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Introducing SHIFT, a new video series from Intel and GeekWire on the digital transformation of business

The cloud computing landscape is evolving rapidly, with new technologies emerging regularly to redefine and reshape a movement that has… Read More

‘New Space Age’ gathering sets the stage for commercial spaceflight’s big year

If the dreams of commercial space ventures all come true, the year ahead could bring the biggest rush of rockets… Read More

Sprint CEO talks openly about T-Mobile merger, says company didn’t want to ‘relinquish control’

The potential merger between Sprint and T-Mobile ultimately didn’t happen because of a disagreement over control. That’s what Sprint CEO… Read More

Interview: Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh bends the rules of TV and movies with ‘Mosaic’ app for HBO

Steven Soderbergh, the Academy Award-winning director and groundbreaking filmmaker known for Sex, Lies & Videotape, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich… Read More

Twitter rolls out 280-character limit with confidence that brevity will still be preferred by most

OK, let’s keep this short. That’s always been the point, right? Twitter on Tuesday announced that its limited test allowing… Read More

Zillow Group on track for first $1B year, reporting record $281.8M in revenue and all-time traffic high of 187M unique visitors

Zillow Group reported record revenue and profits in the third quarter as the real estate company remains on track for… Read More

Meet the Seattle 10: Hot startups transform everything from housing to food production

An innovative way to buy homes. Virtual reality that allows you to feel. And a high-tech football helmet that’s designed… Read More

Inside the ICO frenzy: Big dreams and serious risk in the booming market for initial coin offerings

As recently as this past spring, Simon Yu was your quintessential tech startup founder. He was a few years past… Read More

Remodeling an icon: A sneak peek inside the Space Needle renovation project, high above Seattle

With the sun setting behind the Olympic Mountains and Mount Rainier showing off behind the skyline on a crisp November… Read More

Element Data buys patents and assets from Auguri, its third acquisition

Element Data announced another acquisition today. The Seattle-area machine learning startup has purchased the technology assets and patents from Auguri… Read More

Internet issues plague users across the U.S. on Monday morning

UPDATE: Comcast tweeted at 12:38 p.m. PT, saying that issues should be resolved for almost all customers. https://twitter.com/comcastcares/status/927636388517838848 CenturyLink-owned Level… Read More

Expedia and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton on building great teams: Have a purpose, no scumbags

Rich Barton knows a thing or two about building a company. He spun travel giant Expedia out of Microsoft and… Read More

25 years ago, I predicted the future of media and tech — here’s how I did

In digital tech, 25 years is more than just a generation. It is an epoch. In pre-iPhonic 1992, there was… Read More

Technology, a president and Russia: Lessons from Ronald Reagan’s Moscow microchip speech

As an American historian, University of Washington history professor Margaret O’Mara says she’s particularly interested in understanding “how did we get… Read More

Move fast and fix things: Why the social web needs to start thinking differently about its products

The people and companies who created social media told us it would be a democratizing force that would bring the… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Finding Dark Army’s Exploits in Episode 4

[Spoiler Alert] This article deeply analyzes the technical details of the latest Mr. Robot episode (Eps3.3_m3tadata.par2). If you haven’t watched… Read More

Twitter adds safeguards after Trump account deactivated; report says employee was contractor

A day after President Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee on that person’s last day of work,… Read More

Amazon doubling Vancouver, B.C. workforce with new office with room for 1,000 people

Amazon today announced plans to open a new office in Vancouver B.C., doubling its workforce there from 1,000 to 2,000… Read More

Tableau subscriptions growing faster than expected, but stock drops following earnings miss

Tableau Software stock is down Thursday after the company fell short of Wall Street expectations for profits and revenue. The… Read More

Starbucks misses revenue expectations as mobile order-ahead accounts for 10% of U.S. transactions

Shares of Starbucks were down 6 percent Thursday after the coffee giant missed on earnings expectations for its fourth quarter.… Read More

Impinj stock tumbles in RFID tag-maker’s first earnings miss as a public company

Impinj stock is down more than 21 percent after the Seattle maker of radio frequency identification technology whiffed on earnings… Read More

Uber, Lyft, Wingz ridership at Seattle airport spikes 200% as Port raises per-trip fee by $1

Letting Uber and Lyft pick up passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport seems to be a net positive for both consumers… Read More

QuoteWizard acquires online insurance site RateElert, expanding its reach and products

Seattle-based insurance comparison startup QuoteWizard has acquired RateElert, an Ann Arbor, Mich. insurance shopping site. QuoteWizard will acquire RateElert’s insurance… Read More

Inrix lays off a ‘handful of people’ as traffic data provider reorganizes

Inrix has laid off a “handful of people” as the traffic data provider reorganizes its company structure. The layoffs, first… Read More

Snappr brings on-demand photography service to Seattle; offers 30-minute sessions for $59

There’s a new way to hire a photographer in Seattle. Snappr is expanding outside of California for the first time… Read More

Tech news sites quietly rely on this word to create drama in headlines, analysis reveals

GeekWire has quietly performed a detailed analysis of one of the most overused words in tech news. See if you… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Booby-Trapping Femtocells from the Forest in Episode 3

int SpoilerAlert (bool MrRobotS3EP3.view) { if( MrRobotS3EP3.view == true ) { … Read More

Retail startup specializing in custom-tailored suits chooses Seattle, a land of flannel and rain parkas

Walk the streets of Seattle, and you’ll quickly realize that it’s not a town known for fashion. Flannels, hoodies and… Read More

Expedia posts 15% Q3 revenue increase in first quarter since CEO departed for Uber

Expedia posted $2.97 billion in revenue, a 15 percent increase over the same time last year in its third-quarter earnings report… Read More

News Brief

Seattle tech recruiter Greythorn acquired by Vaco

Greythorn, a Seattle-based recruiting firm focused on technology positions has been acquired by national consulting firm Vaco. With the deal,… Read More