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Report: Tune’s mobile marketing measurement business acquired by Facebook partner Branch

Branch, a mobile marketing company based in Redwood City, Calif., has acquired a major business from Tune, a Seattle startup… Read More

Why this VC thinks augmented reality will enable the ‘second great gold rush in mobile’

Gene Munster, the venture capitalist and former analyst well known for predicting Apple’s success, is bullish about augmented reality. Munster,… Read More

Salesforce updates its flagship Sales Cloud software-as-a-service with new features for managers and inside sales reps

Salesforce plans to release some previously announced features and introduce a few new ones Thursday for its Sales Cloud product,… Read More

Domain name registry Donuts to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners

Donuts, a domain name registry based in Kirkland, Wash., has agreed to be acquired by Abry Partners, a private equity… Read More

DocuSign quarterly revenue climbs 33% in second quarterly report since IPO

Digital signature giant DocuSign reported $167 million in revenue for the July quarter, up 33 percent, in just its second… Read More

Microsoft invests in $30M round for Raytheon robotics spinout Sarcos

Sarcos, a Salt Lake City-based robotics startup that spun out of Raytheon in 2015, today announced a $30 million Series… Read More

Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media

A new software platform incubated inside RealNetworks is aiming to spice up streaming shows and movies with a Twitch-like social… Read More

Smartsheet reports $42M in revenue, up 59% over last year as stock continues to rise

Smartsheet’s stock been on the rise all summer, and another strong earnings report should bolster that number. The Bellevue, Wash.… Read More

Lessons in bootstrapping: Drift acquires marketing automation startup Siftrock, opens Seattle office

The path to profitability and acquisition doesn’t always require hoards of venture capital dollars. That’s what Siftrock just proved. The… Read More

Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has made his largest-ever contribution to congressional candidates in the form of a $100,000 donation to… Read More

Crowd pleasers: 5 companies share secrets to success on Kickstarter and Indiegogo

Beyond the obvious need to raise cash, crowdfunding solves a variety of issues for a young company with an idea… Read More

Volunteers scour drone footage online in search for woman who went missing on hike north of Seattle

The official search has ended for a hiker who went missing in the mountains northeast of Seattle on Aug. 1.… Read More

Pet-sitting startup Rover snags new HQ with room for 700 people — plus their dogs

Rover is getting a new dog house. The Seattle pet-sitting marketplace is leasing the top five floors of the 8th… Read More

Some bitcoin miners in Central Washington are about to start paying more for electricity

Power officials in Grant County voted this week to raise electricity rates on companies it now dubs “evolving industry” customers,… Read More

David’s Bridal acquires digital gift registry startup Blueprint Registry

Wedding retailer David’s Bridal has acquired Blueprint Registry, a Seattle startup that aims to simplify the gift registry process. In… Read More

When CEOs cry: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson and Elon Musk weigh in on business stress

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk got emotional during a market-moving interview this month, Amy Nelson, CEO and founder of The Riveter,… Read More

Bose unveils Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars, aligning with Amazon on ‘next chapter’

Bose today showed off a new smart speaker and pair of soundbars powered by Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa as it… Read More

T-Mobile breach impacted 3% of customer base, roughly 2M accounts

The intrusion that T-Mobile disclosed earlier today affected approximately 3 percent of its 77 million customers, the company confirmed, or… Read More

Astrobiologist lays out undersea scenario for intelligent life on alien water worlds

Instead of cave dwellers gathered around a campfire, roasting mastodon meat, imagine an octopus tribe floating around a hydrothermal vent… Read More

Best Buy launches new fund to help Seattle teens get tech and career training

Best Buy has been in Seattle since 2015, and the retailer made a big commitment to the area today, announcing… Read More

Urban Airship’s big ‘Boost’ during World Cup helped get 5 billion notifications to soccer fans

Urban Airship, the Portland-based mobile marketing startup, is feeling a boost from Boost, a new service designed to accelerate the… Read More

Amazon expands Alexa Fund Fellowship to 18 universities to support voice technology research

Amazon has expanded its Alexa Fund Fellowship, a program designed to fund and support researchers and universities working on voice technology,… Read More

Inside ‘Changemaker’: T-Mobile’s new competition helps young entrepreneurs pitch their big ideas

If the scene at T-Mobile’s headquarters on Monday was any indication, the future is in good hands with tomorrow’s leaders.… Read More

Slack raises massive $427M round, valuation skyrockets to $7.1B as it battles Microsoft Teams

Slack has raised a whopping $427 million in a new funding round amid a strong challenge from Microsoft Teams in… Read More

File-sharing service WeTransfer acquires Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree

File-sharing company WeTransfer has acquired the Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree. Founded in 2011, New York City-based FiftyThree was known for developing… Read More

Beyond the yellow box: Rosetta Stone reinvents itself with help from growing Seattle team

Rosetta Stone, the 26-year-old language learning company, has been quietly reinventing itself, and the company’s growing Seattle outpost is increasingly… Read More

Walmart completes $16B Flipkart acquisition, furthering India e-commerce battle with Amazon

Walmart has completed the $16 billion acquisition of Flipkart, the India e-commerce company locked in a battle with Amazon to… Read More

Seattle startup Rainway raises $1.5M to pursue vision of streaming games to any device

Game-streaming technology startup Rainway has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to build out its team and expand its service… Read More

JUMP makes it official, applies for Seattle bikeshare permit and plans to hire a GM

After waiting all summer for Seattle to work out its rules for bikesharing companies, Uber’s JUMP has filed for a… Read More

Suit alleges Unikrn initial coin offering broke SEC rules, esports betting startup calls claim meritless

Unikrn, the Seattle-area esports betting startup, is being sued on allegations that the company skirted federal regulations during its initial… Read More