As the rumors that the next iPhone will drop the 3.5mm headphone jack have intensified, I’ve been keeping tabs on the specific argument that Daring Fireball’s John Gruber made yesterday: that removing the headphone jack from the iPhone is the modern-day...
If you kill the headphone jack, you need to replace it with something better
A better air filter: UW spinout raises $1.25M for new approach to electrostatic air filtration
A Seattle-based startup is developing a new air filter that it says will cost less than the alternatives, use less energy, filter out more harmful particulates and require less maintenance. The...
12 things Seattle can teach others about jobs, economic development and building a better city
[Editor’s Note: Tren Griffin, a longtime member of the Seattle region’s technology community, responded earlier this week to New York-based venture capitalist Fred...
Hands on with Android Wear 2.0: Better versions of the same basic ideas
Yesterday Google put out the first developer previews of Android Wear 2.0, the single biggest update that the software has gotten since it was originally released in 2014—two Google I/Os ago.
The developer preview builds, which only work on two more recent (and expensive) Wear...
Review: Amazon’s Kindle Oasis may be the best e-reader ever — but here’s how it could have been better
Amazon’s Kindle Oasis is a premium device. Its screen is stunning, the construction is solid, and it may be the most comfortable reading device I’ve ever used.
But it’s...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Questions for a Better Future, CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t, Supercute Farewell and more
Can we create a better future through inquiry? That is one question, of several, that Questions for a Better Future will explore on May 9. Dr. Joseph Williams, recently appointed as Washington State’s Director of Economic Development for the Information and Communication Technology sector, will provide...
GeekWire Deals: Capture better sound on your phone with these discounted mics
The video sensors on our phones have gotten really good in recent years, but audio still presents a problem. Wind or a hand brushing over a mic can ruin a shot, and the sound captured even in perfect conditions isn’t anything to write...
Better late than never, Apple Music arrives on Sonos starting today
Sonos, the maker of high-end, connected stereo systems loved by discriminating audiophiles everywhere, finally offers Apple Music starting today. The company began testing the streaming-music offering in December but as of this morning Apple Music joins Spotify, Amazon, Google and every significant streaming music service...
The new X-Files is stuck in the ‘90s, for better and for worse
Warning: The following review contains minor spoilers to the first three episodes of the X-Files miniseries.
The first episode of the new X-Files miniseries includes...
Boeing engineers prove you don’t have to golf to design a better golf club
EVERETT, Wash. – When experts at Callaway Golf sought Boeing’s help to improve their golf clubs’ aerodynamics, Boeing turned to a special breed of engineers: recent hires with a hunger for projects off Boeing’s beaten path. Some of the engineers didn’t even...