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Tech Moves: Co-founder of women-only developer school steps down, UrbanSpoon CTO lands at Apptentive; and more

by James Risley on October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 at 1:55 pmComment

—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion project and something I wanted to do to give back… Read More

Zomato makes widespread job cuts, closes Seattle office after shutting down Urbanspoon

by Jacob Demmitt on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 at 9:05 pm 5 Comments

Zomato, the India-based restaurant discovery company that bought Seattle’s Urbanspoon for $60 million to establish a U.S. beachhead earlier this year, made another round of sweeping layoffs today. Multiple Zomato offices, including the… Read More

Zomato lays off Urbanspoon engineering team 7 months after acquisition

by Taylor Soper on August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 at 10:23 am 4 Comments

Fast-growing restaurant directory service Zomato is cutting ties with the remaining engineers from Urbanspoon, seven months after it acquired the Seattle-based restaurant reviews site for roughly $60 million. Zomato spokesperson Naina Sahni… Read More

Microsoft’s executive shake-up and new mission, a DIY air conditioner and other top posts for the month of June

by John Cook on July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 at 8:21 am1 Comment

Things certainly heated up at GeekWire during the month of June. We reported live from the U.S. Open golf tournament, part of our expanded coverage of the collision of sports… Read More

Zomato says goodbye to Urbanspoon, shuts down iconic shake-to-search feature

by Tricia Duryee on June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 at 1:01 pm 15 Comments

“So long, Urbanspoon!” That was the message on Zomato’s Facebook page today, announcing it had shut down Urbanspoon after acquiring the Seattle-based restaurant reviews site for roughly $60 million earlier this year.… Read More

Urbanspoon was nearly scooped up by Yelp, Food Network and Groupon after fighting off closure

by Tricia Duryee on January 14, 2015January 15, 2015 at 5:06 pmComment

Restaurant directory Zomato wasn’t the only one interested in devouring Seattle-based Urbanspoon. GeekWire has learned that there were multiple bidders for the IAC-owned property, with other big-name technology and content brands… Read More

Restaurant directory Zomato buying Urbanspoon as part of U.S. expansion

by John Cook on January 11, 2015January 12, 2015 at 10:34 am 5 Comments

Zomato, a fast-growing restaurant directory that operates in more than 130 cities in 20 countries across the globe, has agreed to purchase Seattle-based Urbanspoon in a deal that will help cement… Read More

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