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Tech Moves: Smartsheet lands its first CMO; Eatsa hires former Starbucks digital exec; and more

Smartsheet, the Seattle-area maker of work collaboration software, appointed Anna Griffin as its first chief marketing officer. Griffin was previously… Read More

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GeekWork Picks: Rover seeks engineers to help grow dog-sitting platform

Rover has come a long way since it was founded in Seattle in 2011. The dog-sitting tech company has acquired one… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Wild Tangent seeks engineer to help develop HTML5 games platform

WildTangent began building its first app and games platform in Seattle almost 20 years ago, but it still has that startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Tableau taps statistician to bolster R&D push; WildTangent picks CEO

—Tableau, the Seattle-based maker of visual analytics software, named Leland Wilkinson as vice president of statistics. “Lee is one of… Read More

How WildTangent Studios hired its entire workforce from PopCap Games

Inside Suite 502 at the Olympic Block building in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, there’s a little PopCap Games reunion going on.… Read More

WildTangent adding games to Sony smartphones and tablets

For those that have Sony smartphones and tablets, playing WildTangent games just got easier. Redmond-based WildTangent is expanding its partnership… Read More

WildTangent makes mobile gaming debut with Polar Bowler

WildTangent is going mobile. The Redmond-based company today officially announced its first mobile game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame. It’s the mobile version… Read More

Barack Obama meets Madden NFL: Political ads find a home in video games

Don’t be surprised next time you see Barack Obama’s face pop up after your last game of online Battleship —… Read More

Who said insurance is boring? Sims-like game wins fans for American Family

Whether it’s talking geckos or magic jingles that produce hot tubs, you’ve probably seen countless annoying and funny insurance company advertisements both on… Read More

WildTangent opens new Seattle office, plans to hire more than 20 engineers for ‘secret’ project

We’ve seen a number of Silicon Valley technology companies pick Seattle for new development offices, highlighted most recently by Facebook’s… Read More

WildTangent to bring new gaming ‘ID pack’ to Android phones on Sprint

WildTangent is making it easier for some Android customers on Sprint to play its games through a deal being announced… Read More

The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider)

We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But… Read More

WildTangent, T-Mobile plan free Android mobile game service

WildTangent today announced that it plans to unveil a new gaming service in partnership with T-Mobile later this summer that… Read More

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