Xerox has notified all 325 employees at its Redmond, Wash., facility that their jobs will be cut by the beginning of May this year, the company confirmed today. The Redmond office currently houses… Read More
Laurent Rotival sees two problems facing the healthcare industry: baby boomers and millennials. Baby boomers are so numerous they’re putting pressure on healthcare systems to accommodate their needs as they age, and millennials are… Read More
A group of friends originally from Bellevue, Wash., many of whom also attended the University of Washington together, are approaching their $10,000 goal on Kickstarter to fund a board game. In just about a… Read More
Adaptive Biotechnologies, the heavily-funded Seattle bioinformatics company, today announced that Diego Miralles will become the president of a new division of the company called Adaptive Therapeutics. Miralles will work to build out the… Read More
Nuance Communications, the Burlington, Mass.-based speech recognition and natural language technology company, is bringing its Seattle teams together into a unified regional base. Previously, half of the company’s 250 employees in the… Read More
Outerwall, the Bellevue, Wash.-based parent company of Coinstar, Redbox and other automated kiosks, says it “has initiated a process to explore strategic and financial alternatives to maximize shareholder value” — raising the possibility,… Read More
Voke, a virtual reality technology company that specializes in live streams of sports and music events, has raised $12.5 million in venture capital, the company confirmed to GeekWire today. The Series A… Read More
A panel of four Seattle angel investors gathered last week to discuss what characteristics they look for in startup founders — the special sauce that pushes some entrepreneurs to success.… Read More
Nordstrom cut approximately 120 jobs on its technology team this week, the company said this morning, disclosing a specific number for the first time and confirming news first reported by GeekWire yesterday. Over the past seven… Read More
Jenn Risko has a unique perspective on Amazon’s move into physical bookstores, as the co-founder and publisher of the Shelf Awareness book industry newsletters. The publication originally broke the news about Amazon’s first-ever… Read More
Two companies have created a new, direct data connection between North America and Asia. And the U.S. terminus is an 86-acre facility, just outside of Seattle near the Puyallup Fairgrounds. Wave… Read More
Follow up: Nordstrom confirms 120 job cuts on tech team as part of change in tech strategy Retail giant Nordstrom today confirmed that it has made another round of layoffs, impacting… Read More
You’re in an ancient, booby-trapped Peruvian temple, standing next to Indiana Jones. He wiggles his fingers, licks his lips, and prepares to ever-so-carefully replace a gold figurine with a sandbag.… Read More
AreaMetrics, which uses location and other data to help stores optimize their layout to match customer preferences, has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by two Silicon Valley venture… Read More
Hundreds of schools in Washington state — 329 of them, to be exact — are in for a surprise. Microsoft co-founder and Vulcan Inc. CEO Paul Allen is funding 611 classroom… Read More
Icertis, the Bellevue, Wash.-based company specializing in contract management services in the cloud, has raised $15 million in new venture capital, the company announced today. Ignition Partners led the Series… Read More
Indochino, an online menswear company that specializes in made-to-measure shirts and suits, today announced a $30 million strategic investment by Dayang Group, a Chinese global apparel manufacturer. The Vancouver, B.C.-based… Read More
Tech-related jobs made up nearly half of Glassdoor’s annual list of the top 25 highest-paying jobs in America. Glassdoor, which tracks and maintains a database of career, salary, benefits, and… Read More
Tired of getting your Amazon packages stolen from the front porch? A Seattle-area entrepreneur may have a simple solution — one that may send the crooks running away, fast. Mike Grabham,… Read More
Big names in the tech world are partnering with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to launch the Computer Science Education Coalition, which aims to increase congressional funding for K-12 computer science education, the… Read More
Amazon announced today that it is opening a new university pick-up site at the Georgia Institute of Technology where people can collect their online orders. This marks the e-commerce giant’s third announcement… Read More
Angel investors of the Pacific Northwest collective Element 8, which focuses exclusively on early-stage clean tech companies, put nearly $3.3 million into 17 startups this past year. That’s the smallest investment made by… Read More
A unique partnership between Microsoft and Rhode Island aims to bring computer science classes to every high school in the state by the end of next year — a new… Read More
Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased their M&A activity from 2014 to 2015 — measured by number… Read More
Logic20/20 Inc., a management and technology consulting firm based in Seattle, has acquired Brainbox Consulting, another Seattle consulting company specializing in business intelligence, data warehousing, and data analytics. The terms of… Read More
Qliance Medical Management Inc., the Seattle-based health services startup backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and other investors, has been purchased by co-founder and CEO Dr. Erika Bliss, and president Cheryl Kilodavis, the two… Read More
Eleven startups graduated from Seattle startup accelerator 9Mile Labs today after a 14-week program, each with a different vision for business-to-business software or cloud technology. “It’s a very emotional time for all of… Read More
Google (Alphabet) is still best place to work in the United States, according to Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, which was announced today. This marks the… Read More
The ranks of would-be Craigslist killers continues to grow, but one young Seattle startup is taking a different approach in its effort to give everyday people a new way to sell… Read More
An expert in both kitchen appliances and business development, Robert (Bob) Lamson has worked for decades to improve the cooking experience for home chefs. Lamson, who is a cum laude graduate… Read More