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Jun 26, 2015, 3:47 PM

Gates Foundation cuts 33 jobs in overhaul of IT department

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has cut 33 jobs in its IT department, the foundation confirmed today in response to… Read More

Jun 26, 2015, 2:10 PM

Geek on the Street: What happened when we gave people a virtual reality headset for the first time

What happens when people try new virtual reality technology for the first time? GeekWire hit the streets in Seattle to find… Read More

Jun 26, 2015, 1:39 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: MozCon, Small Business Expo, Extreme Future Tech Fest, and more

Moz, the Seattle-based search-engine optimization and marketing technology company, will hold its annual MozCon marketing conference July 13-15 at the Washington… Read More

Jun 26, 2015, 10:04 AM

Lunch delivery startup Peach finds success by catering meals at local startups

Peach is already growing quickly with its lunch delivery service, now serving mid-day meals to more than 250 offices in the Seattle… Read More

Jun 26, 2015, 8:58 AM

Konica Minolta acquires Redmond’s Radiant Vision Systems for $241 million

Redmond-based Radiant Vision Systems is being acquired by Japanese technology company Konica Minolta, the companies announced this week. The companies… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 3:02 PM

New Zealand accounting software-maker Xero opens up satellite office in Seattle

Another big tech company now has a presence in the Seattle area. Xero, a New Zealand-based company that develops accounting… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 1:45 PM

Bristol-Myers Squibb relocating 40 Seattle scientists to San Francisco five years after acquiring ZymoGenetics

Five years after coming to Seattle via its purchase of ZymoGenetics, drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb is moving 40 Seattle-based research and… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 10:22 AM

Postmates raises $80M round at $400M valuation, CEO compares startup to Amazon

In an effort to outpace its competition and charge customers less money for deliveries, Postmates has raised an $80 million funding… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 7:25 AM

Amazon makes Echo’s Alexa available to developers and device makers, launches $100M fund

The brain behind Amazon’s Echo, Alexa, is breaking out of her cylindrical cage. The retail giant today announced the availability… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 5:00 AM

Maveron-backed Eargo looks to reinvent the hearing aid with rechargeable devices modeled on a fishing fly

Eargo, a Maveron-backed hearing-aid company that’s operated secretly for the past three years, today is launching a new line of… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 5:51 PM

5 things you need to know about home automation, and where the industry is falling short

My home automation experience goes back to the Radio Shack Model III. I deployed an X-10 controller via a serial… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 2:22 PM

Expedia warns users about ‘unauthorized access’ of name, phone, email and booking info

 Some Expedia.com customers are getting emails from the travel giant warning that a would-be criminal has obtained “unauthorized access … (to)… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 11:53 AM

Ford to test ‘Airbnb for cars’ program in six cities, including Portland

Ford is entering the car-sharing arena. The company announced today that it will launch a pilot car-sharing program in six… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 10:40 AM

Box teams up with IBM on cloud storage, making new inroads in the enterprise

IBM and Box are teaming up in an effort to bring a smarter, more centralized cloud-storage model to enterprise customers. Box will integrate… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 10:08 AM

Circa news app shuts down after failing to secure more funding

Circa News is shutting down. The news app announced today that it is on an “indefinite hiatus” after failing to… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 5:00 AM

Auth0 secures $6.9M to help app developers simplify user logins

Bellevue-based Auth0 announced today that it has raised $6.9 million in funding. The startup provides a way for developers to easily set… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 11:39 PM

Verizon rep hangs up on radio host when he tries to record call about his disputed bill

Dori Monson is a longtime, loyal Verizon Wireless customer who figures he spends upwards of $4,000 a year on wireless service for… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 9:59 PM

The future of police video: Inside the Seattle PD’s workshop on wearable cameras

You have a serious car accident. The Seattle Police arrive and investigate. They issue a citation and write a report.… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 6:07 PM

Twitter doubles size of Seattle engineering office with room for 100 more employees

Twitter is growing its presence in the Seattle area. The company confirmed today that it just expanded its current office in downtown Seattle,… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 4:10 PM

Underwater robotics startup Bluhaptics raises cash for hi-tech subsea devices

A new Seattle-based startup spun out of the University of Washington wants to improve the efficiency of subsea operations. Headed… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 10:50 AM

Ex-Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $45M for data warehousing startup Snowflake

Snowflake Computing announced today that it raised $45 million, with the company saying that it will use the funding to continue… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 10:50 AM

Instagram puts emphasis on time, location with updated search and discovery options

With today’s update to the Instagram app, the photo sharing platform is improving search and discovery to compete with other… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 10:38 AM

This startup created an algorithm that detects nude images online

Last month, Microsoft developed a fun algorithm at How-old.net that guessed the age of the people in a given photo. Now, one Seattle startup is… Read More

Jun 22, 2015, 3:35 PM

GIX FAQ: Key facts to know about the Seattle region’s new U.S.-China tech institute

Seattle’s University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University made headlines last week with the announcement of a new tech graduate school, the… Read More

New Shepard launch
Jun 22, 2015, 3:20 PM

Blue Origin may receive $8M grant for rocket manufacturing plant near Kennedy Space Center

Blue Origin, the space exploration company started by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, may get an $8 million grant to build… Read More

Jun 22, 2015, 11:51 AM

The next fraud wave: When banks cash the same check twice, you might have to pay

Can someone cash your check more than once? Yes, thanks to the intersection of very old and very new banking… Read More

Jun 22, 2015, 8:51 AM

SmartQuit app gets $3.1M from National Cancer Institute for large smoking-cessation trial

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $3.1 million, five-year grant to Dr. Jonathan Bricker, a behavioral scientist at Seattle’s Fred… Read More

Jun 19, 2015, 10:44 AM

GIX: What’s next for the new U.S.-China tech institute in the Seattle area

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee put things in perspective during the announcement yesterday of the Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX, a… Read More

Jun 19, 2015, 10:30 AM

Twitter wants to make it easier to shop for things you see on Twitter

Buying things you see on Twitter is about to get a lot easier. The social media giant announced today that it… Read More

Jun 18, 2015, 5:13 PM

Q&A: Former Seattle CTO Bill Schrier on the outlook for municipal broadband

Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show was Bill Schrier, the former CTO for the City of Seattle and… Read More

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