Everybody loves listening to music. Smartphones, computers, and other devices provide an easy means to play just about any type of audio (music or spoken) at practically any time, from local playback or streaming. But playback quality is something that many people don’t think about. Smartphone or computer speakers are usually not as good as […]
As you probably have heard, this week, at the Apple WWDC 2017, there were announcements surrounding the latest and greatest bright and shiny things coming from Apple. From hardware to software to new services, Apple once again got everybody excited about what is to come in the next few months. And, if you have an […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire File Photo) It’s Day One for Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person. A surge in Amazon’s share price this morning, in advance of the company’s earnings report today, has pushed the Amazon CEO past his fellow Seattle-area billionaire Bill Gates with a net worth of more than $90 billion, […]
The Vicis Oakley Prizm Shield. Vicis‘ football helmet just got more high-tech. The Seattle startup today announced a deal with sunglasses giant Oakley for a new “VICIS EDGE Shield” on its ZERO1 helmet that will be used in games by NFL and NCAA players this upcoming season. The shield uses Oakley’s Prizm technology that enhances detail […]
GeekWire’s Cara Kuhlman, Clare McGrane and Chelsey Ballarte give their eclipse glasses a test drive. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) All of the continental United States and Canada will witness a solar eclipse on Aug. 21, but you’ll need eye protection to see the partial phase safely. This may be the event that turns solar-filter […]
F5 CEO Francois Locoh-Donou (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) New F5 CEO Francois Locoh-Donou has a big job in front of him. One of Seattle’s most prominent public tech companies, F5 is facing a classic dilemma. Growth in its older yet profitable line of business has slowed to a crawl, and Wall Street tends to […]
Glen Hiemstra, the Seattle-based founder of Futurist.com, basks in the red glow of a corridor at the Seattle Public Library during the Association of Professional Futurists’ gathering. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Professional futurists are gathering in Seattle, for the second time in 15 years. But don’t expect to recognize them by their business cards. […]
Prolific scorer and Redfin app fan Diana Taurasi at the WNBA All Star game. (GeekWire Photos) Redfin is gearing up to go public on Friday, but the Seattle tech-powered residential real estate brokerage already has one big fan in its court. Diana Taurasi, the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history and three-time WNBA champion, likes […]
Officer Kevin O’Neill issues a warning to a driver using her cell phone. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg). On his Wednesday morning commute, a Seattle man did something we’re probably all guilty of from time-to-time. He checked his email while waiting at a long stoplight. Unfortunately for him, Seattle Police Officer Kevin O’Neill and I […]
Amazon posted a 25 percent increase in net sales for the second quarter, to $38 billion, but profits plunged to $197 million, or 40 cents a share, down from $857 million in the same quarter last year, and significantly below Wall Street’s expectations for its bottom line. The results indicate that Amazon is still spending […]