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Tech Moves: Co-founder of women-only developer school steps down, UrbanSpoon CTO lands at Apptentive; and more

—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion… Read More

Zomato makes widespread job cuts, closes Seattle office after shutting down Urbanspoon

Zomato, the India-based restaurant discovery company that bought Seattle’s Urbanspoon for $60 million to establish a U.S. beachhead earlier this year,… Read More

Zomato lays off Urbanspoon engineering team 7 months after acquisition

Fast-growing restaurant directory service Zomato is cutting ties with the remaining engineers from Urbanspoon, seven months after it acquired the Seattle-based… Read More

Microsoft’s executive shake-up and new mission, a DIY air conditioner and other top posts for the month of June

Things certainly heated up at GeekWire during the month of June. We reported live from the U.S. Open golf tournament,… Read More

Zomato says goodbye to Urbanspoon, shuts down iconic shake-to-search feature

“So long, Urbanspoon!” That was the message on Zomato’s Facebook page today, announcing it had shut down Urbanspoon after acquiring the Seattle-based… Read More

Urbanspoon was nearly scooped up by Yelp, Food Network and Groupon after fighting off closure

Restaurant directory Zomato wasn’t the only one interested in devouring Seattle-based Urbanspoon. GeekWire has learned that there were multiple bidders for… Read More

Restaurant directory Zomato buying Urbanspoon as part of U.S. expansion

Zomato, a fast-growing restaurant directory that operates in more than 130 cities in 20 countries across the globe, has agreed… Read More

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