Articles about InfoSpace

Blucora sells e-commerce business Monoprice for $40M, as former InfoSpace owner completes transition to financial services

In the final move toward becoming a financial services company, Blucora said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its e-commerce business… Read More

End of an era: Blucora completes $45M sale of InfoSpace search business

Financial services technology company Blucora completed the sale of its InfoSpace search business for $45 million in cash to email marketing… Read More

Blucora sells InfoSpace for $45M, exiting search business in financial-services push

In a move to further push into the financial-services sector, Belleuve-based Blucora announced today it has sold its InfoSpace search business… Read More

Startup Spotlight: InfoSpace co-founders lead marketing analytics startup Versium

Two decades in the big data and analytics space revealed a problem that Versium co-founders Chris Matty and Kevin Marcus believed… Read More

InfoSpace founder Naveen Jain launches BlueDot, his next moonshot venture aiming for society’s big issues

Dot-com era tech executive Naveen Jain is getting ready to launch his next startup, an innovation factory that hopes to… Read More

Blucora buys Texas financial firm for $580M, with potential HQ move, layoffs and CEO exit on horizon

There’s a lot of uncertainty swirling around Blucora — once a Seattle area dot-com superstar known as InfoSpace — as the… Read More

Blucora cuts 10% of workforce at InfoSpace unit

Blucora, the Bellevue operator of tax preparation software, e-commerce sites and search engines, is cutting 10 percent of its staff… Read More

Former eBay VP Peter Mansour named president of InfoSpace

Peter Mansour, who led eBay’s Bellevue operation and served as the company’s vice president of shipping and marketing technologies, has… Read More

Blucora disputes analyst’s claim that it has a child porn problem

Blucora’s stock fell as much as 18 percent in trading today after an obscure research firm claimed that a large… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon vet jumps to Apple; RealNetworks taps InfoSpace lawyer; F5’s new director; etc.

Apple and Amazon.com are becoming pretty intense rivals. And that rivalry is now spilling over into the war for talent.… Read More

InfoSpace changes name to Blucora

One of Seattle’s longest-running Internet brands is being swept into the dust bin of history — and some may say… Read More

InfoSpace shares soar after big revenue boost from new TaxAct unit

Investors are liking the new face of InfoSpace. The Bellevue company, a dot-com darling and survivor, transformed itself yet again… Read More

This ‘big data’ startup is already generating revenue after 3 weeks in business

Versium Analytics, a new startup led by former InfoSpace executives Chris Matty and Kevin Marcus, is just three weeks old.… Read More

InfoSpace CTO to resign next month

InfoSpace has been going through a number of transformations lately, namely the company’s $287 million acquisition of TaxACT. Now, here’s… Read More

Why this tech company is using potty humor for its 30-second Super Bowl ad

Ok, I’ll admit it, I am a bit of a sucker for the Super Bowl ads. And each year before… Read More

Q&A: Here’s why InfoSpace just paid $287M to compete with TurboTax

It’s no secret that InfoSpace has wanted to expand through acquisitions. The cash-rich Internet search company spelled out its strategy… Read More

InfoSpace’s unusual evolution continues with $287 million purchase of TaxACT

InfoSpace, the dot-com survivor that has pivoted multiple times throughout its 16-year history, is embarking on yet another voyage. The… Read More

Yahoo acquisition targets may include TripAdvisor, WebMD, InfoSpace and others

Yahoo has been discussed as possible acquisition bait for some of the bigger media and technology companies on the planet.… Read More

Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers

It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins EnergySavvy; InfoSpace names CFO; and more

Charlie Ellis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft who worked on the Excel and SharePoint teams, has joined three-year-old Seattle startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Symform taps Dawson; changes at InfoSpace; etc.

Symform, the Seattle cloud storage startup which scored $1 million in financing in September, has named Margaret Dawson to the… Read More

InfoSpace looks to put its cash hoard to work, names M&A wizard to board

InfoSpace has hinted at plans to go on a buying spree. And with $263 million in cash and cash equivalents… Read More

InfoSpace posts revenue of $54M, continues to eye acquisitions

InfoSpace today reported a net loss of $3.9 million on revenue of $54.3 million. The Bellevue Internet search company posted… Read More

Tech Moves: Avvo gets a new VP

We’ve been tracking some departures, appointments and even new office space in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent days.… Read More

InfoSpace CFO David Binder to leave for new gig at Blue Nile

David Binder, who has served as chief financial officer at InfoSpace since January 2008, plans to step down from the… Read More

InfoSpace introduces Content Experience Platform

We’ve been wondering how InfoSpace plans to pivot, especially after news Monday that the company had entered into a deal… Read More

InfoSpace sells Mercantila at a loss, e-commerce business no longer ‘fits’

Just 13 months ago, InfoSpace gobbled up the assets of Mercantila for $8 million in cash and the assumption of… Read More

InfoSpace boosts profits, names Bill Ruckelshaus CEO

InfoSpace has had more lives than a cat. But the Bellevue Internet search company appears to be reinventing itself pretty… Read More

Ignition Partners’ Steve Hooper joins board of InfoSpace

Steve Hooper, one of the founding members of Ignition Partners and the former CEO of AT&T Wireless, has joined the… Read More