—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, 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
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
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“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
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
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