Michel Fester, Usermind CEO. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Experience management software giant Qualtrics has acquired Usermind, a Seattle-based marketing startup that helps companies attract, retain, and serve customers. Usermind was founded in 2013 and is a leader in the “Journey Orchestration” market, which includes companies that support customers in the analysis of customer relationships … Read more
Expense management has long been a problem for employees and accounting departments: for many, tracking and analyzing money spending on behalf of a company is just too bogged down in legacy software that is ill-equipped for more modern needs. Today a UK startup developing solutions to bring the process into the 21st century announced a … Read more
Samsung has just announced what feels like its zillionth event this year. But at least we expected it. The company just sent out invitations to Galaxy Unpacked for August 11 at 10 a.m. ET, and the event will only run online. In recent years, Samsung hosted the launch of its Note line of high-performance phones … Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (wearing a cowboy hat) with Jose Andres (left of Bezos) and Van Jones (right of Bezos), recipients of $ 100 million charitable gifts from Bezos, announced after his Blue Origin flight into space on Tuesday . (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) After what some critics call the world’s most expensive midlife … Read more
In May, Path Robotics announced a Series B for $ 56 million. It was a sizeable increase in the robotics rounds. But the Columbus, Ohio-based startup is already back, launching a “preventive” Series C just two and a half months later. And it’s a huge thing. The company has raised $ 100 million under the … Read more
GM is working on another electric pickup alongside GMC’s Hummer EV and the electrified Chevrolet Silverado, which was confirmed back in April. According to CNBC and CNET Roadshow, the automotive giant announced this at a media event. It didn’t reveal many details about the project and only showed a shadowy image of a tarpaulin-covered truck … Read more
A mural painted on an abandoned building in Van Horn, Texas shows Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark, who will ride the Blue Origin suborbital spacecraft on Tuesday. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) VAN HORN, Texas – The last time I visited this West Texas city in 2006, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Space Venture planned … Read more
Uber has announced the first major expansion of its grocery delivery service in the United States. The company is doubling the number of service areas to the north of 400 cities and towns this week. It now serves several major markets through the Uber and Uber Eats apps, including San Francisco, New York City and … Read more
In some industrial applications, robots are ascribed an increase in efficiency. But as a major UK grocery company just found out, that doesn’t mean they aren’t at risk of accidents like humans are. Ocado – which competes with Amazon Fresh – was forced to cancel orders for some customers after a robot collision sparked a … Read more
The suborbital space travelers Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos stand in front of the camera in front of a Blue Origin New Shepard booster. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram) Jeff Bezos and his crew are still completing their training for Blue Origin’s first-ever manned spaceflight, scheduled for Tuesday, but Bezos’ space company … Read more