Tech – Page 66 of 306

Ritual enters crowded food ordering market in Seattle with its own take on tech-enabled lunch

Seattleites have another app at their disposal for ordering food. The latest tech tool is from Ritual, a fast-growing Toronto-based… Read More

Connected chip maker Impinj posts record revenue for 2nd straight quarter, reports $14.5M loss in 2018

Impinj, the Seattle maker of high-tech tags for connecting billions of items to the internet, finished 2018 strong, posting its… Read More

Julep customers livid after new owner abruptly shuts down Maven cosmetics subscription program

Julep’s new owner is already making changes, and customers aren’t happy. It’s been a whirlwind past several months for Julep,… Read More

The Galaxy S10, $2,000 Galaxy Fold, and everything else Samsung announced today

Samsung is unveiling a host of new phones and accessories Wednesday, including the anticipated 10th edition of its Galaxy S… Read More

Glassdoor data shows Gen Z workers attracted to high-paying tech jobs and Seattle’s top companies

Generation Z wants a piece of the tech pie — the jobs, the companies and the cities — according to… Read More

Seattle mayor wants law that requires new buildings to have electric vehicle charging capability

All new buildings in Seattle must install electric vehicle charging infrastructure. That’s what Mayor Jenny Durkan wants to see happen… Read More

Worth seeing? We get fitted for Alexa-enabled smart glasses in a mobile showroom in Seattle

A block from Amazon’s signature Spheres in Seattle, a small trailer was parked Monday in a lot that will soon… Read More

Boom, bust and blockchain: RChain Cooperative’s cryptocurrency dreams dissolve into controversy

The two-story house sits on a quiet street in the Fauntleroy neighborhood of West Seattle, a few hundred yards from… Read More

Pop culture toy maker Funko expands into board games with acquisition of Seattle studio

Funko, the maker of the popular Pop! figurines and other pop culture items, has acquired Seattle board game studio Forrest-Pruzan… Read More

Redfin posts $487M in revenue in 2018 as losses balloon to $42M for the year

Redfin’s desire to compete in every area of the real estate transaction appears to be paying off as the tech-powered… Read More

Bill Gates says textbooks are finally becoming obsolete, 25 years after he predicted their demise

Here’s a pop quiz: One of these passages about education technology was from Bill Gates’ 1995 book, “The Road Ahead.”… Read More

Slack adds app building tools as productivity arms race with Microsoft Teams continues

Slack wants to make it easier to build apps and integrations on its platform, hoping to attract third-party developers as… Read More

Will Amazon buy Etsy, Kohl’s, or the Seahawks? GeekWire predicts the tech giant’s next big deals

Amazon’s M&A team has gotten off to a busy start in 2019. This week’s announcement that the tech giant plans… Read More

What that meditation app you downloaded (and don’t use) can really do for you — and what it can’t

Jalice May is a busy mom who works almost full-time at her church. On Sundays, she oversees the nursery during… Read More

Avalara reports $272M in revenue in 2018, but losses rise 16% to $44.5M for the year

Sales tax automation company Avalara sailed past Wall Street expectations to close out 2018, though its losses are growing as… Read More

Intellectual Ventures spinoff Xinova launches new online capital marketplace to fund innovation projects

Xinova, a Seattle-based invention network, and Arc, a New York-based fund management firm, are teaming up to launch a new… Read More

New LinkedIn hiring tools include ability for recruiters to issue bulk rejections to job applicants

LinkedIn is about to make it a lot easier for recruiters to quickly reject unqualified job candidates as part of… Read More

Returning to journalism, 30 years later: Can the profession’s standards survive its disruption?

Many people don’t have a clue how journalism works. Journalists may have less access to events and their newsmakers than… Read More

New filing reveals the bill for Expedia’s Seattle waterfront campus: $190M in 2018 and up to $475M this year

Expedia is getting closer to moving into its prized Seattle waterfront campus, and the financial details of the massive project… Read More

Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over threat to publish naked photos of Amazon CEO

Updated below with American Media Inc. statement. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has published a remarkable new response in his ongoing… Read More

Expedia posts $11B in 2018 revenue as travel giant gears up for legal battle with United Airlines

Expedia closed out 2018 by besting Wall Street expectations for revenue while sharply increasing profits and the amount people are… Read More

Get pumped! Safeway releases new app to speed transaction time at some Seattle-area gas stations

Drivers looking to save time at the gas station pump and avoid the hassle of numerous prompts are getting some… Read More

Building energy monitoring company Buddy to acquire smart light startup LIFX

Buddy, a Seattle-based company that manages building energy, today announced its intention to acquire LIFX, a smart light maker based… Read More

Tableau hits $841M in annual recurring revenue, up 41%, as transition to subscription model continues

Tableau Software posted a strong fourth quarter to close out the year as its move to subscription-based products has jumpstarted… Read More

Geeks in the Woods: A decade after founding Tune, twins leave Seattle to launch Alaska startup factory

In search of a tight-knit community with an underdog mentality and a chance to help budding entrepreneurs build startups, Lucas… Read More

DiscoverOrg acquires ZoomInfo to strengthen sales and marketing contact database offering

DiscoverOrg, a Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing and sales intelligence startup, has acquired Boston area startup Zoominfo to strengthen its B2B offerings.… Read More

Report reveals best (and worst) cities for becoming a U.S. citizen, and where the tech hubs stand

U.S. immigration law, policy and practices are national, in theory, but where immigrants live can noticeably impact their efforts to… Read More

Key takeaways from former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s new book, ‘From the Ground Up’

Howard Schultz might as well have named his latest book, “I am running for president. And this is why you… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: AI in healthcare, women in STEM, and making smart product decisions

If you’ve been to the doctor or hospital recently, you’ve probably noticed the gadgets and machines in the room are… Read More

Acumatica unveils Alexa for Business skill, new cloud software tie-ins with Microsoft and Google

Acumatica, the Seattle-area maker of cloud-based business management software, is out with what it calls the first ever business application… Read More