Microsoft's Build developer conference will be in San Francisco once again, on March 30 to April 1. In spite of costing a little more this year, $ 2,195 (~£1,550) to last year's $ 2,095 (~£1,480), the conference sold...
Build conference sells out in seconds, even with higher price and no hardware giveaway
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It’s a familiar plot from a modern horror movie: the main character is stranded on a dark road, their phone is dead, and someone (or something) is out to get them. But if they had the device that GeekWire Deals is offering today, they’d be fine and you’d...
Amazon was huge at CES 2016, and they weren’t even there
LAS VEGAS — There was no Amazon booth or glitzy Amazon keynote at CES this year, but the e-commerce giant’s presence was felt all over the place with auto manufacturers...
GeekWire Deals: These accessories will make using your Apple devices even better
Apple is known for some of the best design in the technology industry. Their chunks of aluminium and glass are minimalistic wonders, but sometimes they’re a little too minimalistic. With today’s GeekWire Deals offer, you get a few great accessories that may not fit in with...
Zillow goes inside the ‘Transparent’ house — and it’s even more retro in real life
Sometimes, the location in a story is described as a character unto itself, helping to guide the narrative just as much as any other character. That’s the case with the family home in Transparent, the Amazon original series that won Emmys...
Highly anticipated Mars lander will be delayed or even canceled, NASA says
One of 2016’s most anticipated space missions will have to be postponed more than two years—and might even be canceled—due to a faulty seismometer. The InSight lander was to have launched in March...
Rhapsody reports 45% subscriber growth past year, even as competition mounts
The music streaming business may be more competitive than it was a year ago, but 14-year-old Rhapsody says its prospects have never been brighter. The company this week released a recap of 2015, highlighting new features and business partnerships for its Rhapsody and Napster music streaming services. The company topped...
Magic Leap looks to enter unicorn territory before it even reveals first product
Mysterious augmented reality startup Magic Leap is looking to raise $ 827 million in a Series C funding round, according to a Delaware filing given to Forbes. If able to raise that much, Magic Leap would have about $...
Redfin launches ‘second generation’ home value estimator it says is even more accurate than Zillow
Redfin launched a new estimator tool today, which the company says uses an unprecedented amount of data in order to deliver the industry’s most accurate prediction of how much a home is worth. Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman noted the offering is similar to the Zestimate tool from Zillow, which has dominated this space since 2006, and others. But, unlike existing...