Tech – Page 183 of 319

Oct 19, 2015, 9:15 AM

Madrona supports STEM education, makes biggest donation yet to Geeks Give Back campaign

Madrona Venture Group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, and it is doing so with two large gifts to… Read More

Oct 17, 2015, 11:30 AM

How personalized learning can reshape education: Insights from a special Gates Foundation panel

Buy the textbook. Attend lectures. Take tests. Get graded on a curve. This is the way most people remember their college… Read More

Oct 16, 2015, 12:04 PM

Meet FlyBuy: This startup helps restaurants, retailers offer roadside pickups

A new Seattle startup is using technology to help retailers and restaurants offer their own drive-thru service. Founded last year, FlyBuy is picking… Read More

Oct 15, 2015, 11:30 AM

Log your meal by snapping a pic: HealthSlate lets diabetes patients send photos to food coaches

Taking pictures of your food is a time-honored tradition as old as Instagram, but now those photos can actually improve health.… Read More

Oct 15, 2015, 10:30 AM

Early Amazon investor Nick Hanauer: Disruptive tech companies need to innovate in civic life, too

Investor, entrepreneur and civic activist Nick Hanauer has a knack for going against the grain to find and back new ventures… Read More

Oct 15, 2015, 10:15 AM

Gates Foundation funds new vaccine innovation center in Seattle for disease-fighting technology

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur and the nonprofit Infectious Disease Research Institute to… Read More

Oct 14, 2015, 9:01 PM

Venture capital investments slump 9% in Washington state, talk of slowdown increases

Venture capital investments in Washington state tumbled during the third quarter, falling to $374.5 million as investors bankrolled 30 deals.… Read More

Oct 14, 2015, 4:05 PM

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos tumbles 87 spots on list of top CEOs after factoring in company’s social conscience

Jeff Bezos continues to suffer from the issues raised in the bruising New York Times piece published in August. The latest hit is from the… Read More

Oct 14, 2015, 10:52 AM

Uber gets serious about delivery, expands ‘UberRush’ to San Francisco and Chicago

Uber is expanding its delivery service. Recode reported today that the ride-hailing company is now offering its UberRush program in San Francisco… Read More

Oct 14, 2015, 10:33 AM

Blucora buys Texas financial firm for $580M, with potential HQ move, layoffs and CEO exit on horizon

There’s a lot of uncertainty swirling around Blucora — once a Seattle area dot-com superstar known as InfoSpace — as the… Read More

Oct 13, 2015, 7:54 PM

New UW president Ana Mari Cauce: Innovation, commercialization at the university will ‘escalate’

You can expect even more innovation and commercialization of startup ideas coming out of the University of Washington. The UW… Read More

Oct 13, 2015, 4:07 PM

University of Washington names Ana Mari Cauce as new president

The University of Washington today named Ana Mari Cauce as its new president. Cauce, formerly a UW provost, was named… Read More

Oct 13, 2015, 10:30 AM

Geeks Give Back update: What we’ve raised so far for STEM scholarships, and how you can help

We’re nearly two weeks into our annual giving campaign, brought to you by GeekWire and Bank of America, called Geeks… Read More

Oct 13, 2015, 10:00 AM

Fresh off a $16M round, Farmigo brings online farmers market service to Seattle

Seattleites interested in buying food from local farmers and producers have a new tech-powered option available. Farmigo, which calls itself… Read More

Oct 13, 2015, 8:49 AM

Twitter cutting more than 300 jobs one week after CEO change, no word on Seattle layoffs

Twitter co-founder and newly minted CEO Jack Dorsey announced sweeping layoffs today, as 336 employees, or 8 percent of the… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 4:39 PM

Seattle startup Hotspot aims to disrupt Groupon and LivingSocial with drink deals that build a customer base

The idea of offering a discount to attract new users has been around since the 1800s, when Coca Cola offered paper… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 4:05 PM

Is the tech bubble about to burst? Investors and CEOs offer their take on key question for industry

Is there a bubble in the tech economy, and are you concerned about it bursting? At this year’s GeekWire Summit, we… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 10:37 AM

City of Seattle unveils new privacy program to ‘build public trust’ about use of personal information

The City of Seattle is moving forward with its commitment to help citizens understand how it uses their personal data both… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 8:41 AM

Allrecipes partners with Instacart to deliver ingredients for online recipes

Allrecipes is teaming up with Instacart to offer one-hour delivery of grocery items that customers find while browsing through recipes on its… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 7:35 AM

Dell buying EMC for $67B in largest tech acquisition ever

In what’s being dubbed the largest tech acquisition of all time, Dell today announced planes to buy storage giant EMC… Read More

Oct 11, 2015, 10:00 AM

Book of the Week: Prepare for the startup plunge with advice from investors Brad Feld and Sean Wise

You may think you have a great idea for a startup. Maybe it’s a way to revolutionize dating or a… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 4:29 PM

DocuSign to begin search for new CEO: Keith Krach announces departure plans

Keith Krach, who was named CEO of DocuSign in 2011, plans to step down from the electronic signature powerhouse. The… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 4:13 PM

Connected cars and VR headsets: Technology is everywhere at the Seattle International Car Show

There are no self-driving cars on the show floor at the Seattle International Auto Show, but technology is certainly front-and-center… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 3:53 PM

Salesforce.com reportedly looking at big expansion in Bellevue

Salesforce.com, the $50 billion cloud giant led by Marc Benioff, appears to be putting down a bigger stake in the… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 9:35 AM

Praesidio raises another $3.1M to help banks, credit unions with cybersecurity solution

Praesidio just raised more funding to help banks and credit unions manage their cybersecurity technology. The Seattle-based startup has reeled… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 8:12 AM

Comcast increases Internet speeds for customers in Washington, Oregon and other states

Did this page not load fast enough for you? Well, just wait until the end of this month. Comcast announced… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 4:00 PM

Guest Commentary: Lessons in leadership and culture from the GeekWire Summit

My head almost exploded at the recent GeekWire Summit in Seattle. Two full days of mind-blowing views on the future… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 3:17 PM

Deutsche Telekom invests in DocuSign, bringing total capital raised to $525M

DocuSign’s amazing appetite for capital does not appear to be waning. The electronic signature powerhouse, with operations in Seattle and… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 1:26 PM

Seattle angel investment group Zino Society to close down

Zino Society, a Seattle-based angel investment group started by Cathi Hatch, is closing down after 10 years of connecting entrepreneurs… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 12:10 PM

‘We treat you better’: Lyft inks partnerships with Hertz and Shell to help drivers

Lyft today made a series of driver-related announcements as it continues to battle Uber for market share. The San Francisco-based company, which… Read More