If artificial intelligence is indeed coming for people’s jobs, this week would be a good time to start, to help out the busiest guy on the planet. Fixie, a Seattle-based… Read More
Next time an Amazon package hits your front step, don’t just shout thanks through the door or at the van driving off down your street — use Alexa. For a limited… Read More
A frosty night inside Seattle’s Showbox Market warmed our geeky hearts on Wednesday as the tech community came together to celebrate the holidays at the annual GeekWire Gala. More than… Read More
If you’ve been procrastinating and putting off holiday plans, here’s your friendly wakeup nudge: it’s December tomorrow. And the GeekWire Gala is next week! First things first — get your… Read More
Light up your favorite holiday suit, dress or whatever makes for festive fashion, it’s almost time for the annual GeekWire Gala in Seattle. And right now is the time to… Read More
The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the tech giant’s latest soft-wear features “Bliss,” the default desktop image… Read More
Today is a great time to secure your tickets for the GeekWire Gala. As part of our Giving Tuesday promotion, we’re donating $5 from each ticket sold to Junior Achievement of… Read More
Bill Gates is back with one of his seasonal traditions, offering three of the best books that he read in 2023 as recommendations for holiday gift givers. In a new… Read More
Ready to dress up and geek out? The GeekWire Gala, our annual festive holiday function, returns to downtown Seattle on Dec. 6 with a night of dancing, cocktails, karaoke and… Read More
Despite concerns about ongoing inflation and warnings that it would be slowing its growth, Amazon reported its “biggest holiday shopping weekend ever” as customers flocked to the e-commerce giant for… Read More
We’re a week away from the return of the GeekWire Gala, a holiday tradition for the Seattle tech community. If you haven’t grabbed a ticket yet for the Dec. 7… Read More
Online shoppers broke records with $11.3 billion in spending on Cyber Monday, driving 5.8% year-over-year growth and making the day the biggest online shopping day of all time, according to… Read More
If you’re looking for a tech gadget or a particular online service or cause to give as a gift this holiday season, perhaps ideas from some Pacific Northwest tech Santas… Read More
Just in time for the 2021 holidays, Microsoft is releasing an ugly sweater that throws the style clock back to 1990. Continuing its recent tradition of celebrating its vintage software,… Read More
Voracious reader Bill Gates is constantly consuming information and expanding how much knowledge his brain can hold. Fittingly, a book about understanding how the brain works and what gives us… Read More
Looking for a way to celebrate the holiday season with employees while also injecting some much-needed support into the Seattle restaurant scene, Tableau Software placed the to-go order of the year… Read More
A surge in online shopping during the pandemic could be an extra gift to so-called “porch pirates” looking to nab packages during the peak holiday season. One report from north… Read More
Even if you’re not hopping in an Uber to visit friends or family during the holidays, the ride-hailing company is rolling out a way to at least send a package… Read More
“The show must go on” for Amazon as the tech giant gears up for a huge holiday shopping season in the midst of the pandemic. That also happens to be… Read More
She wanted something in the mail other than bills. She got the ultimate gifts from a Bill instead. As in Bill Gates. Everyone’s favorite Secret Santa has struck again as… Read More
Rather than spend time searching or competing against other drivers for the best parking spots at the mall, shoppers pressed for time in the waning days of the holiday shopping… Read More
Microsoft seems to have rebooted a holiday idea from last season and is bringing back some “ugly sweater” soft-wear that pays homage to its classic software. In a tweet on… Read More
Amazon plans to hire 200,000 seasonal workers this year, twice as many as last year, suggesting that it expects a strong holiday shopping season. Much of the hiring will take… Read More
You may not have Steve Ballmer excitedly thumping a turkey leg at your Thanksgiving gathering this week, but you can at least bring a helping of data from the USAFacts… Read More
It’s one thing to leave a note for Santa and hope for some sort of reply. It’s quite another to use technology to try to speak to some reindeer. But… Read More
Forget the WAR ON CHRISTMAS and whatever color the Starbucks holiday cup is this year. Big tech is coming for your Christmas tree in a blinking, multi-colored display of just… Read More
For the third year in a row, the Amazon boxes are singing to ring in the holiday shopping season. The new advertising spot from the tech giant features the smile… Read More
What’s spookier than spreadsheets, software glitches, data breaches and e-scooter crashes? Halloween in the tech community. Seattle-area geeks are getting in the spirit in their best getups at work today,… Read More
Amazon has come a long way as a company over the past couple decades. The online bookseller turned into a tech giant and took over Seattle. But perhaps the most… Read More
Forty or so years after I did the same thing with a Sears holiday catalog, and about a month after that iconic retailer filed for bankruptcy, my own children —… Read More
