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Report: Photography startup Lytro raises $50M, plans layoffs

Lytro, the startup that introduced an innovative light field camera to consumers three years ago, is itself apparently changing focus. Re/code… Read More

What this entrepreneur learned after being lambasted on Shark Tank

Ryan Naylor may have walked away from the Shark Tank set without a dime of funding and a scoff from… Read More

Tech leaders lobby for $40M in state funding for new UW computer science building

A group of 23 technology leaders in Washington state — including representatives of Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google and other tech… Read More

Parallels acquires 2X Software, boosting its virtual desktop offerings

Parallels Inc., known for software that lets Windows run on Macs, phones and tablets, has acquired 2X Software, which offers technology… Read More

Unify Square raises $8.2M, partners with Microsoft to boost tools for Lync

Unify Square, a Bellevue-based company that provides software, services and support for Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business, announced today… Read More

Twitter developer relations head Jeff Sandquist leaving company, returning to Seattle area

Jeff Sandquist, who joined Twitter a year-and-a-half ago to head up the social network’s developer relations initiatives, is returning to… Read More

Here’s what nascent startup communities can learn from the Silicon Valley ecosystem

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Midway through his Startup Week talk on Tuesday afternoon, Scott Salkin showed a slide with logos of… Read More

Confirmed: Palantir to launch new engineering office in Seattle, latest Silicon Valley giant to court devs

Palo Alto, California-based Palantir Technologies, the secretive big data analytics startup backed in part by the CIA’s venture capital arm,… Read More

The Xfinity Diet: How I slashed my monthly cable bill, and barely noticed the difference

Seeing Sling TV at the Consumer Electronics Show last month was an eye-opening experience. For $20/month, the new service from Dish Networks offers a… Read More

Phoenix entrepreneurs sound off on their city’s fast-growing, undiscovered startup scene

PHOENIX — There may be more entrepreneurial activity going on in Phoenix than most people — both inside and outside… Read More

Pebble returns to Kickstarter, hits $500K smartwatch funding goal in minutes

Pebble Technology has gone back to Kickstarter to fund its latest smartwatch — and blown through its $500K funding goal… Read More

Phoenix mayor kicks off Startup Week, tells entrepreneurs to ‘bring your startup to our city’

Phoenix Startup Week is officially here. Current and soon-to-be entrepreneurs, investors, community-builders and more are coming together this week in the… Read More

Valeant buys bankrupt drug maker Dendreon for $495 million

Dendreon, the maker of the prostate cancer treatment Provenge, has been sold for $495 million to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. The… Read More

A new song and dance at Starbucks: Retailer to remove CDs from stores

The CD may go the way of the 8-track and cassette tape — at least as far as Starbucks is… Read More

Legal directory Avvo looks to attract users with funny new TV ad campaign

Avvo is embarking on a new branding campaign, looking to drive interest in its lawyer directory and marketplace for legal… Read More

New York Times turns to leaders from Facebook and Expedia to fill board seats

The New York Times Company is asking executives from the tech industry to take up positions on its board of… Read More

Nordstrom’s e-commerce business grows, quarterly revenue of $4B beats expectations

Nordstrom reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2014 today, and investors were greeted with something of a mixed… Read More

Domain name services company Rightside posts Q4 revenue of $51.7M, up 14 percent

Kirkland-based domain name services company Rightside announced today that its business is growing on the back of increased interest in new top… Read More

Bertha breakthrough: Seattle’s giant tunnel boring machine pushes through wall into rescue pit

Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, today broke through a 20-foot wall of a repair pit, WSDOT reported. It will… Read More

Yahoo unveils new Mobile Developer Suite, expanding its advertising reach

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo is offering a new suite of tools to help app developers build their businesses, as part of an effort… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer: Mobile is now a quarter of company’s revenue

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is betting big on mobile as the company tries to revitalize itself and compete with Google… Read More

Adware pre-installed on newer Lenovo computers raises security concerns

Lenovo has come under fire this week for pre-installing a piece of adware on some of its consumer devices that… Read More

Uber raising another $1 billion, pushing total funding close to $5 billion

Uber is raising another billion dollars. The New York Times reports today that Uber is expanding its Series E round… Read More

Best Buy to open new tech development center in Seattle with room for more than 100 staffers

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is opening a new technology development center in Seattle, joining a legion of technology companies… Read More

Flywheel partners with taxi company to create ‘FlywheelTaxi,’ reaches deal with SFO

Those who take taxis in San Francisco should expect to see more Flywheel branding. Flywheel, which develops a hailing app for… Read More

Mobile bill pay app Prism raises $2M to help you pay your bills on time

Prism, a three-year old startup, has raised $2 million over multiple rounds to help people pay their bills using a free… Read More

This smartphone-powered breathalyzer can call an Uber when you’re too drunk to drive

You can now use a breathalyzer to call for an Uber. Breathometer, the startup that sells a smartphone-connected breathalyzer, today announced that it… Read More

Software maker K2 raises more than $100M to help businesses build custom applications

K2 may not be the best known software company in the Seattle area. In fact, most people hearing the name probably… Read More

Tableau execs downplay acquisition chatter: ‘We like to keep our destiny in our own hands’

Tableau Software is growing fast, adding 735 workers last year and achieving $412 million in annual revenue, an impressive 78… Read More

Twitter allows password-free account sharing with new TweetDeck Teams feature

Twitter is trying to make it easier for people to share Twitter accounts with a new feature for TweetDeck. Called… Read More