Tech – Page 85 of 319

Nov 9, 2018, 7:00 AM

LinkedIn Learning embraces content from education companies, integrating it in one platform

LinkedIn is again expanding its professional learning options by integrating content into LinkedIn Learning from outside companies that are focused… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 2:30 PM

Read Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s last will and testament

The last will and testament of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is now public after being filed in King… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 1:52 PM

Redfin stock tumbles as tech-powered brokerage surpasses Wall Street expectations

Redfin beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and profits in the third quarter, but its stock is falling in after-hours… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 11:03 AM

Amazon wins in shopper satisfaction for buying groceries online, but Walmart is more popular

A new national survey shows it’s a two-store race when it comes to buying groceries online, but there’s no clear… Read More

Nov 7, 2018, 1:35 PM

Avalara posts $70M in revenue in 2nd quarter as a public company, responds to patent lawsuit

Avalara cruised past Wall Street expectations in its second quarterly update since going public in June. The Seattle sales tax… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 1:46 PM

Tableau crosses 4,000 employees for the 1st time as transition to subscriptions continues

Tableau Software’s primary initiative over the last 18 months has been transitioning to a subscription model for its data visualization… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 11:22 AM

Lyft and Uber promote Election Day discounts to get voters to polls or vote-by-mail ballot drop boxes

Ride-hailing services Lyft and Uber — and their community partners — are promoting discounts to get voters to the polls… Read More

Nov 5, 2018, 7:00 PM

Bill Gates opens ‘Reinvented Toilet Expo’ in China, promoting biggest sanitation advances in 200 years

Bill Gates has been thinking about sanitation and toilets ever since he stopped working full time at Microsoft. In those… Read More

Nov 5, 2018, 11:46 AM

Election Day: What you need to know about tech’s role in Tuesday’s vote, from issues to ballots

The election Tuesday is likely to be one of the most closely watched mid-term contests in years. Early indications already… Read More

Nov 4, 2018, 10:46 PM

After GoDaddy cut ties following Pittsburgh shooting, Gab back online thanks to Seattle startup

Story updated with comments from Monster to GeekWire below. A Seattle startup has inked a deal to host domain registrar… Read More

Nov 3, 2018, 12:00 PM

Interview: ‘The Formula’ by Albert-László Barabás explains the science behind who will succeed or fail

Do you find yourself struggling — whether in your startup, day job, or life — and wondering, why does it… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 12:01 PM

Geek on the Street: What was first Nintendo game you ever played, and can you hum the theme?

Just in case you’ve forgotten the music behind popular Nintendo games, you now have your chance to hear some truly… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 12:00 PM

From fighting Alzheimer’s to AR captions, UW computer science students show cutting-edge innovations

As the University of Washington’s computer science program has grown, so too has the breadth of problems that its students… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 8:17 AM

Can Renton be a major tech hub in greater Seattle? If tech history is a guide, its approach must change

RENTON, Wash. — This city and cutting-edge tech startups are not strangers to each other. But they have an on-again, off-again… Read More

Oct 31, 2018, 10:51 AM

Inside Renton’s new STEM-focused elementary school that is preparing students to fill job skills gap

RENTON, Wash. — Science, technology, engineering, and math have long been rooted in the DNA of this city, home to… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 3:00 PM

How the internet of things is changing the design of office buildings and factories

As the internet of things makes its way into industrial and commercial settings, the real acceleration will come when people… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 1:28 PM

T-Mobile reports ‘best financials ever,’ adds 1.6M new customers in 3rd quarter

T-Mobile added 1.6 million customers in the last three months, marking the 22nd straight quarter with more than 1 million… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 8:00 AM

Rover acquires U.K.-based dog care company DogBuddy, accelerating its European expansion

Pet-sitting powerhouse Rover has made an acquisition that will help the Seattle company build on its European expansion, first disclosed earlier… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 6:00 AM

Cray has already struck one of its biggest ever deals for its new Shasta supercomputer

Cray plans to announce Tuesday that the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center has signed a $146… Read More

Oct 29, 2018, 2:14 PM

Impinj snaps streak of declining revenue and beats Wall Street expectations in record quarter

Impinj, the Seattle maker of high-tech tags for connecting billions of items to the internet, is back on a growth… Read More

Oct 29, 2018, 1:43 PM

Receptor Life Sciences raises $29M, unveils its work on inhaler for medicines based on cannabis

Seattle-based biotech company Receptor Life Sciences announced a $29 million series A funding round Monday as it emerged from stealth… Read More

Oct 28, 2018, 10:00 AM

Book review: Reid Hoffman’s ‘Blitzscaling’ is an essential primer for building a bigger, better, faster company

In the startup world, getting a marketable idea and then getting it to market poses some of the biggest hurdles… Read More

Oct 28, 2018, 7:30 AM

Renton’s resurgence: Built on Boeing’s back, this city is poised for a tech boom in Seattle’s shadow

RENTON, Wash. ― Manly Grinolds isn’t a fan of change. After all, the retired aerospace contractor has been coming to… Read More

Oct 27, 2018, 1:41 PM

A look back to look forward: Why highlighting diverse stories matters

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of opinion pieces in which GeekWire invites members of the tech… Read More

Oct 27, 2018, 9:00 AM

Privacy and the public library: NYPL’s chief digital officer looks to raise awareness in Seattle visit

If you want to see how a public library adopts technology at scale, consider heading to New York City. There,… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 9:41 AM

Vulcan Capital invests in Fortnite creator Epic Games as part of epic $1.25B round

Epic Games, creator of the wildly popular battle royale game Fortnite, has raised a massive $1.25 billion funding round, and… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 4:13 PM

Expedia acquires 2 startups that make it easier to list apartments on HomeAway

Expedia Group acquired a pair of companies that make it easier to list apartments on short-term rental sites like Airbnb… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 10:18 AM

Curious about whether robots can be curious? University of Washington joins initiative to find out

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but will it make for a more intriguing robot? That’s the question researchers are… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 10:14 AM

GeekWire is hitting the road: We’re headed to Renton next week!

The hometown of Boeing’s 737. The birthplace of Magic: The Gathering. And the final resting spot of Jimi Hendrix. GeekWire… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 7:00 AM

Ribbon, backed by Trulia co-founder, raises $225M to be the ‘credit card swipe’ for real estate

Not only are homebuyers battling each other when looking for houses in today’s supercharged housing market, but there’s also the… Read More