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Microsoft gobbles up VideoSurf, a video search startup backed by Al Gore

Microsoft has been pretty quiet on the acquisition front in recent months, ever since shelling out $8.5 billion for Skype.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: BookieJar looks to connect readers and authors

BookieJar wants to connect readers to the authors they love, helping readers discover new titles and allowing authors to more easily… Read More

Tech Moves: Opscode hires F5 vet; Dwellable taps Kriege; and more

Opscode, a cloud computing startup that specializes in infrastructure automation, continues to expand its fast-growing team. The Seattle company has… Read More

What Seattle really needs: A world-class private tech university

Seattle has top-notch engineers, well-respected technology giants and a culture of entrepreneurialism and risk taking. So, what’s the region really… Read More

Bring back Kozmo; the ‘lost’ Steve Ballmer interview … and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Dear Internet, Could you hurry up a… Read More

Report: LivingSocial is raising $200 million at a $5 billion valuation

Groupon has already taken the public markets by storm, with the Chicago-based daily deal site posting a massive $16 billion… Read More

Microsoft vet Marty Taucher cultivates new winery

Over the years, several members of the Seattle tech community have plowed some of their wealth into Washington’s burgeoning wine… Read More

U4iA looks to target hardcore social gamers with new studio

Two former Activision employees have started a new studio in Bellevue called U4iA to develop what it dubs “hardcore, browser-based… Read More

Kindle Fire will outsell iPad, Windows Phone will rebound, and six other tech predictions

Facebook will go public in 2012. Apple will lose some of its innovative edge without Steve Jobs. And the majority… Read More

Eleven key things would-be entrepreneurs can do instead of getting an MBA

If you’re young and thinking of starting a company, then you might be tempted to go to business school to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bob Crimmins gambles on MoonTango, a new shopping site for women

Bob Crimmins loves poker and golf, and has already started a daily deal site specifically for men. Now, the Seattle… Read More

Decide.com’s new iPhone app helps gadget shoppers find a better deal nearby

There’s no shortage of mobile applications that allow shoppers to scan product bar codes and retrieve product information, with eBay’s… Read More

TeachStreet takes lesson from Startup Weekend, unveils skunk works project OnTheWay

Perhaps no Seattle startup has devoted as many hours to Startup Weekend as TeachStreet. Business development guru Joseph Sunga and… Read More

Tunebox: A new way to listen to music from your Dropbox account

Seattle developer Phil Kast was rock climbing in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder two months ago when he slipped off a… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Scott McFarlane guides Avalara

Avalara is based on Bainbridge Island, and the company’s software helps online merchants manage the mundane tasks of sales tax… Read More

Ignition’s Frank Artale leads $15M round in ServiceMesh

Back in August, I interviewed Frank Artale of Ignition Partners about the torrid investment pace that he’d engaged in since… Read More

Have fun blowing stuff up: Z2Live offers sneak peek of new iOS game Battle Nations

Seattle upstart Z2Live, the fast-growing mobile gaming company, is getting ready to unleash its latest iPhone game. And you better… Read More

Concur swings to net loss as CEO Steve Singh pledges significant investments

Concur CEO Steve Singh appears to be taking a page out of the Amazon.com playbook, investing heavily in the growth… Read More

Event highlights iPad stands, robots and other gadgets

Despite the release of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire and the success of Microsoft’s Kinect, Seattle at it’s core is very… Read More

Seattle super angels make house call to Silicon Valley’s PokitDok

Many Seattle entrepreneurs head south to Silicon Valley when raising financing, tapping into the region’s ranks of well-connected angels. But… Read More

Morning Radar: Goldberg’s Fab.com is raising a big round; Kindle Fire apps; and more

A quick rundown of stories catching our attention this morning … Jason Goldberg’s Fab.com, the New York-based daily deal site led… Read More

Redfin picks DocuSign for electronic signatures

Two Seattle companies are hoping that they can help streamline the way people buy or sell homes. DocuSign announced today… Read More

Simply Measured puts ‘Excel on steroids’ with new release

Simply Measured CEO Adam Schoenfeld kind of sees his company as the “black sheep of the analytics space.” That’s because… Read More

NW angel groups bankroll Portland mobile location startup

The Oregon Angel Fund and Bellingham Angels Group are pumping $1 million into Meridian, a Portland startup that’s developing new… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Swype’s Cliff Kushler and Mike McSherry

Swype revolutionized the way millions of people input text on Android devices, with the simple swipe of a finger. Founded… Read More

Kyle Kesterson’s wacky tapeworm game wins top honors at Startup Weekend

Kyle Kesterson made a name for himself as the creative force behind Giant Thinkwell, the Seattle celebrity gaming startup whose… Read More

Zoomingo zooms ahead with $1.3M from Benaroya Capital

A few weeks ago, we told you the story about Zoomingo, the new mobile application from serial entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni.… Read More

Startups are like standing in line for Space Mountain; Google as Death Star… and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “A friend, on the choice to quit… Read More

Entrepreneur alleges that Benchmark stole his idea

Entrepreneurs sometimes fear pitching their ideas to investors out of concern that the business concepts will get stolen. There’s not… Read More

Five tips for every startup thinking about going global

Not that long ago, only the largest and most profitable companies could afford to build a multinational enterprise. Today, with… Read More

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