When Sanjay Parthasarathy left his last tech job in February 2023, he figured he’d do what he could to help get the first season of Major League Cricket up and… Read More
Cricket fans in 87 countries around the globe watched MI New York defeat the Seattle Orcas in Texas on Sunday evening for the first-ever championship of Major League Cricket. Despite… Read More
Make room, Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders, Storm and others. Seattle has a new professional sports team ready to tap into a fan base with strong ties to the region’s tech community.… Read More
Patience. Teamwork. Goal setting. A desire to compete. The place where you work and the buzzwords you hear might have a lot in common with what’s happening on a kids’… Read More
Major League Cricket is tapping into the tech and business communities to secure major funding for its planned launch in the U.S. The league announced Wednesday that it has raised… Read More
If you build it, will they come? Cricket enthusiasts in the Seattle region, whose numbers are tied to the growing population of tech workers, have been saying yes for years… Read More
Cricket fans in the Seattle area now have a team to get behind as the sport continues to grow in popularity in the region and attract investment from backers who… Read More
Startup founders and tech giant CEOs are putting money behind cricket teams and leagues, betting that the sport will continue growing in popularity — even in the U.S., where it… Read More
On a Saturday morning at the sprawling Perrigo Park in Redmond, Wash., kids and families were scattered across various athletic fields. Some kicked soccer balls. Others took part in a… Read More
Today’s featured stories Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend to develop a smart bat that tracks live analytics Alexa and Cortana can now control Xbox devices as new ‘skill’ for… Read More
Microsoft deepened its connection to cricket and continued its edge computing push on Thursday, announcing a new smart cricket bat developed in partnership with Indian cricket legend Anil Kumble. The… Read More
Microsoft’s hardware has already made its way onto NFL sidelines, as the company’s Surface tablet is used by coaches and players to strategize during games. But now its software — specifically,… Read More
In a lot of ways, Microsoft’s big redevelopment project at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., looks similar to many tech companies around the world — a dense, modern campus centered… Read More
Company executives across all industries can learn a lot from team sports. That was the message from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who joined us on stage at the GeekWire Summit… Read More
On most nights, the cafeteria inside Microsoft’s Building 121 is silent and peaceful. But this past Wednesday — and Thursday morning, technically — the scene was a bit different. That’s when more… Read More
Last Sunday, one of the greatest rivalries in sports occurred, and most Americans didn’t even notice. An estimated 1 billion people tuned into the Group B match between Pakistan and India… Read More
ESPN wants to sell a-la-carte live sports content — without requiring a cable subscription — as early as February. Recode reports this morning that ESPN is planning to sell streaming… Read More
