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Socrata

Government data startup Socrata finds a buyer in Tyler Technologies

Socrata, an 11-year-old Seattle company that helps government agencies better utilize and display data, has been acquired in a deal… Read More

Working Geek: Socrata product lead Franklin Williams makes it easier for citizens to access public data

Franklin Williams believes he has “the best job in the world.” That’s because he spends his days leading Socrata‘s product… Read More

Tech Moves: Amperity preps for launch with new VP of marketing; Bungie CFO joins mixed reality startup; and more

Amperity — a stealth-mode, AI-fueled marketing startup led by two Seattle startup veterans — has piqued the curiosity of many since GeekWire… Read More

Socrata cuts sales and marketing staff, shifts focus to large governments

Seattle-based Socrata, which develops cloud-based offerings for open data governments, has spent the last six months shifting its focus to work… Read More

Giant wave of government data could be unleashed by proposed law

There are roughly 200,000 data sets available from the federal government, including information on weather and meteorology, patents and census… Read More

Tech Moves: New CEOs at Phytelligence, Healionics Corp., Northwest Center; Socrata adds execs; Limeade hires VP of sales; and more

— Bellevue-based corporate wellness technology company Limeade has appointed Mitch Risner as its new vice president of sales. Before Limeade, Risner was the Group VP… Read More

Motorola and Socrata partner to improve neighborhood crime reporting, seeking to help police rebuild public trust

Motorola Solutions, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based telecommunications company, and Socrata, the Seattle digital government startup, are partnering to improve Motorola’s crime reporting… Read More

Obama’s 2017 federal budget gets a visual makeover from Socrata

The federal budget has never been particularly pretty. At thousands of pages long with many complicated details and subsections, the… Read More

Tech Moves: IBM names Blue Box founder distinguished engineer; Avvo recruits former Microsoft ad manager; and more

—IBM named Blue Box CTO and founder Jesse Proudman as one of IBM’s distinguished engineers. The executive-level position means Proudman will serve as a technical consultant for… Read More

Head engineers talk about hiring, innovating and building world-class products in Seattle

Updated below with full video of session. While San Francisco might get all the attention for its engineering talent, Seattle… Read More

The future of police video: Inside the Seattle PD’s workshop on wearable cameras

You have a serious car accident. The Seattle Police arrive and investigate. They issue a citation and write a report.… Read More

University of Washington engineering student builds crime-predicting model for Seattle

What does HBO’s classic crime drama The Wire and an Amazon Prime membership have to do with mapping crime in… Read More

Socrata has turned the 2016 federal budget into an interactive experience

Can a person have fun with the federal budget? If you can, this is probably as close to it as… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: How government data is unlocking a new wave of apps

Wouldn’t it be great if Yelp told you what the health inspectors thought of the neighborhood restaurant? Well, it’s coming… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona names new Director of Talent, EnergySavvy gets new execs, and more

—Madrona Venture Group named Kerry Van Voris its new Director of Talent. She joins Madrona from Amazon, where she led executive recruiting… Read More

Yelp partners with Socrata to access and distribute restaurant inspection data

A new partnership between Yelp and Socrata, the Seattle-based government data technology company, promises to bring restaurant inspection information to more Yelp users… Read More

How President Obama’s 2008 campaign helped Socrata pivot, find startup success with open data

Socrata is growing like crazy. The Seattle startup, which develops cloud-based offerings for open data governments, has grown from 75 employees… Read More

Socrata scores big venture round to help governments operate more efficiently with data

Seattle startup Socrata is surging ahead after landing $30 million in fresh capital, according to an SEC filing. The filing… Read More

Tech Moves: Snapchat adds execs; TrueSample expands; HasOffers goes to South Korea

—Snapchat hired Jad Boutros from Google to serve as its head of Information Security, according to Boutros’s Google+ page. It’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Sarah Bird assumes CEO role at Moz; Haiku Deck hires Dan Gerrity

—Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin officially handed over the CEO reins to COO Sarah Bird this week, a move that comes… Read More

Socrata lands $18 million, continuing mission to unlock troves of government data

Seattle entrepreneur Kevin Merritt wants to help lead a transformation in government. Not by running for office, but through unleashing… Read More

Tech Moves: Xbox vet joins 9Slides; Blessington lands at ExtraHop; Mixpo bolsters team

Aaron Khoo has joined Redmond online presentation startup 9Slides as director of engineering. Khoo is the former CTO at PaidPunch,… Read More

Seattle joins federal government open data effort

This week, Seattle took a giant leap toward open data and transparency when it became one of four U.S. cities… Read More

Socrata unveils the new data.gov, opening vault on government data

At the Technology Alliance annual luncheon in Seattle earlier this month, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra explained how the… Read More

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