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Exclusive: Intelius sold to private equity firm, Naveen Jain leaving to launch health tech startup

Background check provider Intelius and its Bellevue-based parent company, Inome Inc., have been sold to private equity firm H.I.G. in… Read More

IT and biotech leaders at odds over recently-passed state budget

On January 1, two state tax breaks expired that were decades old, and have been described as fundamental to Washington’s… Read More

A perception problem: Seattle’s biotech industry should not be a hidden secret

Seattle is well known for making airplanes, coffee and software. But when it comes to cutting-edge biotechnology and health services,… Read More

Big data startup Mattermark establishes new Seattle engineering outpost

Mattermark, a San Francisco startup led by the husband-and-wife team of Pacific Northwest natives Kevin and Danielle Morrill, is establishing… Read More

Washington’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund fading away after being hit by state budget woes

The Life Sciences Discovery Fund — an investment vehicle used to fund early-stage biotechnology and life science research in the… Read More

Fred Hutch president says they’ve got cancer ‘running scared,’ predicts cure in 10 years

There’s a tsunami on the horizon, and it has cancer “running scared.” Those were the words from Fred Hutchinson Cancer… Read More

UIEvolution embarks on partnership with Holland America to bring modern entertainment to cruises

A cruise through the Mediterranean takes you by ancient wonders and beautiful vistas, but a 12-day cruise also means you’ll… Read More

Uber is paying developers $5 for each new sign-up they help refer

Developers who use Uber’s API for their own apps will now earn $5 for each referral they help create. Uber… Read More

Expedia has a president again: Tech leader Aman Bhutani elevated to big role at online travel giant

Expedia today named engineering leader Aman Bhutani as the new president of its flagship Expedia brand and related businesses, taking over… Read More

America’s most reputable tech companies: Samsung replaces Nintendo, Apple drops to No. 21

Samsung is the most reputable tech company in the U.S., replacing Nintendo, which held the top spot a year earlier,… Read More

Office 365 migration service SkyKick raises $10M, rolls out new cloud management product

SkyKick, a Seattle-based company that helps businesses migrate to Office 365, has raised an additional $10 million in capital to… Read More

Juno CEO Hans Bishop: The $1 billion Celgene deal could be the ‘most productive’ collaboration in biotech

Juno Therapeutics is no stranger to huge financing deals. The Seattle biotech company, which emerged on the scene just two… Read More

Juno stock skyrockets after Celgene invests $1 billion to change the way cancer is treated

Shares of Seattle-based biotech startup Juno Therapeutics spiked more than 60 percent in after-hours trading on Monday after the company announced… Read More

Wedding planner startup OneWed sells, co-founder takes CEO job at fast-growing Garmentory

John Scrofano went from helping plan weddings to helping boutiques make more money. The Seattle-based entrepreneur, who previously co-founded a… Read More

Uber leaders arrested in Paris for operating illegal taxi company

Two Uber managers were taken into custody today in France for allegedly operating an illegal taxi business. Prosecutors told BBC that… Read More

Gates Foundation cuts 33 jobs in overhaul of IT department

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has cut 33 jobs in its IT department, the foundation confirmed today in response to… Read More

Geek on the Street: What happened when we gave people a virtual reality headset for the first time

What happens when people try new virtual reality technology for the first time? GeekWire hit the streets in Seattle to find… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: MozCon, Small Business Expo, Extreme Future Tech Fest, and more

Moz, the Seattle-based search-engine optimization and marketing technology company, will hold its annual MozCon marketing conference July 13-15 at the Washington… Read More

Lunch delivery startup Peach finds success by catering meals at local startups

Peach is already growing quickly with its lunch delivery service, now serving mid-day meals to more than 250 offices in the Seattle… Read More

Konica Minolta acquires Redmond’s Radiant Vision Systems for $241 million

Redmond-based Radiant Vision Systems is being acquired by Japanese technology company Konica Minolta, the companies announced this week. The companies… Read More

New Zealand accounting software-maker Xero opens up satellite office in Seattle

Another big tech company now has a presence in the Seattle area. Xero, a New Zealand-based company that develops accounting… Read More

Bristol-Myers Squibb relocating 40 Seattle scientists to San Francisco five years after acquiring ZymoGenetics

Five years after coming to Seattle via its purchase of ZymoGenetics, drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb is moving 40 Seattle-based research and… Read More

Postmates raises $80M round at $400M valuation, CEO compares startup to Amazon

In an effort to outpace its competition and charge customers less money for deliveries, Postmates has raised an $80 million funding… Read More

Amazon makes Echo’s Alexa available to developers and device makers, launches $100M fund

The brain behind Amazon’s Echo, Alexa, is breaking out of her cylindrical cage. The retail giant today announced the availability… Read More

Maveron-backed Eargo looks to reinvent the hearing aid with rechargeable devices modeled on a fishing fly

Eargo, a Maveron-backed hearing-aid company that’s operated secretly for the past three years, today is launching a new line of… Read More

5 things you need to know about home automation, and where the industry is falling short

My home automation experience goes back to the Radio Shack Model III. I deployed an X-10 controller via a serial… Read More

Expedia warns users about ‘unauthorized access’ of name, phone, email and booking info

 Some Expedia.com customers are getting emails from the travel giant warning that a would-be criminal has obtained “unauthorized access … (to)… Read More

Ford to test ‘Airbnb for cars’ program in six cities, including Portland

Ford is entering the car-sharing arena. The company announced today that it will launch a pilot car-sharing program in six… Read More

Box teams up with IBM on cloud storage, making new inroads in the enterprise

IBM and Box are teaming up in an effort to bring a smarter, more centralized cloud-storage model to enterprise customers. Box will integrate… Read More

Circa news app shuts down after failing to secure more funding

Circa News is shutting down. The news app announced today that it is on an “indefinite hiatus” after failing to… Read More

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