’s new autopilot technology for fun, like driving across the country in record time. Others, though, are finding… Read More

Oct 28, 2015, 12:30 PM

Geeks Give Back: Momentum building as we near the halfway mark of our STEM education campaign

GeekWire’s Geeks Give Back campaign, brought to you in conjunction with Bank of America, is 28 days old today. That means… Read More

Oct 28, 2015, 12:01 AM

Former Salesforce COO Andy MacMillan named CEO of Act-On Software, founder Raghu Raghavan shifts to CTO

Act-On Software has a new CEO, but the old CEO is still sticking around. The Beaverton, Ore.-based marketing automation company named Andy MacMillan… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 5:01 PM

Apple CEO Tim Cook: China will be our top worldwide market, and not just for sales

Apple CEO Tim Cook sees huge opportunity for his company in China despite the country’s recent economic fluctuations. After Apple beat Wall… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 3:37 PM

Seattle’s Alpine Immune Sciences licenses cancer treatment to Kite Pharma for up to $530M

Seattle-based immunotherapy startup Alpine Immune Sciences has signed an exclusive licensing deal with Kite Pharma that could be worth as… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 3:30 PM

Virtual reality will transform business — if developers can address these 7 key issues

The arrival of Oculus, and its subsequent acquisition by Facebook, created new buzz around virtual reality (VR), but much of… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 2:01 PM

Twitter user growth shrinks to 11 percent in Q3, down from 23 percent last year

Twitter’s earnings report on Tuesday showed the company is learning how to make money, but it continues to miss the mark… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 1:58 PM

RealNetworks names ex-Microsoft executive Bruce Jaffe to board

RealNetworks today named Bruce Jaffe to its Board of Directors. Jaffe is a former Microsoft executive who joined the Redmond company in… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 8:36 AM

REI closing stores on Black Friday to get people outside: Online site will remain open, but orders not processed until Saturday

REI, the Seattle-based outdoor retailer that sells everything from camp stoves to canoes, has a message for our consumer-mad society.… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 4:30 AM