GeekWire - Amazon responds to historic union vote

GeekWire Podcast: Real-time audience analytics are standard for online publishers and advertisers. But the concept was a novelty in TV before iSpot came along in 2012. A decade later, the Bellevue, Wash.-based company is increasingly an alternative to industry stalwart Nielsen. iSpot tech chief Anthony Skinner (pictured above at an NBCUniversal event in March) joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss the evolution of TV viewing and streaming, and how analytics are changing along the way. Read more and listen here. 

Amazon ‘disappointed’ with union vote: The tech giant says it may file objections after employees at its warehouse facility in New York City voted to join a union for the first time in the company’s history. Read more. 

‘The future of cancer care’: The University of Washington, Seattle Children’s, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are integrating as part of a new center that more closely coordinates cancer research and care. We spoke to leaders about the benefit to patients and how the changes may buoy the regional startup ecosystem. Read more. 

Q&A with Seattle clean-tech investor: We caught up with Naynika Chaubey, a partner at Evok Innovations, to learn more about the firm's new $300 million fund that will back clean-tech companies across North America. 

Recycling idea wins UW competition: The top prize at the UW’s Environmental Innovation Challenge went to a student group creating a solution to turn waste into carbon nanotubes and reusable hydrogen gas. Read about the winners. 

D.C.'s favorite tech giant: The Wall Street Journal examines how Microsoft is seen as the "friendly party among today's top tech companies." Read the story. 

GeekWire Awards voting: We kicked off community voting this week for our annual celebration of Pacific Northwest tech. Cast your vote and read more about the finalists here.