— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia in its Bellevue offices and help the company bring its technology, which debuted at this year’s Consumer Electronics...
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6 secrets for success in the tech industry: Advice from the Women Who Code conference in Seattle
It can be difficult to be a woman working in technology. Men dominate the field, while women hover at about 20 percent of all employees in many big tech...
Silicon Valley invasion: Seattle job trends show tech workers migrating north
Employers are filling tech jobs in Seattle faster than ever, according to the chief economist of Indeed, based on her analysis of postings on the job aggregation site. And trends in the real estate market suggest that one reason is an influx...
When graded on tech issues, 2016 presidential candidates don’t do well
On the same day that five key states voted in the presidential primaries, startup lobbying shop Engine took a close look at where the candidates stand on important tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, and patent reform. If your views on those issues align with Engine's, you won't find their 2016 Candidate Report Card an encouraging read.
After taking a...
March Madness contest: Join GeekWire’s bracket for a chance to win tickets to our Sports Tech Summit
Think you’ve got the March Madness magic this year? If so, you should join our GeekWire NCAA tourney pool — the top-finisher will win a ticket to the first-ever GeekWire Sports Tech Summit this July.
The annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament...
Talking tech with ‘The Professor’: ESPN’s John Clayton on NFL analytics, Twitter, Microsoft Surface
BOSTON — John Clayton isn’t scheduled to speak at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this weekend, but the ESPN NFL reporter was still hanging out with his fellow sports geeks at the Boston...
Box CEO Aaron Levie: How Microsoft is creating a blueprint for modern tech partnerships
Box CEO Aaron Levie has a unique perspective on Microsoft, growing up just down the road from the company in Mercer Island, Wash., before competing with Microsoft as the co-founder of the enterprise cloud storage company. But...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Speaking about Sasquatch, Creativity Symposium, New Tech Seattle and more
Bigfoot will be center stage in the Tri-Cities this weekend. The International Conference on Primal People is the first of two Sasquatch conferences slated for Kennewick, Wash. in 2016.
Tech leaders support move to let workers openly discuss their pay, in push for gender equity
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state’s Equal Pay Act dates to the 1940s, requiring men and women to receive the same pay for the same work.
More than seven decades later, a bill up...
As US government asks tech leaders to join war on terror, ISIS threatens Twitter, Facebook CEOs
The US government needs reinforcements from the tech sector to help thwart the Islamic State’s (ISIS) online campaign for hearts and minds.
Representatives of the US Department...