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Google lets users choose between the Dark Side and the Light Side with Star Wars tweaks to Gmail, Maps and more

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is less than a month away, and Google has teamed up with Disney to get… Read More

Google partners with Zillow for new ‘Google Compare’ mortgage comparison product

With a little help from Zillow Group, Google today rolled out a new Google Compare product for those looking to… Read More

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Facebook’s epic office plan, Uber at the airport, and dancing with Matt Harding

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An inside peek at Facebook’s new Frank Gehry-designed offices in Seattle,… Read More

Google engineers praise Microsoft open-source collaboration: ‘We share the same soul’

“It really became apparent that we share the same soul, and we’ve been able to work really well together because… Read More

Google+ hits the reset button with ‘drastically simplified’ design, more focus on interests

Google is rolling out a complete design overhaul for Google+, its social network that is still searching for traction four years after… Read More

Asus launches Chromebit, an $85 ‘candy-bar-sized’ device that turns a TV into a computer

Google and Asus officially unveiled the Chromebit on Tuesday, an $85 HDMI stick that delivers the full Chrome OS experience… Read More

Google says its app can better understand your questions now

Google says that its app can better understand the meaning behind more complex queries, making it more able to deliver the… Read More

Nest Labs expands to Seattle area with new Kirkland engineering outpost

Updated with additional details on Nest’s plans for the Seattle region. Nest Labs, the company known for the Nest Learning… Read More

Image: Self Driving car

What happens when a self-driving Google car gets pulled over by the police

Google’s self-driving car experienced another rite of passage of road life this week — getting pulled over by the cops.… Read More

Google open-sources ‘TensorFlow’ machine learning system, offering its neural network to outside developers

You’ve likely used products shaped by Google’s machine learning system. The neural network has helped Google understand the subject in each Google… Read More

Alan Mulally

After starring roles at Boeing and Ford, Alan Mulally says ‘I’m a Googler now’

Alan Mulally started out designing Boeing jets in 1969, and eventually made his mark as the president and CEO of Boeing Commercial… Read More

Huge growth: Amazon reaches 222,400 employees, hires 39,000 in last quarter alone

Amazon is hiring like crazy. The Seattle e-commerce giant added 39,300 employees during its most recent quarter, which is record… Read More

Math nerds take note: Google’s Alphabet hides Easter egg in stock buyback announcement

Google parent company Alphabet’s stock shot up nearly 11 percent after announcing more than $5 billion in stock buybacks today. But it wasn’t… Read More

Shares of Google parent company Alphabet soar 11% after Q3 earnings beat expectations

Alphabet today beat analyst expectations for both earnings and profit during its third quarter. Alphabet, first announced in August as a… Read More

Speed Rules: Google’s ‘AMP’ accelerates mobile websites, challenging Apple and Facebook

Speed rules the internet, and that’s even more true on mobile. If a page isn’t loading fast enough, users may leave… Read More

Amazon to halt sales of Apple TV and Google Chromecast, due to lack of compatibility with Prime Video

Amazon is pulling two of its bestselling electronics from their shelves because the Apple and Google video-streaming boxes are not compatible with the… Read More

Microsoft and Google reach sweeping settlement in longstanding patent suits

After years of wrangling over Google’s Chrome and Android technologies, Microsoft and the search giant announced a wide-ranging legal settlement this… Read More

Google debuts new Chromecast hardware with faster WiFi, new Chromecast Audio for music streaming

The battle for your TV screen isn’t slowing down. With Apple’s new app-capable Apple TV coming out next month and… Read More

Google unveils two new Nexus phones with bigger camera sensors, fast fingerprint recognition

Google introduced two new Nexus phones today at a special press event. Both phones have larger batteries, bigger camera sensors… Read More

Note-taking app Google Keep comes to iOS more than 2 years after Android release

It has been two years since Google introduced its OneNote- and Evernote-competitor “Keep” on Android and the web, and now… Read More

Report: Google likely to unveil new Chromecast and new Nexus phones at Sept. 29 event

September is shaping up to be the month of new TV streaming boxes. Apple kicked things off with the new… Read More

Google scoops up former Amazon Lab126 employees for reboot of Google Glass

Amazon’s Fire Phone may have been a total flop, but Google seems to think the engineers may have been on… Read More

Here’s how Google came up with its new logo

Google changed the structure of its company in August, and now less than a month later, it has a brand new look. The… Read More

Google vs. Amazon in home improvement: Tech giants take different approaches to crowded market

After months of speculation, Google has entered the home services market, by making it easier for homeowners to find plumbers, locksmiths and… Read More

Android Wear comes to iOS, but only for newer smartwatches

If you’re a dedicated iPhone user but the Apple Watch doesn’t fit your style (or your budget), you can now… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch and Google’s YouTube Gaming square off at PAX Prime

The newly competitive game-streaming war is on full display here at the PAX Prime game convention in Seattle this morning… Read More

Google’s new game streaming service is officially live on YouTube, and so far, people like it

The game streaming platform wars are here. The videogame industry is often all about the race between Xbox and Sony. But today’s modern day… Read More

Google pays $3M for new public outdoor recreational center in Seattle area

Residents of Kirkland, Wash., have access to a new public park thanks to Google. A new outdoor recreational space is… Read More

Google’s YouTube reportedly rolling out a Twitch competitor tomorrow

YouTube may be rolling out its own video game-streaming platform as soon as tomorrow to compete against market-leading Twitch, which Amazon… Read More

A top device exec at Amazon has left again, this time for Google’s advanced products division

For the second time in the past year, Jon McCormack has decided to leave Amazon. This time, McCormack, who was… Read More

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