Funding rounds, new products, and shifting priorities are fueling growth at startups in the Seattle region. Companies that have expanded their teams and social media reach rose on the GeekWire 200 index of privately-held young companies in the Pacific Northwest.
Recent cash infusions, which often spark hiring sprees, were...
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Currently, only two virtual reality platforms exist on Windows PCs: the Oculus Rift and the SteamVR-powered HTC Vive. Each set has its strengths and weaknesses, but until recently, they at least both offered limited compatibility with their rival's software stores. Oculus headset users can pick through compatible games on the SteamVR store and interface, while HTC Vive...
In the week since Tesla Motors unveiled its Model 3 electric car at the not-so-ludicrous price of $ 35,000, would-be owners...
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update just keeps getting crazier. After teaming up with Ubuntu to build an entire Linux subsystem and Unix's Bash shell into Windows 10, Microsoft is now integrating Android-specific features into the OS. If you're an Android user, you'll be able to mirror your phone notifications on your Windows 10 computer, and if you dismiss a notification on one device, it will...
It’s March, the month of basketball, lions, lambs, and, now, the startup Centri Technology, which moved up 26 spots this month on the GeekWire 200.
Along with it, Glowforge, Shippable, Peach, and others climbed their way up this month’s ranking of the top 200 privately-held technology companies in...
Icons now get forced to a standard size.
An update to the Google Now Launcher has brought some nifty new features to Android's home screen. Google is reining in unruly app icons to make everything a consistent size and adding auto rotate support to the launcher.
Google's icon design guidelines give developers the tools to create a consistently sized...
