High-speed rail connecting Seattle to Vancouver BC would spur $355B in economic growth, study finds
Tech Moves: Fraxion adds to board; digital marketplace Etailz hires new CEO; and more
Data analytics startup Versium pivots to business-to-business marketing with new service
Microsoft joint venture Avanade expands consulting practice to Adobe, signaling cozier relationship between tech giants
Amazon Prime Day ignites protests over working conditions, as company accuses unions of ‘conjuring misinformation’
Zillow Offers expands to Portland, its first Pacific Northwest market for direct home sales
Amperity raises $50M to take on Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle and others with its customer data platform
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Extra! Extra! room for cream, but not newspapers, as Starbucks to stop selling NY Times and others
Hearing-loss drugmaker Sound Pharmaceuticals posts strong clinical results, eyes a $100M IPO
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Judge shoots down Oracle protest over $10B JEDI cloud contract, leaving Amazon and Microsoft as finalists
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Expedia begins 90-day countdown to new Seattle campus, preparing for major move across region
Shareholders sue to block Salesforce’s acquisition of Tableau, alleging companies didn’t disclose key information
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Here are the most popular programming languages used by the world’s largest unicorn startups
Amazon commits $700M to retrain 100k employees, acknowledging impact of tech on jobs
4.6 earthquake rattles Seattle region in the middle of the night
Microsoft partners with Netflix to celebrate new Stranger Things season with ‘Windows 1.11’ app
Expedia begins 90-day countdown to new Seattle campus, preparing for major move across region
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Microsoft veterans lead nearly 25% of Seattle region’s top tech startups, GeekWire analysis shows
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Here’s how many people use Microsoft Teams every day, and how it compares to rival Slack
T-Mobile accuses states suing to block Sprint merger of ‘dwelling in the past’
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Real estate rivals Redfin and Opendoor join forces in surprising home-buying partnership
Remitly raises $135M and inks $85M credit line to grow remittance service, launch new products
New Microsoft Azure service helps companies share (and potentially sell) their internal data
Zillow Group and Compass settle no-compete dispute between real estate heavyweights
Amperity raises $50M to take on Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle and others with its customer data platform
Seattle’s Shared unveils a moped-like e-vehicle for ride sharing – and plans to make it self-driving
