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T-Mobile’s next ‘Un-carrier’ target: Customer service

T-Mobile has set its “Un-carrier” sights on what it calls the broken customer service process. T-Mobile today said it is… Read More

Valence Group acquires Seattle studio 8ninths to harness expertise in VR and AR technology

8ninths, a small Seattle-based virtual and augmented reality studio with big visions, has been acquired by Valence Group Inc., a… Read More

Next week! Join us for a GeekWire podcast event and ‘Thirsty Thursday’ rooftop meetup in Seattle

It’s summer in Seattle, and we’re excited to bring everyone together next week, on Thursday, Aug. 23, for a special… Read More

There’s a big difference between how men and women see employer salary policies

Given the breadth of data about unequal pay and other obstacles for women in tech, it should come as no… Read More

AdSwerve acquires Seattle-based Analytics Pros for $24M, creating Google marketing powerhouse

Seattle startup Analytics Pros has been acquired by Denver-based AdSwerve, creating a combined 120-person marketing and analytics company that expects… Read More

Impinj misses earnings deadline amid an audit investigation and Nasdaq responds with ‘notice of deficiency’

Nasdaq has hit Impinj with a “notice of deficiency” for failing to report its quarterly earnings on time, after the… Read More

Inside the stolen passenger plane: ‘I played video games before, so I know what I’m doing, a little bit’

Audio and video from the fatal flight of a stolen Horizon Air passenger plane are providing a fuller picture of… Read More

Airline employee steals plane from Sea-Tac, does aerial tricks with F-15s in pursuit before crashing on island south of Seattle

A distressed Horizon Air employee stole one of the airline’s planes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night and roamed… Read More

OfferUp is raising a ton of cash as it battles Craigslist, eBay, Facebook and others

OfferUp is raising a huge round of funding as the mobile marketplace continues to grow and battle a crowded field… Read More

Redfin takes ‘experiment’ tag off Redfin Now, making direct home sales a key part of its business

Redfin Now, the company’s direct home buying and selling operation, is now a key piece of its long-term strategy. The… Read More

Samsung introduces Galaxy Home smart speaker powered by digital assistant Bixby

Samsung is making its entry into the competitive smart speaker market with the announcement of Galaxy Home, taking on fellow… Read More

Sallie Cook, 1941-2018: Longtime journalist was a guiding force for GeekWire

Sallie Cook, a no-nonsense former newspaper reporter who passed along her love for journalism to her youngest son, GeekWire co-founder… Read More

Hype turns into (mixed) reality as Magic Leap finally unveils its long awaited headset

The hiding and the teasing are over. Magic Leap, the mysterious augmented reality startup backed by big money, has finally… Read More

T-Mobile takes its 5G wireless pitch on a road trip with giant ‘Tech Truck’

The Internet may not be a big truck (it’s a series of tubes of course), but in a way, the… Read More

A nerd’s tour of the Seattle Art Fair: Fighting robots, animated neurons, and flying art debris

You might be forgiven if you thought the fourth annual Seattle Art Fair would have a lot of expensive, big-name… 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

Finally, a practical use for Bitcoin? Starbucks might take cryptocurrency for lattes

For technologies that have been billed as the future of payments, it’s really hard to actually use digital currencies like… Read More

Tableau revenue jumps 14 percent as subscriptions now make up two-thirds of its business

Tableau’s shift to a subscription software model is paying off for the Seattle data analysis company, which saw revenue increase… Read More

On IPO day, smart speaker maker Sonos reveals ‘explosive growth’ in Seattle office

Sonos’ engineering center in Seattle has grown to nearly 120 people, emerging as the smart-speaker maker’s fastest-growing office and a… Read More

Sales automation company Outreach buys Sales Hacker media startup in its first-ever acquisition

Outreach, just a couple months removed from a massive $65 million funding round, has made the first acquisition in its… Read More

Starbucks and Alibaba to integrate apps and partner on delivery as coffee culture takes hold in China

Starbucks will integrate its online store and customer rewards program with Alibaba’s popular apps and online services, used by more than… Read More

Apptio second-quarter earnings beat the Street on strong revenue, with profitability in sight

Apptio reported a 31 percent increase in second-quarter revenue Wednesday, beating expectations for both revenue and profit as sales of… Read More

Huawei overtakes Apple for 2nd place in global smartphone sales, new study finds

Apple has fallen to third place among the world’s top smartphone makers, trailing South Korean giant Samsung and Chinese tech… Read More

DocuSign acquires SpringCM for $220M to continue evolution beyond electronic signatures

DocuSign said it has agreed to acquire SpringCM, a Chicago-based cloud document generation and contract management company, for $220 million… Read More

Twitter reports drop in active users as it purges fake accounts — spooking investors despite strong financials

Twitter reported record profits and exceeded expectations for revenue in the second quarter, but a drop in user count due… Read More

Marijuana strain and dispensary resource Leafly opens Baltimore office

News Brief: Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary resource platform Leafly just opened an office in Baltimore, where it already employs… Read More

Starbucks adds 6 million ‘digitally registered customers’ since March with new tech strategy

Starbucks added 6 million “digitally-registered customers” since it rolled out a new strategy in March to bolster 1-to-1 marketing outreach… Read More

Expedia beats earnings expectations with $2.88 billion in revenue, sending stock soaring 10%

Expedia Group posted $2.88 billion in revenue across all of its brands, up 11 percent year-over-year and meeting analyst expectations for… Read More

The Playbook: Lessons in tech, business, sports and life from Adrian and Nick Hanauer

They grew up together, worked at the same family business as teenagers, and have both become household names in the… Read More

Trump targets Twitter, his favorite communication platform, following reports of ‘shadow banning’ Republicans

President Donald Trump weighed in on reports that Twitter has been “shadow banning” prominent conservative figures, criticizing his preferred communication… Read More