Tech

Sep 9, 2014, 1:34 PM

Vinod Khosla thinks machine learning is coming to take our jobs

SAN FRANCISCO – The growth of mobile devices has massively impacted the way we live, work and play, but Sun Microsystems… Read More

Sep 9, 2014, 10:53 AM

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot on why data analysts are like artists: ‘The creative problem solvers of the modern era’

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot took the stage today for its annual customer conference, telling the more than 5,000 data nerds… Read More

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Sep 9, 2014, 6:13 AM

Zillow rolls out U.S. property search for Chinese real estate giant Leju

Zillow is now powering a U.S. real estate search service for leju.com and other apps and sites operated by China’s… Read More

Sep 9, 2014, 1:07 AM

Destiny launch: Hip hop star Common, Seahawks stud Earl Thomas celebrate epic new game

Inside the EMP Museum on Monday evening, tailored suits and cocktail dresses filled the massive building as high-powered executives brushed shoulders… Read More

Sep 8, 2014, 6:02 PM

Braintree teams with Coinbase to allow merchants to take Bitcoin

SAN FRANCISCO – Merchants using Braintree’s payment platform will have a new currency to accept, thanks to a partnership between… Read More

Sep 8, 2014, 2:51 PM

GeekWire Summit: T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO John Legere joins the big lineup

T-Mobile CEO John Legere, who has led the company’s disruption of the wireless industry, will be joining a great lineup of speakers at… Read More

Sep 8, 2014, 12:35 PM

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff unleashes 25-Tweet long ‘Twitterstorm’ about Internet IPOs

It has been more than three years since Spencer Rascoff guided Zillow to an initial public offering. But the CEO… Read More

Sep 8, 2014, 10:56 AM

Twitter testing new ‘Buy’ button that lets users purchase items from tweet stream

Twitter this morning announced that it is testing a new feature that allows mobile users to buy products directly from their… Read More

Sep 8, 2014, 10:29 AM

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company isn’t evil, just scrappy

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is trying to turn a scrappy startup into one of the titans of… Read More

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Sep 8, 2014, 6:18 AM

CenturyLink reportedly eyeing Rackspace in deal that could top $5 billion

CenturyLink, which boosted its cloud computing efforts with last year’s purchase of Bellevue-based Tier 3, now reportedly is getting ready… Read More

Sep 7, 2014, 9:23 AM

The tech behind the GeekWire redesign

If you’re a regular GeekWire reader, you probably noticed that the site got a whole new look this week. We are pretty… Read More

Sep 5, 2014, 5:47 PM

Grand Theft Robot? T-Mobile alleges Chinese telecom giant Huawei stole secret testing rig designs

In a lawsuit that seems like something out of a science fiction movie, T-Mobile has accused Chinese telecom giant Huawei… Read More

Sep 5, 2014, 8:56 AM

Intellectual Ventures founder on the rise of China as an ‘invention superpower’

Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based patent holding and technology company, has been through lots of ups and downs lately — laying… Read More

Sep 4, 2014, 10:09 AM

Intellectual Ventures expands patent business into apartment construction, strikes joint venture with architecture firm

Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding and technology development firm, is expanding its patent business into technology for housing construction through… Read More

Sep 4, 2014, 6:10 AM

Porch tops 200 people in one year, hires new CTO from Amazon

Less than a year after launching nationally, home improvement data startup Porch has grown 10-fold to more than 200 people —including… Read More

Sep 3, 2014, 11:34 PM

Novo Nordisk cutting workforce, focusing efforts on diabetes treatments

Here’s another dose of bad news for Seattle’s biotech industry. Novo Nordisk this week announced plans to discontinue R&D efforts… Read More

Sep 3, 2014, 3:51 PM

FOX Sports will stream 101 NFL games online this season

NFL fans without access to a TV will have a chance to stream games this season thanks to Fox Sports. The… Read More

