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Seattle

TLDR: Using drones to analyze vineyards, tech giants team up to tackle Seattle issues, Amazon leases Expedia HQ tower

Today’s featured stories Can drones make better wine? Pollen Systems launches service to analyze vineyards from the air Amazon, Zillow,… Read More

Best Buy launches new fund to help Seattle teens get tech and career training

Best Buy has been in Seattle since 2015, and the retailer made a big commitment to the area today, announcing… Read More

Private shuttles like Microsoft Connector can share public bus stops without disrupting service, researchers find

In crowded cities like Seattle, employers are coming up with creative ways to get employees out of single-occupancy vehicles when… Read More

Amazon construction

From Amazon to Zillow, new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around city’s tough problems

Seattle’s tech industry and the rest of this booming city are at odds like never before, and tech leaders acknowledge… Read More

Across Seattle, social media looks more like smoke signals as users share images of hazy skies

That’s not another blurry sunset photo or video from your friend on Facebook or Instagram, that’s August, again, in Seattle… Read More

Beyond the yellow box: Rosetta Stone reinvents itself with help from growing Seattle team

Rosetta Stone, the 26-year-old language learning company, has been quietly reinventing itself, and the company’s growing Seattle outpost is increasingly… Read More

Ofo picks 3 nonprofits to receive donated bikes as bikeshare company shuts down Seattle operation

As it shuts down service in Seattle, Ofo is donating its bright yellow, shareable bikes to a handful of nonprofit… Read More

Where do Seattle’s newcomers move from? Drivers license numbers reveal some surprises

Driving around Seattle, you might’ve noticed an uptick in Texas license plates. That’s what prompted us to look at drivers… Read More

Spin bike

Spin is rolling out of Seattle, leaving just one dockless bikeshare service

Spin, the operator of Seattle’s dwindling bright orange bicycles, is shutting down service in the city. The news comes a… Read More

Dell EMC opening a retail store in Seattle? Turns out this storefront isn’t what it seems

Another historic Seattle building is undergoing a change. But don’t worry. The minor transformation of a space in the city’s… Read More

TLDR: Real estate market slows, HQ2 cities that Seattleites are most interested in, Google’s massive Seattle campus

Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are… Read More

Google doubles down on massive Seattle campus with another new building in Amazon’s backyard

Google’s huge Seattle campus being built on Amazon’s backyard of South Lake Union is about to get a lot bigger.… Read More

Ofo confirms Seattle departure date, promises refunds to riders

Seattle Ofo customers who prepaid for rides will be refunded according to an email the bikesharing company sent this week.… Read More

Homelessness and jobs: What the numbers say

Technologists are all about using data and research to drive decisions. It’s why startups spend months validating new ideas. It’s… Read More

Can tech and government innovate together for social good? Inside a new effort to change the tide

Rising housing costs often cause the people working to make Seattle a better place to be displaced. But Melissa Cliver… Read More

In a sea of social media from Pearl Jam’s first Seattle ‘Home Show,’ images from 2 pros stand out

Anyone in Seattle or close to the internet no doubt knows that hometown favorites Pearl Jam played the first of… Read More

TLDR: Amazon plans to open health clinics, Steve & Connie Ballmer’s $59M commitment for at-risk students, Samsung smart speaker

Today’s featured stories Report: Amazon plans internal healthcare clinics for employees at Seattle headquarters Steve and Connie Ballmer commit $59M… Read More

TLDR: Amazon’s Whole Foods grocery pick-up service, Magic Leap’s mixed reality headset, Ofo bike graveyard

Today’s featured stories Amazon to offer Whole Foods drive-up grocery pickup for the first time, starting at two stores  Hype… Read More

TLDR: Buy food and drinks with just a fingerprint, Seattle’s complex history of urban internet access, T-Mobile’s tech truck

Today’s featured stories Seattle sports stadiums all Clear for new biometric security, payments and alcohol ID verification Comcast’s Seattle expansion… Read More

Comcast’s Seattle expansion highlights complex history of urban internet access

Comcast will start serving two dense and popular Seattle neighborhoods for the first time Aug. 18. The company’s internet and… Read More

Spin bike

Will Seattle become a one-bike town? Spin’s future in city uncertain under new ordinance

Last week, Seattle established permanent rules for dockless bikeshare companies but questions remain about the shape this new mobility service… Read More

Space Needle unveils world’s only revolving glass floor, 500 feet in the air

If you’re scared of heights, you might not want to look down. As a part of its $100 million renovation,… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft, Zillow and more tech giants join Innovation Council to address Seattle challenges

Seattle’s tech industry titans are joining forces to advise the city on some of the pressing challenges that have arisen… Read More

Seattle mayor forming council of tech leaders seeking solutions to the region’s growing pains

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is tapping problem solvers in the tech industry to develop solutions to some of the city’s… Read More

Ofo officially shutting down in Seattle after $250K bikeshare fee passes

Ofo confirmed it will shut down operation in Seattle Monday afternoon after the city adopted a new $250,000 annual fee… Read More

Seattle adopts 250K annual fee for bikeshare companies that could pump the brakes on the new mobility service

Seattle approved a new $250,000 annual fee for dockless bikeshare companies that want to operate in the city Monday in… Read More

Chinese bikeshare company Ofo is shutting down in Seattle amid widespread US layoffs

Updated July 29: Ofo communications lead Taylor Bennett shared the following statement with GeekWire Sunday: Because the emails were sent to… Read More

Microsoft, Oregon, and B.C. kick in $750K for new study of high-speed rail in the Pacific Northwest

The effort to build a high-speed rail connecting Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C. just got a fresh cash infusion. Microsoft, the… Read More

Cast your vote: Which of these reader questions about homelessness do you want us to answer?

Homelessness is a complex, thorny, and heartbreaking crisis that all of us are trying to better understand. A few weeks… Read More

Ignition’s John Connors: Seattle is becoming the most important tech market behind Silicon Valley

Seattle’s tech scene has a lot of mojo going on right now. That’s the word from John Connors, managing partner… Read More

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