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How Microsoft affects the path of Alibaba, China’s rising tech giant

As Chief Technology Officer of Alibaba, Dr. Jian Wang plays a key role in leading the technical direction of China’s growing… Read More

Q&A: Here’s why Uber launched in Portland despite being illegal

Uber first met with city officials in Portland 18 months ago to help develop new regulations that would allow the $40 billion… Read More

Seattle Police holding first-ever hackathon to help improve video redaction process

The Seattle Police Department is preparing to release large amounts of video from patrol car cameras and it needs your help… Read More

Uber launches in Portland; city prepared to issue drivers ‘civil and criminal penalties’

Uber is launching in Portland and city officials are not happy about it. The on-demand transportation service launched at 5… Read More

Meet Talio: A messaging app that lets you send moving selfies

Earlier this week we wrote about Wire, a new messaging app that’s backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis and led by… Read More

Video tour: Starbucks opens massive new coffee palace in Seattle

If you’re in Seattle and you like coffee, the newest Starbucks location — deemed the “Willy Wonka of coffee” by… Read More

‘Willy Wonka of coffee’: Starbucks debuts epic new 15K square-foot roastery and tasting room in Seattle

The 43-year history of Starbucks can be now be traced along a one-mile stretch in Seattle. It starts at the famed Pike… Read More

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Done deal: SAP completes $8.3B acquisition of Concur

SAP today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Bellevue-based travel and entertainment expense management software company Concur Technologies. Now… Read More

Uber closes giant $1.2B funding round, CEO vows company will be ‘more humble’

Uber has just raised another blockbuster $1.2 billion round of funding at a mammoth $40 billion valuation to power the… Read More

Avoid the coffee line: First look at Starbucks’ order-ahead mobile feature

PORTLAND, Ore. — Starbucks launched a major new initiative today, allowing people to place orders from their iPhone for pick-up at a… Read More

Cloud powerhouse Dropbox reveals plans for Seattle engineering office

[Update: Here’s the official announcement from Dropbox.] Dropbox, the San Francisco-based cloud storage and file sharing company, is planning to open… Read More

Portland restaurant, hotel owners ask city lawmakers to welcome Uber

There is demand for Uber and Lyft in Portland — at least from some of the city’s restaurant, bar, and… Read More

Live from Portland: Starbucks launches mobile ordering, letting time-starved patrons skip lines

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two minutes after ordering my tall sugar-free vanilla latte on my iPhone, a barista called my name… Read More

Paul Allen gives $5.7M to ‘cutting-edge’ artificial intelligence researchers

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation today awarded $5.7 million to seven researchers in the artificial intelligence field as part of… Read More

Lyft temporarily shuts down operations in Tacoma due to new regulations

Those looking for a Lyft ride in Tacoma, Wash., will have to find alternative transportation options. Lyft drivers have temporarily stopped picking up… Read More

Skype co-founder backs Wire, a new messaging app for iOS and Android

Janus Friis already changed the messaging game when he co-founded Skype. Now the entrepreneur are trying to do it again — this… Read More

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Distributed systems startup Basho relocates HQ to Bellevue

Another tech company is relocating to Washington. This time it’s Basho, a six-year-old startup known for Riak, its open-source distributed… Read More

Abusive Tweets? Twitter rolls out better way to report them on mobile

Twitter announced today that it has streamlined the abuse reporting process for users of its mobile app. Now, people who… Read More

How President Obama’s 2008 campaign helped Socrata pivot, find startup success with open data

Socrata is growing like crazy. The Seattle startup, which develops cloud-based offerings for open data governments, has grown from 75 employees… Read More

President Obama wants $75M to equip cops with body cameras

President Obama called for millions of dollars in funding to support the roll-out of body cameras for police officers across… Read More

Drone startup Micasense lands $2M from Parrot, relocates to Seattle

Micasense, a new startup that uses drone technology to help farmers improve the health and output of their crops, has… Read More

iPhone 6 trumps Xbox One, Fitbit as most-searched device on Bing in 2014

Bing today posted its most-searched lists of the year, and 2014 was all about the iPhone 6, the Seattle Seahawks, and Kim… Read More

Meet FreeBusy: A cross-platform calendar tool that helps you schedule meetings

Setting up meetings via email isn’t always efficient. You tell someone your availability, and they respond with their own. After… Read More

GeekWire Picks: 12 geeky books to give (and read!) this holiday season

Thanksgiving and the retail bonanza that follows mark the official start of the holiday shopping season. Stores are gearing up… Read More

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Happy Thanksgiving from GeekWire

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, with the added bonus of being Seahawks Gameday — practically a… Read More

This $99 wearable wristband uses speed-reading technology to help digest notifications faster

Mark Long thinks we take out our smartphones too many times per day, and now he’s come up with a… Read More

Aortica raises $7M to treat aorta disorders with 3D-printing technology

Aortica Corporation, a Kirkland-based medical device manufacturer, has raised a $7 million funding round that will help complete a FDA study… Read More

Twitter will start tracking which apps you have installed, starting today

Love the apps installed on your phone? Twitter wants to know all about them. The social networking company plans to… Read More

Ex-Diapers.com CEO hatches wacky plan to give away stock to early customers of new e-commerce startup

The most common ways to own stock in a startup is to be an investor or an early employee, but Jet.com… Read More

Test your Web IQ: 17% of Americans can’t positively ID Bill Gates, 40% don’t know Twitter’s character limit

Do you know the guy in the accompanying photo? Of course you do. After all, you’re reading GeekWire, which means… Read More