Amazon to double seasonal hiring to record 200k workers as business continues to boom Amazon plans to hire 200,000 seasonal workers this year, twice as many as last year, suggesting that it expects a… Read More
Gobble up data from Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts with ‘table topics’ meant to help Thanksgiving debates You may not have Steve Ballmer excitedly thumping a turkey leg at your Thanksgiving gathering this week, but you can… Read More
Microsoft sleighs ’em again in holiday ad as girl uses translation technology to speak to reindeer It’s one thing to leave a note for Santa and hope for some sort of reply. It’s quite another to… Read More
Oh, Christmas tree, even you are turned on by Amazon and Alexa … and it might be pretty cool Forget the WAR ON CHRISTMAS and whatever color the Starbucks holiday cup is this year. Big tech is coming for… Read More
Smiling Amazon boxes are singing again in new holiday ad — will high shipping costs dull the mood? For the third year in a row, the Amazon boxes are singing to ring in the holiday shopping season. The… Read More
Photos: Tech workers get extra geeky and ghoulish as Halloween takes over Seattle-area offices What’s spookier than spreadsheets, software glitches, data breaches and e-scooter crashes? Halloween in the tech community. Seattle-area geeks are getting… Read More
‘Amazon.com’s got a lot’ … of vintage holiday ads worth watching, to see how tech giant got started Amazon has come a long way as a company over the past couple decades. The online bookseller turned into a… Read More
My kids sat in front of Amazon’s first-ever printed toy catalog: ‘Whoa! … Is everything in here free?’ Forty or so years after I did the same thing with a Sears holiday catalog, and about a month after… Read More
Scary, funny and everything in between: Tech companies share their geekiest Halloween get-ups What do you dress up as for Halloween when you’re already a geek every other day of the year? Turns… Read More
Austin to Boston, holiday gossip reveals where our friends and family think Amazon’s HQ2 could land Plenty of families who gathered for the holidays probably had to deal with opposing viewpoints and spirited debate on a… Read More
GeekWire Gala: Here’s what you need to know if you’re attending the sold out holiday bash on Wednesday The geekiest holiday party is just around the corner. We’ve got a huge crowd coming out for the sold out GeekWire… Read More
Podcast Holiday gadget letdowns: How to cope with the Apple HomePod delay and Amazon Echo Spot sellout We’re excited about a lot of gadgets this gift-giving season, but we were also sad to hear some of them… Read More
Deck the halls with boughs of Dolly: On-demand movers will truck you a tree in spirit of Christmas If you want to stick to decking the halls rather than decking the kid who makes a sappy mess out… Read More
Amazon slashes Whole Foods prices on holiday items, with deeper discounts for Prime members Amazon and Whole Foods Market are dropping prices on holiday favorites and other popular items and offering even greater discounts for… Read More
Cards Against Humanity’s latest holiday stunt: Stop Trump’s border wall and more surprises for $15 It’s the most wonderful time of the year … to send a few bucks to the irreverent folks at Cards… Read More
Hey, Alexa, put Oprah on: Amazon calls in famed voice to promote ‘Favorite Things’ holiday list YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! Everybody gets an Echooooo! Well, not quite. But,… Read More
Peace on Earth! The new Starbucks holiday cup could put an end to the ‘war on Christmas’ — or not How are we going to make it through the holidays without a WAR ON CHRISTMAS? If past holiday offerings from… Read More
Geekoween 2017: From Trekkies to Amazon’s Alexa, Seattle-area geeks get decked out for the holiday Seattle-area geeks love to dress up for Halloween. Or Geekoween, as we call it around here today. And because our… Read More
Reddit user gets Bill Gates as her Secret Santa, and she’s ‘blown away’ by the awesome gifts he sent When it comes to Secret Santas, having yours be one of the richest people in the world and and also a… Read More
Made in Seattle Gift Guide: 12 geeky gift ideas from Pacific NW startups, makers and designers Let’s face it, global e-commerce takes some of the magic out of gift giving. Visiting a loved one’s Amazon wishlist,… Read More
Amazon wins design patent for removable gift card stickers The holidays are just around the corner, and shoppers everywhere are asking themselves a question almost as old as Christmas… Read More
Made in Seattle: Submissions wanted for a special GeekWire holiday gift guide Are you making a list and checking it twice? Does it have gifts from local artisans at the right price?… Read More
Video: GeekWire recommends 6 tech tools to get you through the holidays on New Day NW GeekWire’s Monica Nickelsburg stopped by New Day NW to share her favorite apps and services for the holidays with host… Read More
Bill Gates reveals the 5 best books he read in 2016 To say Bill Gates is a voracious reader is an understatement. The Microsoft co-founder has been gobbling up books of all… Read More
Santa’s North Pole home is on Zillow — check out the Zestimate and photos of ‘toy lover’s paradise’ Santa Claus will be visiting plenty of homes around the world when he makes his deliveries for the Christmas holiday,… Read More
‘Cards Against Humanity’ has raised more than $100,000 to dig a massive, pointless hole It gives the phrase “money pit” a whole new meaning. “Cards Against Humanity,” the renegade game company known for such… Read More
Holiday guide to science books about life, the universe and everything Fans of the late science-fiction humorist Douglas Adams know that the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and… Read More
Trump ‘Make America Great Again’ ornament on Amazon gets ALL the reviews, the best! Here’s a Christmas tree topper for ya — a small, red, baseball hat ornament that reads “Make America Great Again.”… Read More
Amazon’s Treasure Truck trots out the turkeys during pre-Thanksgiving trip around Seattle The Treasure Truck was the “turkey truck” on this Tuesday before the Thanksgiving holiday in the Seattle area. Amazon’s lit up,… Read More
Amazon to hire 120k seasonal workers in U.S. — a new peak that could signal a big holiday ahead Amazon says it is creating more than 120,000 seasonal positions across its U.S. fulfillment, sortation and customer service centers for… Read More
