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No Slack for you! Microsoft puts rival app on internal list of ‘prohibited and discouraged’ software by Nat Levy & Todd Bishop on June 21, 2019 at 10:31 amJune 22, 2019 at 11:12 am Slack Technologies makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday through a direct listing of its shares. The company named Microsoft as its ‘primary competitor’ in its regulatory filings. (NYSE Photo) As Sl

Dropbox saved almost $75 million over two years by building its own tech infrastructure by Tom Krazit on February 23, 2018 at 1:49 pmFebruary 23, 2018 at 1:55 pm A typical data center setup. (Courtesy: Wikipedia) After making the decision to roll its own infrastructure and reduce its dependence on Amazon Web Services, Dropbox reduced its operating costs by $74.6 million over the next two years, th

Study: AWS has 45% share of public cloud infrastructure market — more than Microsoft, Google, IBM combined by Dan Richman on October 31, 2016 at 12:38 pmOctober 31, 2016 at 12:38 pm (Synergy Research Group graphic.) Amazon Web Services holds a 45 percent share of the worldwide public market for Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) — greater than Microsoft, Google and IBM’s shares combined, according

Just shut up and let your devs concentrate, advises Stack Overflow CEO Joel Spolsky by Dan Richman on October 5, 2016 at 10:57 amOctober 10, 2016 at 3:26 pm Developer Joel Spolsky (left) speaks with GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop on the second day of the 2016 GeekWire Summit (Photos by Dan DeLong). If you want to attract and keep developers, don’t emphasize ping-pong tables, lounges, fire pits an

Apple, Microsoft and Google hold 23% of all U.S. corporate cash, as tech sector accumulates wealth by Todd Bishop on May 23, 2016 at 8:15 amMay 23, 2016 at 8:34 am Apple CEO Tim Cook. (Credit: Apple) Apple, Microsoft and Google are the top three cash-rich U.S. companies across all sectors of business, not including banks and other financial institutions — holding a combined $391 billion in cash as

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. Jeff Bezos responded to a piece in the NYT, asking employees to report issues that they see at the company. The cruel and back-stabbing environment described by The New York Times in a report this weekend on the workplace culture at Amazon.com has struck a nerve wi

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. Amazon.com can no longer be described in just a few simple sentences. The company is engaged in almost every corner of the tech industry, from cloud services (AWS) to set-top boxes (Fire TV) to home delivery (Amazon Fresh) to online video (Prime Instant Video) and

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. LAS VEGAS — Amazon, the company that defined the world of online commerce, is venturing further into the world of physical retail — experimenting with standalone, automated “Kindle Kiosk” vending machines in selected airports and shopping malls. The machines sell e

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. An Amazon “Prime Air” delivery drone prototype is shown in action in this photo from Amazon. Here is the big surprise unveiled by Amazon on 60 Minutes tonight: The company is working on an R&D project to create autonomous flying delivery drones — miniature octocopt

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture.  SEE MORE Google’s high-tech augmented reality “Project Glass” spectacles are still in development, and not available for purchase. But Seattle’s 5 Point Cafe is getting ahead of the game — and fueling a debate over privacy — by banning the devices from the bar in advance. Sorry,

Microsoft employees getting free Surface tablets, new work PCs, Windows Phone 8 by Todd Bishop on September 13, 2012 at 5:15 pmSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:10 am Microsoft employees are just getting out of their big company meeting at KeyArena in Seattle, and if you hear any of them comparing Steve Ballmer to Oprah, there’s a reason: The company announced a surprise package of tech products and upgrad

Google Drive in the wild? Screenshot and possible logo by Todd Bishop on February 16, 2012 at 12:06 pmFebruary 16, 2012 at 12:14 pm Google appears to be getting closer to the launch of its online storage service: A GeekWire reader says Google Drive has been enabled in his Google Account — as shown in the screenshot above, which has been redacted for the sake of his privacy. Another tidbit: The ima

Video: Bill Gates on his last visit with Steve Jobs by Todd Bishop on January 25, 2012 at 5:56 pmJanuary 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm The story of Bill Gates’ final visit with Steve Jobs was told in Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Apple co-founder, but an ABC News interview airing on Nightline tonight lets Gates tell the story. “He and I always enjoyed talking,” Gates says, recalling the conversation in

Microsoft’s ‘KinectFusion’ creates real-time, 3D model of an entire room, and more by Todd Bishop on August 12, 2011 at 9:27 amAugust 12, 2011 at 9:52 am Is this a glimpse of the future of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Windows? During a Microsoft Research demo event with a handful of reporters earlier this year, there was one project that the company asked us not to video or photograph. It used the comp