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Tech Moves: uZoom CEO Dean Graziano steps aside; Concur’s Ben Brewer joins LiquidPlanner; and more

uZoom, an on-demand, one-to-one live video streaming service, announced this week that CEO Dean Graziano is stepping down from his role, to… Read More

Spam blocker and fraud protection app Hiya launches for iPhone and iOS 10

Hiya, in its full form, is coming to the iPhone. Hiya, a Seattle startup that spun out of Whitepages in April,… Read More

Wistar Kay

Tech Moves: Rob Fiddick replaces Wistar Kay at Department of Commerce; Apptio adds to exec team; and more

Wistar Kay, business development manager for the Washington State Department of Commerce, has announced her retirement effective Aug. 19, and… Read More

Whitepages spinout Hiya inks deal with Samsung to install spam-blocking on new Note 7

Samsung’s new Note 7 smartphone unveiled today will have pre-installed spam-blocking capabilities thanks to a Seattle startup. The Note 7, Samsung’s… Read More

Mayur Kamat

Geek of the Week: Hiya’s Mayur Kamat is on the line, aiming to make phone calls more secure

Mayur Kamat has always gravitated toward building “the next big thing.” While he has held several official job titles during the… Read More

GeekWire 200 July update: Fresh faces Hiya and Convoy rising up the ranks

Big funding rounds and new hiring helped companies move up in this month’s GeekWire 200 ranking of the Pacific Northwest’s top… Read More

Whitepages spins out caller ID and spam-blocking app into startup Hiya

Whitepages announced today that it is spinning out its popular CallerID app into a new company called Hiya. Whitepages CEO Alex… Read More

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