GeekWire Radio: Amazon Echo, Apple in Seattle, and one family’s novel solution for dog poop

This week on the GeekWire Radio Show: Amazon surprises everybody with a crazy talking home speaker, Apple puts down roots in the Seattle region, and two 12-year-old twins and their dad come up with an innovative solution to the question of what to do with the dog poop when you’re out on a walk.

Plus, an App of the Week that promises to solve inbox overload, and a brand new GeekWire Trivia Challenge.

We’re joined in the studio by Seattle entrepreneur Bob Crimmins and his daughter, Annalise, who helped to invent the Wise Walker dog-poop bag holder along with her twin sister, Sarah. Check out their Kickstarter, and see our earlier story for Bob Crimmins’ lessons from working with his daughters on the project.

We also talk about the new movie Interstellar. Should you go see it? Check out the GeekWire staff’s group review, and GeekWire columnist Frank Catalano’s take.

Listen to the show here, and continue reading for related headlines and links.

Related Headlines and Links

• Amazon unveils ‘Echo,’ a $199 voice-enabled speaker that acts as your personal assistant
• Amazon Echo parody: ‘I’m a talking cylinder and my existence is utterly meaningless’
• These twins and their dad just launched a Kickstarter for an innovative dog poop bag
• Apple’s arrival cements Seattle’s status as ‘cloud capital of the world’
• Apple hiring for mysterious new engineering office in Seattle

App of the Week: Google’s Inbox is a new approach to solving email overload

GeekWire Trivia: The answer to last week’s challenge: Mischa Barton was the celebrity endorser for Microsoft’s original SPOT Watch. Congrats to our winner Rob Leidle, who gets two tickets to GeekWire Game Night.

This week’s question: Amazon’s mystery and thriller publishing imprint is named after two Seattle streets. What are they? Send your answer to [email protected] for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the GeekWire Gala, Dec. 3 at MOHAI in Seattle.