Monday January 25, 2021
Sub Pop Records, the longtime independent Seattle record label, is setting up shop in the base of an Amazon headquarters tower. Sup Pop on 7th ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
[Editor’s Note: Microsoft underwrites GeekWire’s independent coverage of civic issues. Read more about underwriting on GeekWire here.] Advocates urged Microsoft to take bolder action on ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
i2 Holdings, a holding company that helps brands improve their personalized customer loyalty technology, has made another acquisition. The Seattle company bought Ambassador, a “refer-a-friend” ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
The new, more-transmissible variant of COVID-19 is now confirmed in Washington state. Researchers from the University of Washington’s Medicine Virology Lab found the variant in ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
Part of the appeal of a startup accelerator is being able to interact with fellow startups and founders; meet investors and mentors in person; and ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving an additional $1.4 million in relief funds to aid underserved populations across Washington state in response to the COVID-19 ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
During normal times, the Amazon Meeting Center is bustling with Amazon workers and others attending various tech-related events. Amid a pandemic, the building turned into ... Continue Reading »
Monday January 25, 2021
The global aerospace community and students across the Northwest have lost a researcher, mentor and “Rocket Man” who inspired and guided thousands of young people ... Continue Reading »
Sunday January 24, 2021
SpaceX set a record for the number of satellites sent into orbit by a single rocket, and that’s not the only milestone reached during today’s ... Continue Reading »
Sunday January 24, 2021
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Saturday January 23, 2021
As Joe Biden settles into the Oval Office, tech companies in the Seattle region and elsewhere are watching with a sense of optimism to see ... Continue Reading »
Saturday January 23, 2021
Erik Arnold likes to joke that for the entire time that he’s been in Seattle, Bill Gates has been responsible for his salary in one ... Continue Reading »
Saturday January 23, 2021
In a time of global pandemic, economic crisis and rising unemployment, the Gates Foundation’s most surprising philanthropic target is a group often overlooked by donors: ... Continue Reading »
Saturday January 23, 2021
Laura Alexander Wittig and Liza Moiseeva have turned a simple podcast about sustainable living into a full blown platform for content, community, and online shopping. ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
Suzi LeVine, commissioner of Washington state’s Employment Security Department, is leaving that role to take a position with President Joe Biden’s administration, the agency announced ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
Update, 1/23/2021: Microsoft has updated its original post to indicate that the cost of Xbox Live Gold will not increase after all. This decision, apparently ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
— Brad Anderson, a longtime Microsoft corporate vice president, has joined Qualtrics as president of products and services. A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
After all the talk and concern, hope and urging, Bill Gates arrived this week at a critical point in his journey as an outspoken proponent ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in Wednesday, they inherited a unique opportunity to rein in the technology industry. In ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
Veteran Seattle tech entrepreneur Todd Hooper has raised investment for a stealthy new startup. A new SEC filing reveals that a Seattle-area company called Aardvark ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
There are countless startup accelerators for budding entrepreneurs who need a little boost for their business. But Bob Crimmins thinks there is room for another. ... Continue Reading »
Friday January 22, 2021
Amazon is using its headquarters in Seattle as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The tech giant is partnering with Virginia Mason for a one-day pop-up clinic ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
A federal judge in Seattle has denied an initial attempt by Parler to require Amazon Web Services to restore cloud services to the controversial social ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
Slumping, socially distanced Bernie Sanders has made his way to Seattle. As the internet continues to exhibit its joy over life under a new U.S. ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced the 22 tech startups that have been selected for the organization’s recurring Founder Cohort Program on Thursday. Part of ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
A few weeks ago, I started wearing a new health band. I gave it permission to eavesdrop on my side of conversations — and it ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
Fusebit, a new Seattle startup aiming to help developers with software integration capabilities, has raised a $3.3 million seed round. Founded in 2019 by veterans ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
It was one of the most tumultuous years the country and the world have ever seen. And yet, as we reported on GeekWire last week, ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
Amanda Gorman touched a nerve. With her words, the National Youth Poet Laureate stirred a nation and worldwide audience watching the inauguration of President Joe ... Continue Reading »
Thursday January 21, 2021
Editor’s note: Post updated with comments from Melinda Gates Ever the optimist, Bill Gates said he sees promise in the months and years ahead as ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday January 20, 2021
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced Wednesday that it is launching a Canadian XR Startup Market Accelerator program to help prepare 10 Canadian virtual reality, ... Continue Reading »
Amazon sends letter to President Biden, says it is ‘ready to assist’ with U.S. vaccination efforts ↓
Wednesday January 20, 2021
“We’ve learned again that democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.” President Joe Biden offered the nation ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday January 20, 2021
MagniX, the electric aircraft engine builder, has moved into a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing building in an industrial park just north of Boeing’s sprawling plant in Everett, ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday January 20, 2021
Seattle startup Flexe raised an additional $10 million as part of its Series C funding round announced in December. Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht said there was ... Continue Reading »