Sep 3, 2014, 10:08 AM

Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg at BoxWorks: Short-form video on mobile devices is the future

SAN FRANCISCO–Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg kicked off the keynote session of this year’s BoxWorks conference with a bang. Sitting down… Read More

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Sep 3, 2014, 9:22 AM

New domains from Donuts: .DEALS, .CHURCH, .PIZZA and more

Donuts, the heavily-funded operator of generic top level domains, has a new slate of domain names from which to choose.… Read More

Sep 3, 2014, 9:00 AM

Shares of Alder BioPharmaceuticals sink after Bristol-Myers Squibb deal falls apart

Shares of Alder BioPharmaceuticals continue to fall after the company received notice from partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Company after the giant drug company… Read More

Sep 3, 2014, 4:00 AM

Groupon just launched hourly deals, a fine-tuned relative of the daily deal

One of Groupon’s early goals was to help restaurants fill seats that would otherwise have gone empty, but that didn’t always… Read More

Sep 2, 2014, 3:25 PM

Amazon, Microsoft execs put $7M into Seattle fund that accelerates Indian startups

A group of Amazon and Microsoft executives, along with organizations like the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, have poured in… Read More

Sep 2, 2014, 1:31 PM

Concur shares soar amid reports of potential sale to SAP, Oracle

Shares of Concur are up nearly 16 percent in after-hours trading following a report from Bloomberg noting the company’s interest… Read More

Sep 2, 2014, 10:59 AM

MIT study: Services like UberPool, Lyft Line cut transit time, pollution

Last month, both Uber and Lyft announced that they were testing out ways for people to carpool with others who are riding… Read More

Sep 2, 2014, 10:54 AM

Welcome to the new GeekWire

Regular readers will notice something different about GeekWire as you browse the site today — especially if you’re reading on a… Read More

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Sep 2, 2014, 8:32 AM

Vinod Khosla thinks machine learning is coming to take our jobs

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot on why data analysts are like artists: ‘The creative problem solvers of the modern era’

Zillow rolls out U.S. property search for Chinese real estate giant Leju

Destiny launch: Hip hop star Common, Seahawks stud Earl Thomas celebrate epic new game

Braintree teams with Coinbase to allow merchants to take Bitcoin

GeekWire Summit: T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO John Legere joins the big lineup

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff unleashes 25-Tweet long ‘Twitterstorm’ about Internet IPOs

Twitter testing new ‘Buy’ button that lets users purchase items from tweet stream

CenturyLink reportedly eyeing Rackspace in deal that could top $5 billion

The tech behind the GeekWire redesign

Grand Theft Robot? T-Mobile alleges Chinese telecom giant Huawei stole secret testing rig designs

Intellectual Ventures founder on the rise of China as an ‘invention superpower’

Intellectual Ventures expands patent business into apartment construction, strikes joint venture with architecture firm

Porch tops 200 people in one year, hires new CTO from Amazon

Novo Nordisk cutting workforce, focusing efforts on diabetes treatments

FOX Sports will stream 101 NFL games online this season

Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg at BoxWorks: Short-form video on mobile devices is the future

New domains from Donuts: .DEALS, .CHURCH, .PIZZA and more

Shares of Alder BioPharmaceuticals sink after Bristol-Myers Squibb deal falls apart

Groupon just launched hourly deals, a fine-tuned relative of the daily deal

Amazon, Microsoft execs put $7M into Seattle fund that accelerates Indian startups

Concur shares soar amid reports of potential sale to SAP, Oracle

MIT study: Services like UberPool, Lyft Line cut transit time, pollution

Welcome to the new GeekWire

Beacons at the museum: Pacific Science Center to roll out location-based Mixby app next month

Photos: Some of our favorite geeky gaming costumes from PAX

UberX drivers honk horns in downtown Seattle to protest low wages

T-Mobile’s next Uncarrier event coming September 10

Educational microloan non-profit Vittana shutting down