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Apple acquires high-accuracy GPS firm Coherent Navigation

Apple Maps might be tracking you more closely soon. The Cupertino, Calif., company has acquired Coherent Navigation, a developer of highly… Read More

CenturyLink acquires Portland-based Orchestrate to bolster cloud services

CenturyLink acquired another Pacific Northwest startup on Monday, swooping up the 10-person team at Orchestrate, a Portland-based company that helps developers… Read More

Wave Broadband acquires ReallyFast.net to expand gigabit service in Seattle

Wave Broadband today announced the acquisition of ReallyFast.net, a Seattle-based internet service provider for multi-unit residential and office buildings. Founded in 2009… Read More

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Accela acquires Springbook Software, plans to expand presence in Portland

Accela, a San Francisco-based company that develops civic engagement technology, today announced the acquisition of Portland-based Springbook Software. Springbook is… Read More

Parallels acquires 2X Software, boosting its virtual desktop offerings

Parallels Inc., known for software that lets Windows run on Macs, phones and tablets, has acquired 2X Software, which offers technology… Read More

Microsoft reportedly paying $200M to buy Surface digital pen maker N-trig

Microsoft is reportedly set to pay $200 million for N-trig, the Israel-based startup that manufactures digital pens — including the stylus used… Read More

BlackBerry denies rumors of acquisition talks with Samsung

BlackBerry has come out swinging against rumors that Samsung wants to acquire it. The company issued a statement today, saying… Read More

Facebook’s QuickFire Networks acquisition expands its reach in online video

Facebook has been pushing its video capabilities as a key component of its overall strategy over the past year, and… Read More

Facebook buys Wit.ai, a startup that helps apps listen to people

Facebook has purchased Wit.ai, a startup that makes it easy for developers to incorporate voice commands into their apps. The… Read More

Retail technology company Mercent acquired by CommerceHub

Mercent, a Seattle-based retail technology company that focuses on managing marketing opportunities for large-scale retailers, has been bought by CommerceHub.… Read More

Shareholders approve Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia

Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia just took another step towards completion today, with shareholders from both companies voting in favor of… Read More

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CenturyLink buys DataGardens cloud disaster recovery company

CenturyLink announced today that it has acquired DataGardens, a company that offers services to help firms recover from problems that… Read More

It’s official: Microsoft buys email app maker Acompli for reported $200M

Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Acompli, a company that makes professional-grade email apps for iOS and Android. The Acompli… Read More

Payroll startup Monchilla sells to online accounting firm Xero

Monchilla, the Seattle-based startup that offers online payroll management and payroll tax payments, has been acquired by Xero, a New… Read More

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Photo sharing service TwitPic will live on thanks to acquisition

TwitPic has been acquired and will continue providing image hosting, the company announced from its Twitter account today. The terms of… Read More

Apple in talks to acquire Swell, an app that creates personalized talk radio from podcasts

Apple is in talks to purchase Swell, a mobile app startup that produces a personalized stream of podcasts for iPhone,… Read More

Chirpify acquires Measureful to bolster social media commerce platform

In an all-Portland deal, social commerce platform Chirpify today announced the acquisition of fellow Rose City-based digital marketing startup Measureful.… Read More

Watch out, Yelp: Google acquires restaurant website builder Appetas

Google has acquired Appetas, a Seattle-based startup that helps restaurants build websites. In a blog post, Appetas co-founders Keller Smith… Read More

Microsoft’s Nokia deal to close Friday, with a few tweaks

After a long road through several regulatory bodies, Microsoft has finally cleared all of the hurdles standing between it and… Read More

Pethub acquires GetPetsHome, offers free digital pet ID tags

Seattle startup PetHub, maker of a QR code pet-finding tag that attaches to a pet’s collar, today acquired Atlanta-based GetPetsHome.com. As a… Read More

Yahoo acquires social media visualization startup Vizify

Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today was acquired by Yahoo. Founded by Todd Silverstein,… Read More

Intuit buys online appointment startup Full Slate

Full Slate, a Seattle-based company that provided appointment scheduling tools to small businesses, announced today that it has been acquired… Read More

Microsoft acquires API management firm Apiphany

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Apiphany, an API management company that helps developers securely expose APIs to developers… Read More

Amazon buying TenMarks math instruction startup, moving further into education

Amazon is diving further into the education market with an acquisition announced today. The Seattle-based retail giant said that it… Read More

Business-intelligence tech company Extended Results acquired by Tibco Software

Redmond-based Extended Results, a privately held business-intelligence technology company known in part for its PushBI app for Windows 8, has… Read More

Yahoo buys, kills Rockmelt in the same day

The question floating around Silicon Valley seems to be: what isn’t Yahoo buying these days? Social browser company Rockmelt is… Read More

Apple buys Canadian startup Locationary to boost maps

Apple’s much-maligned Maps app may be getting a boost thanks to a new acquisition. The Cupertino-based company recently acquired Locationary,… Read More

Puppet Labs gobbles another company, this time Geppetto-maker Cloudsmith

Portland-based Puppet Labs made its second acquisition in three years today, swooping up Geppetto-maker Cloudsmith. Cloudsmith, a virtual company spread… Read More

Yahoo buys contact-organizer Xobni, continues acquisition spree

Yahoo’s mad acquisition spree continued Wednesday with Xobni, a San Francisco-based startup that helps users organize contacts (Xobni is “inbox”… Read More

Junk mail eliminator PaperKarma acquired by Reputation.com

It only seemed like a matter of time before someone big swooped up PaperKarma, the popular junk mail eliminator app.… Read More

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