GeekWire HQ2 search narrows to 4 finalists: Here’s your chance to vote on our second city It’s down to the final four: Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Raleigh. Team GeekWire has been poring over submissions from cities all… Read More
Amazon HQ2: Mayors from 7 major North American cities give us their pitches as RFP deadline looms City leaders across the continent are thinking about how they can best pitch their communities to Amazon as the Thursday… Read More
Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities, says urban history expert Technology is a critical part of American history but it typically occupies little more than a marginal note in history… Read More
7 crazy stunts from cities vying for Amazon’s second North American headquarters With more than 100 contestants in the Great Amazon HQ2 Beauty Pageant, it takes a little more than good looks… Read More
A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters Amazon sparked an all-out bidding war this week when it asked North American cities to roll out the red carpet… Read More
Big cities see early benefits from the Internet of Things, and grapple with ongoing challenges As many of the world’s biggest urban centers implement Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a quest to become “smart cities”… Read More
How smart cities are leading the charge for transportation and tech infrastructure The political landscape may be shifting in Washington, D.C., but when it comes to building the high-tech infrastructure for data… Read More
Apartment hunters: Here’s what $1,500/month will get you in Seattle, SF, NYC and other cities As Seattle grapples with a tech boom, low housing inventory, and soaring rents, many longtime residents worry the city could… Read More
12 things Seattle can teach others about jobs, economic development and building a better city [Editor’s Note: Tren Griffin, a longtime member of the Seattle region’s technology community, responded earlier this week to New York-based venture… Read More
Study claims Seattleites spend 66 hours per year in traffic, but some say that number’s deceptive You don’t have to be a Blue Origin rocket scientist to see that Seattle has a serious traffic problem. The… Read More
