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This Week's GeekWire Podcasts

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s retail bombshell; Amazon’s robotaxi deal; and Trump vs. tech, again

Microsoft shocked the tech world Friday morning by announcing it would be closing all of its retail stores. ... Amazon made a bold move in a new direction by acquiring robotaxi startup Zoox. ... President Trump shut the door on employment-based visas for foreign workers, and tech leaders are ticked off.

GeekWire Podcast: The case against Apple’s App Store; IPOs go crazy; quest for a better email inbox

Not everyone loves Apple's App Store, it seems. This week, it become a target of criticism for its arcane rules and business practices. Even Microsoft President Brad Smith jumped in. ... Plus, tech IPOs make a resurgence ... and GeekWire's Todd Bishop and John Cook have lots of opinions about each other's email inbox habits.

‘Racism is a pandemic,’ and this is how the tech industry can be part of the ‘vaccine’

“Racism is a pandemic. Whether it’s tech, or whether it’s any other form of business, we have the need for a vaccine that’s going to stop it.

Secrets of successful strategies: How Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and others make winning bets

Twenty-five years ago, more than a decade before the debut of the iPhone, a different piece of technology had people lining up outside stores around the world: Microsoft’s Windows 95.

Beyond the pill bottle: Why this health tech startup sees a big future in remote patient monitoring

The last time we caught up with Pillsy co-founders Jeff LeBrun and Chuks Onwuneme, three years ago, they were focused on their flagship product, a smart pill bottle that sounds an alarm if people forget to take their pills.